Arians Offers Details On Playcalling
November 24th, 2020
“Tom, remember, Jalen Ramsey is not Andrew Adams.”
Now it is not crystal clear who has the final say on Bucs playcalls.
Yeah, Bucco Bruce Arians claims that’s all Bryon Leftwich. If that’s so, then why is Arians on his headset with the typical Waffle House menu of offensive plays in both hands when the Bucs have the ball?
And for a man known for building offenses and quarterbacks to never offer advice or direction in the middle of a series, or before a critical play to his young offensive coordinator, is a stretch to Joe.
In past stops, Arians has let some of his quarterbacks call their own plays. Arians also has always said he (Leftwich?) goes over gameplans with the quarterback to find out what he does or doesn’t like. If a quarterback doesn’t like certain plays, then they are taken out of the gameplan.
Today, Arians pulled back the curtain a little bit on who is calling Bucs plays. Last night, for example, the playcalling was fugly. So what’s going on?
Arians said Tom Brady often approves/disapproves/chooses his own plays while on the sideline for the next offensive series when the Bucs defense is on the field.
“We have Tom calling a lot of his own – we’re picking his own on the sidelines from the gameplan,” Arians said.
So if Brady is calling his own shots about throwing deep, which he has been atrocious at of late — more on that in the morning — can someone, anyone, be the adult in the room/on the bench and say, “Tom, please stay away from the long passes for the time being. Let’s focus on what you do best and throw intermediate or short passes.”
Arians also added that Brady is hitting those same passes in practice.
Well, practice is not a game. And can’t the Bucs adjust on the fly while a game is in progress when they see Brady cannot hit the Gulf if he fell off his lost jet ski on long passes?
Well, maybe not.
November 24th, 2020 at 3:14 pm
Well, Hitting passes against our secondary doesn’t mean much.
November 24th, 2020 at 3:15 pm
Agree 1000 percent!!
November 24th, 2020 at 3:16 pm
Something is starkly askew with the play calling. The GOAT probably has the finest set of WRs in the history of the NFL and can’t get the job done. Evans and Godwin had two of the finest TD catch and run plays you will ever see in the Rams game. AB was fine. But the overall scheme fell flat. Poor coaching – not poor players.
November 24th, 2020 at 3:30 pm
Where is Scotty Miller? Seems like ever since AB was signed, the deep ball is toast. Are the Bucs spending too much time getting AB up to speed? The chemistry between Brady and the other receivers has been lost. The play calling is a joke. They want to be a running team but refuse to set up the run with the pass. Mix things up a bit. Way too predictable!
November 24th, 2020 at 3:31 pm
Pretty sure we don’t have the same quality D line as Saints or Chicago or the Rams bettering Brady in practice. One thing Arians seems like he’ll NEVER do is criticize his golden boy OC-learning-on-the-job Byron Leftwich. We need a new OC. And running backs who can catch a ball.
November 24th, 2020 at 3:43 pm
No job interviews coming in for last night’s performance on either side of the Bucs
November 24th, 2020 at 3:47 pm
Didn’t BA say Jameis hit all his passes in practice?
November 24th, 2020 at 4:03 pm
Poor coaching both sides of the ball. Secondary backpedaling all night made me swear I saw Mike Smith on the sidelines. And there are just too many cooks in the kitchen with this offensive game planning. Brady looks like he doesn’t trust his o line to me, whether that is the issue or he just had a bad game I don’t know. There is a lot of work to be done. QBs seem to be throwing darts against us, we are not fooling anyone with this soft D. I expect Bowles to dial up some pressure next week, but this may the worst team to do that against.
Hopefully we get Marpet back soon.
November 24th, 2020 at 4:05 pm
I thought Brady made some bad decisions and throws last night. It was hard to watch pretty much the whole second half. Also they didn’t run the ball enough again. When Rojo gets 100 yards or more they win ( except for Chicago when Arians or perhaps Brady? took the ball out of his hands too early). They truly didn’t even give him the opportunity. On the defensive side it was kind of vanilla outside of the two picks. JPP came to play but not sure who else did? Shaq looks slower this year compared to last and I didn’t see much interior pressure all game. The linebackers were fine against the rush but below average against the pass. Where are the forced fumbles from LVD or Devin White? Where are the game changing turnovers? Lastly, the secondary has also continued to regress after a strong start. They were missing tackles all night on those Rams receivers. I am very disappointed on the turn that this season is taking, and it’s only going to be a bigger challenge next weekend against KC. The only problem now is that they really needed to win last night because that game has way more value on the playoff standings than a win against the chiefs this week.
