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Bucs Nation’s Evan Winter touched briefly on a topic that seems to have escaped the frontline for most Bucs fans in his Training Camp Pressure Points piece in which he brings up William Gholston potentially being a casualty with another down year in Tampa Bay. Gholston hasn’t ever developed into a pass rush threat despite playing alongside one of the premier tackles in the league in Gerald McCoy. The size and length Gholston came into the league with was thought to lead to some potential advances in his pass rush ability once he got into the league and it just hasn’t fabricated. Five seasons into his career Youth Chris Godwin Jersey , Gholston has amassed only 10 total sacks, including zero a season ago for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. What’s the deal? Can it be fixed and where should fans expect to see Gholston as the season progresses. Currently Gholston is somewhat of the odd man out with the team’s newest additions of Vinny Curry and Jason Pierre-Paul. Noah Spence being healthy and hopefully ready to put together a full season’s worth of work in also doesn’t bode particularly well for Gholston having a turnaround year. In seasons past, Gholston’s ability to move inside helped get and keep him on the field but new additions of Beau Allen and Vita Vea should see a decline in those snaps as well for Gholston. The defensive staff has stated that they would like to see a healthy rotation given the new additions to the defensive front and while this may help in keeping guys fresh, for a run stuffer like Gholston it could prove detrimental to his overall purpose and place on this football team. Productivity wise, the last two years haven’t been what the Buccaneers wanted out of Gholston. After a below average rookie season, Gholston put together two well rounded seasons in his sophomore and junior campaigns in the league. Finding a niche as a run stuffer, Gholston proved to be worthy of a spot and played well enough to get him a second contract. The team took a gamble that Gholston’s final year on his rookie deal, a season that saw him struggle to produce consistently and earned him a poor (48.6) rating per Pro Football Focus, was an aberration. As 2017 showed, it may be the overall norm to an extent as Gholston produced a worse season both statistically and rating wise (47.5) from Pro Football Focus. Of qualified edge defenders, Gholston’s ranking earned him 101st overall. What has caused Gholston’s decline? On the surface it would seem that the Buccaneers are contempt with moving to a 3-4 scheme after the additions of Curry, Pierre-Paul and Noah Spence in recent years. All players who can make the conversion to stand up pass rushers. The tell tale sign may well have been Vita Vea’s addition in the first round of the draft this season. At a quick glance White Chris Conte Jersey , more 3-4 should mean more of a potential impact for William Gholston. Gholston can set the edge as an end in a 3-4 where his length and strength fair better than outside as a pass rusher.In recent seasons the Buccaneers have moved him inside on passing downs and have let him work the edge in early downs when he’s on the field. While his height and weight measure up to a 4-3 end, his lack of burst off the edge, quickness at the snap and below average closing speed have kept him from making a jump as a pass rusher. One may say his decline in play is in part a side effect of the team asking more of him. In years one to three, Gholston was a run stopper. He made the occasional sack in the backfield but ultimately he had one job and he was solid at it, hold the edge and play the run. As a front office and coaching staff may expect, Gholston should have developed more before the team decided to rely on him full time as a starting caliber end. This has proved to be a downfall for Gholston. Now, should the team make the switch to 3-4, Gholston may just find himself a steady run stopping position here in Tampa Bay once again. Fans should keep an eye on what the defense looks like in training camp and the pre-season. While we should expect to see vanilla concepts as a whole until the regular season kicks off, the team may tip their hand a bit with so many new pieces and relatively little on field time to get it together. If the Buccaneers don’t move to a more 3-4 prominent attack on defense I would expect to see Gholston hit the open market as a cap casualty upon the season’s completely while we head into the next off-season. Gholston’s $13.5 million in guarantees may end up all for naught if he can’t turn it around. That said, if Gholston can be utilized to the best of his abilities, alongside Beau Allen and Vita Vea, the Buccaneers should have a very good line-up of run stuffers to keep opposing backs at bay. Look for Gholston to be fighting for snaps this pre-season and may we hope it brings out the beast in him. As always Youth Mike Evans Jersey , Go Bucs! Losing is a part of life in the NFL. There is no dodging it. No matter how much a team wins, there will always be a time where it gets beat by another team at some point. However, at some point during the season a team has to start winning or else they can kiss their chances at the postseason goodbye. That time is now for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.After winning their first two games in electric fashion, the Bucs have come crashing back down to earth after consecutive losses put them at 2-2.But it’s not the losses themselves, it’s how Tampa Bay lost those games that have left many wondering how the rest of this season will play out. Just like 2017, the defense was a sieve and the offense was very inconsistent. The same issues that plagued the team last year cropped up in a big way and if they don’t get them fixed then Tampa Bay may finish with an even worse record this year. This weekend represents a major opportunity for the Bucs to answer a lot of the questions that currently surround the franchise - at least for another week, anyway. Coming off a bye and facing a depleted 1-4 Falcons squad is just what this team needs after getting owned in Chicago. It’s a matchup of two teams that have major firepower on the offensive side of the ball but have non-existent defenses due to injuries and other factors. Tampa Bay also has a slight advantage considering both Dirk Koetter and Mike Smith oversaw Matt Ryan and Julio Jones earlier in their careers, but as our own James Yarcho recently pointed out, they still haven’t been able to stop either player. As the season wears on, the better teams are beginning to establish themselves. Unfortunately for the Bucs, they have to keep pace with both the Saints and Panthers - two teams that are currently above them in the division standings. NFC South standings after Week 5NFC South StandingsWinsLossesTie(s)Win %PFPASTRKNFC South StandingsWinsLossesTie(s)Win %PFPASTRKThe Saints showed against the Redskins that they are for real, making Tampa Bay’s victory over them in Week 1 even more important than it already was. It also makes one wonder how in the hell they beat them in the first place. What’s even more important is that despite the past two games White Ryan Smith Jersey , the Bucs still hold the second wildcard spot in the playoff race. Their conference record is key. At 2-1 with big wins over the Saints and Eagles, a victory over the Falcons would help pad that lead.A victory on Sunday would all but end the Falcons’ season as well. If a team has a chance to step on a divisional foe’s throat, it’s imperative they take full advantage of that opportunity. No one in the Bay area wants to see the Falcons hanging around at the end of the season. The Bucs will depend on Winston in a major way this weekendPhoto by Joe Robbins/Getty ImagesA loss could also drop the Bucs as many as four spots in the playoff race depending on what happens with the Packers, Vikings, Seahawks, and Eagles. You’re playing with fire if get in a playoff race with those four teams. There is one glimmer of hope should the Bucs lose this weekend. Their remaining schedule is one of the easiest in the league with a 27-29-1 record, while their NFC opponents hold an 18-24 mark. But this week doesn’t just represent potential future scenarios for Tampa Bay, it also represents the present. Can this coaching staff make the correct, needed adjustments after an entire week off? Can this team muster up a good effort after a terrible loss? Just how far have they really come since last season?History isn’t on the Bucs’ side, either. They’ve lost three straight to the Falcons and are 4-6 in Atlanta over the past ten meetings. To say this team is under pressure would be an accurate statement. How they respond to said pressure will be a big statement. But the biggest statement of all would be a win in Atlanta this weekend. It’s your move, Tampa Bay.