TAMPA, Fla. -- After firing defensive line coach Jay Hayes, signing Beau Allen, Vinny Curry and Mitch Unrein, trading for Jason Pierre-Paul and drafting Vita Vea, all eyes are on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' new defensive line coach Brentson Buckner to transform a unit that produced a league-worst 22 sacks last season and plays in one of the toughest quarterback divisions in the NFL.
Buckner has already started to leave his mark -- first with an assessment of the Bucs' current roster. In some cases, there have been doses of brutal honesty, the type that is absolutely necessary when a defense gives up more yardage than any other team in the league, which Tampa Bay did last season (378.