3 reasons the Tampa Bay Buccaneers won't make the playoffs
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have survived a dramatic offseason, which could well impact how they perform in the 2022-23 NFL season. First, it was the very brief retirement of Tom Brady that threw the team’s plans into disarray. Then came the retirement of Bruce Arians as head coach, with the veteran moving into a front-office position.
Arians has been replaced by Todd Bowles. Formerly Arians’ defensive co-ordinator, Bowles at least maintains continuity. But the logistical changes that come with a new coach will still be present.
The Buccaneers were excellent in 2021, finishing the regular season with a 13-4 record. But they were beaten in the divisional round of the playoffs by the Los Angeles Rams.
Whilst the Buccaneers have a talented roster, some think that the 2021-22 campaign was the beginning of the end for them. This may come as a surprise, as they were Super Bowl champions only a year earlier.
Here are three reasons why the Tampa Bay Buccaneers won't make the playoffs in the 2022-23 campaign:
#1 Tom Brady could run out of steam
Tom Brady is 44 years old and can’t keep defying logic and time. His fitness regime is tremendous, but there were signs in 2021 that he had started to decline.
As with Peyton Manning, there is a constant fear that Brady’s arm strength could go at any time, and that would leave the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in a dreadful mess. They haven’t planned for life after Brady, despite the fact that the veteran will run out of steam sooner rather than later.
If that should happen in the early part of the 2022-23 season, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will have a real job making it to the playoffs. Their offense is built around Brady and if he were to falter anything could happen.
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