Comments on: Ravens Closed Out Bucs “Without A Fullback”

By: McBuc

McBuc — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:28:31 +0000

Oh, not to mention…last week in SF the game plan was brilliant. No coach is going to have the perfect plan every week. Allot of this loss is on execution as well as the game plan.

By: McBuc

McBuc — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:27:14 +0000

SGT Mike…Morris is a big reason why these guys are overachieving. Changing coaches is not the answer. They played a pretty good game against a good team in a hard place to win. The Ravens are crazy good at home. I am not sure why they did not spread it out a bit more either, but the passing game was not sinked up anyway, that may not have worked out as well for this young team as it did for Atlanta. I see these young Bucs taking it out on Atlanta next week at home. TB has already beaten the odds when it comes to winning on the road, now let’s take care of our house against ATL.

By: Sgt Mike

Sgt Mike — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 14:14:28 +0000

We were OutCoached once again. This time I saw it on TV as most Bucs games are not on here in D.C.. I also saw first hand that Ruud’s play is very suspect. Why Olson didn’t spread out the Ravens defense early on is simply poor game planning by Raheem and his OC Greg Olson. Freeman and his rookie crew have proven to be pretty darn good when unleashed. While I certainly wasn’t on the bandwagon for Freeman when and at what number he was drafted, I do think that he is much further ahead than his two other first round QB brothers. Freeman is a winner and these coaches need to get off there asses and let him win. Raheem is nothing more than an up and coming D-coordinator and Olson needs to spend a couple of weeks with Mike Martz to find out how to use his offensive weapons. Unfortunately for the Winners on the field they will continue to struggle due to the fact that they are pretty darn good and that will keep the current coaching crew on the job to continue to learn how to coach (OJT). Wonder if there is a coach that would or could come in and keep Raheem as DC and not change the offensive scheme to drastically. Won’t happen but a fan can wish. They have shown me that they finally have an offense that is better than there defense and can hang with almost any team out there even if the game planning and coaching are not conducive to winning. Go BUCS!!!!!

By: gottbucs

gottbucs — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 14:04:00 +0000

“This one is on Olson. Had he watched tape from the Ravens previous (and recent games) he would have seen the way to beat them.”
C’mon Pete, I normally agree with most of your observations, but that’s not a very well thought out accusation.
I don’t think the Bucs are the only team in the league that has fits with that veteran defense in Baltimore. We are still a young team with a few holes and will grow from this loss. If anything, I think this loss will make them realize that they really can play with the best and they will be even more hungry to finish out this season strong and prove all the naysayers wrong. I look for a very hungry pissed off team coming out next week.

By: Pete Dutcher

Pete Dutcher — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 12:25:32 +0000

On the Sabby thing…nay, I say thee nay!

We’re doomed! Bring out the dead! Bring out the dead!!

Sabby is going to get a second chance…and all of the blame when things go badly from here on out.

By: Pete Dutcher

Pete Dutcher — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 12:22:54 +0000

This game was lost by poor coaching…Olson should have spread out the offense along the line forcing the defense to spread apart, which would have opened holes. This is what other teams did against the Ravens and were successful.

The one time the Bucs did it was successful too. Yet Olson did not learn from it. He did not adjust.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not calling for anyones head. But I do believe in facing reality. This one is on Olson. Had he watched tape from the Ravens previous (and recent games) he would have seen the way to beat them.

The other factor were the WRs. It was a nightmare yesterday. The only guy out there catching the ball was Winslow. Even Mike Williams did poorly. Freeman was off a few times, but other times the WRs had hard hands. At least one time, Freeman threw to where the WR should have been along the sideline, but after the ball was released the WR slowed down to stare the ball down…and watched it pass overhead…where the WR should have been.

The bright side is that G. McCoy now has 3 sacks one the season. Everyone that was calling him a bust can eat crow now. The measuring stick was 3 sacks (like Sapp) in his rookie season. There is every chance he will end up with more than Sapp now.

That doesn’t make him better than Sapp…but it should at least shut the naysayers up.

By: Capt.Tim

Capt.Tim — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 08:07:33 +0000

All the Bucs turned and looked at sabby once they were stopped in the end zone. That’s ussually a sign . . Sure looked like his trade mark coverage from last year!

By: BamBamBuc

BamBamBuc — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 06:12:02 +0000

I think the announcers nailed that call. Pulling the LG made the play look like a Power O run to the right, Ruud bit on that and left Heap wide open. It was a bad move by Ruud, because that left nobody on Heap, but with all the criticism of Ruud not playing the run well, can you really blame him for wanting to get in on every play he can? Yeah, I suppose he can be blamed, it wasn’t his responsibility to stop the run there. Unfortunately, people don’t realize that when he makes tackles 10 yards downfield either.

By: Apple Roof Cleaning

Apple Roof Cleaning — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 05:49:25 +0000

Anyone care to speculate WHY Heap was uncovered ?

By: Hawaiian Buc

Hawaiian Buc — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 05:43:48 +0000

I agree Joe, it was a classy press conference. After all the emotion of a tough loss, it had a Coors Lite commercial written all over it, but he made no excuses and didn’t call anyone out. I thought it was especially classy that he took the blame for the blown coverage on Heap, instead of pointing the finger at the players. I just can’t help but wonder if Grimm was in the game, would they have picked up those first downs to seal the game. That’s going to be a real challenge for us in the home stretch.

By: Gavster

Gavster — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 05:18:57 +0000

I feel we win out. yeah i said it. But seriosuly i think we are going to win out the season. freeman is gonna play out of his mind these next weeks. 12-4 i called it

By: BamBamBuc

BamBamBuc — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 04:36:52 +0000

Yeah, we’ve had a lot of rookies contributing every week. And the thing to understand with rookies is that you’re going to have a roller-coaster ride. There will be great weeks, and bad weeks. The D has looked good two weeks in a row, but the offense has an off week. Earlier, the D wasn’t quite getting it, and the offense was carrying us. We’ll have a few games where both click, and some where both are bad. The fact that we’ve won 7 games this year is a testament to how well they’ve done overall. The rookies and the team.