TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -Cadillac Williams struggled to find the right words to describe the frustration the Tampa Bay Buccaneers feel being winless heading into the fifth game of the season.

``With the people we have in this locker room, we definitely expected more,'' the team's leading rusher said Monday. ``We demand more of ourselves. For us to be 0-4 is terrible.''

The Bucs kept it close Sunday, avoiding a fourth consecutive double-digit loss. Still, losing 16-13 to struggling Washington barely qualified as a confidence builder.

The Redskins (2-2) turned the ball over four times and also had extra-point blocked, yet found a way to rally from a 10-0 deficit and extend Tampa Bay's skid to eight games dating to an 0-4 December that cost the Bucs a playoff berth last season.

Rookie coach Raheem Morris cited numerous bright spots, including the improved play of defensive end Gaines Adams, cornerback Aqib Talib's three interceptions and a steady performance by second-year quarterback Josh Johnson in his first NFL start.

Squandered opportunities, however, outweighed the positives.

``I hate when people say they should have won a football game when you lost it. No, you shouldn't. You should've lost because you lost,'' Morris said. ``But those are the games you feel like you gave yourself a chance, so let's just go get those.''

Johnson completed 13 of 22 passes for 106 yards, one touchdown and one interception. But after scoring Tampa Bay's only TD two minutes into the game, the offense only produced two field goals the rest of the way.

Although the Bucs finished with just 229 yards total offense, they felt they did make some strides with Johnson directing the attack instead of the less mobile Byron Leftwich, who was benched after Tampa Bay was held to 86 yards in a 24-0 loss to the New York Giants.

The running game got back on track with Williams rushing for 77 yards on 16 carries and Johnson contributing 41 on seven attempts.

``We've got to find out who we are. We've got a lot of different options. We've just got to figure out what works best for us in certain situations,'' receiver Michael Clayton said, adding that it was disappointing to not be able to do more offensively after building an early lead.

The defense held Washington to 277 yards after giving up 462, 438 and 397 in losses the Dallas, Buffalo and New York. The unit limited the Redskins to 125 on the ground after allowing the Bills and Giants to each rush for over 200 yards.

``On a day that our defense gives us four turnovers, you expect to get something going. It didn't happen,'' said Clayton, who doesn't have a reception the past two weeks after averaging 17.1 yards per catch on seven receptions in the first two games.

``We've got something that we need to get fixed,'' he added. ``We had success last year. We have the same tools, if not better. We've just got to put it together.''

Williams, who's averaging five yards per carry after undergoing offseason knee surgery, is confident the team is on the right track.

``The thing you can't do as a player is let things pile up on you and linger into the next week. We've basically got to keep punching, keep moving forward,'' the fifth-year pro said.

``We can't change anything that happened the last four games. We've got to get better as a staff and as players. Everybody's got to man up, quit making the foolish mistakes, the penalties and things like that that are just killing us. ... Once we win a game, I just feel like we could take off. But we've got to start by winning a game.''