November 24th, 2020 at 4:08 pm
So what, if the Bucs can’t win when it matters.
So what, if the coaching staff can’t call plays.
So what, if we aren’t going to win the Super Bowl.
We’re 7-4. Last three years we were 4-7. We were so into the last game last year because we wanted to get to 8-8. We’ll win more than 10 games this year. Be happy.
November 24th, 2020 at 4:12 pm
Sounds to me like Arians is trying to cover for how much Leftwich sucks by blaming it on Brady.
November 24th, 2020 at 4:19 pm
“CHIEFS VS. BUCS ODDS, SPREAD, PICK: TAMPA BAY’S BRUCE ARIANS WILL NOT TAKE OFFENSIVE PLAY-CALLING FROM BYRON LEFTWICH”
and this is why we will continue to struggle because he is to lazy/old to take control and Leftwich is a has ben X QB trying to be a coach.
November 24th, 2020 at 4:22 pm
You can have all the talent in the world, but it just doesn’t matter without competent coaching.
And considering we’re putrid on defense and terrible on offense in our special teams suck, I’d say none of our coaching is any good
November 24th, 2020 at 4:28 pm
Jmark- Well stated. The problem is more the coaching than the players.
November 24th, 2020 at 4:34 pm
Even if Brady is the one making the play calling mistakes, I trust him more with his own calls….
He will figure it out and I wouldn’t be a bit surprised if he doesn’t stay more than the 2 years…
And…..FYI….there is nothing wrong with his arm strength….if anything, he needs to ease off a bit.
November 24th, 2020 at 4:36 pm
I don’t often agree with Cowherd, but I just read a quote of his about last night’s game. “A coaching mismatch” Spot on.
November 24th, 2020 at 4:41 pm
It’s a Bucs Life type stuff…
November 24th, 2020 at 4:48 pm
Ole stale biscuit will not take over play calling because it would “really” expose him!!!!!!!!! Sad to see the sheep finally just starting to see the truth!!!!!!! Sad that time has been wasted!!!!!!!!
go bucs!!!!!!!!!!!×
November 24th, 2020 at 4:50 pm
Way to OWN it Bruce.
November 24th, 2020 at 4:53 pm
It always looks absurd to me watching Leftwich talk to Brady on the sidelines. Absolutely ridiculous and some kind of sick joke that Raheem Morris’ second favorite QB is our OC.
November 24th, 2020 at 5:03 pm
Hey Realist, Stale Buscuits called and they are insulted that you keep comparing them to Arians. Lol
November 24th, 2020 at 5:08 pm
Somebody deflate some of those balls already!
November 24th, 2020 at 5:11 pm
How about putting the blame where it belong (Brady)
November 24th, 2020 at 5:22 pm
Still undecided if this is just a mediocre team with lousy coaching or an underachieving team with mediocre coaching. Either way, it ain’t a playoff team.
November 24th, 2020 at 5:38 pm
Ed the fans have spoken and coaching is the scapegoat. Funny thing is we had the ball with tons of time a TO and decent foeld position…..
…I guess when we get in position like that fans look for playcalls. Brady isnt expected to carry us there. Its the playcallers job to give us the win. The Winston pick that ended it was clearly the fault of the playcaller.
Fans are melting down today but Im fine. We got a good W-L record are have a clear path to the playoffs. Typical fans want that instant nut and dont wanna work for it…….They believed every bit of the instant Brady SB hype without ever truely evaluting our chances……Hey anything is(and still is) possible so i guess i cant blame them. But seems like many fans have dug there feet in on SB being the only acceptable outcome.
We clearly arent SB ready. Not yet. Im fine with that. It didnt have to be the instant nut of winning a title this year for me. Having our best chance to win it all next year always made more sense to me…….Right now we cleary cannot compete against top passrushes. We are not far off but we gonna need another big guy up front til we can get on a teal SB level. Thats likely gonna take one more offseason……Unless Arians can do what Gruden did to our OL in our 2002 run.
November 24th, 2020 at 5:40 pm
Or maybe we can just get lucky. Thatll work too.
GO BUCS!
November 24th, 2020 at 6:00 pm
Uhhh Joe, I’m still trying to digest “the playcalling was fugly”. FUGLY? OK, nice touch.
@Arians … “We have Tom calling a lot of his own – we’re picking his own on the sidelines from the gameplan.” Wow, just wow. This is mind-boggling, especially when combined with the other bit of ‘insight’ from BA …
“Arians said Tom Brady often approves/disapproves/chooses his own plays while on the sideline for the next offensive series when the Bucs defense is on the field.”
