Jaguars Views Of Work Against Bucs
August 15th, 2024
To no one’s surprise, Jaguars reporters were on scene yesterday for the Bucs-Jags joint practice in Jacksonville and had different, non-Bucs perspectives on the action.
The perfect example is below.
Look at the Twitter video of a clear drop by Mike Evans, who had two hands on the perfectly thrown ball in the end zone. The Jags reporter, Demetrius Harvey, saw it as a win for Jags cornerback Tyson Campbell.
Travis Holmes of BigCatCountry.com wondered allowed why the Bucs’ pass rush was so devastating yesterday. So did Carlos Sanches of BlackAndTeal.com.
- Can the OL protect the QB? While the periods are not live, and no contact is allowed on the QBs, many of the Jaguars offense’s bigger plays that occurred outside of the redzone (IE: longer developing plays) were arguably sacks by Tampa Bay in a live game situation. For instance, the deep, 80-yard bomb to [rookie receiver Brian Thomas, Jr.] was truly a sack before the throw as Bucs DL William Gholston bowled over LG Ezra Cleveland at the snap. Gholston was a yard past Lawrence at the time of the throwing motion.
Reporter John Shipley of Jacksonville Jaguars on SI wrote that the Bucs sacked Jags QB Trevor Lawrence six times in 11-on-11 team work and had a coverage sack in 7-on-7. He cited most of the day’s pressure was up the gut from Vita Vea and William Gholston.
However, Sanchez of Black & Teal blog noted only three Bucs sacks of Lawrence.
Joe’s seen consensus from sports radio guys in Jacksonville on the Jags’ interior offensive line getting manhandled often by Vita Vea and Will Gholston. And Joe thought Bucs defensive tackle Greg Gaines had an active day, especially against the run.
Remember, no hitting of quarterbacks yesterday and no tackling of ball carriers allowed.
Joe’s practice notes reflect Joe’s view without the benefit of a DVR or multiple angles. Overall, Joe didn’t see a ton of fire from the Bucs outside of the trenches. And Joe can’t say that was everyone in the trenches.
This was a good rep by #Jaguars CB Tyson Campbell on Bucs WR Mike Evans. Stayed with it and made the play: pic.twitter.com/8zvZLe5TNb
— Demetrius Harvey (@Demetrius82) August 14, 2024
August 15th, 2024 at 6:35 am
Love the DB celebration on clear drops. Reminder that delusion is very much a real thing. Catch the ball, M1K3. Go Bucs!
August 15th, 2024 at 7:12 am
Maybe he told Mike that his shoe laces were untied right before the ball arrived.
August 15th, 2024 at 7:38 am
ME dropping a pass?
Blasphemy
August 15th, 2024 at 7:39 am
That looked like a pbu to me. Corner got his right hand and swatted the ball out of Mike’s at the moment he caught it. Ball left Mike’s hand with too much speed to be a drop.
Slow it down and watch it again. –Joe
August 15th, 2024 at 7:40 am
Did Mike have both hands touch the ball? Yes. But let’s dive deeper…
It would have been an over-the-shoulder catch while a defender, viewable from the receiver’s line of sight, is already mid-air flying in for the breakup/tackle.
That’s not a case of the dropsies or Mike playing scared. That’s just a really hard catch that won’t be made by any receiver 100% of the time.
August 15th, 2024 at 7:48 am
This better not be some new thing with Mike, never remember him dropping big passes like this before
August 15th, 2024 at 8:10 am
Evans bobbled it but may have been able to still get it. Defensive Back made the play as in he didn’t give Evans an opportunity to get a second bite at the apple.
August 15th, 2024 at 8:10 am
That was a perfect pass and I do think the DB got his hands on the ball……not a drop. Slow it down. It’s a drop.–Joe
August 15th, 2024 at 9:05 am
To me it looks like it went off the fingertips of both hands. Perhaps because the trajectory of the ball was visually obscured by the DB.
August 15th, 2024 at 9:35 am
Austin Says:
August 15th, 2024 at 7:48 am
This better not be some new thing with Mike, never remember him dropping big passes like this before
last year playoff game, touchdown pass right in the bread basket and Evans dropped it… He does it quite often, Not saying he is bad and not HOF, but he does have a case of the dropsies.
August 15th, 2024 at 9:41 am
It’s a drop. However I think most people harp on him for his drops when most of them in that one yr were in ONE game.
“He drops to many balls”
He’s a frickin HOFer.
“Oh my Ferrari uses too much gas”
SMDH
August 15th, 2024 at 9:47 am
Whatever Mike did to fix his drops between 2015 and 1016, he needs to do it again. Todd and Coen need to see to it.
August 15th, 2024 at 10:07 am
Maybe those big guardian caps in 100 degree weather don’t help either. They are lightweight and are supposed to reduce concussion 50%, but they have to be hotter on top of the helmet already on their head.
August 15th, 2024 at 10:22 am
I can’t slow that down and see in high def so who knows lol
August 15th, 2024 at 10:59 am
Don’t need too thats a drop in any definition slowed down or normal speed.
August 15th, 2024 at 2:26 pm
You won’t see that in a real game. Evans turns it on when it counts.
August 15th, 2024 at 3:49 pm
Up the middle pass rush rules.
LFG
August 15th, 2024 at 4:08 pm
ME13 caught as many or more TD passes last year than any other NFL player! Not to worry! No one catches them all!
August 15th, 2024 at 4:15 pm
Better put, no NFL player caught more passes then ME23 last season!
August 15th, 2024 at 4:15 pm
Correction, more TD passes last season
August 15th, 2024 at 5:36 pm
It’s a clear drop. Pause the video at 11 seconds. It slipped through both mitts before the DB swiped his hand through. Did it rain and was the ball wet? This is a concentration issue otherwise.
August 16th, 2024 at 6:54 am
Wow, sort of bang bang, Evans makes the catch there’s still a chance the DB is able to pop out of his hands he was that on him during the play. Why is this a story? This could’ve gone either way.