Will the 2010 Tampa Bay Buccaneers really be that young?

Yes, they will, but it may not be as bad as you think. Sure the 1996 team had some veterans to go by for leadership. Men like Hardy Nickerson for starters, but this Bucs team getting ready to go into camp has Ronde Barber, Styles G White, Davin Joseph and Jeff Faine to look to. So I decided to take it to numbers. A point system was devised, where 1 point goes to a rookie or 2nd year player. 2 points is awarded to a veteran with 3-5 years of experience, and a long term ‘pops’ kinda guy is going to get 3 points. So lets take a look at the chart; Would you believe the difference is one point! The 1996 team has one point more than the 2010 squad does, at least as far as projected starters goes. Just another something to make you go “HMM” as we wait for camp to start in a few weeks!