Morris questions offense's effort at Jets On the day after New York newspapers ridiculed his 1-12 football team in the wake of a 26-3 setback, Bucs coach Raheem Morris acknowledged Monday that the current regime must turn things around quickly. The Bucs were alternately described as "pitiful," "overmatched" and "anemic" in the Big Apple media after the Jets improved to 7-6 by limiting Tampa Bay to six first downs and 124 yards. "I believe in our ownership, I believe in our GM (Mark Dominik), I believe in myself and I believe in this team," Morris said after the Bucs lost for the 16th time in 17 games, dating back to last season's December collapse. "It's just a matter of time. You don't get much time, so you'd better do it pretty quickly. We have progressed. We've gotten better on defense - still not good enough. We'll get better. We'll find out how to play as a team and how to build as a unit." Morris was asked whether he is now questioning the effort of his players. "I don't think it's a matter of effort," he said. "(Sunday), it kind of had some Giants implications to it, where they physically overmatched us in certain situations or a guy just flat-out beat a guy. I don't know if it was effort - I don't want to put it on that yet because I see a lot of effort. I see people flying around to the football." But according to Jets DE Marques Douglas, who was signed by the Bucs as a free agent in 2008 before being quickly shipped to Baltimore, some Tampa Bay players didn't appear to be giving it their all Sunday. "I thought their will got broken," Douglas said. "After a while, it was like they were totally not into it." Even Morris admitted a floundering unit that went 0-for-14 on third down looked like a beaten group. "(Sunday) on offense, you can question some of the effort," he said. "We've got to evaluate the tape and find out what's wrong." Ira Kaufman, The Tampa Tribune 15 December 2009