If you are the head coach and you are looking to win a game to go into the playoffs, how are you designing a game plan to “fit” an opponent.
Scheming to take advantage of an opponents weakness is great. But we had our full compliment of receivers, every damn RB, and a mostly healthy OL. And…the Panthers have the 17th ranked pass defense. There was so much more we could have done with play action. Body blows are great once you have a lead but, man, we left so much on the table yesterday. Also, Baker can’t make that throw.
Lose one of the next two and the offseason is going to be one for the ages as we fire Bowles, and make hard decisions on how talented this roster truly is.
Baker/Evans/LVD and to a lesser extent Dean are all big off-season stories.
Also, we need Styles in Tampa come hell or high water with our first pick in April.
If you are the head coach and you are looking to win a game to go into the playoffs, how are you designing a game plan to “fit” an opponent.
I thin k you accurately described the Bucs FAILED plan.
Inside the 20 in the second quarter the Bucs go RUN, RUN, pass, RUN, RUN, RUN . . Field Goal
They start both of the next two drive running . . both series derailed by O-line penalties. Both punts.
Even the 3rd quarter scoring drive is heavy run, but at least they score a TD.
Their game plan was to kill the game, protect the D and ST weaknesses and run over the Panthers. FAIL
Bowles proving it was his idea and its a totally wrong idea
"“They don’t play well when you rush over 30 attempts per game, statistically speaking,” Bowles mentioned. “I think we had some runs in there, we had a chance to throw it, but we controlled the time of possession and the clock all the way down until the end.”
The Bucs get the 30+ rush attempts by lighting them up in the second quarter and first series of the 3rd quarter . . . and then run it from there to kill the clock. Its running because you have a multiple score lead in the 3rd quarter.
