As a fan, you are very critical of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers when they lose a game, no matter how close victory may have been.

If you’re a first year head coach with a new coaching staff, you’re looking for improved play, no injuries to key players, and of course, victories. In Thursday night’s game (tonight) against the Minnesota Vikings, the Bucs faced an opponent with their star, Adrian Peterson, ailing, but the team as a whole, surprising a lot of people.

As far as the Florida Sentinel Bulletin writers are concerned, the Bucs were favored to win and keep pace in what has become a pathetic start for the teams in the NFC South, with the exception of the undefeated Atlanta Falcons. Next up for the Bucs will be the Oakland Raiders, and hopes are the Bucs will start to turn things around heading down the home stretch.