There were a lot of factors behind the Tampa Bay Buccaneers monumental collapse and blown NFC South division lead in the 2025 NFL season, and while the biggest factor was honestly the incompetence of their head coach Todd Bowles, who has still somehow kept his job, the actual personnel defensively were also plenty responsible.
Baker Mayfield had his struggles, too, but there was only so much an offense pressed into perfection could do in order to mitigate basically starting every game 10 points behind with how woeful the defense was at the basics.
And no area of the defense was weaker for the Buccaneers last season than the front seven.