Early Return From Giovani Bernard
August 14th, 2021
New toy works well
Bucs fans got a look at just one series tonight from the first-team Tampa Bay offense.
What stood out (aside from the ghastly sack of Tom Brady) was what Brady did on his first third-down of the 2021 season.
It was 3rd-and-9 following two ugly-looking run plays fed to Leonard Fournette. Brady dropped back and found the new guy: running back Giovani Bernard.
Bernard’s hands were sure and he got the necessary first-down YAC (yards after catch) on the play. The chains were moved, and Bucs fans got a glimpse of how life might be better this season.
On the next play, Brady threw deep to Antonio Brown, and the bomb went right through his hands.
That was the end of the night for Mr. Seven Rings.
August 14th, 2021 at 9:49 pm
When AB didn’t make the catch, I immediately thought about the tweet Chad Johnson sent yesterday.
August 14th, 2021 at 9:53 pm
Shoulda had that
August 14th, 2021 at 10:02 pm
He ran like Rojo on the play, I almost got excited before I saw his number since I thought Rojo learned out to catch over the summer.
August 14th, 2021 at 10:31 pm
What was Chad Johnson’s tweet?
August 14th, 2021 at 10:55 pm
This is exactly why we needed Gio…..
August 14th, 2021 at 10:58 pm
Rojo ain’t that bad at catching the ball. He had some good catches in the playoffs. He just needs to be consistent. But, he’s improving. This narrative that he can’t catch is lazy.
August 14th, 2021 at 11:28 pm
Ab gotta catch that. It was a dime by the goat. Also cappa is to blame on that sack. If wirfs was left 1 on 1 he blocks that dude no problem. Double team with cappa and he pushed dude into wirfs. Made him look bad.
August 14th, 2021 at 11:43 pm
lambchop – I think Rojo is a very good RB, but he stinks at catching the football. You know who else stinks at catching the football? Adrian Peterson. Another one who sucks at catching the ball? Derrick Henry.
It’s not something that means you can’t play, but it just means you shouldn’t be throwing them the ball unless you have too. That’s why Geno was such a good signing. He’s playing the role of Charles Sims in this offense, your third down back who catches everything and can run from time to time. But Sims being around didn’t keep Doug Martin from getting 1500 yards and being one of the top RBs in the NFL… every once in a while anyways.
August 15th, 2021 at 6:46 am
A very mediocre night with AB missing a catch on the first set of downs from Brady. Gabbert looked good with a good opening drive when he came in for the Bucs only offensive score besides the a two point play Trask threw after a pic six by the defense JoeJones. Griffin had a soso night and trying to force the ball in to some tight situations cost him with pics. Trask had a rocky night but no pics and six or so miss catches and a lot a pressure including a couple of sacks. There were a couple terrible calls on our D by the striped wanderers but Hagan looked real good and Joe T is definitely going to be a huge asset.
August 15th, 2021 at 8:50 am
Glad AB got that out of the way early in preseason.
August 15th, 2021 at 11:47 am
But why do they need a good receiving RB when they have all the receivers?
August 15th, 2021 at 3:25 pm
@Erick – if they don’t have a RB on the field then it is obviously a passing play so the defense know what to expect. So much easier for the defense. So then you put in a RB, but if you want to pass anyway, now that RB us not a wasted player but can serve as a receiver. Particularly is the other receivers are covered.