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Explosives? On 40-yard plays, Bucs among NFL’s worst

Bucs coach Dirk Koetter has key statistics that he puts great value in, finding a close correlation between success in those areas and success on the scoreboard. Winning the takeaway battle is always first among those priorities, but he and his staff put considerable value in "explosives" — big plays both for his offense and as allowed by his defense.

Koetter has his own personal evaluation for what constitutes an explosive — I believe it's a run of 12 yards or longer or a pass play of 16 yards or longer. Needless to say, the Bucs have struggled to get more explosives than they allow, which is part of why they're now a 4-9 team.