Long-Range Touchdowns
July 21st, 2024
Home run hitter.
Despite former Bucs offensive coordinator Dave Canales trying to turn an offense with explosive playmakers into a ground-and-pound team, the Bucs still hit home runs.
And with Mike Evans, Chris Godwin and Rachaad White (in the passing game), the Bucs should be an explosive offense.
Canales wanted to run between the tackles, even though the Bucs couldn’t run the ball. Still, Canales was smart enough to use his serious passing weapons to get the Bucs to the divisional round — and nearly out of it.
Per noted handicapper turned stathead Warren Sharp, only 10 teams had more offensive touchdowns of 10 yards or more than Tampa Bay. And remember, Canales loved running up the middle with a running back who couldn’t make a mailbox miss.
To Joe, this was pretty good.
Craft an offense around what players do best. Why run the ball when you can’t when you have a Hall of Fame receiver and a Pro Bowl-caliber receiver on the other side?
Does Brad Keselowski drop his kids off at school, make Publix sub runs and tool around his hood in his Ford NASCAR rig? Of course not.
offensive TDs on plays of 10+ yds:
29 – SF
28
27 – DET
26 – MIA
25
24 – BUF, DAL
23 – BAL
22
21 – JAX
20
19 – IND, GB, PHI
18 – TB, CLE, MIN
17 – WAS, DEN
16 – NO
15 – TEN, SEA
14 – LAR, PIT, CHI, HOU, ATL, LAC
13 – LV, NE, CIN
12 – ARI, NYG
11
10
9
8 – NYJ
7 – KC
6 – CAR— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) April 19, 2024
July 21st, 2024 at 9:50 am
That KC number is surprising. The Superbowl featured the #1 team vs the #31 team with the #31 winning.
July 21st, 2024 at 10:02 am
They realized they couldn’t out muscle anyone which was talked about by the coaches themselves. Then the media caught on with the late season quotes. This is what was puzzling about running the ball early in games until they got behind. They knew they couldn’t do it but went with it anyway. I understand it needs to be done but if you can’t knock guys off the line you better be able to use misdirection or straight trickery.
July 21st, 2024 at 10:29 am
The kc stat shows stats are irrelevant. Just win baby win.
July 21st, 2024 at 10:33 am
Coen has said that he wants to feed his best players on plays they excel in:
Throw to Godwin early, in the slot.
Deep HIGH balls so ME13 can run under them.
Run Bucky behind Wirfs
Slants to Palmer, either deep or quick off the line.
Swing routes and screens to White
Seam routes to Dev?
Red zone throws to Durham.
DON’T
Run White anywhere
Run behind Mauch and Goedeke until they improve
Throw seams to Otton
July 21st, 2024 at 10:34 am
Canalwater and the definition of insanity. Good riddance.
July 21st, 2024 at 10:59 am
10 yards is now long range ? Thats 30 feet… half the distance from the rubber to home plate !
July 21st, 2024 at 11:10 am
Ya but ME13 is green not blue. ROTFL. Da fork.
July 21st, 2024 at 12:38 pm
While individual quarterbacks may vary, the general consensus is that most NFL quarterbacks can throw the ball 55-65 yards with accuracy. However, some elite quarterbacks like Mahomes and others may be able to reach distances of 70-80 yards or more under optimal conditions.
This is an AI answer to the question; How far can a QB throw the ball ?
Perhaps 60 yards (180 feet) or even 50 yards be considered “long range”.
July 21st, 2024 at 1:29 pm
And yet the Super Bowl Champs were only # 7. Guess the Bucs are better because of these analytics just like some say Baker is better than Mahomies and Brady because of certain analytics.
July 21st, 2024 at 3:20 pm
Plays of +10 yards, not passes of +10 yards meaning the quick outs & screens that were taken to the house are on the table. Just off the top of my head I know Chaad had one screen he took to the house against the Titans & another in Lambeau.
Honestly idc whether it’s a 5 yard TD or a 39 yard TD, Chris Godwin needs to fed often and well enough that he scores more than 2 f’n TDs, hell he should have that by week 3
July 21st, 2024 at 4:17 pm
When a team has mike evans, that’s like a team having labron James in hoop. Its money. Identify your talent and deploy the assets accordingly.
Just get him the ball and also use him as a decoy. Hopefully he holds up. It’s a very long season these days.
July 22nd, 2024 at 8:01 am
Think about it…
Geez… Sad…
Go Bucs!
July 22nd, 2024 at 9:09 am
Baker was 15th in yards per pass attempt and 14th in yards per pass completion. Pretty ho-hum if you ask me.
July 22nd, 2024 at 1:19 pm
Every time we watched the same running up the middle play it made most of us cringe. We knew it was coming every single time and so didn’t the opposing team. Stunned at times seeing Mike wide open and didn’t get thrown the ball. Sometimes, it looked as though Mike didn’t know the ball was meant to come to him and you could tell by his expression.
Yes, Mike is our Lebron James like Bring back the lawn chairs said. Thinking Mike will do very well this season. Can’t wait!