17 Versus 40
September 25th, 2018
One stat tied to the Bucs, the Steelers and Ryan Fitzpatrick was a major point of focus on national radio this morning.
Through the first two games of the season, Fitzpatrick was pressured on just 17 percent of his dropbacks, per the stat gremlins. But last night, when the Steelers blitzed over and over again, Fitzpatrick ended the game pressured a whopping 40 percent of the time.
As Joe said on today’s wee-hours Ira Kaufman Podcast, it was clear that the Steelers’ game plan was to not only blitz Fitzpatrick but to hit him hard and to heck with the rules.
Get in his head — physically. Rattle his cage. And they did.
Later this morning, former defensive lineman Mike Golic of BSPN went down the same path. That was the chatter echoed on SiriusXM NFL Radio, too; the Steelers went Operation Get Dirty With Fitz.
Sadly, it worked.
The Bucs couldn’t — or wouldn’t — go to the running game to settle down and Fitz got caught in a second-quarter frenzy. If his head wasn’t spinning, then maybe the thousands of “Terrible Towels” getting twirled around the stands by legions of Steelers fans freaked him out.
How will the 2-1, defense-led Bears approach the Bucs on Sunday? They lead the NFL with a whopping 14 sacks and seven forced fumbles. However, per BSPN, Chicago blitzes a league-low 10.4 percent of the time, unlike blitz-happy Pittsburgh.
Regardless, Fitzpatrick is going have find a way to stay calm and avoid the meltdown that plagued him last night. Joe’s confident Sunday’s under-pressure number is going to be closer to that 40 mark than 17.
September 25th, 2018 at 11:03 am
The batted ball was a killer. Wiped away points
September 25th, 2018 at 11:07 am
thought Fitz handled the pressure well. The o line did not at times and even quizz missed some pick ups. At some point, need to find a run game.
September 25th, 2018 at 11:10 am
not only did they hit him, They jumped on him!!!! His throws did not have the zip after some of those hits!!!! They weren’t ducks, but they were wobbly!!!!!!!!
That 3-4 really disrupted the Bucs Pass pro!!!!!! Thank goodness no team runs it in the NFC South as a point of deference!!!!!!
2-1 is still a victory for all the injuries and schedule that was slated!!!!!!! The “real” fans are very excited to see how this team responds after the bye week once they get past da bears!!!!!!!!!!
GO Bucs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
September 25th, 2018 at 11:11 am
Can you imagine the Super Bowl Bucs defense paired with this offense! If you don’t believe the game today is all about offense, just look at the worst rated defenses chiefs, Bucs, Saints, Falcons – all have high powered offenses and lousy defenses
September 25th, 2018 at 11:11 am
We have big TEs
Use them to block and dump passes to back off the blitz
Put Cross in and let him help make a hole
When we went to the middle on delayed hand off or check down we ate up 10-12 yards
September 25th, 2018 at 11:11 am
im a HUGE bucs fan but we gotta bring on the bears…our wrs are great deep but chicago has a roster of all keyshawn johnson possession recievers and howard might go off on us hes due a big game
September 25th, 2018 at 11:14 am
TC you also have to take into consideration that the Bucs have played the saints , the steelers have played the chiefs , and the saints have played the Falcons .
September 25th, 2018 at 11:15 am
Draft better o linemen
Simple
Our 3rd round pick hasn’t even been good enough to activate
September 25th, 2018 at 11:16 am
Definitely, hit em, hit em, hit em, they chose to take the penalties believing at the end of the day, Fitz and the Bucs will not know how to handle it. One thing about Jameis, is when you try and blitz him, he thrives. You could see Fitz feet not as set last night even when there wasn’t a lot of pressure, evidenced by the last drive we had. Three not very good passes.
