For the first time in 2019, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers took the field on Friday night against a live opponent that wasn’t also a teammate. The first pre-season game of the year is always a welcome return to football, and the results are often over scrutinized or over valued as everyone looks for glimpses of what the regular season team will look like.
That being said, here are my thoughts on how the Bucs position battles on the defensive side of the ball continued to develop coming out of Pittsburgh.
STARTING CORNERBACK
Vernon Hargreaves III indeed got his shot at starting on the outside along with Carlton Davis for Tampa Bay here in pre-season Week 1.