“Continue Building On Great Protection”
October 8th, 2014
It’s happy times and high-fives at One Buc Palace when it comes to the Buccaneers’ pass blocking.
Just don’t spoil the mood and talk about the running game.
The man calling the plays nowadays, quarterbacks coach/fill-in coordinator Marcus Arroyo, raved about the Bucs’ pass blocking today and said his offense will “continue building on great protection.”
Arroyo stressed how well the O-line held up the past two games against creative and talented defenses on the road.
Joe can’t disagree. The pass blocking has been stout, minus the heinous, game-turning safety in New Orleans. Doug Martin has even been strong picking up blitzes. Mike Glennon tossing for 245 second-half yards against Pittsburgh never would have happened without stout blocking.
Arroyo said the in-game switch Sunday at right guard from Patrick Omameh to Garrett Gilkey was about merit, not injury.
October 8th, 2014 at 1:34 pm
That’s really what this OLine was built for, pass protection. So perhaps its time to accept that and use the short passing game to supplant the (ineffective) running game.
October 8th, 2014 at 1:40 pm
There’s two teams in the AFC West who live by the pass setting up the run…they seem to be doing pretty well, so what one has Peyton Manning and the other has Philip Rivers as their QBs, we have Glennon and I’m okay with that.
October 8th, 2014 at 1:49 pm
Wasn’t the safety caused by our 8 million dollar guard we got from the Pats? That was the drive that cost us the game.
October 8th, 2014 at 1:56 pm
And the safety came on a stunt. Somewhere, Greg Schiano is doing the evil laugh and rubbing his hands together.
October 8th, 2014 at 2:39 pm
Bone head penalties, blown assignments, drops, play calling and Lovie’s clock management all blunders cost us the game.
The Zebras were awful too.
October 8th, 2014 at 2:57 pm
Then let him pass.
October 8th, 2014 at 2:59 pm
We scored 31 points on Sunday. Granted, it was against a poor defense, but its still pretty good. Surprisingly, O is not our biggest problem.
We had decent pressure on Brees, and it seemed at times we covered well. But the bottom line is we had zero sacks, we allowed 371 yards passing, we could not tackle our grandmother, and could not get our D off the field. The D we were led to believe the Bucs would have this year has NOT materialized.
October 8th, 2014 at 3:40 pm
Hint. Hint. Pass blocking. Not run blocking. Good pass blocking should materialize into more passing. Especially on 1st down. But thats too logical. Lovie thinks outside the box. I say Lovie because he’s definitely holding Arroyo back. The dive runs up the gut have Lovies’ prints all over it.
October 8th, 2014 at 3:57 pm
Don’t agree with you there Ray Rice. I think it’s the offensive coordinator and his feeble attempt to keep defenses honest by shrinking the defense inside and throwing outside. I say f@#% that! Why not open up with four wide or 3 wide TE flexed out and run/pass option read for QB? No, not Glennon running, just him deciding to handoff or keep and pass after run fake? At least on 1st downs it would spread the defense out. JMHO.
October 8th, 2014 at 5:00 pm
harry offense amassed a total of 64 yards in first half.while the defense kept them in the game by limiting NO to two field goals and a td.two interceptions
put us back in the game with pic 6 and setting up field goal.They woke up what had been a stumbling ,bumbling offense.offense played well for awhile
but fell apart at crunch time.playcalling penalties, and mistakes on kept the defense on field way too much.31 points wasnt good enough last year in seattle either. penalties, and poorly timed and ineffective running plays killed us in the end leading to fumble and safety.
October 8th, 2014 at 6:14 pm
Let me try to say this one more time so some of you troglodytes can understand it.
All of New Orleans losses came on the road. Their defense plays like a different team at home. One reason being the crowd noise which most of the people out here are unaware of because they never go to a home game where our crowd noise wouldn’t bother a college team.
Add to that is the fact our fans are close to being apathetic autistics. At the Rams game I had to tell a bimbo to quit trying to start a wave when the offense had the ball.
I mean really.
October 8th, 2014 at 6:20 pm
Would someone please tell me Arroyo if the pass blocking is so wonderful, to try and use it more than 15 percent of the time on first down. Then,mid you are in say a second and three, you have a couple of more options in play selection wen it comes to second down.
Ryan completely baffled Arroyo in the final quarter.
October 8th, 2014 at 6:28 pm
@David
I dont see Lovie giving a first time 35yr old play caller full reign of the offense. The runs are definitely on Lovie. Arroyo passed a lot at Wyoming. Check the stats. In any case I want them to open the offense up as well. 4,5 wide would be great to use every once in a while.
October 8th, 2014 at 8:29 pm
If this line is build for pass pro and they are starting to come into their own, then why keep running on first down 99% of the time? I suspect it’s Lovie, not Arroyo, who is the driving force behind that. Keep Lovie out of the offense and everything will be fine.
October 8th, 2014 at 9:08 pm
I was in my mom’s car and I don’t have sirious radio or however it’s spelt.
There was a dude on there saying that the NFC South looks so weak 8-8 could win the division. So there is hope at least in that guys mind. He was national too. I don’t know who the hell he was, but what if he was right?
October 8th, 2014 at 9:11 pm
If the offense continues to excel I say stay with Arroyo next season as well to maintain continuity.
October 8th, 2014 at 10:35 pm
24. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (24th)
PB: 21st, RB: 22nd, PEN: 29th
https://www.profootballfocus.com/blog/2014/10/08/offensive-line-rankings-2/2/
October 8th, 2014 at 11:58 pm
I wouldn’t get too excited yet being able to pass protect against a team that’s near the bottom in sacks.
October 9th, 2014 at 10:56 am
Harry Says:
October 8th, 2014 at 2:59 pm
We scored 31 points on Sunday. Granted, it was against a poor defense, but its still pretty good. Surprisingly, O is not our biggest problem.
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On the road to a team that almost always wins at home and has beaten this same team by an average of 41.5 – 8.5. A close OT loss after winning late by 11 is a serious improvement.
If the team can keep playing the way it has the past two weeks, they will beat the Ravens at home.