Well-stocked roster.
Joe has already noted that the Bucs current roster is made up of 82 percent of players the Bucs drafted and developed. No team has that much homegrown talent.
And Albert Breer of SI.com suggested if the Bucs, for example, were in the northeast or played in the AFC West, they would be the talk of the NFL.
Why? Because the [Bucs almost always](https://www.si.com/nfl/week-1-nfl-takeaways-bills-comeback-packers-parsons) have a quality player to plug a hole with.
> And maybe because they play in Florida, or the NFC South, they don’t get enough attention for it—but Egbuka’s readiness is just another example of how impressively the Buccaneers have emerged from their post–Tom Brady era, especially when compared to what happened in New England after the Patriots lost the legendary quarterback. …
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> There are examples of this all over Tampa’s roster. The Bucs dealt Carlton Davis III away two offseasons ago and had Zyon McCollum ready to roll. Luke Goedeke backfilled the right tackle spot when Wirfs flipped to left tackle after Donovan Smith left. Barton took over the spot Ryan Jensen held down for six years, and so on and so on.
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> They also came out dealing with injuries such as Wirfs’s and Godwin’s. Yet, they’re still standing as the favorite to take home the South again. Sunday made it pretty obvious again why it is that way.
In some ways, the Bucs remind Joe of a good baseball organization. If there is an injury or a trade, the team calls someone up from the minors and that player is ready to play right away, and won’t embarrass himself. That’s sort of the way the Bucs have built from within.
Stock the roster with quality players and have them ready when they need to start, whether that is because of an injury, a trade, or someone leaving for greener pastures.