Last season, the Tampa Buccaneer secondary was the worst in the NFL. So the Bucs went out and signed Darrelle Revis from the New York Jets.

Without a pass rush, the question has been asked how much difference will Revis make this season?

Former Buccaneer and Indianapolis Colt head coach, Tony Dungy was asked that question.

As the architect of the famous Tampa 2 defense, the groundwork was laid for real Buccaneer history. That defense won Coach Dungy a Super Bowl with the Colts and a place in history.

On the Buccaneer defense, Coach Dungy said, it’s kind of backward, building a defense from back to front, rather than front to back.

“I don’t think you can build a defense that way with the rule the way they are. Having good corners and all that helps, but I don’t know you’re going to have may Hall of Fame corners who didn’t have good rushers in front of them.”

Coach Dungy said with the great Buc defenses, even with Hall candidates John Lynch and Ronde Barber, it began up front.

Coach Dungy said he has nothing against Revis and his skill set, or against Bucs head coach, Greg Schiano.

“I guess their thought is they’ll get more with more coverage. But to me, it starts with the rush. You have to disrupt the quarterback.”

Coach Dungy said he hopes what the Bucs are doing works, and he thinks their thought is they will get more with more coverage.

“It will only work if those guys can create pressure. They must have faith in them.”