September 25th, 2018 at 11:17 am
i feel for these dbs coming into this week chicago wrs are playing better than the steelers wrs…im just saying. we also struggle against mobile qbs
September 25th, 2018 at 11:17 am
They got him rattled, and he looked a bit gimpy. Mixed in with great play.
this one trick pony stuff ain’t gonna fly long term, at some point we have to run the ball and play at least mediocre defense.
September 25th, 2018 at 11:23 am
We will beat Chicago
September 25th, 2018 at 11:25 am
If the game plan of the opposing team will be to bring the house, we need Jameis back in there as he has the ability evade and extends plays (doesn’t he have the best QB Rating in the NFL outside the pocket?).
September 25th, 2018 at 11:25 am
They got to him, true. He still played well enough to lead the team back. He had one BAD interception and two tipped ball interceptions.
My take from the game is that we did NOT adjust to the blitz quick enough. The quick-strike stuff was few and far between in the first half and most of the game.
September 25th, 2018 at 11:26 am
You need a run game,..that’s a must have.
September 25th, 2018 at 11:29 am
Whatever happened to “America’s Quarterback Jameis Winston” starting in Chicago????????? There is a very good chance he will not even suit up for the Chicago game.
September 25th, 2018 at 11:30 am
If we don’t play a little defense, the Jameis v. Fitz debate is moot.
Those rookies in the secondary look pretty good, hope they keep playing them.
September 25th, 2018 at 11:30 am
Very interesting that the 1st thing Koetter mentions when asked about who will start next week is “We’ll see how the injury report comes out” sure seems like Fitz will have some sort of injury heading into Chicago. Sure makes it easy to start the healthy guy if u catch my drift
September 25th, 2018 at 11:32 am
Jameis should be starting against the Bears.
September 25th, 2018 at 11:34 am
and everyone was saying the OL were the hero’s before this game!!!
It was a lot of little thing. WR drops, OL missed blocks, fumbles, bad routes, sometimes just no one was open. WHERE WAS THE 3-5 yard throws????
hopefully JW doesn’t get sued in the next week and can take the field.
September 25th, 2018 at 11:37 am
Anyone could have seen this coming. The first 2 games the teams weren’t prepared for Fitz long ball play. And the coaches had got Fitz and team really prepared for the first 2 games…but the gig is up now. And the competitive teams know what’s coming…so look out Fitz here they come!
But he’s the starter now…so it is what is…and the Jags, Giants are some other team will end up with Jameis, becauae his new agent will make sure Jameis and his family is taken care of
like Fitz, his family and the suits.
Oh well, the timing is better for Jameis because at 24 he has notches on his belt now and he will be able to carry another team. Yea buddy!
September 25th, 2018 at 11:37 am
It is already in his head. I just laughe my A…S off when so many Buc “fans” wanted to take a guy who has been on SEVEN teams in 13 years and anoint him the next Johnny Unitas. We need Jameis back in a HUGE way!
September 25th, 2018 at 11:38 am
The game actually played out like as if JW played. QB turnovers puts us behind, then padding the stats due to playing catch-up from the turnovers. If Fitzpatrick can keep this up he may be the new America’s Quarterback.
September 25th, 2018 at 11:39 am
I don’t think Jameis could/would have made 1/2 the completions Fitz has made in the 1st 3 games….and I’ve given this a lot of reflection
September 25th, 2018 at 11:39 am
Fitz, dropped touchdown passes? He fumbled? He ran the wrong routes (admitted by ME13)? He deflected passes that were intercepted?
They’ll have to game plan for the Bears, he’ll have to be on point and hope the team around him plays better.
September 25th, 2018 at 11:43 am
We had four turnovers, minus three net. Not a single team has won a game yet this year at TO = -3. Last year, it was like 2%. I’m more concerned about systemic failures in strategy. We have the ball first in goal right after the two minute warning, run a play that gains a few yards down to the two, then we snap the ball with 17 seconds on the play clock. Nooooo. You run the clock down, use one of three time-outs. If Pittsburg was gassed, maybe there’s an edge to snapping early, but they just rested 4 minutes for the interminable 2-minute warning.
