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Bucs Hit Rock Bottom For SI Writer

Posted Aug 31, 2010 by Ira Kaufman

Updated Aug 31, 2010 at 11:26 AM

By IRA KAUFMAN

TAMPA—In picking the Buccaneers to go 2-14 this fall, Peter King is essentially predicting GM Mark Dominik and Coach Raheem Morris will be fired.

The chief NFL writer for Sports Illustrated doesn’t forecast any progress for Tampa Bay in Year 2 of the Dominik/Morris regime. Coming off a 3-13 season, the Bucs are relying on one of the league’s youngest rosters for improvement, led by second-year QB Josh Freeman and a talented draft class.

King acknowledges that Tampa Bay’s early schedule—Cleveland at home, at Carolina and Pittsburgh at home without QB Ben Roethlisberger—offers an opportunity for a fast start. Ultltimately, King believes the Bucs will go backwards in 2010 and post their worst record since a 2-14 mark in 1986 that led to the dismissal of Coach Leeman Bennett.

With home games against the Browns, Lions and Rams, the Bucs should have a realistic chance to improve. If King proves prophetic and Tampa Bay finishes 2-14, it will be difficult for the Glazers to retain Dominik and Morris while telling a dwindling fan base that the franchise is going in the right direction.