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7 overreactions to Tampa Bay Buccaneers start of season

By Cory Kinnan

TAMPA, FLORIDA - SEPTEMBER 22: Jameis Winston #3 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers calls a play during a game against the New York Giants at Raymond James Stadium on September 22, 2019 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)
TAMPA, FLORIDA - SEPTEMBER 22: Jameis Winston #3 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers calls a play during a game against the New York Giants at Raymond James Stadium on September 22, 2019 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images) /
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TAMPA, FLORIDA – AUGUST 16: Ndamukong Suh #93 talks with teammate Beau Allen #91 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers before their preseason game against the Miami Dolphins at Raymond James Stadium on August 16, 2019 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)
TAMPA, FLORIDA – AUGUST 16: Ndamukong Suh #93 talks with teammate Beau Allen #91 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers before their preseason game against the Miami Dolphins at Raymond James Stadium on August 16, 2019 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images) /

Gerald McCoy has been better than Ndamukong Suh thus far in the season

Well, this last one is not an overreaction, and has more truth to it than the Buccaneers and their fans would want to believe. However the truth is, Ndamukong Suh has been significantly unproductive for the pewter and red through three weeks.

Box score browsing is never a way to tell a player’s impact on the field, but this is how most of the fanbase decided Gerald McCoy was not good this offseason. However, if those same fans want to peruse the box scores now, they will see that McCoy has been more productive than Suh has been through the first three weeks of the season.

Through three games, Suh has tallied just two solo tackles, one tackle for loss, and one hit on the quarterback and is without a sack for the Buccaneers; he is graded out at just a 58.2 according to Pro Football Focus (subscription required) to this point. McCoy has posted a much higher score of 73.9 according to PFF and has six solo tackles with one tackle for loss and one quarterback hit.

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Other than just looking at the box score and making a judgement, Suh has been incredibly inefficient on film as well (take a look at the above thread). We are only three weeks in, and we tried to warn that Suh was not an upgrade from McCoy, but the big newcomer looks like he is here to cash a paycheck with the Buccaneers.

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