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Why Tampa Bay Buccaneers are consistently bad at rushing? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by cherry_picked_stats@alien.top to c/nfl@nfl.community

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Tampa rushing yards per attempt with league ranks:

2023: 3.1 (32nd)

2022: 3.4 (32nd)

2021: 4.3 (15th)

2020: 4.1 (25th)

2019: 3.7 (27th)

2018: 3.9 (31st)

2017: 3.7 (27th)

2016: 3.6 (29th)

With the exception of 2021 season when they were simply average, Tampa has had a terrible rushing attack since 2016. Three different HCs, different players - but results are almost constant.

This season they stink again. What is the reason behind it? Draft choice strategy prioritizing passing?

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[–] WelcometoCigarCity@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Our OLs rush blocking never has been great after Doug Martin’s prime years pre-2016.

By then we had always talent (or potential talent) on our wide receivers and weve never really focused on running the ball. We only ran to set up play action which worked when we won the Superbowl in 2020.