Former Bucs Have Fantasy Nights
August 10th, 2013
Regular readers here know Joe wasn’t big on the Bucs trading LeGarrette Blount for the NFL equivalent of a Subway Footlong and a bag of chips. That wasn’t because Blount deserved to take carries away from Doug Martin, hardly, but because Blount is a very talented football player and was a valuable backup earning peanuts.
Blount was dealt to New England, where he introduced himself to Patriots fans last night with a two-touchdown, 101-yard performance on 11 carries, including a highlight-reel run that you don’t see every day [video here]. (No. Joe’s not stalking Blount, merely keeping tabs on early Bucs regular-season opponents.)
Down in New Orleans, former Buccaneer Man and current Bucs basher Preston Parker caught the Saints’ only two touchdowns of the night, as he looks to rebound from being cut by Schiano last September.
In the Jets-Lions game in Detroit, DJ Toes On The Line caught two balls for the Jets, including a 24-yarder from Mark Sanchez, something the Bucs likely will see tried quite often on opening day in Gotham.
August 10th, 2013 at 10:56 am
The Blount deal that was no deal.. 101 yards,,really ?
August 10th, 2013 at 11:01 am
SportsCenter’s #6 Play of the Week. I’ve known some Buc’s fans don’t know talent and I’m wondering about the Staff. Hoping for a great Bucs season.
August 10th, 2013 at 11:05 am
But we got Mike James and Demps with the Blount trade. How well did they do? Oh yeah the did nothing. Kudos to Blount I always thought he was a serviceable back up to Doug.
August 10th, 2013 at 11:06 am
Blount was very impressive with his Pats debut but what he did was no different for them than what he did for us. Nice long high light reel runs. It’s only the pre-season but was still impressive none the less.
Blount should get his own spot on Ripleys believe it or not. Guys his size simply just should not be able to move the way he does. To bad Schiano couldnt figure out a way to use him here. Best of luck to the guy.
August 10th, 2013 at 11:17 am
But Joe I really believe the Bucs got rid of him because they didnt believe he was a true catch out of the backfield RB, thus making it predictable that it was a run play or a pass that limited us with options to throw the ball to.
August 10th, 2013 at 11:23 am
The problem with Blount is that he won’t get enough carries to be effective on the Bucs. The problem with the Bucs is that they did not trade him a year ago for a 2nd or 3rd rounder. He’ll be a thousand yard back this year…
August 10th, 2013 at 11:29 am
No, the problem with Blount is that he could not block. Once Brady gets blind sided because Blount whiffed on a block they’ll be using him as a situational back too. And you’re right, he puts up those long highlight reel runs every so often but he doesn’t get enough 3-4 yd runs when he needs to. I had no problem with them trading Blount and I would wager that Brian Leonard is going to be better for us than Blount. Leonard can block, catch and run.
August 10th, 2013 at 11:29 am
That goal line drive of 3 straight runs up the middle from the 1 yard line where he got stoned, 2 of those plays Lorig , the LEAD BLOCKER, was in the end zone.
Who cares we made the right move. Blount is a liability. When he’s in the game, YOU KNOW THEY”RE NOT PASSING IT bc he cant catch nor block
August 10th, 2013 at 11:31 am
No, the problem with Blount is that he can’t block so you can’t have him in there on third down. I would also wager that Brian Leonard is a better backup for us. He can catch, run, AND block. I had no problem with them trading Blount.
August 10th, 2013 at 11:45 am
Not to mention Philly’s defense is no better than a college ivy league team.
August 10th, 2013 at 11:53 am
they should have never let him go! most exciting back in the NFL! they couldn’t fit him in the offense? really? just let him do his thing. thats how you use him. its really not that difficult.
August 10th, 2013 at 11:56 am
I call this article the realists ammunition against Dom. He should be popping out of his trash can any minute now.
August 10th, 2013 at 11:57 am
Like I said, if they thought they could use him…he’d still be a Buc. It’s really not that difficult.
August 10th, 2013 at 11:58 am
The whole Blount situation was one that I was not happy with. he should have split the carries with Doug like we all thought would happen before last season started and been his complimentary back for the next couple of years. oh well, it is what it is, we got to move on with players who are actually on the team. for what its worth I think Brian Leonard is a good complimentary back.
August 10th, 2013 at 11:59 am
@Killian … Blount won’t be the starter for N.E. so it will be tough for him to get 1,000 yards.
August 10th, 2013 at 12:02 pm
Leonard sure showed he can be the complimentary back that we all hoped Blount could be. time to move on.
