We’ve already established that Saturday’s preseason opener against the Minnesota Vikings wasn’t a great showing by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Still, the game wasn’t all bad. There were some positive moments worth looking at and building on.
For every couple of instances where Jameis Winston looked like a rookie, he also exhibited flashes of the player who warranted comparisons to some of the league’s best quarterbacks in the league today. After showing signs of a return to his rookie form in OTAs and mini-camp, Doug Martin proved to be as advertised, running with quickness and finishing his runs strong.