Damning Stat On Bucs Run Game, Rachaad White
November 5th, 2023
Sad numbers.
So the Bucs are a running team, eh?
More like the Bucs are a terrible running team. Kinda hard to win games when the element on offense you want to lean on sucks out loud.
How bad is it? Well, here is a little gem BSPN dug up. No team has a worse rushing yards per game average the past two seasons than the Bucs.
The Buccaneers are averaging 77.9 rushing yards per game, which ranks 30th in the NFL ahead of only the Vikings (73.3) and the Raiders (70.0). The Bucs are the only team to average fewer than 80 rushing yards (77.2) over the past two seasons.
How can you be this bad? Joe will review.
The Bucs have a new offensive coordinator and a new running backs coach. The Bucs have a new quarterback. The Bucs virtually have a new offensive line.
What are the common denominators consistent with both last year’s dreadful running team and this year’s galling running team?
* Robert Hainsey at center.
* Rachaad White as your bellcow runner.
* Bucs coach Todd Bowles.
* Run-game coordinator Harold Goodwin.
“This Joe” has maintained that White is a misplaced slot receiver. With your offense blowing chunks, what is the big deal if you move White to slot? It’s not like you’re losing a running back. You’re possibly gaining a receiver.
Or,are the Bucs just too stubborn to try to mix things up and spark an offense?
What is the definition of insanity? Doing the same things over and over again and expecting a different outcome.
The Bucs have averaged 12 points a game since the bye. Joe has seen coaches get launched for lesser offenses.
November 5th, 2023 at 1:04 am
The red button is exposed. We just need someone to press it DOWN and LAUNCH the waste from the toilet bowl into DEEP SPACE… ASAP!
November 5th, 2023 at 1:10 am
White was our “bell cow” RB last year?
Did I miss something in the Bucs media guide last year?
Come on Joe give up on that horse. It is dead and stinking up the place.
As far as Slot receiver goes, I am not averse to the idea, but who do you replace this years “bell cow” with? None have stepped up thus far and shown that they are worthy of more snaps. Jason is not gonna bring in a magic free, free agent running back to save us soo…
Go Bucs!
November 5th, 2023 at 2:25 am
There’s really only one comment to say here:
‘Ward, please don’t be so hard on the beaver’
November 5th, 2023 at 2:40 am
I just read a stat that Baker is 117-0 when he starts on day light saving Sundays lol.
November 5th, 2023 at 6:23 am
Enough of the excuses for Bowles.
Texans have:
Head coach- 1st year
OC-1st year
DC-1st year
Starting offense- consist of 70% free agent/rookies for 2023
Starting defense-consist of 55% free agents/rookies for 2023
Texans beat two winning teams-Jags n Steelers
Bucs average points per year since 2018:
Dirk Koetter:
2018-24.8
Bruce Arians:
2019-28.6
2020-30.8
2021-30.1
Todd Bowles:
2022-18.4
2023-17.3
We’re on a decline n this plane is in crash mode.
If we lose to the Texans, it’s a no brainer, Bowles must go!!!!
November 5th, 2023 at 6:27 am
Enough of the excuses for Bowles.
Texans have:
Head coach- 1st year
OC-1st year
DC-1st year
Starting offense- consist of 70% free agent/rookies for 2023
Starting defense-consist of 55% free agents/rookies for 2023
Texans beat two winning teams-Jags n Steelers
Bucs average points per year since 2018:
Dirk Koetter:
2018-24.8
Bruce Arians:
2019-28.6
2020-30.8
2021-30.1
Todd Bowles:
2022-18.4
2023-17.3
We’re on a decline n this plane is in crash mode.
If we lose to the Texans, it’s a no brainer, Bowles must go!!!!
November 5th, 2023 at 6:52 am
Joe, you are onto something with the receiver thing. White was a former receiver. It was in his draft profile. Our Draft Guru even mentioned it.
November 5th, 2023 at 6:55 am
Bowles is either extremely stubborn, stupid or he knows he’s not going anywhere. None of these are good for the Bucs.
November 5th, 2023 at 7:13 am
Was watching King Henry the other night. He’s not particularly fast, but he’s 250 pounds, and opposing players get knocked over line dominoes. White (ALSO not particularly fast) is 219
November 5th, 2023 at 7:49 am
Dude spent too much time on talking to the media during the off season instead of getting ready for the regular season.
November 5th, 2023 at 7:57 am
Slot receiver, or check down out of the backfield, what’s the difference? Checking down to White has become our running, and short passing game. Expect more check downs to come in the future, with varying results.
November 5th, 2023 at 8:00 am
White had 10+ carries only 5 times last year. And he only had a 33% share of the teams rushing attemps. Bellcow in 2022? Nice troll, Joe.
November 5th, 2023 at 8:36 am
Yea, Bowles is getting fired at the end of the year. Looks like were headed towards a total reset which sucks.
November 5th, 2023 at 8:42 am
Don’t forget Cade Otton
November 5th, 2023 at 8:52 am
Ironically, that’s not the actual definition of insanity. It was originally said as sarcasm, and it just sort of caught on.
November 5th, 2023 at 9:14 am
The sad thing is I think the running game is better than our passing game. It’s a bucs life.
November 5th, 2023 at 9:28 am
I’m thinking along Joe’s line of thought. I would throw a lot more to White as his hands seem good and he sure can’t run. Give Chase Edmonds A LOT of carries – I don’t understand why he isn’t getting more snaps. WTF! Joe, please check into this….
Everybody on the team loves Harold Goodwin, nice guy, BUT he needs to be demoted NOW. Bring in a consultant NOW, like Donte Scarnecchia, to teach our Oline coaches and figure out how to be at least average in the Oline.
November 5th, 2023 at 12:26 pm
White has, by far, been your best RB – all the other options have been worse. Again, if White is the issue, show me the proof. Show me where he’s consistently missing holes, making the wrong reads? I ask this all the time yet I haven’t seen a single person even attempt it.
The issue is the run blocking, it’s not good. But the other issue is moronic coaching who run in predictable situations, and just run to run the ball instead of trying to take advantage of defenses sitting on the run. Finally, the issue is the team gives up on the run early – which I’m OK with, but if you’re averaging 4.2 yards per carry and looking good, you should get more than 9 carries if you care about running stats.
Personally, as I’ve said for years, it’s the future, you run through the short passing game. It doesn’t matter if you get 5 yards on a swing pass or out of the backfield, it’s 5 yards. People who don’t understand are very simple minded.