5 Tampa Bay Buccaneers who must step up against the Carolina Panthers

2. Ronald Jones II & Leonard Fournette

Raise your hand if you were underwhelmed with the rushing attack last week.

Both Ronald Jones II and Leonard Fournette combined for just 71 yards on 22 carries (3.2 YPC) and 66 of those yards were from Jones II. Of course, he broke off just one long run- 21 yards- and if you basically take that one play away, the rushing attack was abysmal all night long.

While it’s not completely the running backs’ fault as the offensive line had a tough time getting much of a push, they still shoulder much of the blame. Establishing a run will make things a lot easier on the rest of the offense, but that simply wasn’t done last week.