The Bucs looked absolutely horrible on offense.  The Ravens decided early on that Cadillac Williams was not going to beat them.  The Ravens defense then looked like sharks that smelled blood in the water when they forced Chris Simms to pass the ball.  Simms completed 17 of 29 (58.6%) of his passes for 133 yards and 3 interceptions!  Gruden yanked him in the 4th quarter and he threw rookie Bruce Gradkowski to the wolves.  Gradkowski quickly found out that the NFL defenses are a little tougher than the MAC defenses he played against in college.  Gradkowski completed 1 of 5 passes for 4 yards.  RB Cadillac Williams looked like he was left in the garage as he only carried the ball 8 times for 22 yards (2.8 ypc) and caught 5 passes for 25 yards.

The defense actually did play that bad when you look at the numbers, but the offense kept putting the D in bad situations.  CB Ronde Barber and LB Derrick Brooks each had 11 tackles.  The Bucs held the Ravens to an average of 3.0 yards per carry (34-103).  The Ravens completed 63% of their passes for 168 net yards thru the air.