Then we threw two incomplete passes. If throwing twice on second and 2, increases your odds of scoring okay, but if you have a running play or two (or use an in the field throw) that gives you an equal chance, you can run the clock out or force Pittsburgh to use its last time outs.
Do any of this (not all, just one of the above works) and the Steelers don’t get that touchdown with 8 seconds left.
I’ve already gone through how the math on how bad the punt decision was.
September 25th, 2018 at 11:45 am
What killed us was all the dropped balls by Godwin,Brate, and OJ. Also the penalties like roughing the passer and PI. Last night really showed why we need to go hard after Leveon Bell.when you can’t pass then run it.
September 25th, 2018 at 11:45 am
Only the jameis trolls could not see that fitz was throwing from a clean pocket the first 2 games. It was like he was in a 7 on 7 drill as i stated after both games. They praised the career back up who is on his 8th team for a reason as if he was aaron f@$king rodgers. We see what happens when he is under duress. He turns into you know fitz. Jameis trolls can wish and hope all they want but those who are not idiot fans/media talking heads looking for click bait knows who is the best option. But lets keep playing this game to appease the hypocritical idiots.
September 25th, 2018 at 11:47 am
Atrain
Agree. Needed more screens and draws last night. But having said that they were still moving the ball well. The turnovers, play calling on the 3 before half and pick 6 did it in. 4 point swing before half. Run out the clock and go for 7. U dont get any points and steelers dont ur still down 16 not 20. That 4 points coulda won it.
September 25th, 2018 at 11:52 am
@ el_buc
Last night showed you we needed a running game? So where you the last 2 years? You are blaming the loss on receivers dropping the ball? Where were you the last 3 years? penalties? The bucs were the king of stupid untimely penalties. Where were you the last 3 years? No blame for the qb at all like many blamed the qb for the last 3 years? Got it.
September 25th, 2018 at 11:55 am
Fitz enjoyed a little fun the first 2 games. Time now for Jameis, our future to start moving forward.
September 25th, 2018 at 11:55 am
The early shots to his brain were brutal and I agree with Joe felt dirty. Hard to imagine that he wasn’t seeing stars at least a few times during the first half. Given how well he played in the second half is a testament to his toughness and professionalism.
That was a very physical game.
Even with 4 turnovers, Fitz still had a shot with the ball to go down the field and make a comeback.
I actually feel optimism when before the season things felt hopeless.
September 25th, 2018 at 11:56 am
What I saw was “In Football” an old man that Gassed Out. He got the Crap Kicked Out Of Him all night and it was CLEAR that in the first half that Kotter was calling the players freakishly familiar to last year. Gave Up on the run etc etc etc. With that said, it looked that somewhere along the line Monken took back over and it gave us a fighting chance. HOWEVER, what was also Clear was that OLD AGE SUCKS! And unfortunately Fitz’s was showing…. Fitz put up a valiant attempt but let’s be honest, Can We well he just didn’t have the ability to physically hang in there. The last drive was pathetic. Poor old guy couldn’t even throw the ball to the waist line of the receivers. He just isn’t strong enough to get us there. THIS IS NOT A OLD GUYS GAME. I imagine he can’t even move today. And with the talk out there my heart breaks. It seems as Winston isn’t going to PISS AWAY his future with sitting on a bench while we all play with this experiment in futility. A failed hook up attempt from a 20 year old kid ISN’T worth us pissing away the future of this team with HAS BEENS AND ONCE WAS over and over again! Jamie’s has paid his price! So give him back his football team and give us a chance! The experiment is over! Fitz’s doesn’t have the gas and I’m tired of being the joke of the NFL! And YES! If the idiots that own this team squander our future again, I Will Find Something, Someone, Somehow, Some other way to spend my time, my attention, and MOST IMPORTANTLY, MY MONEY! Get Your Heads Out Of Your collective ARSES and put our FUTURE BACK IN THE GAME! Or find new fans for your EMPTY Stadium…
September 25th, 2018 at 11:56 am
shut it webster——-what a fitting name
September 25th, 2018 at 11:56 am
Wow I was not aware JPP has 6sacks already?!
