Struggling To Find Snaps For Sean Tucker
November 22nd, 2024
Strange change in plans.
Joe guesses the three-headed monster has gone bye-bye.
After Bucs second-year running back Sean Tucker lit up the slimy Saints, the Bucs had their public messaging on point in the days following the win.
The Bucs were going to give, in theory, each running back a drive to start the game to prove himself. The guy with the hot hand would log the majority of snaps after that.
When the Bucs played the 49ers, fans saw that theories and plans are not reality. Or, as Mike Tyson once said, “Everybody has a plan until you get punched in the mouth.”
Yesterday, Bucs offensive coordinator Liam Coen confessed it’s hard to find snaps for Tucker, which is why he’s been pretty much buried on the bench.
“It’s so hard to be able to say, ‘Ok, this guy on this play,’” Coen said. “Now we’re subbing in and out every play. We haven’t been able to play with any tempo because we’re changing personnel almost every play because we’re trying to put holes in there.
“‘Ok, we have to fix this one, we have to move this guy.’ The goal going into this year was to play an ‘11’ personnel and be ready to go. Now we’ve had to kind of go this way and that way to go to ‘12’ and ‘21’, and different variations which is great.
“It gets other people involved but it also does make it harder on us to move those pieces around every play and that gets to be, at times, exhausting.”
Well, this is not the first time Coen has mentioned a lot of subbing sort of screws up the flow of the offense, the tempo.
Joe believes constantly flipping guys in and out just so they can get snaps messes with the offense.
So why did the Bucs push the notion (and false hope?) that Tucker would get a chance each game to stay on the field and earn more carries?
Could it be that since the Bucs couldn’t more losses the team scrapped plans to, in essence, hold a live running back tryout each game?
November 22nd, 2024 at 12:32 am
Sean is a major asset. But the Bucs and Coen are committed to the White project. Unless the team goes with two backs there simply isn’t room enough — or carries enough — for Tucker to get on the field.
Once on the field I expect he would shine. Brightly.
The solution according to us Bucs fans would be to use White in the slot. He could even start in the backfield before going in motion. And without Godwin there is no better player for the slot receiver role on our roster.
But it doesn’t seem like the team is interested. It might for some reason be too hard to do a makeover now. But as we can see from Brooksville to Sarasota, it sure is a waste.
November 22nd, 2024 at 12:47 am
A competent head coach finds a way to use his best players. Sad for the Bucs.
November 22nd, 2024 at 12:50 am
Why would you take the ball out of the hands of two much better RBs?
It’s amazing how people think some garbage times stats vs a Saints defense that quit makes him a good RB.
November 22nd, 2024 at 1:08 am
Trading RWhite this offseason is the move. They have other more urgent and important needs than keeping THREE RB’s. He should have some decent ‘value’ too, so you might as well GET-IT while you can going into the final season of his rookie contract.
November 22nd, 2024 at 1:15 am
Cohen’s scheme and ‘play-calling’ along with a strong deep OLine, & it’s “plug-n-play” just like the Niners and the old Broncos. Keep bringing ‘em in and allowing ‘em to put up some big numbers… Then, flip ‘em like an assembly line!!!!
November 22nd, 2024 at 3:24 am
Pretty sure Tucker can get more production in the run game or passing game than any of the backs. And I’m a huge Bucky fan. I just think Sean Tuckers our best back. He has the highest yardage for carry and the times that we did play him The most were the games we dominated.
White is useful but I just have to believe that Tucker could replace him and only make the offense much better. Some might argue that he doesn’t have white hands and yeah White came down with an amazing fourth down catch last week and he’s done some big catches. However Tucker catches the ball then shifts gears and becomes a huge problem for the defense. We’re gonna end up losing him one day and it’s gonna be ridiculous.
November 22nd, 2024 at 3:35 am
I would love to hear the real reasoning behind his lack of carries. Mind boggling to me that we can give the ball to White and not to a guy who has been stellar running the ball. Sorry Liam but that is a bit of BS to me. I’m sure Coen wants to run his offense his way but …
Go Bucs!
November 22nd, 2024 at 5:29 am
I’m assuming that Sean is rated third best in blocking and receiving. Perhaps if our wideouts were better, he’d receive more consideration. Too bad because he is the best of the three from a pure carries perspective, followed closely by Bucky.
November 22nd, 2024 at 7:40 am
Lovie uh Bowles probably just said something a defensive coach has no business saying. There’s a reason no one has a 3 headed monster it was dumb statement to begin with but he couldn’t just admit the guy is a back up. There aren’t enough snaps in a game for three backs
November 22nd, 2024 at 7:57 am
Easy, Put White in the Slot and then you have Sean & Bucky as the RBs
November 22nd, 2024 at 8:13 am
Bucky, Sean, RWhite. In that order as RB.
November 22nd, 2024 at 8:20 am
Our best game running the ball was when White was injured and Bucky and Tucker were the two carriers. Not sure why we haven’t seen more games with Bucky and Tucker as i and 2.
November 22nd, 2024 at 8:34 am
The coaches show to much favoritetisim to me I wish they would just let the best players play.
November 22nd, 2024 at 8:35 am
I understand why White was in at the end last week but I thought it was for blocking or receiving, not running up the middle. Twice. Bucky or Rucker would have made that TD. But, hindsight.
November 22nd, 2024 at 9:46 am
Coen, this is completely unacceptable.
This is LAME EXCUSE for not getting your most electric offensive player more/any touches.
You suck at this!
November 22nd, 2024 at 1:52 pm
Bucky should be RB1 plain and simple. There has to be a way to put Tucker in for some good carries. Rashad White is our least talented at running the ball. Please Liam figure it out!!
November 23rd, 2024 at 7:11 am
According to his touches…..he is the most explosive play maker on the team…. period.
How do u not give ur most explosive player more touches????