“I Think Trust Is The Issue”
October 24th, 2022
“Not with this cast, Byron.”
Accomplished quarterbacks and playcallers usually have fantastic perspective when it comes to the performance of other quarterbacks.
So Joe was intrigued to hear former Cowboys QB/playcaller/head coach Jason Garrett share his thoughts on Tom Brady and the Bucs last night during the Sunday Night Football studio show.
Garrett has studied Brady’s play and he sees a tentative quarterback whose teammates are in his head.
“I think trust is the issue,” Garrett said. “I just don’t know that he fully trusts everybody around him. Sometimes you gotta throw the guy the ball. Sometimes you gotta count on the guys in front of you to make the block. And once [the Bucs] get that back, even in small increments, I think they can get themselves started.”
The message was clear from Garrett: Brady looks like he’s playing too safe and it’s time to trust the players around him because he has good players around him.
However, Garrett is throwing his hands up in the air at the Bucs’ run game (like most fans) and acknowledging that the Bucs must get it going.
The run game really has Joe steamed. The Bucs don’t run a ton and they don’t face stacked boxes too often. So there’s no reason the combination of running backs/playcaller/offensive line can’t find its way to near the league average of 4 1/2 yards per carry.
After yesterday’s blowout loss to Carolina, the Bucs are averaging a league-worst 3.0 yards per carry. And Tampa Bay has yet to bust a run of 20 or more yards this season.
October 24th, 2022 at 1:02 pm
The Bucs ran the ball fine yesterday — WHEN the Panthers weren’t stacking the line expecting a run.
It’s really, really, really simple stuff. The Bucs aren’t going to plow anyone over in the run game — so just don’t call runs in those situations. When the Bucs ran successfully yesterday it was on 2nd and long and in non-obvious running situations. Literally been saying this for 3 years now – just stop being ultra predictable and the run game will be fine. At least make the other team doubt when you’re going to run the ball, and things will open up.
October 24th, 2022 at 1:04 pm
The run game sucks because Leftwich has no feel for the play calling. When you have Jonathan Vilma calling the play before they even line up you have a big big problem. That means he is way to predictable and then blocking can’t survive that. On top of that he doesn’t run to the strengths, we should be running more to the right side with SHAQ and WIRFS instead we run behind the rookie and try to ask a first year center pull to make the tough block. Just poor play calling and design!!!
October 24th, 2022 at 1:08 pm
Maybe this is a super hot take – I know he couldn’t catch or block all that well but Rojo was a very hard runner with great speed – I think we miss his change of pace more than people think
October 24th, 2022 at 1:17 pm
Nicky666 – I was always a fan of Rojo, but he went nuts last year, really fell off a cliff in terms of production. But, you are correct, he did hit the holes harder than Fournette and ran with more power, but he was no move productive.
Again, I think it’s just being less predictable. I go back to that GB game, they literally had 8 people in the box on first downs. Last week via Pittsburgh, on 3rd and short, they literally had 3 guys run blitzing directly into lane where the play was going. This happens over and over and over again, and it’s because teams know what is coming. That doesn’t give the offensive line a chance, when you have 3 defenders and 2 blockers – and short of having Barry Sanders in the backfield, no one is breaking 3 tackles on every run just to get 2 yards.
October 24th, 2022 at 1:22 pm
Our O line is a shell of its former self. No Jensen, no Marpet…No Stinnie, no Kappa…No chemistry, no attitude. TB is fearing for his life as our line is manhandled on practically every snap.
October 24th, 2022 at 1:24 pm
Rod, agreed. something is tipping these defenses off. I think it’s formation and personnel related. The lack of run success is putting them in obvious passing downs. Flip the script. Throw to setup the run. If I see Brady start another game under center, I may lose my mind. Gun 5 wide hurry up. Get a few easy completions, and defenses will back off. When they do, hand off out the gun, and take the yards they give you.
