{"id":24464,"date":"2017-07-24T20:20:59","date_gmt":"2017-07-25T00:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=24464"},"modified":"2017-07-24T20:20:59","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T00:20:59","slug":"buccaneers-frustrating-quarterback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2017\/07\/24\/buccaneers-frustrating-quarterback\/","title":{"rendered":"The Tampa Bay Buccaneers Frustrating Quarterback History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have had a difficult time finding their quarterbacks. They have the worst quarterback history in the NFL.<\/p>\n<h2>The Tampa Bay Buccaneers Frustrating Quarterback History<\/h2>\n<p>The only three quarterbacks that have a winning record are\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/G\/GarcJe00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jeff Garcia<\/a> <\/strong>(14-10),\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/K\/KingSh00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shaun King<\/a><\/strong> (14-8) and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/G\/GrieBr00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brian Griese<\/a><\/strong> (12-9).<\/p>\n<p>Garcia, who was the last quarterback to play in a playoff game for the Buccaneers, has the highest quarterback rating at 92.2. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/M\/McCoLu00.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Luke McCown<\/strong><\/a> has the second highest quarterback rating.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/D\/DilfTr00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trent Dilfer<\/a><\/strong> has the most quarterback wins with 38 and the most games played with a mere 79.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Yardage Leaders<\/h3>\n<h2><strong style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/W\/WinsJa00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jameis Winston<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;\"> will be entering the third season of his career. He has two consecutive seasons of throwing for at least 4,000 passing yards. The only other quarterback to throw for at least 4,000 yards was <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/F\/FreeJo00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Josh Freeman<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;\"> in 2012. <\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;\">In fact, there have only been 14 seasons, out of 42, in which a Buccaneers quarterback has thrown for at least 3,000 yards. The most 3,000 yard seasons by a Buccaneers quarterback is held by both Freeman and, ironically,\u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/J\/JohnBr00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brad Johnson<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;\">wasn&#8217;t known for being a prolific passer, but he had three 3,000 yard seasons. This includes 2002, when the Buccaneers won their lone Super Bowl.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"font-size: 15px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/W\/WillDo01.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Doug\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Williams<\/strong><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;\">, who was ahead of his time in the late 1970s and the early 1980s, threw for 3,000 yards just two times and still remains the team&#8217;s most accomplished quarterback. According to Pro Football Reference, Williams has the highest approximate value of 49.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;\">The Buccaneers had a young <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/T\/TestVi00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vinny Testaverde<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;\"> in the early 1990s and he threw for over 3,000 yards just twice in five seasons. The Buccaneers didn&#8217;t have a winning record and Testaverde wasn&#8217;t the quality quarterback that he became with the New York Jets.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Quarterbacks Before Prime<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;\">Quarterbacks before their prime was a common theme for the Buccaneers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;\">They had <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/D\/DebeSt00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Steve DeBerg<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;\"> for four seasons and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/Y\/YounSt00.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Steve Young<\/a><\/strong> on the same team. Neither quarterback experienced a winning record with the Buccaneers, and DeBerg had the lone 3,000-yard season between the two. DeBerg went to the playoffs with the Seattle Seahawks, and Young became a Hall of Fame quarterback with the San Francisco 49ers. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;\">The only other quarterback to throw for at least 3,000 yards was <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/E\/EricCr00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Craig Erickson<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 15px; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;\">, who threw for 3,054 passing yards in 1993, along with 18 touchdown passes and 21 interceptions. Erickson had a better season in 1994 when he passed for 2,919 yards, 16 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. That was his last season with the Buccaneers and he played just three more seasons in the NFL.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Only 16 quarterbacks have thrown for at least 2,000 passing yards in their career with the Buccaneers and only King,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/G\/GlenMi00.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Mike Glennon<\/strong><\/a>, Griese, Garcia, Erickson, Winston, Johnson and Freeman threw more touchdowns than interceptions.<\/p>\n<p>Winston is just 15-17, but he has the talent to change the fortunes for the Buccaneers.<\/p>\n<p>The Buccaneers have a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thepewterplank.com\/2017\/06\/05\/buccaneers-receiving-corps-rank-two\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">new receiving corps<\/a>\u00a0going into this season and Winston has the chance be in the top five of the most passing yards in team history. In just his third season, Winston could become the team&#8217;s all-time leader in touchdown passes.<\/p>\n<p>Freeman has the most with 80 touchdowns and Winston has 50 touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>The achievement will be notable, but only because of the futility of the past quarterbacks in Tampa Bay.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/630765694\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 66.666667% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/630765694?et=KABAKDAvQhlmVQP6JbQGgw&amp;tld=com&amp;viewMoreLink=off&amp;sig=bYIyLq__nVBdQXaz1UL-r8fuYl6XSVLpmv8qeFb9-zo=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buccaneers Frustrating Quarterback:The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are one team that has struggled to find a great quarterback throughout their history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1547,"featured_media":24822,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29,54],"tags":[61,116,40,32077,2723,308],"class_list":["post-24464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buccaneers","category-editorials","tag-football","tag-jameis-winston","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-quarterbacks","tag-steve-young","tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers"],"modified_by":"Justin Halper","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1547"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}