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Any news on Gronk re-signing?
They need to resign him. His blocking was beastly.
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Anyone watch the Mic'd Up version of the SB? You can hear Brady telling his boys "we know what they're doing, correct" and everyone agrees. They had the KC D figured out and could've put 40+ on them if they wanted to. The Bucs D had Mahomes figured out as well. For all the complaints about the Bucs coaching, the team was well prepared and confident for the game.
I'm not ranking the kicker, so here's how I'd rate the group in terms of targeting priority....
- Godwin
- David
- Gronk
- Barrett
- AB/Suh
- Suh/AB
AB is a wild card, but TB12 seems to love him, so I put him on the list. And I could see Barrett moving down the list, either because he asks too much or because the Bucs feel other pass rushers will spring free.
Those complaints were well-justified.Anyone watch the Mic'd Up version of the SB? You can hear Brady telling his boys "we know what they're doing, correct" and everyone agrees. They had the KC D figured out and could've put 40+ on them if they wanted to. The Bucs D had Mahomes figured out as well. For all the complaints about the Bucs coaching, the team was well prepared and confident for the game.
Only mistakes I remember was the Jensen bad snap (player) and the 3rd/4th down runs at goal line (coach/player?). Even in that 4 down goal line series, they had an easy TD to the dude that didn't know what to do. Play design was beautiful but not executed by player.Those complaints were well-justified.
But ya gotta give credit where its due. Coaches did a helluva job. Reid was
outcoached and Mahomes was out-qbed.
Bucs dominated both sides of the ball.
Going into the hame, I think a lot of us
were confident, myself included. They were playing extremely well down the stretch and in the playoffs. I fekt like the Bucs would win but in a much closer game. The only reason for my caution
was my belief the Bucs coaching staff
would make a pile of dumb moves. Instead it was Reid who screwed up.
Was fun to watch.
Those complaints were well-justified.
But ya gotta give credit where its due. Coaches did a helluva job. Reid was
outcoached and Mahomes was out-qbed.
Bucs dominated both sides of the ball.
Going into the hame, I think a lot of us
were confident, myself included. They were playing extremely well down the stretch and in the playoffs. I fekt like the Bucs would win but in a much closer game. The only reason for my caution
was my belief the Bucs coaching staff
would make a pile of dumb moves. Instead it was Reid who screwed up.
Was fun to watch.
Arians and Bowles clearly read our thread. Lol. Seriously though, all of us amateurs just kept pounding away all season at doing exactly that on offense. Way more quick passes/screens on first down and run out of shotgun...using the stud WRs as decoys to open up the middle of field, get guys open in isolation/YAC, short misdirection screens, less Ronald Jones....we all said that would lead to these open lanes. Tampa Bay was able to do whatever they wanted to opponents all season because of their talent level but often took the more difficult path of working from the outside-in.
On defense, that was really impressive though. It wasn’t just two high safeties but that they put them way, way back there, sometimes rushed two and dropped the DEs into coverage to take away the middle, rushed corners, and played a really disciplined containment scheme. I don’t think any of us thought they’d be that unorthodox and take the mad scientist/genius approach. Bowles really did a good job for much of the season.
The Bucs were 14-1 in games where Brady had <2 interceptions and 1-4 otherwise. That goes to who just how horrible Winston was with his 30 INTs. Only loss was that flukey 20-19 Bears loss where the defense played really well. In fact, I don’t remember a time all season where the defense failed in crunch time. Bowles deserves a ton of credit, and for excellence, not just competence.
1. NOT a fan of breaking the bank for Godwin. He was dropping balls left & right in 1st 3 playoff games.
Get a moving the chains over the middle WR as a replacement.
Who cares - let Tampa do what they want. It doesn't affect us.
Back to this garbage?
Great write-up here from King on the 5 big offensive plays from the Super Bowl.
Brady to Brown, improvised route, Tampa up 14-3, 0:10 left, second quarter. The idea was for Brady, under center at the 1-yard line, to play-action to Fournette, and turn around and fire to Brown, single-covered by Tyrann Mathieu, alone two-yards deep in the end zone. Brown was supposed to run a different route to get to the spot, but you can see on replay why he did what he did. Mathieu had no help behind him and Brown figured with a hard jab step to the right coming off the line, Mathieu would have to respect an outside throw. For a split-second, Mathieu jabbed with Brown—just long enough for Brown to be able to box out Mathieu. Brady fired it low, and Mathieu didn’t have time to deflect it away. “There’s something to getting an A in recess,” Christensen said. “Tom and Antonio are on the playground there, and the play doesn’t happen the way you’ve designed it. But they’ll figure it out, because they’re parks-and-rec players.”
Coach said it was improvised on the McAfee show. Gabbert also pretty much says the same during Mic'd UpThis wasn't improvised. It's the same exact play as the Brady to Edelman TD in the Seahawks superbowl game except Edelman breaks outside.
Belichick’s inflexibility was clearly a problem with Gronk. Maybe Brady too. Control and uniformity has pros and cons, much like Arians’s approach has pros and cons.
This wasn't improvised. It's the same exact play as the Brady to Edelman TD in the Seahawks superbowl game except Edelman breaks outside.