October 24th, 2022 at 1:26 pm
Lenny trying to “juke” his way around 3 defenders that are standing there waiting was just so precious to watch. 😑
October 24th, 2022 at 1:26 pm
Go selectively to no huddle periodically in situations. Catch the opposing team in base D and take advantage of predictable D. Huddle when O needs a breather or our D needs us to have a long drive.
October 24th, 2022 at 1:27 pm
Brady has to look over his shoulders because he does not trust his 3rd rate o-line. Unike before, he can focus on throwing to the open guys.
October 24th, 2022 at 1:31 pm
BradentuckeyBuc Says:
October 24th, 2022 at 1:26 pm
Lenny trying to “juke” his way around 3 defenders that are standing there waiting was just so precious to watch.
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Yeah, and it happens a lot — then people will say Lenny or the run game needs to be more production. Again, short of Barry Sanders, who was by far the best RB I’ve ever seen, no one is consistently getting out of those jams. It’s like with the Muscle Hamster, and people around here saying he’s washed up, yet you’d watched the tape and see him getting hit, literally, 5 yards in the backfield and breaking 2 tackles, just to get no gain.
Lenny, and to a lesser extent White, aren’t missing reads, they’re not running into the wrong holes, instead they’re just being put into situations where they need to break multiple tackles just to get no gain.
October 24th, 2022 at 1:31 pm
I cam’t believe TB listens to Lefty’s BS. Tom just call the play YOU think would work.
October 24th, 2022 at 1:36 pm
Jack Sparrow Says:
October 24th, 2022 at 1:27 pm
Brady has to look over his shoulders because he does not trust his 3rd rate o-line. Unike before, he can focus on throwing to the open guys.
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The line is fine in passing situations, the problems come in the running game with the line. But Brady, mostly, had a good pocket. It’s why the Bucs should just pass the ball and forget the running game all together.
But, at the same time, running those worthless WR screens every other play… we need some downfield passing, not 2 yard passes, and those plays by Leftwich don’t give Brady a chance to do anything with the ball, it’s a one read play. It’s garbage like that, where Leftwich stinks so bad. No feel for the game, no idea when to call what, and he calls the offense in a way to make sure Brady throws the ball where Leftwich wants it thrown.
The best thing the Bucs could do this week is go hurry up, play from shotgun the entire game, and just let Brady call everything. No package substations to slow things down (Leftwich loves to kill a no-huddle drive, like he did on Sunday, by forcing everyone out of the game), just let Brady do his thing. I’m fine sinking or swimming with Brady running the show.
October 24th, 2022 at 1:39 pm
In a world of RPO’s, the statue QB is no longer effective on an elite level. Hell, they are no longer a thing in high school!
If Brady were mobile and could escape pressure, he’d throw a lot more guys open, like Allen of Mahomes and others.
I believe we are witnessing the changing of NFL offensive philosophy.
October 24th, 2022 at 1:39 pm
what if:
gisele is sitting in a dark smokey incense filed room in south america with a pinata sized voodoo doll of tommy b…
and she and some wild shaman are hexing the fugg out of our guy
October 24th, 2022 at 1:40 pm
THOMAS PFALZ Says:
October 24th, 2022 at 1:31 pm
I cam’t believe TB listens to Lefty’s BS. Tom just call the play YOU think would work.
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It’s always been a bad fit. Leftwich is younger than Brady, came into the NFL after Brady, and retired like a decade ago. What exactly is Leftwich ‘teaching’ Brady? Why in the world would Brady listen to Leftwich about anything? I’m around the same age as Brady and I can’t imagine someone younger than me, who has had no success, coming into my business and telling me how to run things. Yet Brady has subjected himself to that.
It’s part of the reason why you needed Arians there. I’m not sure Brady likes Arians all that much, but I do think he respects him and can look at the old guy and say he’s been through a lot, and he knows a lot. But with Leftwich, huh? Brady knows his used cleats from 2011 have more knowledge about football than Leftwich.
