Throwing To Backs Might Be More Josh McDaniels Than Tom Brady
May 21st, 2020
The greatest quarterback to have Tampa Bay on his resume is known, in part, for throwing lots of screen passes and quick, short throws to running backs who are more receivers than punishing runners.
But did Tom Brady really like operating that way? Former NFL QB Brady Quinn, renowned host of The Blitz on SiriusXM NFL Radio, is highly skeptical.
“That’s also Josh McDaniels. That’s more of the scheme that he kinds of looks for and wants; he calls it “displacement,” when you put a running back or a tight end all the way on outside of your formation to force the defense to show their hand, man/zone, however they’re going to match up with that guy,” Quinn said yesterday.
So again, that might not be something that Bruce Arians does a ton of, or doesn’t feel like he needs to do a ton of, because of the personnel they have. Another kind of thing to follow looking at the scheme and how they utilize their roster.”
Quinn also said he looks at the Bucs’ personnel and thinks defenses won’t respect the running game early in the season and that might mean different looks for Brady than the ones he’s used to in various personnel groupings.
Joe thinks so much of the 2020 offense will be about Brady’s preferences within his arsenal of weapons, and those truly are unknown.
Joe would love to see Brady drool over his options and find a way to match his 2011 season of 5,235 yards, 39 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. That should be enough to get the Bucs in the playoffs, even if the secondary is as inconsistent as it was last season.
May 21st, 2020 at 9:02 am
Did i make first comment
May 21st, 2020 at 9:21 am
“Joe would love to see Brady drool over his options and find a way to match his 2011 season of 5,235 yards, 39 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. That should be enough to get the Bucs in the playoffs, even if the secondary is as inconsistent as it was last season.”
If that kind of performance doesn’t equate to a playoff berth, then I’m giving up on this team.
May 21st, 2020 at 9:21 am
The defense and secondary was mostly lights out down the stretch, even with our former QB giving the ball away repeatedly. This Bucs team might just be dominant….
May 21st, 2020 at 9:41 am
^^^Thats a fact! I would think that kind of performance would also mean winning the NFC South!!!
May 21st, 2020 at 9:49 am
The Bucs DB’s were inconsistent but not in a disturbing way.
They sucked in the beginning with two rookies and loser VHG back there.
By the end of the year they were playing at a high level with two games against very good QB’s to end the season.
So yes if you say they were inconsistent in 2019 that’s TECHNICALLY correct.
They didn’t play at the end of the year like they did at the beginning!
IF…they has reversed that and played well the first 8 and then played the final 8 like they did the first half of last year then we could and should be very disturbed.
If they were up and down from week to week that would be cause for alarm.
Fundamentally the inconsistency of the Bucs is simply from one half of the season to the next…once they figured things out I felt they played very well especially those last two games.
A lot has been made here about Gay’s missed kicks…the refs blown call on the D White forced fumble…yadda yadda yadda.
NOBODY has ever pointed out that if the “Choker” doesn’t self destruct completely those last two games we finish 9-7 with a vastly improved defense which would have gotten a lot more run behind 9-7 than 7-9.
If we had finished 9-7 with two wins…JW is probably back yeah…but in addition perhaps whichever Joe is doing would stop dissing our young DB’s.
May 21st, 2020 at 10:40 am
What if his first throw as a Buc is a pick 6? psyche
May 21st, 2020 at 11:34 am
Coming out of Michigan and 20 years later, lack of mobility is still TB12 weakness
getting the ball out quickly and emphasizing the short high completion passing offense has led to TB12 and Brees longevity
Kobe Faker doesnt post for a week , and the the low football IQ flu invades the minds of the Buc Sheep”
Kobe Faker
May 21st, 2020 at 12:55 pm
Brady will throw to the best open receiver. If that is the back, he will take it. With 3-5 other good receivers, I don’t think it will be a big percentage of the game.
That percentage might go up with the two minute game and when running out the clock to end a game. Clock management will make this team superior to almost any other Bucs team.
Clock management last year was atrocious.
May 21st, 2020 at 8:45 pm
Two great WR’s and now perhaps a 3rd if the hype around Tyler Johnson is true.
Add an HOF TE…another successful TD catching TE in Brate and of course the massive potential in yet another TE in OJ.
Where are Arians and Brady gonna find enough footballs to go around with just that crowd and now add an RB.
May 22nd, 2020 at 8:09 am
If teams don’t respect the running game right away, they soon will. Brady will check to a run if that’s where the defense is vulnerable, and with Wirfs added to our line Rojo, or Vaughn are more then capable to make them pay.