Tip of the cap to Baker Mayfield for getting paid after the best year of his career and his second career playoff win. I do question if the Bucs can repeat that success, though, especially without Dave Canales. At the very least, they’ll be competitive week in and week out. At most, they’ll be a playoff team once again.
It’s strange to see the Bucs so low on this list, considering they’re currently riding a three-year streak as NFC South champions, and a four-year streak of playoff appearances. Most of their key players are back on both sides of the ball, and last year’s impressive rookie class should make an even bigger impact this season.
The change in offensive coordinators is obviously notable, but the fact that Mayfield has already worked with Liam Coen before, as well as his experience under some of the coordinators that also had Canales on their staff, means the transition shouldn’t be too difficult.
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