The first game of the preseason has come and gone. In what seemed like forever, we finally had the chance to see the Buccaneers back in action. The performance we saw from them had many fans on social media bolstering disapproval. Some screaming, “We have returned to sucking.”
Penalties, turnovers, dropped passes, a missed extra point, holy crap we looked sloppy. But we also looked good. How can I say that? If you watched the game closely you saw some very encouraging things happen.
Mike Glennon looked good despite what everyone is saying. He played with the Buccaneers second string offense vs the Eagles first-string defense for quite some time. He went 7/14 for 82 yards and threw up a ‘duck’ that was intercepted. I think he played rather well considering he only gets to play in practice and preseason anymore. I also noticed that a lot of the passes he chucked out there were on point, the receivers dropped most of them or his percentage would have been higher.
Overall in game one of the preseason, the Buccaneers seemed to have improved on two of the major issues the previous team had, and that is pass rush and secondary. The next game in Jacksonville will shed more light on how the secondary is coming along, as Blake Bortles will test our secondary with a group of talented and speedy receivers.
Dirk Koetter’s attitude is refreshing. I love it! He does not sugar coat anything.