OT: Official 2020 Tompa Bay Gronkaneers Thread

[203Pat]

I really thought after the Chargers game that the staff was merging the two styles, but I see they went back to the vertical stuff last night. That's why Arians is a stupid coach... he just does what he does, no adjustments.

I was always a pro Arians guy as I thought he had an impressive resume developing young QB's and even getting the best out of Carson Palmer but after following him more closely since he got to Tampa I have been far from impressed. He knew Jameis was a turn over machine but didn't seem to do anything to try and reign him and and just let him keep slinging it. Now he has Brady who is a methodical QB who's game hinges on quick timing throws and Arians wants him lobbing bombs down field to Evans on every play. At least he had the excuse that he inherited Jameis but one has to assume he was fully on board with bring Brady in and had 20 years worth of film to see what kind of passing game made Brady so successful. So what does he do? Have him run an offense that doesn't suit him. "Do what we do" coaches don't usually have a ton of success, Pete Carrol aside, so you would think Arians, Leftwich, and Brady would come together and find a happy medium which it looked like may have been happening up until last night. After what I have seen of Arians I think he may be too hard headed and arrogant to change his ways at this point.

 

[sb1]

Yeah come on Brady. First time I've kinda felt sympathy for Foles. He has that SB ring to console him though, so not really.

Yeah - I get it with the whole pandemic thing but he didn't have to do what Gilmore did to Mahomes. Foles was looking for him. At least greet the guy even if you don't shake his hand. It would have shut up the critics. I defended Brady last time at the Super Bowl but he still should have done it then on the field and now. This just makes him look like either a sore loser or someone who has a problem with Foles which is just weird. I mean cmon man.

Imagine Cam Newton doing something like that? He'd be roasted in the media.

 

[Bonzo]

Dan Patrick had the right take this morning: maybe Brady had his fill of BB, but he sure as sht wishes right now his teammates were being coached by Belichick.

 

[patsinthesnow]

 

[1960Pats]

Rodgers was a once in 2 decades find. GB got lucky. We don't know about Jordan Love.

Look at the QB busts in the draft. There are so many of them.

There are busts at every position every year. It stands to reason that there'd be some, if not more, at QB, the toughest position of them all.

I think Rodgers was lucky to sit behind Favre for a while. He got to see how costly it is to throw picks.

 

[Patsgofor4]

Weird

I was going to post that Brady had impeccable game awareness would never forget how many timeouts were remaining like Hoyer, but I didnt.

Then last night happens with Brady missing 3rd down.

Yeah, but no. Tommy actually taught Hoyer how to execute that brain fart.

Tom Brady explains first-half mistake that cost Patriots three points

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — The smartest player on the Patriots roster brain-farted at a most inopportune time. Nope, even Tom Brady’s not immune to those. With just seconds remaining in the first half and the Patriots sniffing the Dolphins goal line, Brady took a sack on third down. The Patriots...

www.nbcsports.com

 

[oldrover]

At least greet the guy even if you don't shake his hand. It would have shut up the critics. I defended Brady last time at the Super Bowl but he still should have done it then on the field and now. This just makes him look like either a sore loser or someone who has a problem with Foles which is just weird. I mean cmon man.

 

[PatsBoy12]

Looks like Gonk made a huge mistake returning to play for Arians. 5 games in and Rob is barely a blip on the radar with zero TDs.

Ironic that playing for BB the hard *** is where Gonk appeared to have the most fun.

I agree it was a mistake to come back (said it would be even before he came back), but it has less to do with Arians. Gronk simply isn't good anymore. His body broke down. He lost his explosiveness and the extra gear he had to outrun LB's. He's really just a blocker now.

 

[Kontradiction]

Woof. That’s a huge blow to their run D. The Brady Factor. If you’re playing a team with the GOAT at QB, you’re going to give 110% every time and go as hard as you possibly can. I’d love to know if that correlates with an uptick in injuries.

 

[PatsBoy12]

Everybody in the NFL plays hurt if they can.

Oh stop... I get the point you're trying to make, but this is overly simplistic and meant to undermine injuries being one of the reasons, if not the main reason, the Bucs lost last night.

 

[PatsBoy12]

That would be two season enders to players with significant roles in consecutive weeks. That's hard.

 

[JMC00]

I was going to post that Brady had impeccable game awareness would never forget how many timeouts were remaining like Hoyer

Brady was a big reason why the "Miami Miracle" game happened because of his lack of awareness





“It was just a bad play and we called a timeout after we got the first down and we ran a couple plays and I just wasn’t . . . it was third down and I thought, ‘OK, well let’s not throw an interception' and I had a few other things going through my mind and I just took it for granted.”

 

[DropKickFlutie]

Good coaching vs bad coaching

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[Kontradiction]

Worst Take is actually going to be must watch TV in a second. Kellerman’s fake outrage will be hilarious.

 

[PatsBoy12]

Worst Take is actually going to be must watch TV in a second. Kellerman’s fake outrage will be hilarious.

Can't wait to hear what Shannon Sharpe has to say about this one on his show.

 

[PatsBoy12]

 

[amfootball]

Not sure if anyone mentioned how awful the refs were last night. They handed the Bears that game with so many missed calls and then made up calls on Tampa. What an awful game all around. Tough to play on the short week on the road. Good thing Tampa has the mini-bye before GB comes in.

 

[PatsBoy12]

 

[PatsBoy12]

 

[PatsBoy12]