How the Bucs built that crazy-talented young secondary

Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty ImagesThis morning, I read a text from a friend in which he was trying to come up with a myriad of reasons for why the Chiefs lost a game that so clearly he felt they should have won. Not even with the benefit of having watched the Bucs in the Super Bowl does everyone realize that Tampa Bay is one of the most stacked teams of all time.

One 2020 Pro Bowl player on the roster? That’s more misleading than total passing yards.

But I don’t want to spend a lot of time here writing about the 2020 Buccaneers. They came, they signed Tom Brady, they started 7-5, they won eight in a row. It is true that many of the star veterans are either past their most productive years…