Which Missing Buccaneers’ Player Must Step Up?

Which Buccaneers’ player has been absent over the first two weeks, and must step up big time?

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The Buccaneers enter Sunday’s action with a 1-1 record. We have seen some excellent work by the Bucs in week one, and we have seen the opposite end of the spectrum in week two.

It’s been a Jekyll and Hyde start for Tampa Bay, and game number three will be their chance to set the next part of the schedule off on the right foot.

We know the team is going to be short-handed, as we learned in the Friday injury report. Big name players like Doug Martin and Robert Ayers will be watching from the sidelines as their understudies look to lead the Bucs to victory.

Over the first two games, however, there have been players that have been noticeably absent over the first two weeks, and need to step up. This week’s roundtable discussion is about which players need to step up the most, as they have been the most absent.

Here is what we came up with. As always, each slide is dedicated to one of our staff members.