The Tampa Bay Buccaneers' season-opening win over the Chicago Bears included a strip-sack by breakout candidate Noah Spence, an interception by rising star Kwon Alexander and three catches by the team's flashy new weapon on offense, DeSean Jackson. Five-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle Gerald McCoy hit Bears quarterback Mike Glennon four times. The Buccaneers' first touchdown of the entire season was a hookup between the two players who are probably the team's biggest draws right now: Jameis Winston and Mike Evans.
Yes, there was plenty of sizzle in Tampa Bay's 29-7 demolition of its former division rivals, but there was also a very vanilla reason the Buccaneers won so handily: They ran the football much better than the Bears.