Simple In-game Solution
October 15th, 2018
May have solution for defense.
The Bucs defense was rotten to the core in the first half.
In the second half, not unlike the Bears game, the defense played better (even keeping Atlanta off the scoreboard in the third quarter) but the hole in the dam was fixed too late.
Joe had a chance to chat with defensive end Carl Nassib after the game in the funeral home Bucs locker room. He didn’t think the defense is far from repairing itself.
The Dixie Chicks didn’t “really surprise us,” Nassib said about the Bucs getting boatraced in the first half. “We just needed to execute. We had them at third-and-long and we were doing our job. We just have to make more plays than them.”
The rebound in the second half, Nassib said it was simple: Guys faced the music.
“Every game you are making in-game adjustments,” Nassib said. “We knew we had to do better jobs.”
Well, they better come out ready to do their jobs Sunday. Because if the Bucs lose to the moribund Browns, Joe’s pretty sure Team Glazer will launch somebody. The only questions will be who and when?
October 15th, 2018 at 9:05 am
Nassib is the player the Bucs thought they had in Spence. It was his outside pressure that caused the JPP sack. It was fun to watch that play unfold.
This team continues to walk out excuse after excuse. That’s what “losers” do. How about THIS for a change: SHUT UP AND FIX IT!!!
October 15th, 2018 at 9:05 am
Nassib batted a pass……only the second pass to be batted all year….if we can’t sack or hit the QB…..get your hands up……
October 15th, 2018 at 9:06 am
As with every year, at least we can hope for a higher draft spot. Perhaps Licht can use this to entice better coaches.
October 15th, 2018 at 9:10 am
Nassib has the attributes to being a JJWatts clone if coached right. He batted a pass down on one play n ran a stunt that caused pressure during the play on JPPs sack. Plz coach this guy up. He has the height to defend any pass thrown by the Browns Baker Mayfield. Com on man…if we had DC Greg Williams he would have a field day with the players on our defense.
October 15th, 2018 at 9:11 am
Alabama BF,
Licht will not get the chance the hire the new HC, he will be on the unemployment line with the current coaches.
October 15th, 2018 at 9:14 am
dmatt- There’s no reason for our defense to be this bad with the players we have. There’s no convincing me otherwise. What we lack is effective, accountable coaching. I wish we had somebody that could coach these guys up. 3 years and counting of regressing defensive football!
October 15th, 2018 at 9:16 am
the arabian knight….nassib was a good off the street pick up…he has a good on the field iq, and should have a bit of an upside
October 15th, 2018 at 9:19 am
“Every game you are making in-game adjustments,” Nassib said. “We knew we had to do better jobs.”
Mike Smith should start making pregame adjustments then.
October 15th, 2018 at 9:20 am
@dmatt:
wrong holmes…he will never ever be a beast like jj watt…are you the son of mike smith or something…big misread omg lol…
jj watt is a different animal…the arabian knight “nassib” is good but will never be a perennial pro bowler
October 15th, 2018 at 9:22 am
I thought the announcers said it was Vita Vea who batted the pass?
October 15th, 2018 at 9:33 am
If Koetter had challenged the bad spot, the outcome of the game may have been different. Instead, he called time out, and because of that, he lost the right to challenge what was a bad spot.
October 15th, 2018 at 9:37 am
@Bonzai
they did at first. Replay proved otherwise.
October 15th, 2018 at 9:40 am
All I hear is we need to execute every week. We need to make a bet on some gambling website next game and which player is going to say we need to execute.
October 15th, 2018 at 9:50 am
Joe Says: “Because if the Bucs lose to the moribund Browns, Joe’s pretty sure Team Glazer will launch somebody.”
My Magic 8 Ball says “The odds are against it.”
October 15th, 2018 at 9:55 am
Vita Vea is no derwin james, but dumb licht grabs a DL after signing 5 in offseason and id hope he knew the 2019 draft loaded with DL better than VEA, but i digress at what a crappy GM licht is & that nassib needs to start & be here in 2019 for next gm, hc & DC, ol greg williams will get the entire defense on fire
October 15th, 2018 at 9:58 am
What’s with if they lose every week comments? The browns are in better position then Atlanta right now. They don’t have injuries and are more complete right now. This defense is the worse in the entire league. 2 starting safeties and a d tackle down and they are still better but you say they are close to a fix simply because they did a good job in one quarter of a four quarter game. How pathetic is that to try and say your close. Everyone is delusional to think they are close to some fix in the middle of a season when these things are handled in off-season. I hope your saying these things to provide content because honestly you sound just as delusional as everyone at advent health. They are simply happy to be close and fight hard even in a losing effort, thank Geraldine for that kind of locker room culture
October 15th, 2018 at 10:05 am
Simple? SIMPLE? Nothing is simple with this team unless you’re describing Defense scheme and player eval.
