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Slow starts nothing new to Bucs

JACKSONVILLE — There is slow, like the line at the DMV. There is slower, like beach erosion. Then there is slowest, like the way the Buccaneers start football games.

On Aug. 11 in the preseason opener at Philadelphia, the Bucs fumbled the kickoff, fumbled on the first offensive possession and trailed 14-0 five minutes into the game.

Saturday night against the Jaguars, quarterback Jameis Winston missed his first six passes and had an interception in a game that was not completed at press time.

Rookie kicker Roberto Aguayo, who is making the Bucs front office, owners and fans squirm with each missed kick, pushed field goals of 32 yards and 49 yards wide right.