Thursday Practice Notes
August 27th, 2020
A return of a Bucs star and the projected No. 1 running back looking like a No. 1 running back highlighted today’s practice at One Buc Palace. Let’s get after it!
* The Bucs seem to be either trying to soften up the middle of their defense (unlikely) or see if Ronald Jones can be Mike Alstott. He’s getting a lot of carries up the gut and he’s not failing, albeit it’s only two yards a crack.
* Dare Ogunbowale runs off tackle for six yards.
* Finally RoJo breaks through up the middle for a huge gain of 20 yards.
* Ogunbowale for eight yards running around left end.
* Ke’shawn Vaughn off left tackle for maybe a yard. He’s not having a great camp (not awful though) and Joe wonders if losing time early related to the COVID put him behind the eight ball?
* Blaine Gabbert fumbles a snap, recovers it, hands the ball off to Vaughn who loses two yards.
* Tom Brady hits Rob Gronkowski in the right flat and he rumbles for maybe a dozen yards.
* RoJo turns the left corner and gains four yards.
* Ogunbowale with the first team gets two yards on a run to the inside of Ali Marpet.
* Big gain by Mike Evans. Hauls in a pass from Brady along the right sideline for about 25 yards.
* Brady throws low to Cam Brate along the left sideline who scoops the ball up for a 15-yard gain.
* RoJo runs through a massive hole on the left side for a 15-yard play.
* This is the first bad Brady pass Joe has seen this summer and it is Aug. 27. Brady throws to the left side about 10-15 yards downfield and the ball falls to the ground. There wasn’t a Bucs receiver anywhere near the ball. Somebody wasn’t on the same page.
* Brady hits Ogunbowale on a short pass to the left for a few yards.
* Evans grabs a line drive from Brady over the middle for a 20-yard completion.
* Brady takes off and runs up the middle but the play was dead. Had it been a game Brady would have been sacked as the defense surrounded him.
* RoJo runs left for eight yards.
* Vaughn had a nice catch from Gabbert for about 15 yards and had he not fallen to the ground, D’Cota Dixon looked like he was in the process of clotheslining him. NFL stuffed suit Roger Goodell doesn’t like clotheslines in his game. Sad.
* This is interesting. During a water break, Bucco Bruce Arians pulls up in his Bucco Bruce mobile and has a chat with linebacker Devin White.
* Linebacker Jack Cichy skies high and nearly picks a Gabbert pass.
* In seven-on-seven drills, tight end Tanner Hudson makes a nice catch along the left sideline from Gabbert for about 12 yards.
* Brady throws deep for Evans along the left sideline but the two can’t make a connection.
* Practice is in its last half-hour and it is starting to get toasty. Really toasty. After going through offensive line drills, a group of backup offensive linemen are walking back to the main field to join their teammates watching the seven-on-seven drill. Man, are they gassed. Talk about dragging arse. They can barely move. They look like they are about to pass out they are so drained.
* Brady hits Chris Godwin deep over the middle. Yes, Godwin practiced today after two straight days off.
* Brady threads the needle throwing to Justin Watson on the left seam, right between two defenders.
* Same spot only deeper, Brady rifles a line drive to Brate for big yardage.
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— JoeBucsFan (@JoeBucsFan) August 27, 2020
August 27th, 2020 at 2:20 pm
thanks for the updates
August 27th, 2020 at 2:24 pm
Wonder if that bad Brady pass was just a throwaway. No one open.
August 27th, 2020 at 2:39 pm
happy to hear godwin is back
August 27th, 2020 at 2:41 pm
“This is the first bad Brady pass Joe has seen this summer and it is Aug. 27. Brady throws to the left side about 10-15 yards downfield and the ball falls to the ground. There wasn’t a Bucs receiver anywhere near the ball. Somebody wasn’t on the same page.”
Seems like you posted this exact same thing during a prior practice. Sure you copied the right notes from today?
August 27th, 2020 at 3:02 pm
This is interesting. During a water break, Bucco Bruce Arians pulls up in his Bucco Bruce mobile and has a chat with linebacker Devin White.
Please clarify…..why is this so interesting….is it unusual for BA to talk to a player in practice?
Thanks for the highlights….
August 27th, 2020 at 3:07 pm
Yes, to roll up on his rig to talk to one player during a water break. Not sure have seen him do that before.
August 27th, 2020 at 3:14 pm
Offense offense offense.
The defense has sounded very quite in TC…..If your talking defense with the Bucs your talking secondary. That’s a glaring weakness we had last year. We were helpless at times last year. We have to get better defending the pass. if not we are in for a world of hurt. Secondary is not the weakness you wanna have in 2020 NFL…..we dont got much of a chance with bad DB play…….Brady or not……………..I was hoping to hear about a Bunting pick by now……..preferably on a goal line play………oh well, maybe tomorrow.
August 27th, 2020 at 3:16 pm
I think everyone was pleased with how the secondary played over the last 6 games of 2019, but I am interested to read what Joe thinks about their play during this training camp.
