Cadillac Williams did not play well in his second season for the Bucs.  He played in 14 games and carried the ball 225 times for 798 yards (3.5 ypc) with 1 TD run.  He also caught the ball 30 times for 196 yards (6.5 avg).  For his career, Williams has played in 28 games (28 starts) and has carried the ball 515 times for 1,976 yards (3.8 ypc) with 7 TD runs.  He also has caught 50 passes for 277 yards (5.5 avg).

Michael Pittman played well when he got the chance.  Pittman played in all 16 games (3 starts) and he carried the ball 50 times for 245 yards (4.9 ypc) with 1 TD run.  He also caught 47 passes for 405 yards (8.6 avg).  For his career, Pittman has played in 133 games (76 starts) and he’s carried the ball 1,248 times for 5,021 yards (4.0 ypc) with 21 TD runs.  He also has caught 389 passes for 3,209 yards (8.2 avg) with 8 TD grabs.

Fullback Mike Alstott started to look his age this season.  He played in all 16 games and carried the ball 60 times for 171 yards (2.9 ypc) with 3 TD runs.  He also caught 21 passes for 85 yards (4.0 avg).  For his career, Alstott has played in 158 games (137 starts) and he has carried the ball 1,359 times for 5,088 yards (3.7 ypc) with 58 TD runs.  He also has caught 305 passes for 2,284 yards (7.5 avg) with 13 TD receptions.

Earnest Graham never gets to play, but he always plays well when given a chance.  Graham played in all 16 games this season and carried the ball 11 times for 59 yards (5.4 ypc).  He also caught 1 pass for 4 yards.  For his career, Graham has played in 41 games (0 starts) and he has carried the ball 53 times for 215 yards (4.1 ypc).  He also has only caught 1 pass for 4 yards.

The honeymoon for Jon Gruden is almost over.  Gruden won the Super Bowl in the 2002 season, his first on the job in Tampa, but his record is only 27-37 in the last four seasons including 4-12 this season.  For his NFL, career, Gruden is 77-67 (53.5%) in the regular season and 5-3 in the post season.  In his seasons in Tampa, Gruden has a record of 39-41 (48.8%) in the regular season and 3-1 in the post season.  Gruden proved he could win with Tony Dungy’s team, but they’ve been going backwards under Gruden’s watch.  His faith in Chris Simms could end his career in Tampa soon.

Chris Simms played awful and then he got so beat up that he had to have his spleen removed.  Coach Gruden then decided to give 6th round pick Bruce Gradkowski the next shot.  He played well early, but the league caught up to him and that landed him a spot on the bench.  Tim Rattay followed and he played pretty well.

Chris Simms had a horrible year before getting knocked out for the season.  Simms started 3 games and completed 58 of 106 passes (54.7%) for 585 yards with 1 TD pass and 7 interceptions (46.3 QB Rating).  He also ran the ball 4 times for 7 yards (1.8 ypc).  For his career, Simms has played in 19 games (15 starts) and he’s completed 291 of 492 passes (59.1%) for 3,087 yards with 12 TD passes and 17 interceptions (71.2 QB Rating).  He also has carried the ball 30 times for 52 yards (1.7 ypc) with 1 TD run.

Bruce Gradkowski was overmatched most of the season due to a lack of arm strength.  He played in 13 games (11 starts) and he completed 177 of 328 passes (54%) for 1,661 yards with 9 TD passes and 9 interceptions (65.9 QB Rating).  He also carried the ball 41 times for 161 yards (3.9 ypc).

Tim Rattay played the best of the Bucs QBs by far.  Rattay played in 4 games (2 starts) and completed 61 of 101 passes (60.4%) for 748 yards with 4 TD passes and 2 interceptions (88.2 QB Rating).  He also ran the ball 4 times for 3 yards (0.8 ypc).  For his career, Rattay has played in 36 games (18 starts) and he’s completed 417 of 687 passes (60.7%) for 4,689 yards with 28 TD passes and 20 interceptions (82.6 QB Rating).  He also has carried the ball 43 times for 72 yards (1.7 ypc).

Many thought that the Seahawks would use alot of backups with their spot in the playoffs secure, but they had other ideas.  The Seahawks wanted to come into the playoffs sharp and played their regulars who were just too good for the Bucs to deal with.  Tim Rattay had a decent game as he completed 16 of 27 passes for 185 yards with a TD pass.  Michael Pittman had another good game with Cadillac out.  He carried the ball 12 times for 73 yards (6.1 ypc) and he caught 3 passes for 36 yards.  Joey Galloway played really well also with 8 grabs for 118 yards and a TD.

Derrick Brooks led the defense with 11 tackles, but the defense didn’t play that well as a whole.  The Seahawks ran the ball 42 times for 132 yards (3.1 ypc).  They also completed 17 of 29 passes for 212 net yards passing.

The loss dropped the Bucs to 4-12 on the season.  http://scores.espn.go.com/nfl/boxscore?gameId=261231027