September 25th, 2018 at 11:57 am
I guess who is the one of the best QB against the blitz in the NFL? Hint it is not Fitz but he is going to start going forward right?????
September 25th, 2018 at 11:57 am
If there is one thing that is visually obvious – it is that Fitzpatrick doesn’t have the same confidence under pressure as Winston imo. His feet got dancy early in the game; whereas Winston – likely due to his bigger frame – seems more confident and calm still even when our O-line is sucking.
The pass pro wasn’t up to par with weeks 1-2 and it got to the whole offense.
Still – in general we’ve been running routes / passing concepts that get the ball out faster – and need to keep at it to make life easier on whoever the QB is. Also need to get the damn run game going and inject a little more balance
September 25th, 2018 at 12:04 pm
“If there is one thing that is visually obvious – it is that Fitzpatrick doesn’t have the same confidence under pressure as Winston imo.”
I’ll give you that lord cornholio
September 25th, 2018 at 12:05 pm
I hope all those Steelers fans went back to Sh!ttsburgh with the team.
September 25th, 2018 at 12:06 pm
The real question is does Jameis try to grope the start I g job with permission.
September 25th, 2018 at 12:08 pm
My observations. Fitz had a few bad throws, one really bad one. The recievers dropped too many balls in big situations. I think the slow track hurt us more than them. Despite having a jillion penalties, the Steelers left a few on the field. The PI call at the end of the half was actually on the Steelers. The 2nd play of the game was clearly spearing a defenseless reciever.
Mike Smith still sucks. We did not get a single pressure or sack from scheme. If our guys didn’t beat their guys we didn’t get pressure even with pathetically late and telegraphed blitzes.
Our RBs are pedestrian at best. They take what’s given to them in blocking and nothing more.
September 25th, 2018 at 12:12 pm
Jameies has played well vs. Falcons.
Let Fitz have the Chicago game, then give Jameis his team back. Then depending on his play the team can make contract decisions.
If Fitz makes it through the Chicago game. Took some big shots last night.
Ill take 2-2 with the healthy JW from the last half of last year, where he played great ball.
September 25th, 2018 at 12:17 pm
I love fitz, but I say throw JW back in there. it’s his team until he loses it
September 25th, 2018 at 12:20 pm
@INSPIRED… joke of the NFL? What are you talking about? Let me give you a list of players in NFL history that have thrown for 400yards 3games in a row:
1. Ryan Fitz
That’s it,that’s the entire list. That’s an experiment in futility? We averaged 19 points a game Jameis started in. The o looks pretty good.
September 25th, 2018 at 12:23 pm
@lord… right about the run game. If we can’t run now with the passing game wide open, will we ever?
Also, I don’t think wilson needs to return kicks anymore, that was pathetic. Thought our punter stunk and the turf stinks. I hate sharing a field with usf!
September 25th, 2018 at 12:27 pm
Last year the Bucs never seemed to make enough half time adjustments, here we finally had a game where both offense and defense made great adjustments in a near come back. The “D” pitched a shut out while the offense went to work. Glad to finally, finally see some meaningful half time adjustments. GO BUCS – BEAT CHICAGO
September 25th, 2018 at 12:28 pm
Steelers did what any solid team would do. Attack a weakness. They used their inside lb’s to put pressure on the right side of the line, especially the RG. But the Bucs went away early from what was negating this. Mainly the TE play. Koetter’s insistence to have a 2nd quarter running back in Quizzy took away any threat of the running game and therefore play action was not respected. Barber, sadly, isn’t the hungry player so far this season hammering the holes like he did late last season. Difference in being the man vs having to work for it. This staff has mishandled RoJo. How?? trying to force him into being a complete back before seeing the field. Clear that young man’s head and let him be a runner, if only for a few touches a game. If anyone thinks Wilson is doing drastically better than Hump or Rodgers would do as a kick returner, they are mistaken. Joe has reported at length regarding how Koetter sees the position, running is only a part of the equation for him. I agree with Joe, if they can tote the rock, let them, Work on the other stuff as you go along.
