Editing Tampa Bay Buccaneers (section)

====Raheem Morris====
The [[2009 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season|2009 squad]] started out 0–7, behind Leftwich and later [[Josh Johnson (quarterback)|Josh Johnson]]. Following their bye week, the team elevated Freeman to starting quarterback,<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 28, 2009 |title=Bucs turn to Freeman as QB |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=4602474 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420124848/http://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=4602474 |archive-date=April 20, 2019 |access-date=February 4, 2019 |website=ESPN.com|agency=Associated Press}}</ref> resulting in the team's first win of the season. The team finished 3–13, the worst record since 1991.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2009 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees, Injury Reports |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/tam/2009.htm |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>

The Bucs' [[2010 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season|2010 season]] surprised many, producing the greatest single-season turnaround in franchise history, going 10–6.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cummings |first=Roy  |date=January 8, 2011 |title=Bucs reward Morris for turnaround season |url=http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/sports/comments/bucs-reward-morris-for-turnaround-season |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110110202432/http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/sports/comments/bucs-reward-morris-for-turnaround-season |archive-date=January 10, 2011 |access-date=February 4, 2011 |website=[[Tampa Tribune]]}}</ref> This was largely behind the stellar performances of Freeman,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Josh Freeman 2010 Game Log |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/F/FreeJo00/gamelog/2010/ |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stroud |first=Rick  |date=January 3, 2011 |title=Freeman's season 9th all-time in TD/INT ratio; Dominik: "He is a franchise quarterback" |url=http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/bucs/content/freemans-season-9th-all-time-tdint-ratio-dominik-he-franchise-quarterback |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110107093420/http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/bucs/content/freemans-season-9th-all-time-tdint-ratio-dominik-he-franchise-quarterback |archive-date=January 7, 2011 |access-date=February 4, 2011 |website=[[St. Petersburg Times]]}}</ref> rookie receiver [[Mike Williams (wide receiver, born 1987)|Mike Williams]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mike Williams 2010 Game Log |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/W/WillMi04/gamelog/2010/ |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name="On The Record">{{cite news|title=On the Record|url=http://www.buccaneers.com/news/article-1/On-the-Record/db19b9a2-bba1-438c-a76f-873b107f0aa2|publisher=NFL Enterprises, LLC|website=Buccaneers.com|date=January 17, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110118202913/http://www.buccaneers.com/news/article-1/On-the-Record/db19b9a2-bba1-438c-a76f-873b107f0aa2|archive-date=January 18, 2011|access-date=September 23, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> and [[LeGarrette Blount]].<ref name="On The Record" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=LeGarrette Blount 2010 Game Log |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BlouLe00/gamelog/2010/ |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> Despite the effort, the team narrowly missed the playoffs, losing out on the [[wild card (sports)|wild card]] tiebreaker to the eventual [[Super Bowl XLV]] champion Green Bay Packers.<ref name="thesportsgeeks1">{{Cite web |date=January 3, 2011 |title=Winning the Games You're Scheduled to Play |url=http://thesportsgeeks.com/2011/01/03/winning-the-games-youre-scheduled-to-play-an-analysis-of-the-2010-nfl-strength-of-schedule |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425162756/http://thesportsgeeks.com/2011/01/03/winning-the-games-youre-scheduled-to-play-an-analysis-of-the-2010-nfl-strength-of-schedule/ |archive-date=April 25, 2012 |access-date=November 14, 2011 |website=TheSportsGeeks.com}}</ref>

Tampa Bay began the [[2011 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season|2011 season]] with high hopes, adding several key defensive players through the draft.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2011 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Draftees |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/tam/2011_draft.htm |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> After a 4–2 start, however, the Buccaneers collapsed, dropping ten consecutive games to finish 4–12.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2011 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees, Injury Reports |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/tam/2011.htm |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> The day after a 45–24 loss to the Falcons in their final game of the season, the team fired Morris, offensive coordinator [[Greg Olson (American football)|Greg Olson]] and the rest of his corresponding staff.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tampa Bay Buccaneers fire head coach Raheem Morris|url=https://www.tampabay.com/sports/football/bucs/tampa-bay-buccaneers-fire-head-coach-raheem-morris/1208797/|newspaper=Tampa Bay Times|access-date=May 26, 2014|date=January 2, 2012|archive-date=May 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140527221726/http://www.tampabay.com/sports/football/bucs/tampa-bay-buccaneers-fire-head-coach-raheem-morris/1208797|url-status=live}}</ref> During the Morris era, the lack of on-the-field success, along with several contributing factors, including the [[Great Recession|recession]], saw attendance slip, precipitating local television blackouts for the first time since the mid-1990s. All eight regular-season home games were blacked out in 2010, and 5 of 7 were blacked out in 2011 (one "home" game was played in London).[[File:JaguarsBucs2011.JPG|thumb|The Bucs vs. the [[Jacksonville Jaguars]] in 2011]]