Trouble Spots?

[Chris Raiden]

At the halfway point of the 2009 NFL season, what have been the trouble spots for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers?

[Sascha]

Not too many trouble spots that I didn't expect to see anyway.


One big one right now is the regression of Barrett Ruud. However, at this point I don't know how much his regression has to do with playing worse or trying too much. Once the players around him get better, if he still plays as bad as he's been this season, then I'll be concerned.


Musical QB's is never a fun game to play, and it shows that Morris may indeed not quite be ready to rule with an iron fist. Byron Leftwich played very well at the beginning of the season, then had that huge stinkfest against the Giants. Big deal! He was still your best chance of winning a game. If Leftwich had come from the Giants game and played that way for another couple of weeks, then by all means, get someone else in there. But Leftwich was averaging 286 yards and had 4 TD's in his first two games. You don't pull that based off one bad game.