Godwin should’ve had a monster night, and I’m not going to bash him like is so popular, but some of those were poor decisions from Fitz. Yes he got the ball there, (this is one of Winston’s major shortcomings and something Fitz didn’t do in week 1 or 2) but three players are there to poke, jab and rip at the ball. Meanwhile Evans is 1v1 and Howard is on the bench again. I don’t know how many times Witten would call for Howard to be the focal point on for a play, meanwhile he hasn’t noticed that Howard was on the bench, just so obvious OJ80 should be there, Witten assumed he was there. The OJ80 usage really looked like last season. (Could Koetter be hurt about this attitude from Howard??)
https://www.joebucsfan.com/2018/09/aggressive-mentality/
https://www.joebucsfan.com/2018/09/unafraid-todd-monken/
As far as Fitz goes, I don’t care about any of the INTs.. that stuff happens. Once the pressure to be “FitzMagic” was off, he played well and got the team back into the game, until he had a chance to win it. Any of the three balls he threw could’ve been picked. People moaning about the first play, I didn’t mind the selection, but what I didn’t like was his read. He either missed or didn’t care about the Safety playing over the top of Evans. The next two throws were equally as bad. And this is the difference, Winston gets in that spot, history has shown he usually scores.
Not blaming the int on the deflection on Fitz is kind of shameful. Should the blocker been picked up, yeh, but Fitz has to see the grown man in black running straight at him. Pump fake and move around him or turtle the ball (it was 2nd down, forcing the ball here is ok, on third down). Lets be fair here, if Winston is responsible for the blind side strip sack, then Fitz has to recognize the free player in running in the passing lane.
All of us would take 2-1 if we were honest. Bears will be the toughest test yet. Last time Khalil Mack saw these tackles, he put on a highlight show and he now is surrounded by a much better supporting cast. Howard and Auclair will have to help. They match up really well against us. Fitz starts IMO, but Winston is never farther than arms length from Koetter. I hope all of the QB’s leave the game healthy. Best defense by far.
September 25th, 2018 at 12:29 pm
Defense still sucks. You’ve had a total of 91 points scored against you in three games. Our Seconday looks like a bunch of High Schoolers out there. Fix the GD
Defense Smitty!!
September 25th, 2018 at 12:42 pm
D-Rome- I was at the game and the number of Steelers fans was ridiculous. In section 340, including myself, out of roughly 50 people, there were about 8 Buc fans!
There are no “I told you so’s” with Fitz. No QB is going to be perfect all the time, let alone against a blitzing Pittsburgh team. We all KNEW he would have this kind of game. But, for all the bad, he did lead the team on a respectable comeback in the 2nd half.
The Steelers prepared and we did not adjust quickly enough.
September 25th, 2018 at 12:44 pm
Hey Dirk ya schmuck(can I say that?), here is a noble idea…….How about you tell your play-calling to have a plan in place to attack with some rush?
If they are going to bring all this heat then make them back the F off dude!!!! Don’t just assume your QB is going to walk on water no matter what the defense does…….. take some of the pressure off and make them change their scheme a little bit. Hen that doesn’t happen when you Go pass happy crazy.
