“Underrated”
December 27th, 2019
Gets props.
Man, nothing gets Joe stoked in the morning quite like a clip of good downfield blocking.
Well, almost nothing. Joe’s daily mug of Community Coffee Morning Blend gets the job done and Joe won’t go into detail about his lifesize poster of Rachel Watson on the wall of JoeBucsFan.com world headquarters.
A guy by the name of Brandon Thorn, who works for The Athletic and was once a college scout, seems to enjoy breaking down tape of offensive lines if you look at his Twitter feed.’
Thorn demonstrated with video how physical Bucs left guard Ali Marpet and Bucs center Ryan Jensen are.
In Ronald Jones’ 49-yard run last week, Marpet helped spring him with a strong downfield block. It allowed Jones to cut in and gain significant yardage.
There are other clips of offensive line porn from the Bucs on Thorn’s timeline from last week’s game, including Jensen beating up a defender some 15 yards downfield and Donovan Smith snowplowing a defensive lineman for a touchdown.
As you will hear on the next installment of the “Ira Kaufman Podcast,” it is obvious Bucs coaches are developing NFL players.
1) These are some of the better, more physical doubles you’ll find this season. 2) Marpet & Jensen are the most underrated LG/C in the league this season. 3) They went to war vs. Reader. What a fun set of matchups to study in week 16! pic.twitter.com/p9ctJLz3tX
— Brandon Thorn (@BrandonThornNFL) December 24, 2019
December 27th, 2019 at 8:09 am
OMG on the carry by Barber how do you not put your foot in the ground and break that off Donovan’s backside? That hole was HUGE once he sealed his man outside. That, THAT is one of the reasons our running game sucks! WOW
December 27th, 2019 at 8:10 am
Online is doing some good things. I’ve always heard it takes a few years for a line to gel. Solidify a new RT and keep building depth. We will need it for a playoff push next year!
In BA I Trust!
December 27th, 2019 at 8:15 am
Yeah, that second run had big play written all over it. Channel your inner Barry Sanders, stop, jump cut and take that thing around the corner with #3 as your lead blocker and that’s a big play. Our backs are good at getting the bare minimum on any given play.
December 27th, 2019 at 8:20 am
But but wait, Trollmax said he was nothing but a backup?!
December 27th, 2019 at 8:23 am
They definitely need another O lineman but mostly they need a RB. I started getting optimistic with Ronald Jones but he doesn’t have great vision. Barber is a Just a good change of pace guy.
Better running back, running game, would knock off about six or seven interceptions
December 27th, 2019 at 8:31 am
RB’s lack of vision has been a big reason for our struggles.
December 27th, 2019 at 8:39 am
Offensive line playing well check….Defense playing well check…You really have to admit progress is being made and we are at least going in the right direction. I’d like to see them finish strong against the Falcons and end our losing season streak. That Giants game will haunt me all off season though.
December 27th, 2019 at 8:50 am
I guess if they blocked like that all year at least one of them would of made the pro bowl. Marpet might be under rated around the league, but he’s over rated by Buc fans. How many years now for Marpet without a pro bowl? Don’t use the excuse he plays on a losing team, it never stopped Joe Thomas.
December 27th, 2019 at 8:55 am
Bucsfanman Says:
December 27th, 2019 at 8:31 am
RB’s lack of vision has been a big reason for our struggles.
BINGO!!!!!!!!
offensively, we’re a RB and RT away from being elite……
we need to draft a RT high that CAN run block and draft a OT/G in the mid to late rounds…..draft and sign a RB….
GO BUCS!!!!
December 27th, 2019 at 8:59 am
our OL plays too inconsistent to put anyone in the PB…..
one play or game they block like this….on the next we could find jensen getting beat, marpet getting pushed back and d.smith whiffing…..
cappa was the most consistent imo…..he deserves to be the most improved player on the team…..from project to solid starter…..cappa may make the PB before marpet…..
GO BUCS!!!!!
December 27th, 2019 at 9:15 am
Jensen was getting hiss ass whipped allot !!!
December 27th, 2019 at 9:51 am
I agree…..our Oline is totally inconsistent……and usually loses the run-blocking battle….Marpet looks great because the others are mediocre.
December 27th, 2019 at 10:26 am
Watch the backside on the second run.. there, Felecia is the problem..
December 27th, 2019 at 10:30 am
Barber is not very good, and that’s being kind.
December 27th, 2019 at 10:40 am
Lemme preface this by saying that I’ve always been a Femar Dotson fan… but in both of these runs, he utterly failed in his reach block to keep his man from sliding down the line and making the play or almost making the play.
December 27th, 2019 at 10:45 am
Demar and Donovan are too stationary on run plays. That means we need to have Marpet and Cappa do some pulls and counters to open holes for the run. It took 15 games for Marpet to get into the linebackers, but it was a start.
Not sure Jensen is worth the money.
December 27th, 2019 at 12:10 pm
Players take chances if the play is not there. Barber is one of those that follows direction no matter what. I bet Bruce tells him jump from a roof of house barber will do it.
December 27th, 2019 at 12:14 pm
The weakest link in the run game is Dotson and rb. Look at both plays. First one the defense almost got to rojo. The second one Dotson is too slow good play from defender knowing same play. But Dotson is slow in the run game at least when has to move around.
December 27th, 2019 at 12:17 pm
soooooooo you know Joe Thomas is a first ballot HoFer he was that good. I don’t know why everyone is in here complaining about the line we need some better blocking schemes. but overall even the harshest critics of the line like beckles think the line is good.
December 27th, 2019 at 1:35 pm
And who was it again who signed these guys? One from a school nobody ever heard of!?! The other guy Jensen everyone said he only had one to year and blah blah blah….. Nobody can fault Licht!! Winston, after all was said and done this year, cost this team games that were instrumental in improving confidence moving forward!! The 49rs game he ends it with a pick 6 … I’m not going to go through all the games he threw away this year! We all know… You can’t have that when you are trying to build a defense!! You needed a QB this year that was safe and didn’t put this young defense in so many bad positions!! And that didn’t happen…….
December 27th, 2019 at 3:52 pm
I’d be okay to re-signing Dotson IF we draft a OT early.
December 27th, 2019 at 5:21 pm
Demar Dotson can’t run block, period.
Bucs need a RUN BLOCKING RT and then you will see running game take off.
December 27th, 2019 at 7:29 pm
LOL, love that 2nd clip cuz you can see all of Marpet’s excellent blocking go to complete waste due to D. Smith letting his man get right through and tackle our RB.
December 27th, 2019 at 10:00 pm
Take two tackles in this draft and a solid running back also another OLB to rush the passer and the Bucs will improve.