Dolphins 20, Bucs 14
August 16th, 2014
It was Gerald McCoy’s night. (Photo courtesy of Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
Gerald McCoy was freakin’ dominant. The Bucs’ offensive line looked solid. Mike Evans learned a valuable lesson. And did Joe mention Gerald McCoy was an unstoppable force?
Hope and peace and calm is restored across the Tampa Bay area.
Joe’s must tip his cap to new right guard Patrick Omameh who made the most of his shot tonight. The 23-year-old did some good things, showed some quick feet and strength. There were holes for Doug Martin. Real holes. And Martin looked sharp. Omameh was undrafted out of Michigan last year, a Schiano-Dominik pick up off the 49ers’ practice squad.
The Bucs’ defense was again the no-worries unit Joe expected. They got the turnover Lovie Smith covets (thanks, Gerald) and allowed three points to the Dolphins’ first-team offense and through the first half.
Job pretty well done.
Stick with Joe through the night for so much more out of tonight’s game and the locker room.
August 16th, 2014 at 10:44 pm
Last year McCoy didn’t get any help. This year he don’t NEED any!!
August 16th, 2014 at 10:50 pm
Jerseys aren’t bad
August 16th, 2014 at 10:52 pm
Football games are not won with the first unit. The Bucs still have no depth and that OL is not all that good. Most passes are underneath routes and the holes for Martin will close quickly in the regular season.
I still expect only 4 wins and Tedford to be fired during the season. Lovie Smith and Jason Licht have no clue on how to match personnel for scheme and it will become increasingly obvious as the season progresses. 1-5 in the first six and panic about even hiring Lovie before the end of the season. I think he may get canned after next year without dramatic change – and that’ll be hard if he has too much input in personnel. Lovie has no clue on offense and is poor with personnel.
August 16th, 2014 at 10:53 pm
@Demenion
Probably cuz the Bucs were good tonight haha
August 16th, 2014 at 10:55 pm
Lol
August 16th, 2014 at 10:59 pm
Odly enough, I didn’t even notice the jerseys. That’s a good thing, cause last week they blared disaster to me. Walter, you might be right.
Secondary sucked, but there were injuries. Other than that, the defense looked great.
Oline solid? Hmmn. I think they were better. I think the run blocking was much better. Starting QB protection was improved.
But it wasn’t exactly solid. Not yet.
August 16th, 2014 at 11:00 pm
Oddly I mean
August 16th, 2014 at 11:18 pm
No matter how bad tonight shook out, ATL took it to the chin and lost their starting LT with a knee injury (not Matthews). Fingers crossed James’ shoulder isn’t serious.
August 16th, 2014 at 11:19 pm
@BB
They have potential to be a lot better, let’s see what happens next week.
August 16th, 2014 at 11:26 pm
Leave Omameh where is at. Let him get some reps and give Edwards a chance too if he flops and cousins is better so be it. I agree with Joe or Joe’s if that’s your real name. Baby steps. Baby steps from another post. It’s coming together like it or not. Cannons will be firing!! I might be a lil pessimistic about my bucs. Boom!
August 16th, 2014 at 11:39 pm
@JR
Get off the site with negativity. The team first team played well. Let that be. Loser… You prolly couldn’t throw a flag in the nfl. Lol
August 16th, 2014 at 11:47 pm
There are NFL players…
…and then there is Gerald McCoy.
August 17th, 2014 at 1:08 am
I’m glad to hear the Super Bowl parade is back on!
August 17th, 2014 at 3:30 am
On the jersey thing: the white ones look good. On the Omameh thing: shouldn’t be a huge surprise- there’s been a buzz about him in the last couple of months.
August 17th, 2014 at 3:35 am
My man McCoy tearing it up last night….and Evans (hopefully) lesson learned!!! 1st team O line looked better but still, we need to bite the bullet and sign Boone from sanfran….give them a 2nd from next year, the money is there…..do it guys!
August 17th, 2014 at 7:06 am
This is no joke, I watched the guard play extensively for a series and the guards (Cousins and Onemeh) were really getting great push, especially Cousins. On two consecutive plays, Cousins blew his guy 5+ yards down field. Not saying he’s going to be great, but at the very least he was pretty good in this game, which is more than I can say for his past.
August 17th, 2014 at 10:10 am
That middle corner for shredded all night…. No worries Joe really?
August 17th, 2014 at 10:12 am
Nickel corner