We're evaluating every Tampa Bay Buccaneers position, trying to determine whether the team improved itself during this offseason. Today: cornerback.
2015 roster: Johnthan Banks, Alterraun Verner, Mike Jenkins, Sterling Moore, Leonard Johnson, Brandon Dixon, Deshazor Everett, Isaiah Frey, C.J. Wilson.
The Buccaneers looked like they had a pretty decent group of cornerbacks last year, having signed Alterraun Verner and Mike Jenkins to help out a promising Johnthan Banks, but that turned into a mixed back once the regular season started. Or to be more precise, they turned out to be awful at the start of the regular season before turning into competent or even good starters as they started to understand the scheme and the defense as a whole turned into a better-oiled machine.