August 10th, 2013 at 12:05 pm
^^Agree with 87. Blount, the first time he misses a block or blitz pick up, Brady will send him to the sideline. The issue with Blount is for being a 245 LB back, he ran like Jane. Had terrible vision and many times, hit the wrong hole oppositte the full back. Kinda inconsistent. Now if he hit the 2nd level, he was dangerous, but it was never consistent with him.
August 10th, 2013 at 12:24 pm
Josh Johnson had a great night too
August 10th, 2013 at 12:25 pm
Lets not get to excited ok Leonard yet it was on one preseason game agaisnt a ravens defense who lost a lot of key pieces. Lets all the running backs compete until week 4 of preseason is over.
August 10th, 2013 at 12:26 pm
Qb Josh Johnson did have a good night, Good speed and throws.
August 10th, 2013 at 12:43 pm
Patriots current depth chart @ RB
1 Stevan Ridley
2 Shane Vereen
3 Brandon Bolden
4 Blount
So everyone stop all this banter about Blount’s even going to get all that many carries in the 1st place.
August 10th, 2013 at 12:52 pm
Plus I just looked at the play by play for that game. Blount ran wild on 2nd and 3rd teamers. So stop making a big deal out of nothing.
August 10th, 2013 at 12:54 pm
Little do the Pat’s know his 12 carry would have been a fumble. Then his 13,14 and 15 carry would have been for a loss. His 16th carry he would a 20 yard rumble. Mix in his poor passing down skill’s. Plus he’s allway’s a injury risk
August 10th, 2013 at 12:56 pm
I loved this guy on our team and hoped he would get more of an opportunity than Schiano gave him… I was in AZ when he went crazy on the Cardinals defense and thought we had found our RB of the next 5 years or so…… Alas, such is life.
I watched last nights very entertaining game and let’s be real here…. His production was against “grocery baggers” and “beer truck drivers”.
I’m sure Bilicheck will be curious to see if he can continue his exciting ways against better competition. I personally wish him the best, cause he sure is fun to watch.
August 10th, 2013 at 12:58 pm
@Buc1987
Something to note on your depth chart. Blount split carries with Ridley on the first team O before Ridley broke one. Doesn’t seem like NE consider him a #4 RB. I had an uncle call me to complain about that.
August 10th, 2013 at 1:08 pm
Happy for Blount….I never agreed with the way our coaches were (mis)using him.
parker and the dj can go suck an egg….I dont miss them at all, and I sure as heck cant wait to see our D fk em up! Those two moochers are squatting in their last resort.
But Blount…Hey, way to go Big Guy!! I was always a fan.
August 10th, 2013 at 1:13 pm
@ Stranger…yah I saw that and the play by play breakdown. Blount didn’t do squat against the 1st string. So your points is what Blount is better than Vereen? I don’t think so. Blount is going to end up 3rd string if he makes the squad at all.
August 10th, 2013 at 1:13 pm
Never cry over spilled milk and don’t look back. Like Tom Crabtree Thursday night – the SOBs may be gainin’ on ya! Lol. I wish both Blount and Parker well but neither will help our pass rush or our STs. Blount looked like Blount in pre-season and Talib looked like Talib all the time. Obviously I jest!
August 10th, 2013 at 1:15 pm
^ Haters and know it alls, have to hate on Blount.
I wish LGB all the best, and I think he will find a way to contribute to the PAts.
Who, on the Bucs Thursday night, broke out against 2nd or 3rd teamers? The Bucs looked pretty crappy the other night, but it is just the preseason.
Our depth didn’t look good, and our D-Line looks flat. Hopefully we can come out strong in our next game.
August 10th, 2013 at 1:30 pm
Hey buc1987, why do you try to keep other posters here from voicing their opinion, especially when it doesnt agree with yours? Are you starving for attention?
August 10th, 2013 at 1:34 pm
@Buc1987
He had 12 yds on 3 carries to spell Ridley. That’s being productive, not nothing. They could have coasted on the run game alone with the way things were. And that doesn’t mean he’s ahead of Vereen, who will obviously get on the field for passing plays. It means NE is toying with the idea of running with Blount with Ridley this early in preseason. And that’s a pretty big deal for Blount, considering NE has a notoriously complex system.
August 10th, 2013 at 1:35 pm
Remember some guy’s rush for 100 yard’s in preseason. Then get cut. I wish Blount the best of luck. But the bottem line is you don’t know if you’ll get 15 carry’s for 30 yard’s and a fumble or 20 carry’s for 160 yard’s and 2 TD’s. Starting running back’s in the NFL have 4 good games for every bad one. Not a coin flip game to game like Blount.
August 10th, 2013 at 1:47 pm
@76buc76
Before last year, Blount had a career avg of 5 yds a carry. He wasn’t that much of a coin flip.