October 24th, 2022 at 1:42 pm
Agreed, Brady looks like he’s playing scared, all the time! His stats look fine, but my eyes tell me completely different story.
October 24th, 2022 at 1:47 pm
Quit making excusesif it would have Winston under center they would have destroyed him on this site. This is on the quarterback and no one else, When parts of your body began to quit on you, you start to blame everyone else. Remember one play do not make or break a game in the first quarter. This team needs a young mobile quarterback and young receivers.
October 24th, 2022 at 1:51 pm
“Bucs are old and Slow” 🙁
October 24th, 2022 at 1:52 pm
IT’S ALREADY OVER …
The only way to make the playoffs is by winning the NFCS. Atlanta has a really easy schedule, while the Bucs schedule is extremely difficult. Make trades, cut contracts, and reload for 2023.
October 24th, 2022 at 1:55 pm
adam from ny Says:
October 24th, 2022 at 1:39 pm
what if:
gisele is sitting in a dark smokey incense filed room in south america with a pinata sized voodoo doll of tommy b…
and she and some wild shaman are hexing the fugg out of our guy
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Yeah, it’s impossible to overcome these things. The Bucs had to make a deal with Doug Williams before 2002 so he’d drop the voodoo curse he put on the team, for example. But hexes, spells, voodoo, there’s nothing you can do about that other than bring in outside experts to try to counter them — or go to the source and cut a deal. Brady, if he wants to turn things around, is going to have to give Gisele whatever it is that she is demanding.
Then, on top of that, we don’t actually know when Brady’s deal with the devil expires. There is the worry that Brady wanted to play until he was 45, because that’s when the deal expires — but what if the deal expired when he turned 45, not at the conclusion of being 45? That’s a big misunderstanding that would tank the season as well.
Joe, you should bring in some psychics, warlocks, high elves, etc and see what they have to say.
October 24th, 2022 at 1:56 pm
You can not be 240 and can’t get 1yd first downs period
I told y’all asses about Tip Toe Lenny and it holds true.
October 24th, 2022 at 1:57 pm
Maybe, they should start a 2 minutes offense from the get go. For the whole game, just 2 minute drills.
October 24th, 2022 at 2:02 pm
When I look at the Bucs’ stats after just 7 games, the problem areas just jump out at you. The solutions? Not so much.
o Average Yards per Play (YPP): Bucs’ offense is averaging roughly the same number of plays per game that we did for the 2019-2021 period (65 for 2022 versus 66 for that period). Unfortunately our YPP is WAAAAY down this year (5.1 YPP in 2022 versus 6.1 in 2021, 6.0 YPP in 2020 & 5.9 YPP in 2019). Obviously not as many explosive plays as we’ve had in previous years has had an impact.
o 3rd/4th Down Efficiency: If I had to pick a single area that we need to improve in, this’d be it. Bucs’ offense is currentlyaveraging 36.3% on 3rd & 4th down conversions. In comparison, Bucs offense averaged 47.7% in 2021, 44.4% in 2020 & 42.3% in 2019. That translates into not being able to sustain drives, and thus into scoring fewer points (especially without the explosive plays).
o Red Zone Efficiency: This area also has fallen off a cliff. Bucs’ offense is currently averaging a pathetic 47.4% scoring TDs in the Red Zone. In comparison, Bucs offense averaged 66.2% in 2021, 68.9% in 2020, and 64.8% in 2019. We’ve seen the impact in each game, where we had to settle for 3 points instead of scoring 7 points in far too many instances.
