3 Buccaneers who deserve the most blame after costly loss to Packers in Week 4

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers fell to 0-4 on Sunday with yet another disappointing loss, this time against the Green Bay Packers.

The season has come off the rails and it’s become increasingly obvious that this just isn’t the Bucs’ year. It’s only October, yet it’s time to start firing up the mock drafts.

There’s plenty of blame to go around, and several players in particular own the brunt of the responsibility after Tampa Bay dropped a winnable 17-14 contest against a struggling Packers team.

Which Tampa Bay Buccaneers players deserve the most blame after falling to 0-4?

QB Jalon Daniels

Jalon Daniels deserves some slack as an undrafted rookie making his first career start for an 0-3 football team. That’s no easy task.

But objectively, his two interceptions, both coming in Packers territory, proved to be the difference of the game. 

Both were bad decisions, and if Daniels protected the football better and had less of those rookie mistakes, he would’ve led the Bucs to a win in his first NFL start.

CB Keionte Scott

Jordan Love threw just one touchdown pass all day, and it came on a 4th-and-goal where a stop would’ve changed the outcome of the game.

Keionte Scott was isolated in one-on-one coverage and got beat on a jump ball by wide receiver Matthew Golden for a touchdown, and Scott would love to have that rep back. 

The rookie nickel cornerback finished the afternoon with just three tackles, zero passes defended, and the critical touchdown allowed, which is why he landed on this list.

Pass Protection

I thought about singling out center Graham Barton. He had several brutal moments including allowing a blitzer to surge past him unblocked to force a throwaway on the Bucs’ final drive of the game and a bad snap that almost resulted in a safety if not for a heroic effort by Jalon Daniels to recover the ball before it rolled into the end zone.

The reason I’m calling out the entire “pass protection” and not just the offensive line is because this falls on running backs and tight ends as well. Kenny Gainwell missed his blocking assignment and allowed a sack in the third quarter. 

Daniels was sacked three times and pressured on several other occasions where he either made plays with his legs or got rid of the ball. But the protection did no favors for their rookie quarterback in his pro debut, and the unit needs to be much better going forward.

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