TAMPA, Fla. -- When Tampa Bay Buccaneers players assembled for their annual training camp conditioning test, linebacker Cameron Lynch did a double-take when he looked up and saw his own position coach, 65-year-old Mark Duffner, lining up for sprints with the offensive linemen. He was the only member of the coaching staff to do that.
"I was like, 'I can't wait to play for this guy,'" Lynch said of the Bucs' defensive coordinator who has taken over for the fired Mike Smith. "He's a special guy. We see that. I think it's an opportunity to show the world that he's special.