It's always good to have goals. There are all kinds of self-improvement Reggie Jackson Jersey books that say this is true, and one of the best ways to better yourself. Buccaneers linebacker Lavonte David appears to have taken this to heart, having set for himself and his teammates a very lofty goal. "I think we can be the best defense ever, to be honest. I'm going to go out there and say it," David said, .Not just the best Bucs defense. The single best defense in history. "Yeah, I'm going to say it. Put it on me. I'm going to say it," he said. "NFL history, Bucs Rickey Henderson Jersey history, anything. That's just the type of attitude we have."For what it's worth, the 2015 Bucs ranked 10th in yards allowed, but 26th in points allowed and 18th in Football Outsiders' DVOA (Defense-adjusted Value Over Average), which adjusts performance for down, distance, and opponent. To enter into any "best defense ever" conversations along with teams like the 1985 Bears, the 2000 Ravens, and the like, the Bucs are going to have to bring that opponents' scoring average down. They gave up 26.1 points Jed Lowrie Jersey per game last season; the 2000 Ravens (who allowed the fewest points per game in a 16-game season) allowed 10.3 per game. The'85 Bears allowed 12.4 per game. The Vikings of the early 1970's allowed fewer than 13.9 points per game in four different seasons. The 2002 Buccaneers were down at 12.3 per game. The 1991 Eagles allowed the fewest yards per game in a 16-game season, at 221.8 per game, about 119 fewer than the Bucs allowed last season. The '02 Matt Joyce Jersey Bucs were at 252.2; teams like the early 1990's Cowboys, the 1978 Rams, and even the 1979 Bucs were in the 240-per-game range. These are just the kind of benchmarks the Bucs would have to hit (or approach) to even be in the conversation with the best defenses ever, and even then, most people's Marcus Semien Jersey nostalgia for the good old days would probably prevent them from admitting that this team was better, even if it was. But again, it's good to have goals, even if most Bucs fans would probably settle for a defense that gets them to the playoffs.