October 24th, 2022 at 2:08 pm
Sparrow. They should. No doubt. Use what’s working the best. But Leftwich isn’t that smart. I’m tired of the same old formations play after play. He spreads em out he throws brings em in he runs. We know it and everyone else does too. Almost half the season and this lefty jackal thinks he’s still in training camp trying to perfect the two yard run. If they ever ran play action and sent someone deep on third or fourth and one and it’s going to the house. But he be who he be
October 24th, 2022 at 2:09 pm
I think it’s a “our coaches suck issue” without our former hall of fame head coach Arians there to constantly hold their hands and throw around his infectious attitude. Maybe the glazers could use some of the loot that they’ve practically extorted from us over the years with their sweetheart stadium deal and make Sean Payton an offer that he can’t refuse? 25 or 30 million per year? I’m done defending Bowles and Leftwich and all those folks who have been calling them horrible coaches for years have been right. Well, Bowles is a damn good dc, but not head coaching material. I got soooooo spoiled not worrying about the draft until after the season. This sucks!
October 24th, 2022 at 2:09 pm
It’s not Brady. I don’t think people get that. It’s no separation by the receivers. Brady sat in the pocket much longer than usual yesterday to let the deep routes open up. Our receiver do not get open. Our offensive line can’t push the line of scrimmage to get a yard when needed. We need to go hurry up full time.
And defense, what’s the deal with Hicks? Is he coming back? If we’re not going after Suh, we need him back in the line. We are getting pushed around on both sides of the ball right now and our secondary is in the same condition as it was last year.
October 24th, 2022 at 2:12 pm
Defense Rules – Yard Per Play is way down, in large part, because of Leftwich’s terrible game scripting. All those WR screens give Brady one read -and they don’t rarely pick up more than a yard or two. Nothing wrong with calling WR screens, but just doing it over and over and over again, it’s becoming the new ‘run up the gut’ with Leftwich.
But when you’re throwing all those short passes, and run the ball for 3 yards a clip, that means you’re only attempting to throw downfield in obvious situations and defenses are, now, sitting on those plays as well.
It’s literally all down to playcalling. Just call a better game and defenses are kept off balance, and things open up.
From Brady’s side, he needs to be less ancy and not bail on plays as quickly – although, yesterday, he was holding onto the ball and took more hits than I can remember him taking in a long time. Someone with All-22 should review the film and see if guys were getting open? From the TV angle, the Bucs had a ton of routes where the WRs were clumped together, which, if true, is again on the coaches and playcaller.
October 24th, 2022 at 2:13 pm
How is Brady expected to feel comfortable when his offensive line is getting dominated by bad teams. Their running backs are getting hit as soon as they get the ball in the backfield. And the coaches have been unable/unwilling to adapt to get things going. Hard to believe that any of the players have any faith in the coaches. Time to get a new head coach and OC
October 24th, 2022 at 2:14 pm
If there is an absence of trust, nothing will help other than restoring trust.
That takes time and trustworthiness and openness.
Wins help too.
I guess we’ll see how the staff and players respond — so far it has been ugly
October 24th, 2022 at 2:16 pm
we ran for a measly 44 yards !! Against a 1-5 team !! we have NO run game -NONE.
October 24th, 2022 at 2:18 pm
I said already brady is afraid. Having Goedeke getting beat way to often and how he gets slam is on brady head. I think with hainsley he’s ok , brady is playing it safe. He doesn’t step up in the pocket. He throws with his body sideways or stepping back which leads to throws behind , bottom or overthrown balls.
I saw a different brady with leverette. Brady put two good drives, maybe bcuz he played already with leverette last season. Also we need to risk it with our TE. Give them some throws up the middle. If Carolina used their TE on the TD why can’t we?
Its a short week so change can’t happen. Perhaps after with the 10 days off I would expect a lot of change.
October 24th, 2022 at 2:19 pm
If we line up in shotgun we throw, if Brady is under center we run. Am I the only one that sees this, I feel like I’m taking crazy pills!
October 24th, 2022 at 2:23 pm
@Cobraboy, the pocket passers demise has been predicted for years. Other than Wilson, Rodgers and Mahomes, 9 of the last 12 Superbowl winning QBs have been pure pocket passers. Even if a QB has the ability to run, they must be able to beat teams from the pocket. The bucs problems have nothing to do with Brady’s inability to run around.
