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Doug Martin passes Blount as Bucs starting tailback

Doug Martin passes Blount as Bucs starting tailback

The Buccaneers opened the preseason rotating running backs LeGarrette Blount and Doug Martin with the first-team offense. In Thursday night’s regular-season tuneup against New England, however, Martin started the game for the first time. The rookie was in the game for Tampa Bay’s entire first possession, operating as an every-down back, and punched it in…