Blitz Diet Won’t Stop Soon For Jameis
October 19th, 2015
An Xs and Os guru weighs in
The Bucs have done a strong job protecting America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, in recent weeks.
Who could forget J.J. Watt and the Texans, which dumped mobile Blake Bortles three times yesterday, being unable to take down Jameis?
But not much will change in the way teams blitz Jameis often, says Xs and Os guru and former tight end Dave Moore, the game analyst on the Buccaneers Radio Network.
Moore explained today on WDAE-AM 620 that Jameis is maturing and making better decisions, but only results will make things easier on him.
The deep shots are coming, Moore says, but Jameis has to connect.
“As soon as you start hitting some of those bigger plays like that down the field, defenses are less likely to take chances. You look at the game last night between New England and Indianapolis. Everybody was afraid to blitz each other,” Moore said. “All they did was drop eight guys. They played coverage because they know the quarterbacks are, you know, wise enough to know what they’re doing. Take advantage of 1-on-1 matches and make a perfect throw. And that’s hopefully what we can get Jameis to. Until he can prove he can beat the blitz consistently, he’s going to see a lot of it.”
“That’s where he’s going to have to lean on Michael Evans and Vincent Jackson to try to make some plays to get defenses out of that blitzing-type mode.”
With a healthy, gelling O-line and plenty of time to rest and prepare, Sunday in Washington should be a great chance for the Bucs’ offense to grow into a more balanced unit.
Lovie is still smiling about running 40 times against the Jaguars and attempting just 19 passes, some of them screens. But that’s not a mix that will suit the Bucs well when they encounter good football teams.
October 19th, 2015 at 3:30 pm
I can’t wait until the game slows down for Jameis. We’re in for some epic games.
October 19th, 2015 at 3:49 pm
Having ASJ back will help with the blitz…..also, our success with screens will slow it down.
October 19th, 2015 at 4:08 pm
I have a lot more faith in Jackson and Murphy and Myers at the present moment than I do in Evans and ASJ. I think that the latter two are going to have to prove that they can hang onto the ball (Evans) and play physical (ASJ) before they become the ‘go-to’ guys in this offense this year. It’ll take time for Koetter and Winston to regain confidence in them.
The Bucs now have a formula for what works on offense. They’ll tweak it for various opponents (slants vs screens, etc) but folks need to face facts: as long as it works, the Bucs will be a running team first and a passing team second. Throwing it up-for-grabs deep hoping that Jax or Evans will come down with it is not a formula for consistent success, at least right now.
October 19th, 2015 at 4:16 pm
DefenseRules…yep and from what I can tell the Skins rushing defense sucks big time. So Dougie’s gonna have to be a workhorse again this week.
October 19th, 2015 at 5:35 pm
Hopefully Evans can have a repeat of last years Redskins game.
October 19th, 2015 at 6:03 pm
I get sick of watching Brady throwing those dink passes to Edelman and the other two little players over and over. Nobody stops it. I can’t watch it.
October 19th, 2015 at 6:40 pm
We need to continue to fund the rock. As for JW lots of screens, checkdowns, of a few play action shots. Worked against Jags can work against Skins
October 19th, 2015 at 6:41 pm
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October 20th, 2015 at 5:25 am
I respect Washington defense a great deal. When you get as much pressure as the Redskins do without blitzing, there are going to be problems. When the Redskins do blitz, Winston will need to get rid of it fast, just hope there not blitzing on running plays cause that’s what will kill us. I think they will get to Winston and it is going to come down to who opens the lanes for the run game? That will determine who walks away with the win. The Redskins pass defense is currently ranked #8 in ypg. The Buccaneers are 5th. That’s right..5th! That usually means putting opponents in 3rd and long. 3rd ab and long are the buzz kill for the Bucs. The interceptions have been a problem and along with those lie the fate of this team.
October 20th, 2015 at 1:42 pm
No one really likes to say it outright but the truth is until receivers quit dropping balls that are thrown right to them, Bucs offensive is going to survive on the run game. No one expects every ball to be caught but the number of drops/misses from really good throws to what are supposedly ‘great’ receivers, is very disheartening. AND, it’s not just Evans doing it.
I’d love it if someone posted those numbers (does anyone keeps those kind of stats?). Imagine how different this season would look if even half of those dropped passes had been caught?! I’m not even talking about the passes that were ‘catchable but not perfect’, add even a slight percentage of those type of passes being caught with half of the ‘perfectly targeted’ passes that were dropped and that changes this season completely AND shuts up the haters!
Jameis’ biggest fault is that he hates to lose. When down he tries too hard to make the big plays that will turn things around. While at FSU he had players around him that had complete trust in him to do just that and they responded. Maybe the Bucs many years of losing won’t allow those veteran players to put that kind of trust in a rookie and really believe it’s possible to make that kind of comeback. I don’t really know.
What I do know is that Jameis hasn’t been the reason the Bucs have lost a game this year and he’s made plenty of throws that could have likely made most of the games winnable – if those throws hadn’t be dropped. : (