Kicking isn’t the only thing troubling Buccaneers coach Dirk Koetter right now.
The Buccaneers had a joint practice with the Browns on Wednesday and Koetter spent the day watching the offense struggle against Cleveland’s defense. Jameis Winston and Mike Glennon both threw interceptions, the blockers struggled against the Browns front and Koetter thought the energy level from his team was lacking as well.
“No juice. No juice,” Koetter said, via the Tampa Bay Times. “No one wanted to practice today. ... We had balls tipped, we had poor throws and we had bad protection. Bad combination. ... Overall, a bad day on offense.”
Koetter said the team wanted the extra work against a 3-4 defense because they play the Cardinals in the second week of the regular season and it seems they found out there’s plenty to work on between now and then.
The day wasn’t a total loss for Koetter. While the offense and placekicking are in need of improvement, Koetter passed along that defensive coordinator Mike Smith “said we did fine over there.”
