Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Lovie Smith taking over playcalling duties has backfired so far

Published Oct. 26, 2015 5:40 p.m. ET

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Head coach Lovie Smith decided to take over the play calling duties in 2015, with the hopes that things would be improved from 2014. While the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have already matched their win total from last season, there's one negative specific defensive stat that proves things haven't gone all that great with Smith making the defensive calls.

As Pewter Report points out, Lovie Smith has given up four 30-plus point games so far in 2015, a number that matches Tampa Bay's defense through all of 2014.

Fact: With Lovie Smith calling plays, #Bucs have already given up 4 30+ pt. games in 2015. TB only gave up 4 30+ pt. games in 16 last year.
— PewterReport.com (@PewterReport) October 26, 2015

That's pretty incredible to think about, but obviously shows that something just isn't working at this point. It's going to be interesting to see what changes are made moving forward in 2015, as the Buccaneers definitely look like a better team than they were last year.