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Buccaneers: Defensive Position-by-Position Breakdown and Depth Chart Analysis

Tampa Bay Buccaneers experienced enough growing pains to make head coach Lovie Smith feel like Alan Thicke.

The Bucs finished 25th in the NFL last season in both yards and points allowed, giving up 368 yards and 25.6 points per game. They struggled to get after the passer consistently, and they didn't create the amount of takeaways Smith had hoped to see.

Heading into the 2015 season, Tampa Bay is hoping another round of offseason workouts and training camp will give its defense time to become more comfortable and confident in its new scheme.