Hungry For Wins

It's been a long time since the Bucs have had a winning record in the regular season and this current roster wants to change that this coming season. New defensive end Robert Ayers has taken notice of how the players are very hungry to win and are competing every day to make this team better. Ayers spoke about how the competition is helping this team on both sides of the ball and guys just want to win per Buccaneers.com

"The more guys you get like that, the better. We're hungry, man. I see it in a lot of guys' eyes. I see the way Gerald McCoy is out there – that dude's setting the tempo out there. That dude's a monster. And to the offense's credit, they've been competing with them. They're not just taking it, they're giving it back to them. You may see Gerald kicking a lot of [butt] but they're going back at him, too, and that's a good thing. Me, I want to follow his lead. I want to kick [butt] just like him, and Lavonte and Kwon. Competition is contagious. You want to get it, man. You want to win."

Ayers is bringing that veteran presence that this team needs but he is also bringing a fiery attitude in which he wants to destroy his opponent every time. It's great to see that Ayers wants to kick butt like McCoy has been doing and others like David and Kwon are following suit as well. Ayers believes this team is ready to prove the doubters wrong and is hungry to get wins and will do whatever it takes to get this team on the right path.

It's time to prove the doubters wrong."Nobody's believing in us," said Ayers. "'Oh, they're Tampa Bay, whatever, whatever.' But we believe in ourselves and that's all that matters. Nobody's giving us a chance. People are picking us to finish third, fourth in the NFC South. Nobody's picking us to make a run. But we believe in each other. We're going to go out there and kick some butt, and that's how we look at it. We don't care about the projections and this, that and the other. We're here to work, we're here to win."

Ayers should be a big piece this year for this defensive front just like Clinton Mcdonald has been the past two years, and forming that winning mentality throughout the team.