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TAMPA, Fla. -- Gerald McCoy knows better than to draw any conclusions from preseason success.The Tampa Bay Buccaneers led the NFL with 16 sacks -- one more than the Denver Broncos, however the four-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle isnt ready to declare the team has fixed its pass rush.Its only preseason, it doesnt count until Sunday, McCoy said looking ahead to the Bucs regular-season opener against NFC South rival Atlanta.Yes, its a positive and we can build off that. Weve shown that we can get there, but ... everything changes when it counts, he added. Game plans, matchups, tempo all that stuff changes. So, its a positive we can build off of, but it doesnt matter until Sunday.Bolstering an inconsistent pass rush and improving a porous secondary were the teams top priorities during the offseason. The Bucs finished with 38 sacks last season, when opposing quarterbacks completed 70 percent of their passes and threw for 31 touchdowns.General manager Jason Licht signed defensive end Robert Ayers Jr., four-time Pro Bowl cornerback Brent Grimes and linebacker Daryl Smith in free agency, then used the clubs first two picks in the draft to select cornerback Vernon Hargreaves III and pass rusher Noah Spence.Another key move was Coach Dirk Koetters decision to hire former Atlanta Falcons coach Mike Smith as defensive coordinator.Players have embraced what they describe as a multi-faceted, aggressive scheme that produced encouraging results during the preseason. Thirteen different players had at least half a sack, with reserve Jacquies Smith leading the way with four.McCoy, who led the Bucs with 8+ sacks last season, is confident the team is capable of replicating the success in the regular season.Ayers had 9+ sacks for the New York Giants in 2015, and Spence is a second-round draft pick out of Eastern Kentucky who likely would have been a first-rounder if not for off-the-field issues he had early in his college career at Ohio State.William Gholston is the other starting end, backed up by Jacquies Smith, a third-year pro who entered the league as an undrafted free agent and had 13+ sacks for the Bucs over the past two seasons.Now we can actually game-plan people, single out some guys, find some good matchups, McCoy said. In preseason, youre kind of just going, beating the guy in front of you. 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Yesterday it looked a bit green and this morning there was a lot of moisture.Despite the look of the pitch, Holder felt it was difficult to predict how it would behave.The last game we played here against Australia there was not this amount of grass on the pitch, he said. Previously there was grass, but the pitch still ends up being on the slower side. To be fair, as I said, probably its difficult really to predict how the pitch will play here in Jamaica. Going into this game tomorrow morning, I just need to take a final decision.West Indies went into the first Test in Antigua with only one genuine quick bowler, in Shannon Gabriel, with allrounders Holder and Carlos Brathwaite playing a holding role with their seam-up. Holder did not reveal if either Alzarri Joseph or Miguel Cummins would come into the team for the second Test, but had words of encouragement for Joseph, the uncapped 19-year-old fast bowler, when asked if he was ready for Test cricket.To be fair, I have never played against Alzarri, never seen him play cricket live, Holder said. But I have seen him play cricket on TV. And there iis obviously a lot of talk going behind him.dddddddddddd He has talent, he has the ability, he has pace. I support him fully. He has done what is done to get here.We just need to get behind him if he is making his debut tomorrow. If he plays in the near future, we just need to give him support. Support is all we can give. At this time, its important for him to back his skills and know what got him here. He got here by hard work, he got here by performances. He will just continue doing what he has been doing before and if given the opportunity, I wish him all the best.In a West Indies line-up that struggled in both innings of the first Test in Antigua, Jermaine Blackwood perhaps struggled the most, falling for ducks in both innings. Since scoring 92 against Sri Lanka in Galle last year, Blackwood has made 78 runs in nine Test innings at an average of 8.67. Holder did not specify if Blackwood would retain his place at Sabina Park, his home ground, but said the middle-order batsman had his full support.I havent picked the team as yet, Holder said. Jermaine has done well for us in the last few seasons. But I support him, I back him 100%. If he is given a chance to continue, I hope he will go and put out a good performance. He has got a Test century and has done well against some of the best bowling attacks. Everybody goes through a rough patch. Its just about him turning it around. ' ' '