Todd Bowles was in his third year as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' defensive coordinator in 2021 when the team beat Dallas in Week One and Atlanta in Week Two for its first 2-0 start to the season in four years. He then took over as the Buccaneers' head coach in 2022 and in each of the next three seasons the Buccaneers again started out 2-0. In none of those four occasions, however, did the Buccaneers then win their third game, and the last 3-0 start in team history remains 2005, now two decades in the past.

On Sunday, as the Buccaneers play their home opener against the New York Jets at Raymond James Stadium Bowles and company will have a fifth crack at that 3-0 opening. Bowles, who was also the Jets' head coach from 2015-18, knows the Buccaneers can't afford to take their foot off the gas n

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