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Ex-Buccaneers player calls out Lovie Smith: 'He made me hate football'

A retired Tampa Bay Buccaneers player didn’t mince words about the team’s former head coach Lovie Smith during his tenure.

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Johnthan Banks was once a promising second-round draft pick for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. During his rookie season in 2013, Banks started all 16 games — recording three interceptions and making 55 total tackles. In his sophomore season, he appeared in 15 games and notched four more interceptions, including a pick-six. But after his first two NFL seasons, Banks never returned to that form as one of the league’s best young cornerbacks.