Third Down Conversion A Mess
September 27th, 2015
Bucs TE Brandon Myers was hardly the lone culprit for dropping passes today.
How the hell can you play an entire game and only convert one third down. One!
You have a No. 1 overall draft pick at quarterback (who didn’t play that badly at all). You have a No. 7 overall pick at wide receiver. You have an expensive Pro Bowler at the other receiver. You have a guy who you drafted at running back in the third round, specifically for his ability to catch and gain YAC.
And you cannot convert two third downs? Holy Clyde Christensen, what is going on here?
Converting one third down in 12 tries is brutal — As in eight-percent-conversion-rate brutal.
That is a complete breakdown by the offense. No, America’s Quarterback was not perfect. Neither was Vincent Jackson, and Mike Evans sure as hell wasn’t. Props to him for taking the blame for the loss. That’s what a man does.
This simply has to be cleaned up. It wasn’t like Jameis was running for his life. That is a complete and total breakdown on the offense whether it be the running backs, the offensive line, the wide receivers, you name it.
You cannot tell Joe that the loss was because Austin Seferian-Jenkins is hurt.
September 27th, 2015 at 5:44 pm
It’s call Tampa Bay Buccaneers Football. Get use to it. It’s always something!
September 27th, 2015 at 5:45 pm
Because they are rarely on schedule on offense. Too many 3rd and 7+ yards. You’ll notice good offenses constantly having 3rd and 4 or less. When you have too many penalties and a line that isn’t good (though was by their standards great today), you’re gonna be in third and long. Oh that and the receivers are all the same, need an underneath threat.
September 27th, 2015 at 5:46 pm
I thought Jamesia started to throw too much at the start, I didnt see balance attack.
September 27th, 2015 at 5:49 pm
So, looking at the schedule I see maybe one or two more wins…..Jags and Saints.
So we win 3 and we’re in the running for Joey Bosa!
September 27th, 2015 at 5:50 pm
Can we fault playcalling?…..it has to have contributed…..when you continually throw downfield on 3rd & 4 or 3rd & 6…..those passes are much more difficult to complete.
We need some short passes in our game….and we need to catch them.
I know we want to give Jameis some slack…..but he was certainly off-target his share of the time.
September 27th, 2015 at 5:54 pm
I agree, all the Koetter hype, and I do not see much at all. One good screen pass, then none after that. The O line did well, but take what they give you. If you can not run the ball, make some adjustments.
September 27th, 2015 at 5:55 pm
There was no need to target evans on every pass play. I dont know if that was the OC or on winston. But jackson should have gotten more targets. Murphy too tbh.
September 27th, 2015 at 5:56 pm
I would love to have Jim Harbaugh coaching Winston.
September 27th, 2015 at 6:00 pm
Winston was not good. No other way to put. He missed more wide open receivers than he had drops. VERY slow delivering the ball. Not good arm strength.
September 27th, 2015 at 6:07 pm
Tampabaybucfan
Yes, playing calling was bad and clearly part of the problem but the sloppy play was equally as bad.
September 27th, 2015 at 6:22 pm
Winston wasn’t that bad??? He sucked equally as bad as the entire rest of the team. No bright spot what so ever.
September 27th, 2015 at 7:23 pm
Rojas_ Says:
September 27th, 2015 at 5:56 pm
I would love to have Jim Harbaugh coaching Winston.
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Good idea, but I don’t think we can trade him to Michigan!
tickrdr
September 27th, 2015 at 11:11 pm
I blame Koetter for managing the offensive personnel late in the game. I think he was coaching the deep ball well but went to those plays to often instead of finding Martin, Sims, and V jax in short yardage plays. They’re getting there by the game and I think they may play a perfect game on offense against the Panthers next week.###play4WINStonfight4LOViE
September 28th, 2015 at 2:32 pm
They will need to be perfect against the Panthers…