October 15th, 2018 at 10:13 am
8 INT and 1 fumble lost in past 3 games. Only 1 INT takeaway. That’s clearly NOT winning football. Where are our playmakers on D?
Kwon, GMC, Grimes are useless. Where’s the pass rush? Outside of JPP, it’s non existent.
Careless, sloppy QB play NOT helping either. Again NOT winning football.
If Bucs lose to Brown at RayJay next Sunday, there will be wholesale revolt in the fanbase.
October 15th, 2018 at 10:19 am
Waiting until half time is not an in game adjustment. It’s a halftime adjustment. Good coaches make changes on the fly , play by play.
I have list all.confidence in Koetter and it sucks saying that because I wanted him hired, but he did exactly the opposite of what I thought he was going to do. He hired Mike Smith rather than finding a DC that can adapt and coach players up to today’s game. He told the easy way out and hired someone he was familiar with and expectred a big happy reunion.
I wish the Glaziers would at least send a message yo their fans and their players by making an in season change Making us wait until next season is wrong and a pretty huge turnoff. It’s so easy to me lose interest when you.dont see ownership stepping in and making and changes when it’s this had. I agreed giving Dirk a third year but if he’s unwilling to change the d efemse that’s just as much his fault as it iOS Mike Smiths
October 15th, 2018 at 10:30 am
@Bucsfanman … “This team continues to walk out excuse after excuse. That’s what “losers” do. How about THIS for a change: SHUT UP AND FIX IT!!!” Was thinking exactly the same thing after hearing some of the players’ comments. Nassib’s comment … “We just needed to execute” … is the perfect example. Well Carl, guess what you & the rest of this 53-man mob get paid to do … EXECUTE. That’s why you all practice BEFORE the game.
And your subsequent comment Bucsfanman … “There’s no reason for our defense to be this bad with the players we have. There’s no convincing me otherwise. What we lack is effective, accountable coaching” … I only half agree with you. There’s no question in my mind now that this entire coaching staff is in over its head, but largely because they have no clue apparently of how to use this combination of players.
Example: Buckner has had success as a DLine coach & SHOULD be able to get a DLine composed of GMC, Allen, Vea, JPP, Curry, Gholston & Nassib coached up. And yet in yesterday’s game, our DLine (all those mentioned played) was almost invisible. Our 2 primary LBs played the whole game & made 16 solo tackles between them, but looked LOST IN SPACE on way too many plays. And I agree with one of the announcers who said that our Secondary was “PLAYING SCARED”. Danged, they’d start back-pedaling BEFORE the ball was snapped. I was always taught that if you’re gonna go down, go down fightin’. Our Secondary needed to be super-aggressive yesterday to have any chance against Matt Ryan & several of the best receivers in the league. But instead, they wimped out. That’s on coaching. NO GUTS … NO GLORY.
October 15th, 2018 at 10:35 am
Challenge is right. We have one time out. He has to throw the challenge flag instead of calling time out. If you lose the challenge, it costs you what? A time out—which you used anywaY. Once you call time out, you have no more time outs left and can’t challenge.
October 15th, 2018 at 10:38 am
BucEmUp … Personally think there was more to the Mike Smith hiring back in 2016 than meets the eye. Bucs ownership & management knew they had to get rid of Lovie (that train wasn’t gonna leave the station), BUT … they believed IMO that Koetter would be hired away & that they’d lose a good OC IF they didn’t make him HC. So they dual-hatted him (massive mistake IMO). But in firing Lovie, they ALSO fired their DC (Lovie was dual-hatted too at the time).
Enter Mike Smith … with the potential to solve TWO problems at the same time. He could fill the DC role AND sorta act as an assistant HC MENTOR for Dirk. Funny thing happened on the way to the forum … YET ANOTHER OWNERSHIP-MANAGEMENT DECISION BLEW UP. Seems like we’ve seen that act before (actually continually since Papa Glazer passed).
