Comments on: “The Tackle”

By: OAR

OAR — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:50:54 +0000

….and then satan added the alpabet to math!

By: BucFan20

BucFan20 — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:46:29 +0000

Still on that damn play and No TD. Look. The Special Teams Screwed Up NEXT! SPROLES SCRORES. He BLEW past our defense. If our Defense had done what they did to us on that stop we would have sung as we have many times before. We would have said our Defense rose up and made the stop. Not said their Offense sucked. They did what OUR defense should have done to Sproles. But They Did NOT. So in turn guess that means our Defense sucks. Not they were just better on that series.
Anyone expect Morris was going to take us to the Super Bowl in his first year? Anyone who even thought that we were going this year was high as hell on something.

By: bucsnbeer

bucsnbeer — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:32:23 +0000

Thanks to UK buc for saving me some time.. a 30 yard lead it was not.

By: Snook

Snook — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:19:08 +0000

I’m with the group here. Why is it such a surprise VJ got ran down?

Its not a big deal and doesn’t warrant 4+ posts about it. I was surprised VJ wasn’t tackled sooner to be quite honest.

The true travesty was the 4 play calls that followed.

By: SensibleBuc

SensibleBuc — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:05:26 +0000

@flmike

You’re reaching just a touch. I’d say the Joes were HOPING for a playoff run out of nowhere like 2010 at the beginning of this season but actually EXPECTING a losing one.

By: Macabee

Macabee — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 13:15:12 +0000

To be fair, Jackson had a calf injury and could not run at full speed. He started to slow down considerably as he approached the end zone. He knew Jenkins was coming because he had looked back and saw him closing. He simply couldn’t go any faster and decided to protect the ball. A reasonable question could be why he didn’t switch hands and use his right arm to fend Jenkins off. That’s hindsight considering all the things that could go wrong with that exchange.

Contrary to what is being said Jenkins is no speed demon. He was drafted in the 1st round as a CB out of OSU. As a result of his combine time in the 40, he was changed to FS and still is. Jenkins time at his combine was 4.53, but Jackson had a faster combine time of 4.46. Jackson was clearly slowed by an injury.

I give Jackson credit for getting the Ball to the 1yd line. By the way that was the longest pass play without a touchdown in 40 years or since 1972 according to NFL Network. The problem was not getting the ball into the end zone with a 1st down on the 1. Jackson had a career day!

By: Warren Brown

Warren Brown — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 12:57:01 +0000

Joe…this one is over man…just let it go. I feel like you are repetitively rubbing salt in my open wounds. I need time to heal.

By: lightningbuc

lightningbuc — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 12:44:01 +0000

“Not to mention the bonehead head coaching blunder trying to pull a bush league play to draw the opposition offside during the FG try.”

Huh? They shifted the line to possibly better block the kick. They have already blocked one punt and Watson whiffed on another, so the schemes they are using are working. What was bush about that? The same exact play was run weeks before without a flag.

I agree the coaching was suspect throughout the game, but nothing was “bush”.

By: Mavsmoney

Mavsmoney — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 12:27:37 +0000

“MJ was three yards back, at the 23 (so travelled 76 yards vertically), and as 27 yards across (horizaontally). Pythagoras rule suggests he travelled abpout 80.65 yards.”

I was wondering when someone was gonna break out the calculator. I’m with you man.

By: Mavsmoney

Mavsmoney — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 12:22:36 +0000

I believe this play sums up the season thus far. It seems in crucial moments we are just not as mentally tough as our opposition. Luckily, we are ten times tougher than last year and seem to be getting tougher every game. I feel like we are only a few rookie mistakes away from being 6-0. I don’t think enough fans remember just how bad it was last year. Games are finally exciting again!

By: UK_Buc

UK_Buc — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 12:22:15 +0000

Ok, let’s look at the number.

From what is above, VJ went from the 26 to the “99″ – so travelled 73 yards.

MJ was three yards back, at the 23 (so travelled 76 yards vertically), and as 27 yards across (horizaontally). Pythagoras rule suggests he travelled abpout 80.65 yards.

So the effective start was only 7 yards, and VJ is about 35-40lbs heavier….for me, it is not surprisimng at all that he should be caught.

And for everyone complianing, if you want a speedster at WR, fine, lets get someone like DeSean Jackson in….but i guarantee you this team’s WR production will be worse off overall. Yes, VJ isn’t a burner because of his size, but without that size, he wouldnt be half the player he is.

By: Bucnjim

Bucnjim — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 12:21:36 +0000

Its sad we have to nit pick a guy who just broke the Bucs all time record & we have three ex Bucs piling on. Very low class if you ask me! I’ll be ANYTHING this guy was out there playing hurt the entire game and really struggled just to run the 95 yards in pain. It’s not his fault the Buc couldn’t get ONE yard in four plays. Of course now he wishes he could have finished, but that was an incredible play and everyone here is acting like fools. If you want to blame someone; blame Blount for not having the drive or want to get a yard. Any other running back on the team including Lorig could and would have gotten foward movement in three tries.