The Bucs’ running game in the post-Chucky era has been pretty lousy.

Aside from a couple of seasons from Doug Martin (his rookie year and a contract season), and LeGarrette Blount’s rookie season (2010), the Bucs have stunk at running the ball.

If a running back cannot get 1,000 yards in 16 games, that’s low rung.

In the eyes of Maurice Moton of Bleacher Report, the key area new Bucs coach Bucco Bruce Arians must turn around to have any success is the rushing attack.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers hired head coach Bruce Arians, who seems focused on molding Jameis Winston into a more consistent starting quarterback. An upgraded ground attack could help the signal-caller avoid turnovers and improve offensive efficiency. Tampa Bay ranked 22nd in rush attempts and 29th in yards as a one-dimensional offense heavily reliant on the passing game. Peyton Barber, the team’s leading ball-carrier, averaged 3.7 yards per carry, and rookie second-rounder Ronald Jones logged 23 carries for 44 yards and a touchdown in nine appearances. The Buccaneers’ aerial attack features multiple quality pass-catchers including Mike Evans, Chris Godwin, O.J. Howard and Cameron Brate. Nonetheless, it’s not necessarily a good idea to allow Winston to go pass-happy. He’s thrown the second-most interceptions (58), along with Bortles, since 2015. More handoffs to a dynamic running back could keep the offense rolling in a balanced approach.

The problem here is, the past two years when seemingly every team in the NFL improved its running game because the drafts were so stocked, the Bucs drafted two stiff running backs in the last two drafts.

Now this may be a chicken-or-the-egg thing. Is it terrible drafting or Bucs coaches who couldn’t develop runners? Let’s just say Joe isn’t banking on Ronald Jones to suddenly become Marcus Allen.

Maybe Arians can help the Bucs personnel department pick out decent backs? Either way, the fact the Bucs can’t even accidentally stumble upon a running back is just downright sad.