August 10th, 2013 at 1:48 pm
I guess you are right, I’m just mad that we didn’t trade him when his stock was high…
August 10th, 2013 at 1:50 pm
76Buc76,
Blount was a 1K rusher just a few seasons ago, right?
Pretty sure Blount averaged 5 yards a pop, and ran wild in 2010?
Yeah, Blount may not fit the Schiano mold, but it doesn’t mean that he can’t be a productive NFL RB.
August 10th, 2013 at 1:51 pm
76Buc76,
You want a “coin flip”? Look at our starting “Franchise” QB—> Josh Freeman, he is a “coin flip”.
August 10th, 2013 at 1:57 pm
^^^^Now we all know who the real haters are. Don’t we?
August 10th, 2013 at 2:00 pm
Looks like Blount is still up to his old ways, tip toeing and hoping lightning strikes. More often it doesn’t and he looks bad but on this night it works out for him.
Cool. But this was against second and third string defenders and there is no way he consistently becomes a effective runner that can be trusted. He’s what the tape shows he is. I’d take Doug Martin over him in a blink and Leonard.
Bucs did right. I won’t disgrace myself talking about the sergeant and Preston -two chains Parker.
August 10th, 2013 at 2:01 pm
^^^ haha very true stevek
August 10th, 2013 at 2:27 pm
@ MadMax…I point out facts. Like depth charts and the fact that Blount was running up against an already weak Philly D.
Ridley had 290 attempts for 1263 yards last season. Even if Blount is 2nd string, how many carries do you think he will have in the Pat’s pass happy offense? I wanted to keep Blount too. I’m not a Blount hater. I’m not trying to prove anyone wrong. I point this stuff out, because it was missing from Joe’s article. Bucs fans read it and go ga ga over Blount’s “fantasy night” as it said in the headline. Sorry if it bothers you and Stevek, but it is what it is. Really I’m not sorry at all actually.
Here’s a couple of questions for you Max. Why don’t you concentrate a little bit more on the topic and less on me? Do you have an opinion on Blount’s magical preseason night?
August 10th, 2013 at 2:44 pm
Hey Joe, how long does it take for you to screen my comment? I mean what’s the usual, a 1/2 hr or an hour?
August 10th, 2013 at 2:53 pm
Here’s a couple of questions for you Max. Why don’t you concentrate a little bit more on the topic and less on me? Do you have an opinion on Blount’s magical preseason night?
August 10th, 2013 at 2:54 pm
I point out facts. Like depth charts and the fact that Blount was running up against an already weak Philly D.
Ridley had 290 attempts for 1263 yards last season. Even if Blount is 2nd string, how many carries do you think he will have in the Pat’s pass happy offense? I wanted to keep Blount too. I’m not a Blount hater. I’m not trying to prove anyone wrong. I point this stuff out because it was missing from the article. Bucs fans read it and go ga ga over Blount’s “fantasy night” as it said in the headline. Sorry if it bothers you and Stevek, but it is what it is. Really I’m not sorry at all actually.
August 10th, 2013 at 3:25 pm
That Blount run would’ve been a 3 yard loss against a 1st team defense. What a joke. Were those high school players on D for the Eagles?
August 10th, 2013 at 3:26 pm
The Blount koolaid drinkers love throwing around the “1000 yard season” crap. Yeah, so was Cadillac Williams.
Blount is garbage. That’s why he’s 3rd string in New England.
August 10th, 2013 at 3:30 pm
One more thing… if the Bucs lose to Geno Smith or Mark Sanchez in Week 1, they might as well cancel the season. Those two guys make Freeman look like Joe Montana, Tom Brady and Dan Marino all combined into one.
August 10th, 2013 at 3:32 pm
Are you trying to say Cadi was garbage? If so you are a 1st class idiot.
August 10th, 2013 at 3:34 pm
an hour and 1/2? Now all we need is James Earl Jones to say : This is CNN.
August 10th, 2013 at 3:41 pm
@Couch Fan:
Try to separate Cadillac’s football skills from his heart.
I love his heart – Auburn grad here. And rooted for him 100%. But he wasn’t much of an NFL talent. Sorry. He split time at Auburn with Ronnie Brown for a reason. Running for 1000 yards in 1 season doesn’t automatically mean you are a good RB.
August 10th, 2013 at 4:04 pm
I told y’all he’d shine in NE,
Regardless, it was his time to go.
August 10th, 2013 at 4:07 pm
If you really dont think he was a good RB then that is your right but…But Cadillac had skill, he was drafted #5 in the 1st round because of that skill. He also was Offensive Rookie of the year. I guess thats an award guys with no skill win all the time?
And yes he split time with Ronnie Brown the #2 pick in the first round that year who finished #2 in Offensive Rookie of the Year award. Right behind Cadillas…. because they BOTH were very good RBs.
