It’s Underwear Football
June 4th, 2015
“America’s Quarterback” points out defensive coverage during Bucs OTA practice today at One Buc Palace.
Yes, Joe is excited as the next guy when NFL players put on helmets, jocks, socks and little else. It’s football! And we live in a football world.
Well, it’s sort of football. It’s really not. Again, Joe gets geeked any time he can talk football, but in underwear football, you really can’t tell what’s going on with a proper perspective. The defense is so limited. They cannot hit. Defenders basically run towards a ball carrier or a receiver and then pull back when they get a step or two away, as if the ball carrier had the MRSA.
Offensive linemen cannot hit. Defensive linemen cannot hit. It’s really just glorified seven-on-seven drills.
Joe understands when excited Bucs fans Twitter him asking who is playing well or how a certain linebacker is playing. Joe can’t answer honestly because it is so unfair to judge folks in underwear football. Linemen can work on their footwork and hands, and little else.
Today, Lovie Smith was asked who was standing out in practice, and Lovie confessed even he can’t properly tell because, again, it is underwear football and defensive players in particular are shackled.
“You know, defensive side, can’t have any press coverage,” Lovie said. “There is no contact. So to stand out? You know, I will just say everybody is about where they should be with their offseason work. We are winning right now. We are getting in the things we need. Seeing some of the players get the mental part as much as anything.
“I will start pointing guys out once we get to training camp, when the depth chart really means something. Right now, we’re just happy that players who we think can play get reps.”
Yes, you can tell if a receiver can catch or not. You can tell if a quarterback can throw or not. You can sort of tell how fast a defensive back is.
Other than that, it’s so unfair to judge a player based on underwear football.
June 4th, 2015 at 3:54 pm
Yes, you can tell if a receiver can catch or not. You can tell if a quarterback can throw or not.
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That’s really all we need to know at this point anyway. Thank Joe and keep up the great work.
June 4th, 2015 at 4:02 pm
Is he looking over to Glennon to see if he called the right protection call???
June 4th, 2015 at 4:23 pm
The Buc Realist Says:
June 4th, 2015 at 4:02 pm
Is he looking over to Glennon to see if he called the right protection call???
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You got to be kidding right? The way the oline played last year, I am sure Glennon had a lot of incorrect protection calls. That’s probably why players were texting L&L to draft Winston.
June 4th, 2015 at 4:26 pm
They practice in shorts, but it is very important for them to learn new offense and defense.
June 4th, 2015 at 5:10 pm
Speaking for Pablo
“The other kind of football that Pablo played as a kid is always played in underwear. Pablo played once without a cup (Pablo thought that was macho”…..Pablo found out right quickly that wasn’t very smart. Pablo ended up with his own pair of deflated balls……Pablo’s own “deflate-gate”……Pablo hopes all the Bucs are wearing their cups because Pablo loves his Bucs and wants them healthy”
June 4th, 2015 at 5:15 pm
Pablo’s deflate gate. LMAO
tickrdr
June 4th, 2015 at 5:17 pm
I love Pablo, but not in “that” way!!!
June 4th, 2015 at 5:19 pm
Joe, that is an awesome picture with the stadium in the background! It gave me chills for real!!
June 4th, 2015 at 6:07 pm
I’ve missed Pablo, lmao
June 4th, 2015 at 7:21 pm
Why is this an article? What did we learn here, that underwear football is not real football?
June 5th, 2015 at 8:34 am
The point of the article is to stop asking Joe who is playing well cause this isn’t real football. And a lot of the stories on here are just meant to get us talking on the comments section, IMO!
June 15th, 2015 at 5:34 pm
They play underwear football because playing naked makes it difficult (not hard) to tell who the offense and defense are.