Pass happy is all fine and dandy in the last two games when Fitzpatrick had all day. but don’t think you’re going to get away with the same game plan every week. PS the Bears know how to bring the heat buddy. have an adjustable game plan your game planning sucked last year and it sucked yesterday
September 25th, 2018 at 12:44 pm
Bucs defense is still last in the league trade GMC & Kwon to steelers get leveon bell & jon bostic in return, if u lose those 2 on the defense what does it matter, with them the bucs defense is terrible without them so what
September 25th, 2018 at 12:46 pm
And to be honest Jameis Winston would have probably done just as bad yesterday. It was just a crappy game plan IMO.
September 25th, 2018 at 12:48 pm
yep, jimmyjack. bad gameplan all around, and they never adjusted.
September 25th, 2018 at 12:53 pm
Duthsty….the D is/was missing VV…Allen..Urliech…Beckwith and playing 3 rookie DB’s which have seen live fire in the NFL only 3 games…those 3 have held up extremely well for rookies playing together at time which is the whole top of the defense rookies…one must take a deep breath and remember to compare the play this year against play last year…with that I am confident the D is on the right path and is the offense…riddle me this …how many years since the last play off appearance ?….this team is improved and Oh… 2-1…glass is more than 1/2 full
September 25th, 2018 at 12:57 pm
One of the things I saw last night that coaching didn’t see was with all the blitzing coming from the angles why wasn’t the Passing scheme changed to three step drops with the wide receivers running crossing patterns even pick patterns it doesn’t do you a damn bit of good running to the patterns when your quarterback is Getting his face smashed and OJ Howard and Alan cross are good blockers why not keep them in to pick up the blitz and throw the ball to Jackson coming across to Evans coming across and also to Godwin Once again a coaching staff that was totally out-coached last night I still can’t get over how flagrantly the Steelers we’re going to Fitz Patrick’s helmet and in addition falling on top of him Steelers are a cheap shot team
September 25th, 2018 at 1:06 pm
Wow. A pass rush could help a team win a game? Who knew!?!
September 25th, 2018 at 1:06 pm
Look at it this way…
Our pass protection broke down.
The Oline allowed pressure
We fumbled
We dropped 2 TDs
We were intercepted 3 times
We had very untimely penalties (Djax)
We couldn’t run the ball.
Our pass defense and tackling was inconsistent.
Our QB pressure and pass rush was inconsistent.
And we lost the game by 3 points.
We will be just fine…..But we do need a better running game.
September 25th, 2018 at 1:11 pm
TBBF……That’s my solace buddy.
But we will see what this team is made of in Chicago. Good teams get an urgency trying to follow a loss.
September 25th, 2018 at 1:15 pm
Oh and TBBF you could add that we had two awful missed tackles(which we HAD been good at) that resulted in TDs.
Also not getting on the JPP fumble cost us and that one big bounce went right into the Steelers hands rather then ours.
September 25th, 2018 at 1:33 pm
Nole for Jaboo and Webster!
Lol! I hope you use the same QB judgement lens for Fitz as you do Jameis. Forget that Jameis was the #1 overall pick, who is making better decisions.
Jameis has more talent, but his decision making and executiOn cam be maddening.
Fitz didn’t win last night, but his decision making wasn’t lame.
We need a QB that wins, not hero ball and dumb decisions.
September 25th, 2018 at 1:49 pm
@ stevek
Im using the same argument jameis trolls like you have made. If its good jameis, then its good for fitz. The loss is all fitz fault just like every lost in the past was jameis fault.
September 25th, 2018 at 2:27 pm
Boys, boys calm down. We all wear the same colors and we will all be rooting for the same QB on Sunday.
And if your not rooting for my QB then you need to change your colors.
September 25th, 2018 at 2:37 pm
The Steelers blitz a ton, coaches knew that going in. Someone else pointed it out but the Bucs stink versus 3-4 teams that blitz, probably because they don’t see them often. But it’s not a shocker and your WR’s and TE’s have to make them pay – which they did.
