Womens Gerald McCoy Jersey , the Tampa Bay Buccaneers now stand at 5-10 with one game remaining.If there’s a silver lining, it’s going to come in the
form of a high draft pick in April of 2019. Tampa Bay currently sits in the
sixth slot heading into Week 17.How did we get here? Let’s break it down.THE
PLAY: The fumble - or - the missed blockThis play became a point of debate in
the twittersphere Sunday afternoon after Jameis Winston fell victim to a Randy
Gregory strip-sack and Dallas Cowboys linebacker Jaylon Smith scooped and scored
from 69-yards out.Who was to blame? Well, there were two schools of
thought.First, here’s the play.There are those who put the majority of the blame
on Jameis Winston. The quarterback receives the snap with 1:57 on the game
clock, and is hit by Gregory at 1:53. That’s four seconds. Traditional thought
is the quarterback needs to have made a decision on what to do with the ball at
or around the three second mark.Here, at three seconds, not only has Winston not
made a decision with the ball, he’s trying to direct traffic while holding the
ball exposed in one hand. This approach is neither smart or successful as any
number of hits would have likely knocked the ball free, just as it did
here.Then, there are those who blame Donovan Smith, whose job it was to block
Gregory in the first place.At the snap, Gregory takes an outside bend against
Smith relying on speed to get around the large and lumbering offensive
tackle.Smith extends trying to push the Cowboys pass rusher off his arc and out
of the play, but Gregory dips below his outstretched hands to continue his
pursuit of Winston.As Winston steps up and out of the pocket, Gregory’s
continuous effort pays off as he gets a clear and unencumbered shot at Winston,
which leads to the fumble. Meanwhile, Smith is not only ‘jogging’ behind the
play, but at one point completely comes to a stand-still while watching his
assignment barrel down on his quarterback.There was a minority third school of
thought too. The play-call was a bad one. At the time of this writing, all-22
film is not currently available. But here’s what we know from the Fox broadcast
tape.On 3rd-and-5, Tampa Bay came out with a shotgun spread formation using five
receivers split-out to try and thin out the Cowboys defense.Dallas came out in
their nickel package with a four-man defensive front, four corner backs, two
linebackers and single-high safety coverage.Pretty standard arrangement for the
situation. Something of interest however, is the Cowboys defenders - except for
the high safety - played within six-yards of the line of scrimmage. This shows
the Cowboys are fully expecting the Buccaneers to target the sticks.DeSean
Jackson and Adam Humphries are split widest on the right and left sides
respectively. Mike Evans and Chris Godwin lineup in the slot with Godwin lined
up closest to the offensive line as Cameron Brate lines up between him and
Jackson in a three receiver set on the left.Before the snap, Winston motions
Humphries in and he takes up tight alignment on the offensive line leaving Evans
as the further most right side receiver.When Humphries motions, corner back
Jourdan Lewis moves
Womens Lavonte David Jersey , but only so slightly and he maintains his depth.Quarterbacks are taught commonly to read this defender as the outside
corner while assuming the defender closer to the line will likely take the
inside release.Cornerback Byron Jones maintains his position on Evans despite
Humphries’ motion, and jams his man at the line.Meanwhile, Humphries’ own
release is hindered by the jam causing his five-yard out-break to come late.
Evans’ deeper break is only two-yards deeper, likely another effect of the early
jam by Jones as the receiver looks to get into his break on time rather than
focusing on depth.By the time this happens, Winston is already under pressure
from the four-man rush and his ability to do anything on his left side is wiped
out.On the right side, Brate and Jackson run a crossing patter with a built-in
pick coming from Brate to try and free-up Jackson.Like the right side, by the
time these route combinations take shape, Winston is already under pressure and
moving up in the pocket. There is a moment when he clears the pocket when Brate
has solid position against his defender, but Winston is looking deep, not
short.Godwin breaks out of the slot with an inside release and breaks over the
middle on a slant. Again, by the time he’s getting into his break, the pocket is
collapsing and Winston’s field has essentially been cut in half with Godwin
moving in the wrong direction to be of any immediate assistance to his
quarterback.While we can’t see it for certain, it’s a safe assumption Winston is
trying to direct Jackson to an open spot on the right quarter of the field as
he’s approaching the line of scrimmage.This ‘touchdown to check down’ passing
game theology calls on the quarterback to start on deep reads and check down
after examining those deeper routes.With a pass-rush barreling down on him,
Winston continues to try and execute this mindset to the detriment of himself
and ultimately, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.There were no quick releases on this
play, and every route took approximately two or three seconds to develop with
one deep route, two in-breaking routes on the right and two out-breaking routes
on the left.Essentially, the play design requires the quarterback to have at
least three seconds of clean time in the pocket and negates the right side
outside quarter of the field and the inner quarter of the left side.It’s just
not a good play design. But was it solely to blame?If you ask me, all of these
played equal factors to the outcome. The early pressure given up by Demar Dotson
and Caleb Benenoch negated any use Winston could have gotten out of the initial
breaks by his receivers. Bad route combinations gave Winston few options once he
came clear of the initial rush.Tampa Bay’s ‘touchdown or check-down’ mantra
ensured Winston’s eyes were deep on Jackson instead of short on Brate who had a
clean second to make a short catch if given the opportunity.Winston’s usual
determination to make a big play over the safe play - Winston has the
opportunity to throw the ball away - causes him to hold the ball into the four
to five second range trying to direct Jackson into open space.Gregory’s
continuous effort paired with Donovan Smith’s lack of continuous effort gives
him a clean shot from behind on Winston.Jaylon Smith’s freedom to move with no
threat to his zone places him in perfect position for the scoop-and-score.As you
can see in the clip, this play happened early in the first quarter and came with
the Buccaneers down just four with the ball at the Cowboys’ 34-yard line.It’s
not the only reason they lost, but this play alone was a big-time ‘here we go’
moment in the game, and became a point of conversation through the final gun.For
that reason, this is the only play in this week’s key plays column. And I’ll
leave it to you fine readers to assign final blame. How did the Bucs fare after
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6 Notes and HighlightsNew,17commentsHow did the Bucs fare after their day
off?EDTDay 6 kicked off with the Women of Red event
Womens Carlton Davis Jersey , a fun-filled female-fan outreach initiative that serves to “re-invent the female fan experience”.Darcie Glazer Kassewitz is
a key figure in organizing the event and was onsite as female Bucs fans
participated in drills, contests, picture-taking, and other activities that
centered around women and their involvement with the game. Oh, food and alcohol
was on deck, as well. Good stuff. It was the perfect segue for practice, as a
rowdy and ready crowd was able to watch its favorite players up close during an
exclusive practice. 1. Nothing serious with Carlton Davis III. He was seen at
the beginning of practice in full pads and practiced in full throughout the day.
