Sometimes, The Eyes Lie
November 18th, 2016
Like the rest of you, Joe watched the Bucs beat the Bears last week.
Just like the rest of you, Joe saw much-maligned Bucs safety Chris Conte get a pick-six. Joe also saw Conte lead the team with seven tackles. Joe thought Conte played so well, Joe gave Conte a gameball.
But Joe is not a film guru like Andy Benoit of theMMQB.com. Each week Benoit scours film and gives his analysis. This week, Benoit basically writes that Joe’s eyes are lying. Benoit, save for a few plays, thought Conte stunk up the joint last week.
@Andy_Benoit: #Bucs #Bears Film: Conte very poor job in run support. Missed several clean tackles in middle of the field.
It’s hard to believe a guy who led the team in tackles (a safety leading a team in tackles rarely is a good thing) could have had a lousy day in run support. But perhaps the Bears saw on past film what Benoit did this week — and figured if they could get to the second level up the middle on runs, that they could exploit Conte?
This is all very interesting to Joe.
November 18th, 2016 at 3:06 pm
I remember Conte missing some tackles. We still need an upgrade there next year.
Either way that pick 6 was awesome and was happy as hell for the guy to have that moment
November 18th, 2016 at 3:06 pm
History sides with Benoit. It’s a lot more believable that he actually had a bad game with a few flashes of decency rather than saying that he magically just figured out how to play top notch football
November 18th, 2016 at 3:08 pm
If that guy weighs above 200 lbs …… he looked like a Publix bag boy in the picture Joe provided from the press conference. Easy to see why he misses tackles
November 18th, 2016 at 3:09 pm
Love the pic of Eye Gore Joe
November 18th, 2016 at 3:13 pm
My eyes told me that he had a decent game. I agree with Lord C, that’s still a position of upgrade.
No talk of LVD?! Where is Lavonte? We’re OK calling out Conte and GMC at every chance. Did I read Sunday’s stat sheet correctly? 1 tackle and 1 assist?
I really don’t care about individual stats. The defense, overall, played way better against Chicago, and we won. Conte’s not the only one whiffing on tackles Benoit.
November 18th, 2016 at 3:14 pm
misses those tackles on quik passes maclin and kelce gonna fill up the stat line
November 18th, 2016 at 3:14 pm
Whats up with all this pent up hate for Chris Conte?
I think im actually beginning to think its envy. All the posters here can see Chris is pretty good looking, buff and probably does very well with the ladies
*I, Kobe Faker, countless times have been commended that i look exactly like Chris Conte naked
November 18th, 2016 at 3:16 pm
Because Kobe, he’s giving the infamous Rod “toast ” Jones a run for his money
November 18th, 2016 at 3:16 pm
Conte had missed tackles against Jordan Howard, and the Hail Mary was on Conte.
November 18th, 2016 at 3:20 pm
Conte should follow in his Grandfather ( Richard Conte) footsteps and go into acting.
November 18th, 2016 at 3:26 pm
@LakeLand- Where’s your positivity dude?! I saw 3 Bucs all in the same place. They got the score! Big Whoop! We got the W. Besides, the pick 6 balances it out!
November 18th, 2016 at 3:31 pm
But the eye in the sky doesnt
November 18th, 2016 at 3:43 pm
@Bucsfanman … “No talk of LVD?! Where is Lavonte? We’re OK calling out Conte and GMC at every chance. Did I read Sunday’s stat sheet correctly? 1 tackle and 1 assist?” You read it right Bucsfanman, but for the most part the Bears ran away from Lavonte … just like the Raiders did. Of the 20 Bears runs, 13 were from the Center and to the right (for 93 yds); only 7 were from the Left Guard and left (for 27 yds, but 13 of those came on 1 play over the Left Guard). Bears found the Bucs run-stop weakness … just like the Raiders did: run close to the middle right. What surprises me most is that the Bears didn’t run more than they did.
November 18th, 2016 at 4:23 pm
Maybe if the linebackers weren’t getting blocked out of their gaps we wouldn’t have to rely on Conte chasing everybody down in the 2nd and 3rd levels. Conte takes a lot of heat. He is a solid player.
November 18th, 2016 at 4:46 pm
I’ll take a bad game from Conte against the run over a bad game from Conte against the pass any day.
November 18th, 2016 at 4:55 pm
Not that Conte is a great player…
…but I’d feel more comfortable upgrading the safety position opposite Conte and rolling with Conte for next season.
November 18th, 2016 at 5:08 pm
I am just so disappointed this article doesn’t mention the Mike Evans national anthem issue. After all, the Tampa Bay Times great Constitutional Analysts wrote a total of 8 articles between five reporters over three days. Joe, THANK GOD you are covering Bucs football! I’d lose my mind if we didn’t have honest brokers out there. Yes, Conte needs to improve and any time safeties lead the D in anything other than picks it’s not good, especially when they ALSO lead in missed tackles. Go Bucs!
November 18th, 2016 at 5:18 pm
A win is a win. Long as players make plays when it counts, I don’t care.