What the coaches didn’t do is the obvious – and that is to run screens, lots of screens versus blitzing defenses. It’s literally the top thing you do against teams that blitz a ton and I don’t remember any screens. Just think if you run a WR screen to D-Jax and let him make some guys miss (just kidding, if that happened the refs would have called it back).
September 25th, 2018 at 2:38 pm
dang i said all this late last night after the game on other threads joe…yall pundits know i know my sheet 🙂
September 25th, 2018 at 2:39 pm
they got a bit grimey, gully and dirty on fitzenfuss last night for sure
September 25th, 2018 at 2:40 pm
JimmyJack- Funny, isn’t it! Buc fans divided over who the QB may be? Their colors truly show. Buccaneers fans root for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, regardless of the QB.
I dare say that MOST QBs would struggle with a defense blitzing like the Steelers did.
The so-called “trolls” always unknowingly expose themselves. They can’t help it.
Come Sunday, a QB will lead this offense onto the field. I hope we have a gameplan of how to mitigate the pass-rush of Chicago. The QB’s performance depends on it, whoever that may be.
September 25th, 2018 at 2:42 pm
Rod, yeah. We may have just witnessed the bad side of Monken there after two nicely called games.
This aren’t college anymore guy. You better learn real quick with Chicago up next.
I was very underwhelmed with the redzone plays. A couple sets down there and we didn’t even look at Evan on either…….that’s a crime………And if your inside the five it’s basically a wasted play if your gonna run once then give up and go to shotgun……either try two runs or let your QB get 3 looks.
September 25th, 2018 at 2:52 pm
Bucsfanman sometime I really believe these fans would rather be right on a message board(for bragging rights) then to actually see us win.
Maybe I’m delusional but some posters seem to cheer against our own players and take Joy in it. Personally I’d gladly be dead wrong on any opinion if it means the team wins a game.
I guess some folks have different priorities. All I know is if anybody does root against our players they are probably the type that sits on computers all day or getting drunk in bars…… I know they don’t come to the games because I’ve never seen a fan at the stadium rooting against our players.
September 25th, 2018 at 3:26 pm
I cannot take solace in losing. The same problems we’ve been having as a team are still there. I don’t care about us fighting hard to come back. We failed all around. Until Koetter gets fired or grows a set. We won’t see the playoffs or a Superbowl. Koetter is not a Superbowl caliber coach. We need better from the entire team.
September 25th, 2018 at 3:35 pm
Man y’all keep hoping that fizpatrick after 13 years in 7 different teams can lead us to the playoffs or Superbowl go head and trade Winston and this franchise would be still hoping for a playoff birth. I say keep Winston let him play the second half next week or if Fizpatrick played like he did the first quarter then bring him early. But fizpatrick did try to bounce back but couldn’t get it done nice try but that’s been my hold point if we go down by 2 tds we are going to lose with fizpatrick. It’s time to see Winston and if he plays bad then we know we need to draft another quarter back. But I think Winston will be a great quarter back we as fans need to give him time at least 5 years. Then make the decision then but not now he’s 24 years old.
September 25th, 2018 at 3:42 pm
Fitzpatrick is not going to win a Super Bowl. Every time he had pressure he was terrible. He lead a great comeback and once he had a chance to actually win the game, with good pass protection on 3 straight throws he threw it to Pittsburgh. This Franchise needs to learn if Winston can be a championship level qb, not if Fitzpatrick can get us to a Wildcard game. If Winston can’t perform this season we need to part ways. However, you need as much data as possible to make an informed decision. Play Winston.
September 25th, 2018 at 4:46 pm
Buc68- The Bucs need wins. Whether that’s Fitz or Jameis they have to win. I agree about Jameis. We NEED to know. He’ll get his opportunity, I’m sure of that. They’re invested. It’s not a popularity contest, WIN!
Go bucs!
September 25th, 2018 at 6:44 pm
Be that great scout that you are most of the time Jason and get us a dominating RG in the third round 2019. Benenoch is a joke. Put a good player at that spot and this line is so much better.