Bad Santa Blames Bucco Bruce
September 20th, 2020
Calls out Bucco Bruce Arians.
Well, now Joe knows Bad Santa is still alive.
Bad Santa, known in some circles as Rob Ryan, who has lost more NFL defensive jobs than Joe drank beers last week, took to the international airwaves Friday to take Bucco Bruce Arians to task.
Apparently, Bad Santa is outraged that Arians called a spade a spade and fingered park-violating, home-invading, NFLPA-ignoring Bucs quarterback Tom Brady for the two picks in the loss to the slimy Saints last week.
Bad Santa, appearing on Sky Sports’ “Inside the Huddle,” (Sky Sports a satellite service of 11 sports channels that dominates sports television in the United Kingdom and Ireland), teed off on Arians and blamed him — not Brady — for the Bucs losing.
The creator, curator and overall guru of Pro Football Talk, the great Mike Florio, has the details.
“You wanna blame somebody, blame yourself because your team was outcoached,” Bad Santa said of Arians critiquing Brady.
Arians needs to install more of the Belicheats offense like Arians did on the opening drive last week, Bad Santa said, and asking Brady to run the offense built for Mr. Entertainment, America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston, is shoving a square peg into a round hole; mistakes are bound to happen.
“That’s not his throw,” Bad Santa said of Brady’s pick-six. “He doesn’t make those throws.”
As Florio points out, why was Bad Santa shooting off his trap? The former slimy Saints defensive coordinator hasn’t been with the Saints in years and given his public back-and-forth with Sean Payton not long ago, it’s hard to believe Bad Santa would stick up for Payton.
Or does Bad Santa have a long-held ax to grind with Arians?
September 20th, 2020 at 9:00 am
He actually does make those throws quite often, but when you keep running the same play in the exact same situations defenses actually study and remember the playcaller tendancies. Brady is being baby sat and handcuffed to one of the leagues bottom.5 playcallers.
Im about to say screw with team until it gets new owners because they dont have the balls to step in and tell the coach to get jis crap together
September 20th, 2020 at 9:01 am
Yeah but he’s right. That pick-six was Byron Leftwich’s fault just as much for being so predictable. And lack of a run game is hardly Brady’s fault.
September 20th, 2020 at 9:18 am
So let me get this right that interception was on Leftwich? If Brady couldnt make the throw he wouldn’t have attempted it. Or called an audible which I’m sure he has the green light to do. It was a bad throw plain and simple. Placement was bad.
September 20th, 2020 at 9:23 am
Arian’s spread the blame around for last weeks loss, but he never called out his special teams coach, or himself. We were not New Orleans ready, blame the golf cart!
September 20th, 2020 at 9:48 am
Would love to see an article on playcalling.
Particularly all of these opening drives resulting in interceptions, going back to last year.
I put it squarely on coaching. How they have not learned from this is kind of a running joke at this point.
September 20th, 2020 at 9:51 am
You know Ryan has a good point. The first drive of the game Brady looked like Brady maybe it would be better if we used more of the Patriots playbook. Anyway hoping the O-line takes a huge step forward this week, blocking for the backs was terrible and pass blocking wasn’t special either, mostly on Smith. But the rookie Wirfs was impressive.
September 20th, 2020 at 10:47 am
The interception was on Brady bad throw it’s that simply and not only that it was the wrong read. The screen to the left was there. I’ll totally agree that the run game needs to get better and if Special Teams doesn’t start looking like a professional unit then it’s time to fire the Special Teams coach.
September 20th, 2020 at 10:59 am
I watched a replay of that play this morning that the angle of the camera came from just behind Brady.
Brady stared down the receiver, telegraphed it big time. Then threw it to the wrong side of Watson – an angle that benefited the DB. At first, I thought it was BL/bad play design, too. But after seeing that replay, it was 100% on Brady. If for no other reason then how long he stared at his target.
September 20th, 2020 at 12:01 pm
So the last two pick sixes prior to last Sunday’s game was Arians and Leftwich fault. Brady is thinking an dit’s not natural yet, because he had other throws available on both interceptions. Calm down grasshoppers
September 20th, 2020 at 4:56 pm
I’d just like an explanation why the oc continued to call those repeating failing plays in the same situations, and what part of the repeating result is their responsibility..
(A smart coach identifies the problem and adapts!)
September 21st, 2020 at 4:16 pm
Or does he just want his name out there more????