Liam Coen: Bucky Irving Is “Hard To Ignore”
September 26th, 2024
Yes, when Bucs fans want to smile these days, Joe finds they do one of three things.
They either re-watch the glorious Super Bowl in February of 2021, watch the Week 2 red-zone film of the Lions struggles against the Bucs in Detroit, or they check out Buccaneers highlights of rookie running back wherever they can find them.
Today at One Buc Palace, offensive coordinator Liam Coen didn’t try to hide that Irving is crusing toward a lot more production.
“It’s hard to ignore, I mean, he touches the ball and typically some good things have occurred,” Coen said of Irving. “So that’s why we’ve, in that last game, tried to get him the ball, and tried to get him the ball in space and dial some things up for him that, you know, not a lot of other guys are doing. Right?
“You get him a little bit of an end-around type deal, a couple of end-arounds. You know, He’s just continuing to get better and better, and his role will continue to go as he goes. As much as he keeps producing and he keeps doing all the right things like he has been. You know, the more and more we’ll get, he’ll get.”
Joe finds fleeting peace thinking about Irving, and then Joe is back to the Tums thinking about Irving’s new hamstring injury.
September 26th, 2024 at 1:40 pm
He is a tough kid but hamstrings are a tricky soft-tissue injury that you can’t push through. Best to rest it because if he doesn’t it will tear.
September 26th, 2024 at 1:53 pm
Don’t let Todd make you ignore him, Liam.
September 26th, 2024 at 1:58 pm
BI7 was listed on Wed injury report w/ hamstring- limited participation. ME13, CG14, TW78, GB62, LG67 all were limited. That’s the best half of the offense!! Most or all will probably play. But at what efficiency?
September 26th, 2024 at 2:04 pm
Then there’s the two division games with the Falcons and Saints.
September 26th, 2024 at 2:11 pm
That pic is hysterical. What a snapshot!
September 26th, 2024 at 2:20 pm
A better OC will get all of there playmakers involved in the offense
Mike Evans
Baker Mayfield
Chris Godwin
Trey Palmer
Jalen McMillan
Rachaad White
Bucky Irving
Cade Otton
It’s hard to imagine you only scored 7 points off a turnover. With all of these weapons at your expense.
September 26th, 2024 at 2:24 pm
Oddly easy for Coen to ignore Evans.
September 26th, 2024 at 2:26 pm
Keep giving Bucky reps. Goedeke MVP to come back on offense.
September 26th, 2024 at 2:33 pm
I’d like to see more plays with both White and Irving in the backfield. White moving pre-snap would force the defense to react. Having both run screens and short routes would be pretty damn cool and would it slow down the pass rush.
September 26th, 2024 at 2:36 pm
I liked that too, bunch of variations you can run off of it. Would cause McMillan or Palmer being off the field tho
September 26th, 2024 at 2:57 pm
Already injured with limited snaps.. worried if he can to hold up as rb1
September 26th, 2024 at 3:20 pm
Rachaad White has 558 touches ( rushing and receiving) in his 40 game career. And he’s never missed a game.
Now Bucs fans want him traded SMH
September 26th, 2024 at 3:32 pm
Maybe the “injury” is just smoke. Not many guys say “Im feeling pretty great” with a bad hammy.
September 26th, 2024 at 4:25 pm
Travis Kelcy is benched! That hottie girlfriend must have sucked his vital essence dry! My momma warned me about women like that. Glad I took her advice! Haha.
September 26th, 2024 at 4:44 pm
Seriously, if the Bucs don’t come out breathing fire this Sunday it’s crash and burn for the Bucs.
September 26th, 2024 at 5:37 pm
Bucky is good, and I like him. However, if he starts teams will game plan for him. Committee is the way to go. He can start a series. He can be the first back on the first down of the game. Just don’t telegraph the play. I would love to see Sean Tucker added to the committee eventually. He ran violently in preseason. I would slip him in.Just to see. We know White is a wasted play on first down. Unless you get him off tackle
September 26th, 2024 at 6:01 pm
@ Lakeland
Everything you said in two posts! Spot on!
September 26th, 2024 at 6:56 pm
Thanks NCBuc
September 26th, 2024 at 8:44 pm
The running back situation has been the most puzzling part of this whole season so far. Even in the preseason, Bucky Irving looked a lot better than Rashad White running a ball, and while we’re at so did Sean Tucker. We have to figure out some type of package that keeps White in as a pass catching threat, while letting the real running backs lineup and tote the rock lol.
September 26th, 2024 at 11:06 pm
Motion motion motion, end around, misdirection. Agree with others to have white and Bucky in backfield at same time, run screen passes. As others said that will slow down the rush with our weak o-line. Ball has to come out fast. And/ or bring in extra O-lineman instead of 4 receivers, so Baker doesn’t get mugged in 1.2 seconds, and can hit an open receiver! Our coaches have to earn their paycheck this week and from now on, we got out coached last week!! Not to mention getting out played as well. But when you’re getting over run like the last two games I’d like to see our OC make adjustments!
September 27th, 2024 at 6:32 am
End arounds?!?…Um Okay… but the dude can do more and Palmers speed is sitting on the bench Coach Coen!
Go Bucs!
September 27th, 2024 at 6:36 am
Awful pic of Coen BTW…Looks like he just saw one of the Saints players cheap shot his mama.
Go Bucs!
September 27th, 2024 at 8:45 pm
if bucky doesnt get 20 touches this sunday, the coach should be fired