October 24th, 2022 at 2:25 pm
@ Conte … this last game brady / lefty called a lot of play action under center but panthers where not bitting bcuz our run game is not a threat. Why should other teams be scare of our run game ? Put the film and look at our LG and left side ? ( where lefty likes to run) Also look at our pass screen game. WR not blocking and most screen are to WR.
October 24th, 2022 at 2:27 pm
Loafing Lenny?
October 24th, 2022 at 2:36 pm
24 hours later, and after reading every Brady article i could find, i would love to see Tom summon just one more spectacular run as a big F you to all the vultures.
He has it in him — but do the rest of fhe guys?
October 24th, 2022 at 2:38 pm
Colts benched Matt Ryan. Why can’t we bench Goedeke ? I’ ll tell you why bcuz bowles can’t make the decision. Licht has to make approve and ok any move. So bowles is handcuff. You as a coach know your limited.
October 24th, 2022 at 2:39 pm
Adrnagy. You are right we do well on play action at times but what does kill mar is at times we will have a successful run of perhaps 8 yards then line up in shotgun to throw on second down. If we were actually using the run to setup play action why not line up under center on 2nd and short? Other teams have an entire running game based out of shotgun. I often times feel like our running game is so miserable because it’s so predictable. I wish we would run occasionally from 3 and 4 we set. Additionally, what happened to all those jumbo formations we had the last couple years with the extra o-lineman?
October 24th, 2022 at 2:47 pm
Agree with opposing teams being tipped off to our running plays.
There is a tell…not sure what it is but teams know what is coming.
Leftwich is total garbage. What a wasted season.
October 24th, 2022 at 2:50 pm
@ conte. All those plays or formations are available. That should be a question to lefty. Playcalling is a hiccup.
I cant blame the defense or bowles although I do think bowles needs to pass on playcalling to foote. But check this out….
First 5-6 drives yesterday resulted in
Punt
Punt
Punt
Punt
Punt.
Same in last 3 games. A lot of 3 and out. Do we expect our defense to be fresh.
October 24th, 2022 at 2:51 pm
Lenny’s stutter steps at the line of scrimmage are allowing the Defense to react and stop him short. Just pick a hole, lower the shoulder and run.
October 24th, 2022 at 2:58 pm
what if:
this is the warm up to a storybook ending…
we hit rock bottom…
start to climb and get on a roll…
and win the whole fuggin’ thing.
just like tom berringer said in major league:
Major League (film) Quotes –
(Tom Berenger) “Well then I guess there’s only one thing left to do.” (Corbin Bernsen) “What’s that?” (Tom Berenger) “Win the whole f***ing thing.
October 24th, 2022 at 2:59 pm
sasquash you idiot he said safe not scared, though he should be petrified by BL.
October 24th, 2022 at 3:02 pm
we should prolly swap out byron right now to skip a beat and get things rolling…
something needs to be done simply just to infuse life…
in that case it should really be bowles who goes, because he’s like a creator of zombies…
one way or another this team needs to be kicked in the can to wake up
October 24th, 2022 at 3:03 pm
Brady don’t trust his O-line. O-line is result of poor running and also bad play calling.
October 24th, 2022 at 3:34 pm
Redeemer … ‘The bucs problems have nothing to do with Brady’s inability to run around’.
I agree with you on that, but with a caveat. Brady scrambles very little, but he’s a master at moving WITHIN the pocket. In Brady’s case, he rarely seems to throw off-balance like we often see Patrick Mahomes do. They both have very quick releases, but Brady does seem to stay ‘set’ much more than Mahomes does. I tend to think that’s a large part of why Brady throws so accurately & throws a very nice fast ball.
That of course assumes that there actually IS a pocket, and on too many plays this season that hasn’t really been the case. The pocket’s been collapsing quickly because guys are getting beat quickly & decisively. I don’t think that Brady trusts this OLine right now. He’s completing the same percentage of passes, but way too many of them are far short of what we need. If I see 1 more 3rd down pass well short of the 1st down marker I think I’m gonna throw up.
