When A Block Created A TD
September 14th, 2018
Key figure in score.
Joe is pretty sure certain head honchos over at One Buc Palace just want to eat glass when Joe kvetches about running backs blocking.
Yesterday, Bucs offensive coach Todd Monken explained a lot of players and a lot of things went just right for the Bucs to ring up 41 points of offense in the Superdome. And one of those was a Peyton Barber block.
Now last year, Joe had heard one reason why Bucs coach Dirk Koetter clung to the pipedream that Doug Martin would somehow flip the switch was that Barber struggled at blocking.
This infuriated Joe. The result was Koetter, generally speaking, created a one-dimensional offense, which is what offensive coordinators fear the most (and defensive coordinators strive to achieve).
For one play Sunday, a key block by Barber, backup quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick was allowed time to throw, which afforded DeSean Jackson time to get separation. The end result was a touchdown. So in this case, Joe humbly doffs his cap in appreciation of Koetter’s stressing of pass blocking.
It both validated Koetter’s demands of running backs blocking with Monken’s contention yesterday that a lot of folks had to do their job well in order for the offense to have one of the best games in franchise history.
Lots of Bucs fans were thrilled with all the shots the Bucs took and pointed out that the QB had time to deliver. The o-line was great (no sacks allowed), but the RBs did a great job in pass pro as well. Here is @Pb25Peyton with a big time block that allowed TD #Bucsfilm2018wk1 pic.twitter.com/LRhS1Yp84w
— Steven Cheah (@CHEAH_SAY) September 12, 2018
September 14th, 2018 at 10:10 am
Thats beautiful
September 14th, 2018 at 10:11 am
Hard to believe that some did not see the importance of pass protection!!!! How many dimensions to you get if the QB is broken????? Its so simple to see!!!! If the “real” fans can see it, why can’t the so-called fans and sheep???????
shameful!!!!!!!!!!!
GO Bucs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
September 14th, 2018 at 10:11 am
Shaun Wilson is a good pass protection blocker too…..he reminds me of Dunn in many ways other than build…he is a nifty shifty runner with great acceleration after settings up the defender with a move
September 14th, 2018 at 10:14 am
Nice block by Barber and nice look off by Fitzpatrick.
September 14th, 2018 at 10:15 am
definitliy lost fat and gained muscle weight. Keep on pushin Payton.
September 14th, 2018 at 10:15 am
That was a key block indeed, as it appears that Marpet was rag-dolled a bit.
September 14th, 2018 at 10:16 am
Great job Peyton!
Marpet was soundly beat on that play and Barber steps up big time with a textbook assist block.
Result? TD to a streaking DJax!
That’s how you draw it up.
LOVED Monken’s reaction up in the booth that they showed afterwards.
Man – he was PUMPED after that play.
September 14th, 2018 at 10:21 am
Wow! Marpet got rag dolled on that play. Good thing Barber was there for sure.
September 14th, 2018 at 10:25 am
and the rest of the oline did a great job in protecting the qb as well….a great job by the line indeed
September 14th, 2018 at 10:37 am
Peyton Barber & Jacquizz Rodgers did that in pass protection all day long (and they’ll need to do it again Sunday against the Eagles). I thought it was great reading earlier that Monken deflected attention off of himself & gave kudos in his after-game interview to not only the receivers, but also to the OLine & to the RBs in pass protection. We’ve definitely improved over what we were seeing last year in that department. Great job of picking up blitzes especially.
Oh and that’s very likely why RoJo didn’t dress for the game and why Shaun Wilson got so few snaps. Koetter wants RBs who can keep our QBs from getting killed … and from fumbling the football because of backside hits.
September 14th, 2018 at 10:47 am
@Realist
Exactly. Barber has been solid in pass pro going back to last year. That was never a legit excuse to starting Doug Martin imo.
GO BUCS!!
September 14th, 2018 at 10:49 am
@DR
I’d agree that’s likely why Rojo didn’t play as well; along with his struggles in general.
