Tampa Bay Buccaneers fans look forward to the 2009 season without much hope of anything good happening. The Bucs rank among the worst on defense and offense and the future looks bleak. The Bucs potentially had some Hall of Famers on their team 7 years ago, now they’re just looking to avoid a 3 win season. Former head coach Jon Gruden is now broadcasting for Monday Night Football; he no longer has to deal with the Bucs team.

Not scoring any points in an NFL game just shows how offensively challenged the Bucs are — that’s what happened to the Bucs in Week 3 against the New York Giants. The Giants did what they wanted and the Bucs had no answers throughout the game. The defense is just as bad as the offense, giving up over 30 points per game.

Head coach Raheem Morris, at 33, is one of the youngest head coaches in football. Some may believe he’s too young, but to save money, teams will spend less on a young coach rather than pay the high price of a coach with Super Bowl wins. Head coach Mike Tomlin is the youngest head coach to win a Super Bowl, he was just 36 years old.

The Bucs find a capable quarterback and build their defense once more if they ever hope to be a force in the NFC South again as they once were. Quarterback Josh Johnson has been named the Bucs’ starter, although it’s too early to tell what he’s made of, if the Bucs trusted his abilities, he would have been named the starter over Leftwich to begin with.

The Bucs are headed for a painful season if they can’t get the ball into the end zone and let opposing offenses score at will.