November 18th, 2016 at 5:20 pm
Lavonte has been invisible for a couple years now. I think it is time to consider replacing him. He certainly has not earned a good contract.
November 18th, 2016 at 5:20 pm
Put Tandy or smith back there. We all have been saying conte sucks for a while now
November 18th, 2016 at 5:22 pm
All you had to do was actually watch the game and see the missed tackles. Week after week.
November 18th, 2016 at 5:23 pm
^^^This^^^
November 18th, 2016 at 5:44 pm
Etzel Says:
November 18th, 2016 at 4:46 pm
I’ll take a bad game from Conte against the run over a bad game from Conte against the pass any day.
^^^This too 🙂
November 18th, 2016 at 5:48 pm
Bingo.
November 18th, 2016 at 5:56 pm
The dude had an awesome game changing pick 6 led the team in tackles and makes peanuts compared to Guys like Lavonte David who I’m not even sure played that game cuz I don’t recall one play he made, and were bashing the kid for missing a few “open field tackles” pleaseeeeeeee
November 18th, 2016 at 6:01 pm
Or perhaps they have plenty of game film on Conte because he used to be a Bear.
November 18th, 2016 at 6:13 pm
Maybe if the Million Dollar Man made some stops in the backfield or on the line or the line backers made a tackle the Safety would be in the position to tackle the TB up the middle.
November 18th, 2016 at 6:43 pm
Anyway you look at it COnte’s pick 6 changed the momentum of the game and got the offense into the game.
some of the runs up the middle went right through the gap left by D- lineman on stunts.We were not filling the gap properly. Noticed Kwan getting blocked out of the play o one of those plays.
November 18th, 2016 at 6:45 pm
For conte, last week was like a career highlight game. We don’t expect much from conte, so when he does make a play or 2 it really stands out. Obviously a pick 6 out weighs a couple of missed tackles that gave the opposing offense an extra few yards. Im not really going to sink so low as to knock conte down from his best game as a buc. Let the guy enjoy it, and hopefully he can put another. Ouple of good plaus together next week too.
November 18th, 2016 at 6:45 pm
At this point in the Season I choose to celebrate the positives rather than the negatives. Conte scored 6 points!! That is positive enough for me.
November 18th, 2016 at 7:00 pm
Thank you SB with Jameis. Me too. I would be ecstatic with 2 wins in a row. It’s been so long.
side note, I loved Marty Feldman and that was a great movie. If Marty was a QB a DB could never tell if he was staring down his receiver.
November 18th, 2016 at 7:17 pm
🙂
November 18th, 2016 at 7:50 pm
I think the Bucs should try to keep Conte around next season. He makes good plays from time to time. Hes familiar with the scheme. However… Theres gotta be somebody better to be #1.
November 18th, 2016 at 8:23 pm
Joe, I like that you saw what I saw as well as Butkiss that our LB’s are being taken out on running plays. This needs to be cleaned up. I think we are not playing aggressive enough. As Soon as our DBs stopped playing 8 to 10 yards of the LOS this weekend we happened upon some Ints. Look at both of the first quarter Ints. Grimes and Conte both were Pressing and ran the route for the receiver. If they can fix this with Kwon and LVD then we are in for some real magic here in Bucland.
Thanks for your coverage man. #Appreciation.
November 18th, 2016 at 8:25 pm
@RachelWatson’sthong………… I know it sounds weird but, could I like, sniff you or something? Ok nvm.
November 18th, 2016 at 9:37 pm
Wtf
I said i look like Chris Conte naked and now we have
Thongs and sniffing in this thread
November 19th, 2016 at 6:04 am
Yeah not quite getting the Conte hate either. The guy isn’t Sabby Piscatelli. He’s not great but does every single position really need to be? Want to know why he and the rest of the secondary had a decent game? We FINALLY had pressure up front on the QB with a healthy D Line and a nice mix of LB blitzes forcing quick (and often stupid) decisions by Cutler
November 19th, 2016 at 7:10 am
I’m a dude. But Hell WTF, Go for it. Why would a chick (hetero) want to be Rachel’s butt floss?
November 19th, 2016 at 8:00 am
Conte is a dumpster fire. When he got that pick-6 I stood up and yelled “THAT DOESN’T MEAN YOU STILL DON’T SUCK!”
And he has the nerve to TAUNT the Bears after the game? Dude, they cut you because you’re TERRIBLE. You’re STILL TERRIBLE. And you think you got one over on them? They’re probably excited you’re gone and they could run at your weak ass all day.
I will post this on every Conte post: You cannot convince me that there isn’t a safety on another practice squad that is better than him that the Bucs couldn’t bring in. There’s someone out there that’s better merely by accident.
November 19th, 2016 at 11:23 am
Buccaneer Bonzai Says:
November 18th, 2016 at 5:20 pm
Lavonte has been invisible for a couple years now. I think it is time to consider replacing him. He certainly has not earned a good contract.
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Is BB a Bucs fan? Sometimes, I wonder????????
November 20th, 2016 at 11:20 am
Things would be so much different if the Bucs could find a safety who could tackle. You know, somebody like Mark Barron? I wonder if Jason Licht has any comments on that fantastic trade.