The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have a coaching staff that values the run at an impressive level.

Between Todd Bowles, a defensive head coach that wants his offense to control the clock and give the defense time to rest, and Dave Canales, a coordinator that comes from a run-first team and now works for a similar head coach, the Bucs have been extremely open that they want to be focused on the run offensively.

This is failing dramatically for the Buccaneers.

Contrary to any box scores or press conferences, the Bucs don't look good running the football.

Sure, the Bucs may have finished the game with 114 yards on the ground, but even that fell dramatically short of where this team should've finished while leading for most of the game and needing to bleed the clock.

Rachaad White, Tampa's leading back, ended the game with an average of 3.7 yards per rush. His game was mostly a mixed bag.

Despite having rushes go for 11, 7, 7, 5, and 5 yards, White also had eight rushes go for three yards or less before garbage time had officially begun. 

Those good five rushes accounted for 35 of White's yards in the game. This may help the final numbers, but this is far too inconsistent to do what Bowles and Canales expect out of this offense. 

That is why averages do matter to a degree. 3.7 is not what you want to see out of a starter on a running team. The chunk plays are nice and help greatly, but they don't come at a high enough rate to actually control the clock or the game.

Ke'Shawn Vaughn, the RB2 in this game, was even worse. Vaughn had a rush for eight yards and still finished with 16 total yards on nine rushing attempts. How does that happen?

In truth, this speaks to far more luck than planning in Tampa's rushing attack. A few good runs here or there help for moving the chains, but they don't lend themselves to controlling the clock or the tempo of the game.

In reality, a few good runs like this is all that has been propping up the Buccaneers rushing attack all season. That is not the consistency that this offense needs or the one that will carry this team into the playoffs and beyond.

The run needs to get better in Tampa. If it doesn't soon, this offense is going to hit a very solid wall with what it can accomplish.

Buccaneers define themselves in dominant Week 4 win

You can’t argue with those results.