Wow again. These guys (Arians, Brady, Leftwich, Christensen, Moore) are getting paid mega-millions per year and THIS is the best game management approach they can come up with? In my experience 2 MFWICs = 0 MFWICs. No idea what 5 MFWICs equals (but I suspect it’s still 0).
November 24th, 2020 at 6:14 pm
DR
Less is definitely more. Clearly. BA as delegator is definitely not working, Either because of his delegation or his delegatee’s.
November 24th, 2020 at 6:31 pm
Brady is lot like Craig Morton of the Broncos during the late 70’s, Basically a statue. So Dirty Jersey, and Toms sees ghosts, skittish feet, Clean Jersey and this team scores a boatload. If Tom has a clean pocket they can score enough to not put it on this defense. Defense is adequate but is very vulnerable. Ali Marpet has been out the last 3, and it has been a jail break at times for Tom. It is not all because of Ali being out, but what a difference when he is there and not, The same with Vita being out, the D is not the same. This team was dominate up front before the injuries to Ali and Vita, But not now. Teams were not eating up the Defense like they do now when Vita was there. They are not controlling the Line of Scrimmage on both sides of the ball, and the results are not good. There will be lineman drafted on the O line and D line, and free agents signed. I do not know who is available in free agency but guaranteed the Lines will be upgraded. Clean Jersey for Tom = Victory, Dirty Jersey for Tom and it is rough seas for the Buccos. GO BUCS!!!!
November 24th, 2020 at 6:40 pm
they basically don’t throw to brate all season…
yet on the last play in the bears game and the last play last night, brady throws basically prayers to cam brate…
i don’t understand where that last minute renewed faith in a long shot to brate comes from ???
November 24th, 2020 at 6:51 pm
the offense is based on deep passing. it was a bad match from the start. if you pick your favorite apple from a rotten tree, the apple is still rotten.
mcdaniels or billy-o will be the coach next year. drafting an entire offensive line would help as well
November 24th, 2020 at 6:54 pm
Hopefully by the playoffs, these problems will be fixed. Then anything is possible. Yes, I said playoffs.
November 24th, 2020 at 7:04 pm
if we win sunday:
it means we can beat any team, at any time, any where…
so yes…anything is possible and we just gotta get in the playoffs…
if we lose sunday:
we are fuggin’ hangin’ by a thread as an organization from every aspect of football operations, and it’s gonna be a long bye week
November 24th, 2020 at 7:10 pm
“We have Tom calling a lot of his own – we’re picking his own on the sidelines from the gameplan,” Arians said.
So if Brady is calling his own shots about throwing deep, which he has been
Yeah from leftwiches gameplan.LET BRADY DRAW UP THE OFFENSE AND FIRE LEFTWICH!!!
November 24th, 2020 at 7:20 pm
Number one, Sean McVay is a great young coach/offensive genius. Two, Ram receivers don’t quit routes!!! Three, young DB’s cannot comprehend their responsibilities when Bowles plays zone. Zone = opposition TD’s. Four, blame coaches, but remember players execution is name of the game. And we ain’t executing Buc fans.
November 24th, 2020 at 7:26 pm
It doesn’t get any better as far as offensive weapons. He’ll of a unanswered question this deep into the season. It was clear leftwich was a weak link and actually it makes Arians look even more moronic for being all into the playcalling sheet but not saying a word. So close he could call plays but too lazy. Arians is useless at this point and it’s embarrassing
November 24th, 2020 at 7:52 pm
I don’t like this at all. I’m behind Brady on being the QB for the Bucs but this needs to change. Of course he’s going to call all these pass plays because he has really high confidence. Playing and calling all your own plays isn’t working and you know this is the first time it’s happened in his career. No way Belicheat would allow this to happen. So not only is he in a new offense, with new players and getting used to them, he now chooses his plays…. need to stop this and let him help in the game plan but not constantly calling everything. Too much going on for someone and Arians needs to grow a pair and stop it.
November 24th, 2020 at 7:52 pm
The problem is Brady. We have all world receivers but a QB who is too old to take advantage of them. Evans has put up mind blowing stats in his first five years with different QBs. Godwin looked like the new hot young up and coming receiver in the league. Now that we have a QB that can’t throw anything over 15 yards accurately these guys see their numbers plummeting. I would say after we lose to KC there will be some grumbling from these guys. Brady is going to cost them a lot of money. Hard to get the big numbers and get paid when you have a QB that is only capable of dinking and dunking at this point in his career. We honestly have the worst possible QB to take advantage of our receiver’s strengths.
