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Buccaneers' offensive line historically bad against Ravens

TAMPA, Fla. – The play of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' offensive line in Sunday’s 48-17 loss to the Baltimore Ravens was more than bad. It was historically bad.

Makes you wonder if Jeremy Zuttah, Donald Penn and Davin Joseph, offensive linemen who were let go in the offseason, were all that bad. Tampa Bay’s overhauled offensive line allowed quarterback Mike Glennon to be sacked five times on Sunday.

But, thanks to ESPN Stats & Information, there’s even more to the story of how bad things were.

Glennon was sacked or put under pressure on 26 of his 49 dropbacks. That’s 63 percent. That’s the highest pressure percentage of any quarterback with 40 dropbacks in the last five years.

In other words, Glennon didn’t have a chance. He completed just 6 of 21 passes when he was under pressure. When he wasn’t pressured, Glennon completed 18 of 23.