October 24th, 2022 at 3:56 pm
They do face stacked boxes on 1st down. You don’t have to be a profit of old to know what’s coming. Predictable sets and bad execution.
October 24th, 2022 at 3:56 pm
They do face stacked boxes on 1st down. You don’t have to be a profit of old to know what’s coming. Predictable sets and bad execution.
October 24th, 2022 at 4:20 pm
The playcalling is just an excuse. The same guy is calling the plays that called them for the previous 2 years. Spare the Arains nonsense – BL called the plays not Bruce.
The problem is we are running the Brady offense – too many short throws – and not enough deep passes. This is because Brady is panicking and gets rid of the ball too quickly. This is obvious to anyone who saw the plays before our field goal. He basically gave up on two plays. This is the Tom Brady of the second half of 2019.
October 24th, 2022 at 4:24 pm
Rod Munch Says:
October 24th, 2022 at 1:40 pm
THOMAS PFALZ Says:
October 24th, 2022 at 1:31 pm
I cam’t believe TB listens to Lefty’s BS. Tom just call the play YOU think would work.
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It’s always been a bad fit. Leftwich is younger than Brady, came into the NFL after Brady, and retired like a decade ago. What exactly is Leftwich ‘teaching’ Brady? Why in the world would Brady listen to Leftwich about anything? I’m around the same age as Brady and I can’t imagine someone younger than me, who has had no success, coming into my business and telling me how to run things. Yet Brady has subjected himself to that.
It’s part of the reason why you needed Arians there. I’m not sure Brady likes Arians all that much, but I do think he respects him and can look at the old guy and say he’s been through a lot, and he knows a lot. But with Leftwich, huh? Brady knows his used cleats from 2011 have more knowledge about football than Leftwich.
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I don’t necessarily disagree with that, but how do you explain the success TB had with Josh McDaniels?
Roughly the same age and I don’t think he ever played at the pro level.
October 24th, 2022 at 4:24 pm
The new paradigm..Passing opens up the run game.
October 24th, 2022 at 4:49 pm
Brady has had happy feet the last 2 weeks. Because he doesn’t trust his o-line. It’s been clear as day.
This has also led to him missing wide open guys (not missing the throws, but missing that they were open and throwing to someone else instead). Again, there were multiple instances of this the last few games.
October 24th, 2022 at 4:51 pm
Josh McDaniels ran an innovative offense.
Leftwich doesn’t. There’s nothing new, or creative, or deceptive about it. He just lines every one up and counts on them being better than the defender they are going against. It worked when we had 8 – 9 all-pro/pro-bowlers, but now that we only have 5 or 6 (which is still great), he’s been exposed.
Every single person knows what play is being called before the ball is snapped.
October 24th, 2022 at 4:56 pm
The Dallas game instilled a ton of false hope that we could ground and pound our way until healthy.. man that was a hard fall.
October 24th, 2022 at 5:56 pm
DoooshLaRue Says:
I don’t necessarily disagree with that, but how do you explain the success TB had with Josh McDaniels?
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Well Brady had success with Leftwich as well — because Arians was there. I don’t think Brady liked Arians all that much, but Arians had been around a long time and I think would legit give Brady tips, or at least present a new way of thinking to him, that Brady appreciated. Leftwich was just an extension of Arians. But now Arians is gone, Leftwich is completely exposed, has no idea how fix things, and Brady has to listen to this clueless idiot give him advice knowing there’s nothing behind it, there’s no one telling Bryon what to say.
That has to be really hard to stomach for Brady.
Also Brady isn’t Manning, he’s not a one guy QB/OC, he runs, to perfection, the gameplan he’s given. He’s like a computer. If you input garbage, he’s going to do the best he can, but he’s not rewriting the script to make it work. At least to this point in his career he’s never played that role.
But man, what a comeback story if he switched things up, did play the role of QB/OC, and suddenly the Bucs were on fire. The national narrative seems to be Brady is washed up — if he turns that around, at 45, goes on a run with all the outside noise… what a way to finish up his run.
