-  The Tampa Bay Buccaneers began the 2009 season looking to totally rebuild the franchise after firing John Gruden and hiring Raheem Morris
-  They also drafted a QB to be the future of the franchise in Josh Freeman
-  Freeman did not start from week one but eventually was give the reigns in week nine by Morris
-  Scored 244 points while allowing 400 points

-  Josh Freeman will enter the season as the starter and will be expected to make strides in his development on the fly
-  Freeman finished the season 3-6 after Leftwich and Johnson failed to win a game in 7 attempts, Freeman will look to improve on this next season
-  Kellen Winslow was the teams leading from the TE position with 77 catches for 884 yards
-  Maurice Stovall was the leading retained WR from last season with 24 catches for 366 yards

-  The Bucs ranked 23^rd in the league in rushing with 1625 yards on 403 carries
-  The team brought in Derrick Ward to be the third down back as well as take some off the pressure from Cadillac Williams
-  Some of the best rushing came from the athletic QB Josh Freeman when he took control of the team averaging 5.4 yards per carry
-  Look for more attempts to come for Freeman whether breaking off the pass play or in designed runs after gaining on 161 yards on 30 attempts

-  Josh Freeman threw for 1855 yards at a 54.5 completion percentage
-  He also threw 10 touchdowns to 18 interceptions
-  He was also very productive when running from the QB position
-  Josh Johnson, who started a few games at the beginning of the season throwing for 658 yards and 4 TDs, will serve as the primary back up
-  Rudy Carpenter, former ASU QB, will be the teams third QB

-  Cadillac Williams was the teams leading rusher with 823 yards on 211 carries and 4 TDs. He also had 28 catches for 217 yards and 3 TDs
-  Derrick Ward was the change of pace back racking up 409 yards on 114 carries and 1 TD. He also posted 20 catches for 150 yards and 2 TDs
-  Cadillac Williams has had problems staying healthy in the past but started 15 games last season

-  The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have had major changes this offseason through both the draft, trades, and letting players wall in free agency
-  Michael Clayton and Reggie Brown, who comes over from the Eagles, are slated as the teams starters
-  Rookies Arrelious Benn and Mike Williams from Syracuse will also get reps during training camp with the first team
-  Look for one of the rookies to step up and take over one of the starting roles

-  The Bucs got most of their production from one position on the offense, and the one person who was responsible for that was Kellen Winslow Jr.
-  Winslow caught 77 passes for 884 yards and 5 TDs
-  Jerramy Stevens will play backup, he caught 15 passes for 130 yards and 1 TD

-  Who will be the kicker for TB? Connor Barth? Only made 14 FGs and 12 extra points

-  Barrett Ruud led the team with 142 tackles, Geno Hayes had 98
-  The Bucs had 28 sacks last season
-  Leading sacker was Stylez White with 6.5
-  How do they increase the pass rush and overall team defense
-  Aqib Talib and Tanard Jackson led the team with 5 INTs each
-  Team forced 11 fumbles
-  Team forced a total of 30 turnovers

June 18, 2010

Signed DE Erik Lorig to a four-year contract.

June 16, 2010

Signed P Brent Bowden. Released WR Mark Bradley.

June 4, 2010

Signed WR Mike Williams to a four-year contract. Released G Michael Shumard.

May 18, 2010

Signed DE Carlton Powell. Released CB Darrell Pasco.

May 17, 2010

Signed C Jeff Tow-Arnett and LS Chris Mauriello. Released WR Damola Adeniji.

May 12, 2010
Signed RB Cadillac Williams to one-year contract. Claimed G Michael Shumard off waivers from Denver. Released OT Robert Okeafor.

May 11, 2010

Announced the resignation of director of pro personnel Doug Williams. Signed OT Jeremy Trueblood to a one-year contract.

May 5, 2010

Signed RB Clifton Smith to a one-year contract.

May 3, 2010

Signed WR Chris Brooks, G Lee Grimes, DE George Johnson, FB Rendrick Taylor and CB Darrell Pasco. Released G Vladimir Richard and DE Matt Featherston.

April 16, 2010

Signed WR Maurice Stovall to a one-year tender.

March 17, 2010

Agreed to terms with S Sean Jones on a two-year contract.

March 12, 2010

Signed LB Jon Alston.

March 8, 2010

Acquired WR Reggie Brown from Philadelphia for a 2011 sixth-round draft pick.

We are firm believers that strength-of-schedule analysis is essential when ranking players at every position.  We applied this system (without the 5% NFL draft impact) in hindsight to last year's schedule as we were curious how well it could work.  The notable results were that Michael Turner and the Falcons had a #32 ranked (easiest) rush schedule last season and DeAngelo Williams and the Panthers were #30.  

Our SoS considers three factors when determining rankings for schedules for the upcoming year:

80% weight is applied to the quality of defense from the previous year.  We determine quality of defense based on fantasy points given up (run and pass).  However, before we get to that number, we factor in the quality of teams that these defenses faced (basically a strength-of-schedule for the previous year).  This was all done by hand.  Let's just say our boy, Stitchface, has a bit of the carpal tunnel-syndrome going on.    

15% weight is applied to Free-Agent movement.  We ranked each free agent's impact to their former team (2008), and then ranked each team according to whether they added or lost talent overall.

5% weight is applied to the NFL draft impact.  It's tough to gauge a rookie's effectiveness which is why we valued it so low.  Certain teams not only drafted defensemen well in '09, but also will be sliding those guys into highly deficient positions from '08, and usually, anything is an upgrade when you are starting a rookie. 

If you trust Stitchface's formula (and you will eventually), all you need to realize is the following... The higher the SoS number, the easier the fantasy schedule. 

Ranking:  1=toughest  32=easiest