November 24th, 2020 at 8:15 pm
SlyPirate Says:
November 24th, 2020 at 4:08 pm
So what, if the Bucs can’t win when it matters.
So what, if the coaching staff can’t call plays.
So what, if we aren’t going to win the Super Bowl.
We’re 7-4. Last three years we were 4-7. We were so into the last game last year because we wanted to get to 8-8. We’ll win more than 10 games this year. Be happy.
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I’ll tell you what:
We have mortgaged our future to go all in on THIS season, and this season alone. It’s Super Bowl or bust. Anything less is a failure. And as of right now, this team can not beat anyone with a decent defense.
November 24th, 2020 at 8:16 pm
Let’s just call a spade a spade. Leftwich was play calling for the QB most interceptions by a QB in Bucs history. When the system is rotten, not even the GOAT can overcome the inept decisions. Arians decided to bring him in, so this is squarely on his shoulders. Perhaps another coaching change is in order.
November 24th, 2020 at 8:19 pm
Not even going to watch the next game. Mahomes is going to pick this secondary apart.
November 24th, 2020 at 8:44 pm
Brady isn’t throwing against a real defense in practice that’s why he’s connecting on them. Rams showed us how to play defense.
November 24th, 2020 at 8:50 pm
Whatever the case, it’s a sh!t show.
If they don’t run the ball 25 times they lose. I think its really that simple. If you don’t establish that balance the defense will tee off on your QB and sit in man to man outside.
November 24th, 2020 at 9:37 pm
Say what you want this team has the players, it’s the coaches now. This offense has not had one complete game and go back and look at the win loss record, they haven’t beat one single good defensive team. Green Bay does not have a good defense. Once again this team is limited by someone to stubborn to adjust. Apparently Arians doesn’t want to win all that much because he can’t see the flaw in coaching and play calling. This is not a Super Bowl team
November 24th, 2020 at 10:03 pm
If the Line keeps Bradys jersey clean, the Bucs are going to be competitive, if the O Line is not playing well, then the Bucs will not win consistently. Pretty simple really. Look at how Tom threw the ball against the Raiders , game and the one to Scotty Miller. Tom did that with a clean pocket. When he is getting roughed up all bets are off. What happened to Aaron Rodgers against the Bucs, he got harrased all day, and sacked. He was not good and did not even finish the game. The Pack barley touched Tom and he did his part to win. Jared Goff was not really touched most of the game, clean jersey. You knock Jared around and he is not very good either no matter how young he is. So all this about Brady being whatever is over blown. Give him time and he excels, let him get roughed up and he looks like a 43 year old QB. Brady did not look comfortable in the Ram game at all. He was conscious of the Ram pass rush because the line was not consistently good as a whole. Tristen Wirfs being an awesome exemption blocking Donald. This is not complicated. They desperately need Ali back, but concussions are not something you mess with. GO BUCS!!!!!!
November 24th, 2020 at 11:43 pm
TBBF
We think alike. I think Brady has more to do with all these deep attempts than people wish to acknowledge. Perhaps easier to blame it on BA.
D.R.
I agree with you about the horrid game planning/play calling whether it’s BA..BL or TB 12.
With absolutely no proof other than my gut and my eyes I have the feeling that Brady has gone nuts being liberated from N.E. and now in a bombs away offense. Perhaps he has something to prove?
Whatever…at the end of the day I believe Brady is about winning..he’ll see the light and the game plans and play calling will probably make more sense. With so much talent on this team and playmakers like AB..ME..CG..Gronk..Brate..we can move the chains in a real hurry with no pass over ten yards if targeted to the correct area to give our receivers a chance to break one off for some real YAC.
November 25th, 2020 at 12:00 am
The receivers were wide ass open. There was nothing wrong with the play calling. There was something wrong with the quarterback. If you are going to have short plays for Brady, why did you not do the same for Winston?
November 25th, 2020 at 2:49 am
When the o-line gives Brady a clean pocket, Brady goes through his progressions and the offense fires. When he’s getting hit, he struggles.
People overthink things.
November 25th, 2020 at 9:49 am
tomterrible
Lol no Buc QB threw more INTS than Testaverde and he played 21 years in the NFL
November 26th, 2020 at 12:47 pm
Any body says this is because brady does not understand football. Your o line has ti be consistent your run blocking needs to be stellar and recievers have got to at least catch every ball and the d cannot always bend. Cause the d breaks not to mention what are you getting from special teams all these. Areas need to be at least consitant
November 26th, 2020 at 12:53 pm
I wrote before i read blog. And i think theres know body on here who truly undrtsand 🏈