Tristan Wirfs: It’s Time For The Offense To Take Care Of Our Brothers On Defense
September 13th, 2024
Offense must carry burden Sunday.
The last two years, the Bucs were anything but explosive even though they had explosive players.
Wanna blame the coach, the offensive coordinator, the players, a horoscope, walking under ladders, whatever. It was the Bucs defense that usually kept the team in games.
Yesterday, Bucs left tackle Tristan Wirfs said it is time the offense pays the piper. He sees how many injuries the Bucs defense has after just one game. So Wirfs thinks the offense needs to step up in a major way and help the defense its time of need.
“I think so,” Wirfs said when asked if the offense will have to score a bunch of points to cover for the defense in Detroit.
“I mean, for them too – next man up mentality, but we have to do our part.
“They’ve held us in a lot of ball games before so now we have to take the burden off them and try to be on the field for as long as we can. Sustain drives [and] you know, give them a break when needed and definitely finish in the end zone too to kind of take the pressure off them a little bit.
“We know they’re going to go out and ball out and they expect the same of us. We just have to get after it.”
Joe didn’t think of it that way. He figured with so many defenders out or possibly out — the Bucs could be down five starters — and Detroit having a potent offense, the Bucs would have to score at least 35 to have a shot.
But Wirfs was of the mind the Bucs will have to play ground-and-pound. Hold onto the ball. Keep the defense off the field. That’s interesting.
If your defense is depleted, the best way to help the defense is to keep it off the field. The defense can’t get lit up if it’s on the bench sipping water, watching the offense play smashmouth ball.
You do that by sustained, clock-eating drives that hopefully end up in touchdowns, not field goals.
September 13th, 2024 at 7:36 am
Not to mention that if the offense can keep the defense off of the field that is also less time on the field risking even more injuries. The Buc D needs to heal.
September 13th, 2024 at 7:45 am
With the defense so banged up, the offense needs to put up 40 to win.
September 13th, 2024 at 8:14 am
Their defense is really really good. It’s too hard to sustain long drives constantly on them. Yes we can eat up clock but Coen was right they are gonna have to bit up big numbers. I think the defense can still play a decent game though
September 13th, 2024 at 8:32 am
JOE IF YOU’RE READING THIS TELL JASON TO TRADE FOR JAYCEE HORN IMMEDIATELY
September 13th, 2024 at 8:32 am
I BET WE COULD GET HIM FOR CRAZY CHEAP
September 13th, 2024 at 8:34 am
35 points please.
September 13th, 2024 at 8:37 am
A-MEN x 1M! Go Bucs!!
September 13th, 2024 at 8:47 am
This is all good in theory, but that mindset happens to be Bowles’ achilles heel. I don’t have a good feeling about this one if he’s looking to control clock as the determining game plan factor. Bad idea…
September 13th, 2024 at 8:54 am
Two back sets please
September 13th, 2024 at 9:03 am
If Justin Skule Is playing right tackle going against Hutchinson and Davenport who thinks we’ll have time for routes to develop or to run outside. Licht did this weird thing where Godwin blocks better than all our tight ends but he can’t block those guys and they have good cover corners.
September 13th, 2024 at 9:38 am
Smashsquatch … ‘I don’t have a good feeling about this one if he’s looking to control clock as the determining game plan factor. Bad idea…’.
Not sure I have a good feeling about the game either, because our defense is already beaten up & we’re playing a VERY good, nicely-balanced offense. BUT … the Rams did a good job of controlling the clock against the Lions (until overtime), and they did it by using a run-pass ratio of barely over 30% runs. They kept the ball for almost 35 minutes by running it 23 times & by completing 34 passes (both of those keep the clock moving from what I remember).
Bucs won the TOP Battle last Sunday by using a much more balanced attack … 30 runs & 30 passes (plus we took 1 sack). What allowed us to get almost 34 minutes TOP in that game was not only the rushing, but just as importantly the fact that Baker completed a remarkable 80% of his passes (24-for-30). Almost surely he won’t do that every week, but it does seem that our play designs this year are giving him some excellent 2nd & 3rd options, and that Baker’s figured out how to take advantage of those. I like this offense MUCH BETTER than what I was seeing last year.
September 13th, 2024 at 9:49 am
Also, keeping our defense on the bench keeps Detroit’s offense on the bench, twiddling their thumbs and not scoring points.
September 13th, 2024 at 10:36 am
Long drives ending in a TD. No turnovers. That’s the gameplan.
September 13th, 2024 at 11:02 am
Not against Houston… or Detroit, or San Francisco, or New Orleans, or Indy…
September 13th, 2024 at 12:08 pm
@ unbelievable
😂😂😂😂
September 13th, 2024 at 1:02 pm
Bucky ball & deep to Evans over CD3. I wouldn’t mind seeing a TE get involved somewhere too
September 13th, 2024 at 3:38 pm
Earn that contract Tristan
September 13th, 2024 at 4:33 pm
A ball control game can have a mix of passing as well as running. Tunnel screens, conventional screens, check downs to RWhite or Bucky, not just plowing into the DL with a new matador at RT.
Comforting to remember, Bucs ran the ball well in the divisional game. Run left.
Whatever it takes to score- points are the priority more than TOP.
September 13th, 2024 at 8:27 pm
Let’s run back the game plan from last Sunday spread offense sprinkling in the run we ain’t got nothing to lose
September 14th, 2024 at 2:06 am
Or … you score a tuddy every single time you have the ball – even if it only takes 20 seconds. Not sure emphasizing time of possession over scoring makes any sense at all. I’ll take a quick TD over a long drive FG every time!