Then the injuries set in and Cadillac sadly never was the same back again. But make no mistake about it. So I guess technically you are right he only had 1 good season. But considering the circumstances the reason why is obvious.
It’s sad you would even write something so ignorant.
August 10th, 2013 at 4:09 pm
And it’s less a matter of blocking cause that can be taught,
He could not do well what we needed him for, and that was being productive on short spells for Dougie and on the short down and distance.
August 10th, 2013 at 4:11 pm
And while we show hate for LGB, Martin had one hell of a night against the Crows first team. Oh I forgot. It’s the lines fault.
August 10th, 2013 at 4:50 pm
No hate at all,
Like I said I predicted he’d do very well as the feature back elsewhere, but you are absolutely nuts if you think LGB has anything on Dougie.
There was NO USE for him here. Dougie is our feature back and LGB is no back up.
and P.S. Dougie wasn’t even really used so what are you talking about? lol
August 10th, 2013 at 8:00 pm
Yea Blount went against 2nd and 3rd teamers, but, did exactly what he should have done!! 11 carries for 100+ yards!
August 10th, 2013 at 8:02 pm
No use for Blount? Have you even watched football the past 10 years? Most teams have two good running backs ie Houston, the Giants when the won both superbowls etc. Its called change of pace back or the preservation of the feature back. IMO, the bucs better find a compliment to Martin if we want his services for more than 4 years. And leonard is not it.
I doubt any of you had heard of Leonard before the bucs signed him. I cant blame you for that. He has only rushed for 646 yards in his 7 year career. Blount rushed for more than that in his 2011 “bad” year. Yea, there was a use for Blount here.
August 10th, 2013 at 10:03 pm
So you know for a fact leonard is not what we need based off his stats? Wow
August 10th, 2013 at 11:55 pm
See what I mean Couch Fan? So many clueless Buc fans that just talk out of their ass. If you like I can clearly point them out to you from time to time. Make Tiny Tim GM or HC right now because he clearly has all the answers. Schiano is obviously clueless. I was a Blount fan too, but I trust in Schiano more than Tiny Tim.
August 11th, 2013 at 1:11 am
NO USE
Exactly what you heard, LGB is not a change of pace back he requires a bulk of carries to get going MOST of the time.
He wasn’t going to get them here and who gives a damn how many other teams use two back systems??? When you have an every down back like Dougie you only take em out on occasion when he requires it.
LGB absolutely SUCKED at short down and distance which is the kind of back we needed him to be.
Oh and thanks for your insight on Leonard Ms.Cleo, where’d you get the crystal ball?
August 11th, 2013 at 3:17 am
Buc1987 says: “Max. Why don’t you concentrate a little bit more on the topic and less on me?”
How about YOU concentrate more on the topic I was referring to in my response to you! You completely avoided it. I asked why you’re requesting others here to stop voicing their opinions….Example: “So everyone stop all this banter about Blount’s even going to get all that many carries in the 1st place.”
and: “Blount ran wild on 2nd and 3rd teamers. So stop making a big deal out of nothing.”
and: “So many clueless Buc fans that just talk out of their a%&$. If you like I can clearly point them out to you from time to time.”
You’re entitled to your opinion, I have nothing against it, express it all you want….but you’re trying to shut other’s opinions down. And quite frankly, you post a whole heck of a lot, so its hard to ignore you sometimes. And I already expressed my opinion on Blount’s night. But we’re both Buc fans and thats what counts 🙂
But I take SERIOUS offense to the way you talk down to others here like this is your forum and “how dare” anyone disagree with you.
On topics I care about where I see you doing this, well, Im going to call you on it. Have some class man.
August 11th, 2013 at 3:18 am
test…hate when posts wont post 🙁
August 11th, 2013 at 3:19 am
Buc1987 says: “Max. Why don’t you concentrate a little bit more on the topic and less on me?”
How about YOU concentrate more on the topic I was referring to in my response to you! You completely avoided it. I asked why you’re requesting others here to stop voicing their opinions….Example: “So everyone stop all this banter about Blount’s even going to get all that many carries in the 1st place.”
and: “Blount ran wild on 2nd and 3rd teamers. So stop making a big deal out of nothing.”
and: “So many clueless Buc fans that just talk out of their a%^&$. If you like I can clearly point them out to you from time to time.”
August 11th, 2013 at 3:22 am
2nd part is coming if I can figure why the words wont allow the post, using no curse words….SMDH!
August 11th, 2013 at 3:28 am
I give up….wth Joe?
August 11th, 2013 at 3:29 am
@Buc1987
You’re entitled to your opinion, I have nothing against it, express it all you want….but you’re trying to shut other’s opinions down. And quite frankly, you post a whole heck of a lot, so its hard to ignore you sometimes.