Xs And Os Blues For Offensive Line
October 28th, 2014
Pre-loss film of Minnesota revealed clear opportunity for the Bucs offense against the Vikings. And the Bucs attacked the Vikings’ weaknesses but failed miserably.
Xs and Os guru Dave Moore, the former Bucs and Bills tight end, dove into the failures in detail.
Moore jumped in with the popular Ron and Ian show on WDAE-AM 620 to talk Xs and Os. Few are better at it than Moore, whose red pen is circling offensive linemen.
“One of the things I thought they could have taken advantages as you watched Minnesota’s film, on the edges, the tosses. You saw the Bucs try early to go to those tosses. Everybody’s gotten tosses on [Minnesota]. Everbody’s gotten screens on them. And they were there. The plays were there to be made,” Moore said. “But one guy would miss a block. They wouldn’t get the edge clean on a toss. And they’re the difference between picking up eight yards or having a one-yard gain. It’s just being clean in the blocking up front. And everybody understanding what they’re doing. It’s all about, you know, the same thing. The guys up front being consistent in what they’re doing.”
Moore also dove into the Bucs punishing themselves with so many 3rd-and-longs that the Vikings were teeing off with nasty blitzes, ones the offensive line proved helpless to contain.
The sad thing about listening to Moore’s great detail was it left Joe feeling the Bucs are a long, long way from fixing themselves.
Catch the full audio of Moore below. Always an intelligent listen.
October 28th, 2014 at 2:05 pm
Coaching….there is certainly enough talent to be a .500 team +- a game……Coaching…correction…a pack of pat check cashing losers…..
October 28th, 2014 at 2:25 pm
Gameplan for offensive line:
1st down: Provide inadequate run blocking
2nd down: Provide inadequate run blocking
3rd down: Provide inadequate pass blocking
4th down: Provide adequate punt blocking because Koenen sucks anyway.
October 28th, 2014 at 2:32 pm
Why isn’t our probowl center (cough) helping glennon with the protection calls. Isn’t that something that centers do? As for the missed blocks look no further than A. Collins.
In one screen play he literally (I sh*t you not) he literally stopped, dropped and rolled on the ground. Missed the DE in front of him and the lb who had a clear shot on Rainey. Isn’t the play side tackle supposed to be out in front blocking for the RB? Collins was rolling around on the ground like he was getting tickled. Smh
October 28th, 2014 at 2:39 pm
Off topic here, But lost in this sad season is the kicking of Koenen. Joe do you have ant info on what is going on with this guy all of the sudden?
October 28th, 2014 at 2:39 pm
Marcus Arroyo is drowning
October 28th, 2014 at 2:48 pm
Rob Says:
October 28th, 2014 at 2:39 pm
Marcus Arroyo is drowning
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Best news I’ve heard all day! 🙂
October 28th, 2014 at 3:16 pm
Yet another points the finger at the OL. And who put this this crap there with all the money he had to spend? SURE I trust him to build this team better after seeing this. BS.
October 28th, 2014 at 3:26 pm
Let McCown call the plays. He has over ten years experience in the NFL, knows Tedford’s system and CAN’T do any worse than Arayahoo.
October 28th, 2014 at 3:35 pm
Glennon played very good in Pittsburgh and New Orleans. Give him adequate protection and he is more than an adequate QB. MG is not even close to being what’s wrong with the Bucs. The O line and overall defense bears 100% of the blame for this crap show.
October 28th, 2014 at 3:59 pm
Bucs TRADE….Jonathan Casillas to the Pats lol. Hope no one expected any real moves
October 28th, 2014 at 3:59 pm
Always scary, but Bucd are trading casillas to the pats.
October 28th, 2014 at 4:08 pm
When the hell did 19 for 32 (59.4%) with 2 TD’s and 1 INT and 21 for 42 (50%) with 2 TD’s and 1 INT justify a “very good” performance???
October 28th, 2014 at 4:24 pm
Bye bye Barron
October 28th, 2014 at 4:36 pm
Just reported that we traded Barron to the Rams and Cassillas to the Patriots. Still trying to find what we got in return. JOE, anything on this?
October 28th, 2014 at 6:32 pm
RASTAMON. I smell what u r cooking pal I agree. I was hopeing they would send lovie and Frasier to the practice squad today then cut them. lol!
October 28th, 2014 at 6:54 pm
o-line is problem number one
Glennon is number two
October 28th, 2014 at 7:50 pm
This team in general is an unorganized MESS-
top to bottom
Pick any area you want
its a mess
Whats that tell ya??
October 28th, 2014 at 9:55 pm
When you are at the game you have a different perspective as it is much easier to see the whole field and it so obvious it starts with the O line. I know it has said before but they are atrocious! The best running back in the league would look mortal behind them… No running lanes at all! Not to mention any QB having success behind them! I agree with @ Steve, what is up with Koenon ? I know tough to whack on the punter but his punts looked like they should be on Friday nights not on Sundays!
October 28th, 2014 at 9:59 pm
Buccfan37 Says:
October 28th, 2014 at 3:35 pm
Glennon played very good in Pittsburgh and New Orleans. Give him adequate protection and he is more than an adequate QB. MG is not even close to being what’s wrong with the Bucs. The O line and overall defense bears 100% of the blame for this crap show.
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100% correct.
If we can’t fix the oline fix the play calling. More plays from shotgun to give Glennon extra time to see the play develop.
Glennon is not the problem.
October 29th, 2014 at 12:43 pm
DB55: Collins was rolling around on the ground like he was getting tickled.
LOL now that was funny