Fresh off a pair of road wins to open the season, Baker Mayfield and the Buccaneers (2-0) welcome Tyrod Taylor and the winless New York Jets (0-2) to Tampa. Taylor gets the start because Justin Fields (concussion) was ruled out of Sunday’s game Wednesday afternoon.
Taylor’s job is to lead an offense that gained all of 154 yards last weekend against the Bills with the final 54 coming on a touchdown drive after the Jets were down 30-3. Rough sledding.
As anemic as the offense was, the bigger issue may be on the defensive side of the ball. How is Sauce Gardner going to cover Mike Evans , Emeka Egbuka , Sterling Shepherd , and maybe even Chris Godwin ? And then there’s also RB Bucky Irving with whom to contend.
Enough handwringing if you are a Jets’ fan. Lets take a deeper