August 27th, 2020 at 3:22 pm
Jack Cinchy is still a Buc? That dude must be pretty good at something. That guys been hiding on Soecial Teams for a while
August 27th, 2020 at 3:30 pm
Yes, to roll up on his rig to talk to one player during a water break. Not sure have seen him do that before.
Thanks……well then, it certainly is interesting….I wonder if questioned what they talked about BA will say….”that’s for me to know & the Joes not to find out”….
August 27th, 2020 at 3:44 pm
Thanks Joe!
Great to hear about Godwin too
August 27th, 2020 at 3:47 pm
What are the chances that Gabbert has improved too? If we need him for any period of time can we rely on him?
August 27th, 2020 at 4:02 pm
I started up the “JoeBucsFan.com” Pigskin Pickem again!!
Here is the Link!
http://fantasy.espn.com/nfl-pigskin-pickem/2020/en/group?groupID=99276
There are only 4 of us so far. Unbelievable won last yr I think.!
Something fun to do as Bucs fans separated by the world’s BS!
August 27th, 2020 at 4:31 pm
If we get any type of decent running game, we will be unstoppable
August 27th, 2020 at 4:53 pm
Thanks for taking us there, Joe. It was nice not to hear about all the interceptions so far this year. So I have to ask…is Brady not throwing picks at practice or are you not seeing them/telling us?
August 27th, 2020 at 5:05 pm
It doesn’t give me pleasure to watch anyone eat crow, and Joe has taken it like a man. After a long summer of doubt and shade and old-man-weak-arm intimations, I do believe Joe is fully on the Brady Bandwagon. The He Who Must Not be Named schtick is also a welcome development and nod towards turning a new leaf. Much easier to read, and much appreciated Joe. Joe can unabashedly praise Brady and cast doubt that it was even his fault when a problem occurs. That’s JW3 level Joe loyalty –>
“This is the first bad Brady pass Joe has seen this summer and it is Aug. 27. Brady throws to the left side about 10-15 yards downfield and the ball falls to the ground. There wasn’t a Bucs receiver anywhere near the ball. Somebody wasn’t on the same page.”
August 27th, 2020 at 7:30 pm
Interesting to note that we keep hearing of Brady’s low passes if the passes aren’t on the money. Could that be that passes are low and way from the defender where only the WR can get it? Better low than high right? We heard plenty of high throws over the past years that’s for sure.
August 27th, 2020 at 8:44 pm
As Joe wrote before, that’s an old Bill Parcells trick. He always told his quarterbacks when in the red zone or throwing short to throw low because that not only decreases the chance of a pick-six, it also decreases picks in general.
Pretty sure we can do the math on Parcells’ connection with Brady.
There is not a thing wrong with Brady’s accuracy. 🙂
August 27th, 2020 at 8:46 pm
Think he’s had two. Know for sure he’s had one.
August 27th, 2020 at 8:48 pm
Oh, the old man stats are very much in Joe’s mind. Hey, Joe wants the Bucs to win. Period. For that to happen Brady needs to play well.
Jameis is gone. There’s no reversing that. So Joe too has turned the page.
August 27th, 2020 at 8:51 pm
If Bunting makes a play tomorrow, sure. You will read about it.
Joe’s not going to concoct and invent plays that never happened just so someone can feel good. That’s pretty irresponsible.
August 27th, 2020 at 8:57 pm
Brady is making them work. Arians said he has no issues with the secondary play this summer.
August 27th, 2020 at 9:51 pm
Football!
August 27th, 2020 at 9:59 pm
Man I can’t imagine practicing in this heat, I hope they condition themselves good.
August 28th, 2020 at 9:36 am
HEY JOE-
park-violating, home-invading, NFLPA-ignoring Bucs quarterback Tom Brady
Does feedback matter to you or is your obsession with bad-mouthing the GOAT and being childish take precedence over all?
Eddie Says:
August 27th, 2020 at 11:37 am
Who ever you are your a jerk. Your park violating nonsense just shows how juvenile you are.
JimBuç2 Says:
August 27th, 2020 at 2:48 pm
One of Joe’s writing style demonstrates a rather juvenile need for attention. He would be the one wearing the lampshade at an adult party. Seems like he’s still all butt-hurt his 5000yd homie got shown the door at One Buc. Rather than show the respect a six time World champion should command he chooses to slander and sully the GOAT. Shameful. This Buc fan is beside himself with joy that Tom Brady wears a Buccaneer uniform.
Christopher Schiefen Says:
August 27th, 2020 at 3:07 pm
JimBuc, unfortunately Joe is still of the opinion this site was built on “the fan’s take”, so he thinks juvenile stuff is how fans think. In 2020. It’s a character and an outdated one at that. And since the site is fairly successful, he thinks he shouldn’t change or grow either, which is…actually a *real* juvenile thought.
The name of the Website in of itself lowers the expectations of the quality of content on your site. Then the disrespect shown towards the GOAT-that we are all pinching ourselves that he is now the Bucs QB-makes it hard to sit back and read article after article with that moniker you gave TB. WHY?? Who thinks it’s funny? Creative? Intelligent? No just Ignorant!