Well, how about that! We finally made it to week one of the NFL season! As the Buccaneers and Dolphins prepare to clash, things are very different than we expected when this game was originally supposed to take place. The Buccaneers are a shell of what they were expected to be, Jameis Winston is out for who knows how long, and the defense – despite improved play last week against the Jets – is nowhere close to what they were thought to be after dominating the second half of last season.
Now, the Bucs essentially have to rattle off seven wins over the next eight weeks just to have an outside chance of sneaking into the postseason.