It’s nice we can kind of bring him along slowly; because it’d be great if that pick pans out. I still love his college tape as much as any back in that draft not named Barkley. Dude broke tons of tackles as an inside runner .. he wasn’t just an outside burner at all. He’s more like a Chris Johnson than Kamara or a more pure receiving back; if he can find his game
September 14th, 2018 at 10:49 am
Not Madden.
Team sport.
September 14th, 2018 at 10:56 am
i’m so glad he is closely related to ronde and tiki…that’s really all that matters 🙂
September 14th, 2018 at 11:13 am
sweet looking block full on frontal that block did matter
the game will lead to “belief” that if I go the extra on every play maybe it will pay off–need to get all of defense to play well too and maybe we can get another win
September 14th, 2018 at 11:21 am
alter
I agree…would like to see Wilson spell barber from time to time…..
speaking of Wilson, it speaks volumes that an UDFA is getting playing time while the 2nd round pick isn’t……
#NOEXCUSESIN2018!!!!….#PRESSURESONTHECOACHES!!!!….GO BUCS!!!
September 14th, 2018 at 11:40 am
Lord C … Both of us are hoping that RoJo turns out to be the explosive player that we’ve been looking for. IMO nothing makes a defense more jittery than knowing that it has to defend multiple threats in BOTH the passing game and in the running game. But I agree 100% with Dirk Koetter … RBs MUST be able to run the ball effectively, catch the ball AND pass protect if they expect to see the field. (He apparently takes that 1 step further: they’ve got to do all those things if they even expect to dress for the game). No problem with that either; don’t need any one-trick ponies.
September 14th, 2018 at 11:57 am
adam from ny Says:
September 14th, 2018 at 10:56 am
i’m so glad he is closely related to ronde and tiki…that’s really all that matters
you mean peyton barber is related to ronde and tiki?
September 14th, 2018 at 12:02 pm
Excellent … and a shout out to Steven Cheah (@CHEAH_SAY) who is a great Twitter follow for Bucs fans, does film breakdowns every week of many plays such as this one.
September 14th, 2018 at 12:26 pm
Now this is content I like!
September 14th, 2018 at 1:13 pm
Eagles game will be solely depending on how well OJ and the O Line hold up for pass protection. I wanna see OJ hold his own against Bennet!!!
September 14th, 2018 at 2:03 pm
What us with the constant disrespect to our ” Starting” QB? Every time you describe him as back up quarterback. Correct me if I am wrong but Fitzpatrick is the starter for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers right? He is not waiting on the sidelines he is the player who gets the ball hiked to him during the game. And since he starts and finished the Saints game that means he is the ( wait for it) STARTING QB of the Buccaneers. And your constant pokes and prods at Fitzpatrick being the backup QB is B.S.. as of the suspension to our former starting QB, created opportunity to move up and lead the team from the field . It sure makes this blog look foolishly petty.
September 14th, 2018 at 3:01 pm
Rustyrhinos….Fitz is the back-up QB of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers….there, that should clear it all for ya….🤣🤣🤣🤣
September 14th, 2018 at 4:46 pm
What happened to Marpet on that play? He has a block and then goes flying – can’t see from the footage but I’m guessing he was yanked by his jersey there, otherwise I don’t see why he moved like that.
With that said the Bucs have had very good blocking RBs for a while, Doug Martin excelled at it, Charles Sims I think was the best blocking RB on the team, Rodgers is really good at it and as we can see here Barber did a great job. Ronald will have to get that figured out to get on the field, but I’m sure he will, everything I heard is that he’s a hard worker and not a dummy like McNichols who was high all the time.
September 14th, 2018 at 5:05 pm
Rusty- Cannot agree with you more. Joe is the biggest Jameis apologist to touch this site, more than even some of the more zealous commenters. The “Hassle,” “America’s QB” even post “NFL sex-offense”, and throwing shade on our starting QB while Jameis is in his pj’s on the couch is enlightening. The implicit disrespect for Fitz is on full display through all of this. Heck it took Fitz three days to get his own post after a ring-of-honor performance, and even then it didn’t have his photo! I love this site, insights, and comments, but the Jameis Lovefest gets nauseating sometimes.
September 14th, 2018 at 5:08 pm
99.97.92.55.47.40.28.20.7 <– triggered. LOL!