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Sure, the Buccaneers gave running back Doug Martin a giant pile of money to keep him on the team. That doesn’t mean they won’t be trying to help him improve his overall performance.

One area where performance is being addressed: Fumbles.

“We have talked about it. And we’ve studied it,” Tampa Bay running backs coach Tim Spencer recently said, via JoeBucsFan.com. “So we know what the issue is, what the problem is. We just gotta work on them. I’m not going to dwell on it. We do work on it consistently. He’s well aware of [the fumbles]. Trust me.”

After having a total of three fumbles in the first three years of his career, Martin fumbled five times in 2015 alone. On average, he lost the football once every 64.2 touches. As a rookie in 2012, he fumbled only once in 368 touches.

It’s not clear what the Bucs are doing, but it is clear that Martin’s struggles are recent. Which means that they definitely can be fixed.