October 15th, 2018 at 10:40 am
So many individual plays that cost the Bucs the game yesterday.
Winston INT in red zone.
Auclair false start on previous INT play
McCoy or Gholston hands to face on 3rd down
Evans not getting out of bounds on last drive
and my favorite………NOT kicking off with a mortar kick right before the half with 26 seconds left. They chose to kick deep and no time was run off the clock. A mortar kick to the 5 yard line would have forced the Falcons to field it and use clock to bring it up the field. Little things add up and at the end of the day there is your loss Bucs fans.
This team just doesn’t seem to have an identity. They seem to just go through the motions of a MEH football team.
October 15th, 2018 at 10:44 am
I’m so confident in the Bucs defense, I’m starting Baker Mayfield on DraftKings.
October 15th, 2018 at 10:44 am
Defense Rules great point on smitty hiring
October 15th, 2018 at 11:40 am
Joe
Don’t sleep on the Browns,
Yesterday notwithstanding, there Defense is pretty darn good. At least they have a DC with Balls.
October 15th, 2018 at 11:49 am
Jason Licht will Be here sorry to the haters (a lot of them here)
October 15th, 2018 at 12:17 pm
I don’t understand why we won’t play Spence like seriously it can’t get much worse what happened in a year let him come in on 3rd down an let him stand up an rush the passer he had 5.5 sacks as a rookie missed all but 1 game last year an had a sack fumble in his only game an now has only seen the field for what 6 snaps this is unreal and hand the ball to Rojo more barber played well but I think Djax could of put his hands out on the 2nd deep pass from Jameis in the end zone any other receiver we have on our team would of dove what’s going on why is Godwin not playing as much anymore an hump is playing more over Godwin idk but this 2ndary needs to step up an let them play man it’s crazy
October 15th, 2018 at 12:37 pm
In what conceivable universe did any single defensive player on this team need to experience getting shredded play after play, drive after drive, for over 30 full minutes of game time in order to come to the realization that they needed to play better? Holy crap!
October 15th, 2018 at 12:43 pm
This team is soft from the coaches on down. Ill prepared and scared. Hey, that should be the new team slogan.
October 15th, 2018 at 12:58 pm
Adjustments? What adjustments were needed? The team and the coaches had a bye week to get ready for the Falcons.
October 15th, 2018 at 1:16 pm
the defense does look scared to hit…any inkling of gang tackling has stopped and they are playing soft…
might they have received a memorandum from the glazers that says “you are responsible for your own fines on defense for hitting”???…
the steelers received a memorandum that says crack mofos in the mouth, we got you, fines are covered…hit like savages and represent the steel curtain and steel city…
October 15th, 2018 at 1:17 pm
they are trying to tackle like twinkle toes malone…the tape don’t lie
October 15th, 2018 at 2:42 pm
@adam from ny,
Nassib wasn’t picked off of the street. The Brownies let him walk. We finally did something right and swooped in and got him. Great pickup.
October 15th, 2018 at 2:59 pm
I don’t understand why this defense has to be losing before they get the urge to play “Like they know they can”I’m sick of the excuses Where is the motivation. I bet if they told them that every time they game up a touchdown money would be taken from theit check we would have a top 5 defense.
October 15th, 2018 at 3:37 pm
Will somebody please explain the Carl Nassib love, compare his stats with Spence, in more games he has done about the same which really equals less. I do not know what is going on with Spence, my bet it is a Mike Smith call and not a Buckner call, I cannot imagine with the lack of real pressure that you would not give Spence more opportunities to prove himself in the game when only JPP can get to the QB. Mike Smith would still play Conte if given the opportunity. Not to mention putting a guy like Spence in on those 3rd and Kong’s they had yesterday and let him stand up and rush, if you can tell me something else is working, I’ll hush
October 15th, 2018 at 11:18 pm
@rrsrq,
Until spence can play a complete season, I’ll take CArl Nassib any day. There’s a reason Spence isn’t playing and it’s not because one guy, even the DC, saying so. I’ll give you one thing, either they mismanaged his weight or Spence did it to himself. More likely, Spence did it to himself.
It’s like David Boston, some guys are more workout warriors than getting to the weight that will benefit the team.