In 2016, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers were a very good third-down team. They were on defense, leading the NFL with a conversion rate allowed of 34.4%. On offense, the Buccaneers ranked fifth in third-down conversion percentage, at 43.9%, and not only were they strong in that category but they were consistent.
As Offensive Coordinator Todd Monken pointed out last week while the Buccaneers were preparing to play in Minnesota, the team managed to avoid those occasional games in which the offense is suddenly inept on third down. The Buccaneers only had four games in which they converted more than half of their third-down tries in 2016 but they also never had a worse single-game mark than 30.