Remember week one, when the Buccaneers couldn’t get anything going on the ground against the Bengals? We were talking about how neither Jacquizz Rodgers or Doug Martin were running like a lead back. Nobody was talking about the competition for starting back, but it exists, and someone had to show they could handle it. Martin also needed to show that he deserves to be in Tampa when his suspension ends.
Against the Jaguars, however, the script was flipped. Martin looked like the back of old, running the ball five times for 30 yards and a touchdown.