Tampa Bay Buccaneers X-Factor: Offensive Coordinator, Byron Leftwich

Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY SportsI’ll be honest and tell you I struggled a bit settling on an X-Factor for this weekend’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers game against the Detroit Lions.

Finally, I settled on offensive coordinator, Byron Leftwich. It’s a little unconventional, granted, but since Leftwich used to wear pads in the NFL I figure you guys can follow me on this.

At one point, I was thinking of going with Lavonte David, Shaquil Barrett, or even Jason Pierre-Paul. All of them will need to step up just a little bit bigger with Devin White ill, even though he’s playing through the sickness.

Then there’s Josh Wells. Who will be replacing an injured Donovan Smith, who will miss the first game of his…