“He Busts His Ass”
December 5th, 2019
Wondering what might be going on behind the scenes when it comes to second-year running back Ronald Jones getting benched for one missed assignment against the Jaguars?
It’s a fair thought. Lots of Bucs have one screwup in a game and get a chance to make a second and third.
But RoJo not only screwed up and got yanked early in the third quarter, Bucco Bruce Arians talked about it publicly multiple times.
Ouch!
While sitting down with WFLA-TV this week, Arians softened the blow, or at least clarified for fans with wandering minds.
“He cares. I mean, the guy really, he works his ass off,” Arians said of RoJo. “And if you’re going to run the football, you got to block for the quarterback. And this game was too close, at that point in time I trusted Peyton [Barber] and he was running the ball extremely well.”
It’s interesting how Arians appeared to be babying RoJo early this season, based on how he talked about him. But that has changed, Joe believes, quite a bit in the past few weeks.
Perhaps Arians viewed RoJo as a rookie, despite him being a second-year guy. And often rookies catch their share of breaks in the first half of a season and then expectations are raised.
December 5th, 2019 at 9:08 am
hopefully he has a bounce back game
GO BUCS!!!
December 5th, 2019 at 9:11 am
I think we run the table , maybe lose one but either way we aren’t making the playoffs so by game 16 I’d like to see rojo get 20 plus touches and same in game 17. We know what we got in Peyton and I know BA has to be a hardass, but lets let rojo run!
December 5th, 2019 at 9:11 am
It doesn’t matter how hard you work if you simply are not good enough. Nice kid horrible back
December 5th, 2019 at 9:15 am
Nothing here to talk about…BA just working a player to see if he can take criticism and come give your all at practice the next day!! ROJO FORVER MORE!!!
December 5th, 2019 at 9:22 am
Another in a never ending parade of HORRIBLE licht draft picks
December 5th, 2019 at 9:33 am
I mean, the guy really, he works his ass off = Good Kid but doesn’t have “it”.
He’s a spell back right now but I don’t think he isn’t coach-able/teach-able. He could become a starter quality back, one day. Just not today.
December 5th, 2019 at 10:01 am
“Let Him Run!
ROJO has done that better than anyone on this team and much needed in comparison to the running technique of butt fumble Barber
there are over 25 young runningbacks contributing and productive this year. They all can block effectively? They are all book smart and know all the blocking assignments?
Kobe has looked at all the 25 runningbacks faces and completely positive that none have any Magna cum Laude tattoos”
Kobe Faker
“ROJO might be Dumb as Rocks but thats my Dumb as Rocks ROJO”
Terrel Owens
December 5th, 2019 at 10:06 am
I just wish they could commit to actually establishing the run.
There’s no reason why they can’t do it, unless they’re down by two scores. I thought the Jags game was a prefect opportunity.
I’d feel much better about heading into the offseason if they could finally have a couple games where they click on all phases.
I would love to see a game where we establish balance with 30 rushes and 25-35 passes..
December 5th, 2019 at 10:08 am
What I see is that Arians has handled the team in general with kid gloves for the beginning of the season. Now your seeing make the guys more accountable. Hargreaves gone, RoJo benched, etc. Now that he has a better handle on the guys on the team, he’s able to hold them accountable in a way that furthers the team’s agenda. I like it.
December 5th, 2019 at 10:10 am
Put ROJO behind a decent OL and blitz pickups would be the last thing any of us would be concerned with. Barber is a Jeep Wrangler. ROJO is a Corvette. Right now our OL is more potholes than pavement. Fix the potholes so the driver stops spilling his coffee.
December 5th, 2019 at 10:25 am
Barber is a Jeep Wrangler. ROJO is a Corvette.
More like barber is a pinto and rojo is a yugo with homemade turbo…..
Bucs need a Lamborghini not a hunk of American automobile trash….
December 5th, 2019 at 10:26 am
The missed block by Rojo caused the Jameis sack/fumble. That is the play and I believe Arians has seen enough of the brain farts. The linebacker was uncovered and just to Rojo’s left, yet Rojo went to the right and blocked no one. To the bench you go Son. Figure it out or keep pulling splinters out of your arss.
December 5th, 2019 at 10:43 am
tmax showing is ignorance once again
December 5th, 2019 at 11:07 am
buc15
Living in denial and accepting failure doesn’t make you a better fan ma’am
December 5th, 2019 at 11:41 am
Watched the play in all-22 a few times… Problem was he read an A gap blitz when two edge blitzers were showing. Looked lost wasn’t committed to anything. OJ Howard missed his assignment as well and down blocked to help Dotson (which he’s doing WAY more than receiving this year. Waste) when he had an outside guy coming. The biggest issue was Jones stepped into the pocket, not allowing Winston to step up. It was a double screw up. Blocked no one and stepped into the pocket.
December 5th, 2019 at 11:45 am
Ronald Jones – 4.8 yards per touch
Peyton Barber – 3.6 yards per touch
CmAc – 5.8 yards per touch
Kamara – 5.4 yards per touch
Jones in 14+ touch games – 5.3 yards per touch
Feed the man and stop messing with this Barber / Dare thing.
December 5th, 2019 at 12:24 pm
If he cares like BA said then maybe BA did it to light a fire under his ass
December 5th, 2019 at 1:37 pm
T M A X. bro wrong again this guy isn’t garbage. Still developing an learning the offense
December 5th, 2019 at 2:07 pm
Lots of guys to choose from at running back coming out in April that we can pair with Rojo. Barber and especially Dare belong in Canada. I have zero faith that Licht will do the right thing and draft one though.
December 5th, 2019 at 3:19 pm
Understand this…..nobody is drafting a game plan to evaluate Rojo. Winston is THE only evaluation occurring. Rojo is evaluated during practice, we have a top tier run defense and if he were anything special, the coaching staff would see it in practice. He’s not…..his upside isn’t that vast that it offsets his downside on pass blocking. That’s reality with Rojo…..if he were Barry Sanders special but occasionally whiffed, then sure, leave him in because he’ll likely give you a couple of big yardage plays during the game with the potential to score from anywhere. Reality is he’s just a faster version of Barber but blocks worse. The evaluation is on Winston and they cant evaluate him properly if blocks are missed and plays are blown up in the pocket.