He even picked off Jameis Winston early on in practice. Everyone can now
breathe. 2. Too many drops from the receivers. Bruce Arians specifically
mentioned this after practice. He was not pleased with the fact that the group
couldn’t hold on to the ball. It led to Arians call another practice “raggedy”
and he even defended the up and down play from his quarterbacks due to the fact
that the receivers were having a hard time making plays. 3. Vita Vea unleashed.
Tampa Bay’s second-year defensive tackle and real-life version of the Kraken
made his presence known on Thursday. There was one play were he just bulled
through the right interior of the offensive line and another one where he was
able to get to the quarterback from what looked to be the 5T after a Lavonte
David blitz allowed him to roam free. Keep it coming, Vita. Keep it coming. 5. A
day for Dare. Ogunbowale was everywhere today. He made plays in-between the
tackles, outside the tackles, in the passing game, and in pass protection. He
has a real shot at making this roster, which is impressive considering how
crowded the Bucs’ backfield is right now. Arians heaped praise on him after
practice, calling him “fantastic”.6. The search for depth at the tackle
position.So, yea. This is a bit worrisome, considering how volatile the tackle
position can be when it comes to injuries. Right now, this team has no answers
behind Donovan Smith or Demar Dotson and Arians spoke on that after practice. He
said some guys have “had good days and bad days”, but that’s not enough to
warrant a job on the second team. Once he starts to see consistent play from his
guys, then he’ll start making decisions on who comes in behind Dot and Smith.
Fortunately, it’s still early and there’s plenty of time to figure this one
out.7. Ronald Jones with the ones. The momentum is real for Jones and this
coaching staff be starting to clear out some space for him with the starting
offense. Jones played a ton of snaps with the ones today and was able to make a
handful of plays, including a nice catch-and-run on what looked to be a busted
coverage. Regardless of the defensive performance, he reeled in the catch and
turned up the sideline with ease for a big gain. Peyton Barber, on the other
hand, took most of his reps with twos and even the threes at times. This isn’t
anything certain and there is still a long way to go, but there’s no doubt Jones
is making an impact in camp.8. Ryan Griffin is the odd man out. It’s easy to see
that Winston and backup quarterback Blaine Gabbert are head and shoulders above
Griffin. When asked about Gabbert after practice
Womens Ronald Jones II Jersey , Arians said that “nothing is set in stone, but he’s solid”. Even though he hasn’t lit the world on fire, you can tell that
Gabbert is just a better quarterback than Griffin right now. Unless something
drastic changes, then I’m almost certain that Winston and Gabbert will head into
the regular season as the top quarterbacks. I really hate it for Griffin,
because he’s worked his ass off over the past few years. Dirk Koetter should’ve
at least started him in the Atlanta game last year to give him some film for
when/if he has to find another job once camp is over. Maybe he’ll stick on the
practice squad or maybe the Bucs will decide to carry three quarterbacks, but
for now, that’s the only way I see him sticking around.9. Up and down Jameis.
After a very good day on Tuesday, Winston had his share of inconsistency on Day
6. Despite the dropped passes, he made a couple of bad decisions that led to
interceptions and he was overthrowing/underthrowing receivers in 1-on-1s and
7-on-7s. The defense, along with the receivers, did have a lot to do with that,
so there’s not that much to worry about. Nothing in camp should come easy,
either. He was strong in goal line work and during his last red zone reps,
though, so it was up and down.He’ll continue to work and get better, because
that’s what Winston does. 10. A solid safety group.This position is really
starting to round into shape. D’cota Dixon made the play of the day for the
defense, picking off Winston on an ill-advised throw and Kentrell Brice was back
out making plays as well. Jordan Whitehead has had a good camp and Mike Edwards
had a pick-six of his own during Monday’s practice, as well. With each passing
day, this group looks more comfortable, confident, and like a group that can
really do some damage on Sundays. If they all stay healthy and if Justin Evans
can return, this may be one of the deepest position groups on the team.
