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1982 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season
The 1982 Tampa Bay Buccaneers were regarded for the first time as a regular playoff contender. They were considered by some to be the best Buccaneer team yet, despite a mediocre offensive line and the lack of a feature running back.〔Kindred, Dave. "McKay Enjoys Entrenchment and A Prickly Kind Of Contentment". The Washington Post. September 19, 1982〕 The team played only two games before the players' union called a labor strike, which resulted in a nine-game season. The season began with a three-game losing streak, as the Buccaneers outplayed their opponent statistically in each game, but showed a tendency for mental errors at crucial moments. The first game in which they were outgained by their opponent was their first win, a franchise-first victory over the Miami Dolphins on Monday Night Football.〔McDonald, Tim, and Michael Henry. "Bits and Pieces". St. Petersburg Evening Independent. November 30, 1982〕 The team made a playoff run against a difficult schedule, facing only two opponents with losing records.〔Janofsky, Michael. "Tampa Finally Gets To Play A Loser". The Daytona Beach Morning Journal. December 24, 1982〕 Their schedule included all four eventual Conference Championship participants. They overcame double-digit deficits to win on last-minute field goals in their final two games (kicker Bill Capece was the NFC's second-leading scorer),〔Lasswell, Doug. "Capece Has Proven He Can Handle Pressure". The Sarasota Herald-Tribune. May 27, 1983〕 and had to survive opponents' last-minute rallies in all five of their victories. In the strike-season playoff format in which the top eight conference teams made the playoffs, the Buccaneers' seventh-place finish gave them a first-round matchup with the Dallas Cowboys. Despite a poor performance by the offense, the Buccaneers carried a 17–16 lead into the fourth quarter, before the Cowboys rallied for a 30–17 victory following a controversial penalty call.〔Mizell, Hubert. "Unless big changes are made, Bucs are destined to die again". St. Petersburg Times. January 10, 1983〕 This would be the last playoff appearance of the John McKay era, and was followed by 14 consecutive losing seasons.
The year began with longtime defensive coordinator Tom Bass and several players leaving for San Diego. Observers questioned why Bass, who had built the defenses that had ranked at or near the top of the league statistically over the last several years, would leave; and further, why so many of the team's top players and former MVPs had been traded away. The team unveiled a new, Wayne Fontes-designed defensive philosophy, featuring tighter coverage to reduce the number of small gains, and increased blitzing to thwart opponents' practice of double-teaming Lee Roy Selmon.〔"NFC Central". Sports Illustrated. September 1, 1982〕〔McDonald, Tim. "Bucs don't let rivalries stand in the way of friendships". St. Petersburg Evening Independent. September 4, 1982〕 The team continued to be regarded as having one of the quickest, hardest-hitting defenses in the NFL,〔McDonald, TIm. "Bucs kept their bruising reputation alive against Saints". St. Petersburg Evening Independent. December 7, 1982〕 a defense which ranked first in the NFC.〔Lasswell, Doug. "Buccaneers Have No. 1 Defense In Conference". The Sarasota Herald-Tribune. January 1, 1983〕 In the later part of the season, the offense began to jell, taking a part in the victories more equal to that which the defense played.〔Lasswell, Doug. "Bucs' Offense Finally Making Some Noise". The Sarasota Herald-Tribune. December 20, 1982〕 In particular, the line allowed the fewest sacks in the league, while providing an improved running game. The offense as a whole developed an ability to rally from deficits.〔Tierney, Mike. "Bucs will keep foot in playoff door to the end". St. Petersburg Times. December 21, 1982〕〔Lasswell, Doug. "Bucs Top 'Fewest Sacks Allowed' List". The Sarasota Herald-Tribune. December 25, 1982〕 However, they continued to be criticized as overly conservative, as they scored just 9 first-quarter points in their 10 games, and opened up their passing attack only when behind late in games.〔Chick, Bob. "A little offensive creativity is needed". St. Petersburg Evening Independent. January 11, 1983〕 This became an issue in the playoff loss to Dallas, where Doug Williams was unable to recover from a bad start.〔McDonald, Tim. "It's exam time for Bucs". St. Petersburg Evening Independent. January 11, 1982〕 Following the season, the Buccaneers were represented by Jimmie Giles, Hugh Green, and Lee Roy Selmon in the Pro Bowl.〔Lasswell, Doug. "Bucs' Selmon, Giles, Green In Pro Bowl Starting Lineup". The Sarasota Herald-Tribune. December 31, 1982〕
==Offseason==
An unusually active offseason saw defensive coordinator Tom Bass and several players leaving to join the San Diego Chargers. Potentially embarrassing off-field incidents were avoided when sexual assault charges against guard Greg Roberts were dropped, while an indecent exposure charge against receiver Theo Bell was dropped when the act turned out to have been committed by an imposter who merely claimed to have been Bell.〔Associated Press. "Rape Charges Dropped". The New York Times. March 20, 1982〕〔Wire Services. "Buccaneers' Bell Possibly Victim Of Full-Time Imposter". The Sarasota Herald-Tribune. April 10, 1982〕 Bell later filed a libel suit against the Associated Press over their reporting of the incident.〔Wire Services. "Bell Files Libel Suit". The Spartanburg Herald-Journal. March 31, 1983〕 With the NFLPA contract on the verge of expiring, union officials became angered over the lack of progress in March meetings, and continued to raise the prospect of a strike.〔Wire Services. "NFLPA Says It Sees Little Hope For Settlement". The Palm Beach Post. March 11, 1982〕 Other offseason distractions included an incident in which Hugh Green was arrested for evading police after being pulled over for a speeding ticket, and contract holdouts by Richard Wood and Jimmie Giles.〔Staff Writer. "Hugh Green is arrested in Tampa for speeding, eluding the police". St. Petersburg Times. June 24, 1982〕〔Tierney, Mike. "Bucs' negotiator Krueger lashes out at Giles' agent". St. Petersburg Times. June 24, 1982〕 Giles, who threatened retirement, received a verbal commitment to get a contract renegotiation at a later date; while an angry Wood wound up reporting to camp with no guarantee that his contract would be extended beyond 1984.〔Tierney, Mike. "For Wood, the malady lingers on". St. Petersburg Times. July 31, 1982〕 The team was able to negotiate an agreement with the Tampa Sports Authority that guaranteed their residence in Tampa Stadium through 1995.〔McDonald, Tim. "Bucs will be around 'til at least '95". St. Petersburg Evening Independent. June 19, 1982〕
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