October 24th, 2022 at 5:58 pm
First time sending comment, Bucs need stability on offense – Julio Jones won’t be back IMO, I’d grab Brandin Cooks. If Bucs are lacking heart on defense then Bradley Chubb or Roquan Smith are available. Why not bring back Suh? The defense line looks like it is being pushed around too often. Getting Hicks back for Ravens is great. Anyone ever notice the lack of creativity in the Bucs run game. Remember the 1st two places vs LA in Division Playoff last year – two runs for 10+ yards and they never ran that play again. There are no holes for Fournette. It,s like here’s the ball now run for your life. A better run game – means better play action – means quick hitters to Godwin and longer passes to Evans / Cooks – means more points.
October 24th, 2022 at 6:05 pm
Of course, if a plug in o-lineman can be found that would be #1 priority. It just seems like the offense it committed to a power style running game without a line that can overpower the opponent. They would be better off with a more finesse style. There is still time. The Eagles and Niners are beatable – we just need to get into the playoffs. Go Bucs – beat Ravens!!
October 24th, 2022 at 6:44 pm
rsjcheapseats Says:
October 24th, 2022 at 4:20 pm
The playcalling is just an excuse. The same guy is calling the plays that called them for the previous 2 years. Spare the Arains nonsense – BL called the plays not Bruce.
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This is not the same offense. We’re throwing far more WR screens than we ever have, very few deep balls and continually running left into a brick wall. No way we did that in 2020, 2021.
The pass blocking hasn’t been terrible and Brady has had time. The scheme is too conservative – but its just the way Bowles wants it.
How many times over the past two weeks did we see receivers give up on routes or not run through them? Last year, those guys would have Arian’s boot up their ass. Now, nothing – and they do it again.
October 24th, 2022 at 7:17 pm
IMO, the Bucs run game woes derive from playing 2022 without the full 2021 starting interior OL + the top 2021 sub IOL (Stinnie).
Marpet, Jensen, Cappa & Stinnie formed a pretty formidable interior unit in 2020/2021 that Goedeke, Hainsey, Mason & Leverett have not been able to match play with in 2022.
October 24th, 2022 at 8:32 pm
Can’t run plays if the D knows what’s they are.
October 24th, 2022 at 11:08 pm
I trust them to “Burn the ships” ….a great song by Blacktop Mojo! utube it 🙂
October 25th, 2022 at 2:28 am
Agree with RodMunch. Playcalling has been stupid, wrong calls at the wrong time. As I keep saying, sure you can impose smashmouth if and when you have the tools to do that. If your OL is so damned good that it can plow through a stacked D, by all means, do it. But this OL and tip toeing Lenny are not equipped to do it. (Yes, I miss RoJo’s explosiveness. Nobody on the roster has it at the moment.) So they have to be much smarter about it.
It comes back to Bowles and Leftwich failing to be really honest about their roster–what is its identity, strengths and weaknesses—failing to optimize in ways that exploit the opponents.
October 25th, 2022 at 7:34 am
Let’s dial up more excuses for the untouchable entitled golden boy, Tommy. He brought a dump truck of distractions this season, buried his team in it, and now everyone feels sorry for poor Tommy. This, right here, right now is where he should truly define what it means to be the GOAT.
October 25th, 2022 at 3:55 pm
How about getting a fast WR and some DL line help in a trade. Cowboys just picked up a run stopper today.
We need a refund on Gage. How can you pay him $10,000,000 and just send him out on 4-6 yard patterns. I thought he was explosive. Oh well thought the same thing back in the day.
Is this Alvin Harper II or Bert Emanuel Jr?
October 25th, 2022 at 6:06 pm
Lol yea thats the issue. The issue is coaching and left guard. They need to amp up that dlinez make some trades or pick up suh. Some injuries are def hurting us to. Logan ryan, hicks and jones being out isnt doing us any favors