The Bucs are being counted out, but it doesn't phase Tampa Bay's longtime linebacker.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers exceeded their 2023 expectations, winning five out of their last six games to bring their regular season record to 9-8 and claiming the throne of the NFC South for the third consecutive season in a row. They continued their hot play into the postseason knocking off the Philadelphia Eagles in the Wild Card round before putting up a fight against the Detroit Lions in the Divisional Round before ultimately dropping the game to end their season.
Now, despite bringing back almost 80% of their production from 2023, they will enter the 2024 season as underdogs to win the division behind the Atlanta Falcons — in large part due to the dirty birds bringing in former Minnesota Vikings QB Kirk Cousins.READ MORE: Tampa Bay Buccaneers NFL Draft Ranking Hurt by 'Safeness' and Trust in Zyon McCollum?
"It's been like that for a while. My first eight years in the league, you know how that was, nobody really like cared. Then we got Tom. We still weren't really favored with Tom but we proved a lot of people wrong with that. Now we have a different situation, people counting us out and things like that not knowing that we still have the nucleus of our team still there. So you have a lot of great guys in the locker room We have a lot of great football players.
As David mentioned, the Buccaneers have always been doubted and that doesn't matter to them. They bring back the nucleus of the team and have plenty of young talent that will help them improve from their 2023 campaign.What happens on the field during the regular season is what matters and just because your division rival picks up a quarterback that is a massive improvement from what they had shouldn't sway things until those games are played.
David didn't focus on what the Falcons or any other NFC South team did this offseason. Instead, he focused on his team and their capabilities. Once again showing the type of character he has and where his focus is as the Bucs get deeper into the offseason and preseason.
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