Two seasons ago, in Dirk Koetter's first year guiding the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' offense, the team finished fifth in the NFL in rushing with 135.1 yards per game. Doug Martin, the league's second-leading rusher that year, powered that train, but aside from his own promising offseason work, there was little indication that Tampa Bay would have one of the game's best ground attacks. The Buccaneers had ranked 29th in the NFL in rushing the year before (85.9 yards per game) and 22nd in 2013 (100.8).
Furthermore, the 2015 preseason didn't give much of a hint of what was to come for Martin and company.