Despite having studs on the offensive line like Donald Penn and a deep stable of running backs, the Bucs have distanced themselves from the run.

Joe heard it over and over again prior to the season, and never had a problem with it.

Raheem the Dream was going to have a punishing running attack. The Bucs were going to pound that rock, pound the opposing defense. When that defense got beat down — boom! — the Bucs would nail said defense with a long pass.

Well, the opposite has taken place. The Bucs have become primarily a passing team, so Tampa Tribune Bucs beat writer eye-RAH! of TBO’s Bucs Twitter account.

For those of us who thought TB would be a running team, the Bucs are on pace for 389 carries, which would be their fewest since 1991.

Joe of course knows part of the reason for so few rushing attempts is because the Bucs have been so far behind in games, as noted by the Bucs setting a franchise low of six straight games of allowing 25 or more points.

Still, in the early 1990s the Bucs had some truly wretched teams. With the Bucs supposedly having such a strong offensive line, to abandon the run this badly suggests something isn’t quite right.