Buccaneers: Preseason debut takeaways

Final Thoughts

Overall, it wasn’t the worst game we could have seen. We watched the offense do pretty darn well moving the ball when the starters were in which is encouraging – especially when new weapon DeSean Jackson wasn’t doing what he was brought in to do and that was take the top off the defense. They escaped without any major injuries which is by far the most important thing we could have asked for.

As far as the atmosphere, it was fun. There were quite a few Buccaneers fans in attendance and the “Stick Carrier” movement was alive and well in Cincinnati;

As for Hard Knocks’ presence? They were definitely out in full force. The cameras followed Gerald McCoy everywhere from pregame to the final horn;

Overall, it was a lot of fun. Bucs fans were still chanting into the fourth quarter with the game well decided and the players would respond. They reacted to the chants and cheers, gave thumbs ups and waves to the Bucs contingent that was strong behind their bench.

Don’t get too down over a preseason loss. There were some positives to take away and it was only preseason. The Bucs already made a move to improve their roster by moving from Aguayo and there are still three more practice games before they take on the Dolphins for real.

Nothing has changed. This Buccaneers team is still going to be a force in 2017.