Gerald McCoy and the Bucs' defense had a fine 2016, but they're going to have a tough time sustaining that success?
Last season marked the first time in a long time that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers had an above-average scoring defense.
After ranking 21st or worse in every season since 2011, the Bucs allowed 23.0 points per game last year, finishing 15th. They were also 13th in our schedule-adjusted Net Expected Points per play (NEP) metric. This measures each individual play’s impact on the score of the game, and adjusts for the quality of the opposing offense.