Mark Barron? Rhymes With “Rust”
October 26th, 2014
Mark Barron has had ample opportunities to prove his NFL worth. If anything, he has regressed and is fortunate not to be benched.
Joe hoped upon hope safety Mark Barron would turn things around. But seven games through his third season, it is pretty clear: Barron was a swing-and-a-miss in the draft.
Barron, the seventh-pick overall in the 2012 draft out of Alabama, isn’t getting the job done. He can play the run OK but he simply cannot cover in passing situations and frankly looks lost on the field.
Too many times today, cornerback Alterraun Venner had men covered when he stopped his coverage, fully expecting help from Barron to pick up the receiver as a long route continued along the right sideline. Problem was, Barron was nowhere to be found and rookie quarterback Teddy Bridgewater exposed Barron time and again.
Oh, Barron would show up all right. He would come racing in as a Vikings receiver would step out of bounds, or after he was tackled.
There simply is no logical reason for the Bucs to re-up Barron for his fifth-year option, which comes up this summer, just prior to Barron’s fourth NFL season, next year (much like the club did not exercise its fifth-year option prior on Adrian Clayborn).
The way Barron is playing, he better hope the Bucs bring him back next year.
The seventh-overall pick in the 2012 draft should be an impact player. The only positive impact Barron makes now is for opponents.
October 26th, 2014 at 6:25 pm
He’s built like Tarzan, and if he improves, he eventually will play like Jane.
October 26th, 2014 at 6:25 pm
Likely why the Bucs brought in Major Wright. Barron is not a cover guy and has struggled mightily in zone through his pro career. This is likely a free agent band aid pick up this off season. But the corners need help too. Banks struggling to stay with receivers. The nickel corner has been a let down and LB play has struggled. PERSONNEL more built for a 3-4 IMO.
October 26th, 2014 at 6:27 pm
I was pulling big-time for the Bucs to take Keuchly… but instead they reached for a safety…of course most people said I was insane or stupid for wanting Keuchly over Trent Richardson or Morris Claiborne…those people can suck eggs.
For those of you wanting to make excuses for Glennon…he sucked. As a matter of fact, he’s not been good for all but one and a half games this season. He’s played in five games and we’ve had 1.5 good games out of him. Time to stop making excuses. We could’ve had Bridgewater or Mosely (the two guys I was pulling for this season) and both would’ve made much bigger contribution than Evans had.
October 26th, 2014 at 6:30 pm
John Valenti Says:
October 26th, 2014 at 6:25 pm
Likely why the Bucs brought in Major Wright. Barron is not a cover guy and has struggled mightily in zone through his pro career. This is likely a free agent band aid pick up this off season. But the corners need help too. Banks struggling to stay with receivers. The nickel corner has been a let down and LB play has struggled. PERSONNEL more built for a 3-4 IMO.
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Wow, great effing analysis. You talked about the secondary and then stated that we are more suited for the 3-4 despite the fact that secondaries in the 4-3 and 3-4 are completely unaffected by what front the front 7 is in.
We are more suited for the 3-4? Where? Our LBs average about 230 lbs across the board, our biggest DLineman is barely 300. Maybe you should stick to commenting on baseball.
October 26th, 2014 at 6:33 pm
Really Joe(s)??? Barron?
He’s the least of our problems… Today we went head-to-head with another team as bad as us, 5 loss team… But our D HELD THOSE CHUMPS TO UNDER 2 TDS in regulation!
Todays loss was ALL on our IMPOTENT O… It came down to our High School Coach of an OC, calling Vanilla plays to our backup of a QB, who cant lift his unit up like a 75 year old has-been porn star….
October 26th, 2014 at 6:47 pm
To bad we had the lead and who blew it? Defense gave up large chunks in 9 plays when it mattered. FAIL!
October 26th, 2014 at 6:48 pm
Sheet Brandon. You’re just full of shoulda woulda coulda’s.
October 26th, 2014 at 6:50 pm
One of the MANY Schiano BUSTS!
October 26th, 2014 at 6:55 pm
Almost everyone busts here. Why is that?
October 26th, 2014 at 6:55 pm
although Barron has not lived up to his draft status, he’s a STRONG SAFTETY, not a FS, and he didn’t draft himself, Dominik did. Barron is, NOT the problem in the secondary, its the lack of a FS, and bad CB play, compounded by a lack of pass rush. This is a system failure at ALL levels, and is on the coaches first and foremost. If you want to blame someone…look no further than the idiots who brought in theses horrid FA’s and failed to realize an offensive line actually matters.
October 26th, 2014 at 6:59 pm
the Bucs should be working to purge the roster of all Dominik draft picks. 5 years of HORRIBLE drafting stocked the Bucs with zero talent.
I’ve been saying it since the day he was drafted…. if Barron didn’t become a hall of famed he was a bust. Period.
And he’s a bust.
Shame it took this web site so long to catch on to what I’ve been saying since the second he crossed the stage in NY.
BucTrooperBucFan.com
October 26th, 2014 at 7:00 pm
Joe why don’t you count all the other 1st round bust ( all but McCoy) as a huge problem!
October 26th, 2014 at 7:02 pm
Two things that have set this franchise back 5+ years:
1. Chip Kelly’s jilting at the altar
2. Drafting Barron over Kuekly (after a shrewd trade-down)
Barron has been a colossal BUST- barely better on the field than the much maligned Sabby ‘the goat’.
October 26th, 2014 at 7:05 pm
Mark barron is not the problem. Our defense would actually be ok if we Had a consistent pass rush and an offense that can put up more than 14 points/game.
October 26th, 2014 at 7:14 pm
Barron had a nice highlight reel coming ino the draft…mostly against inferior competition. Other than body-slamming RG3 ( penalty ) and a couple of batted down passes….I can’t think of one “signature” play he’s made.
October 26th, 2014 at 7:15 pm
The swing and miss comment applies to numerous players Joe.
We’ve got more dogs on this team that Mel’s.
October 26th, 2014 at 7:21 pm
screw kuechly! there are tons of drafting mishaps and wouldas, couldas, shouldas.
if we drafted kuechly, we would not have drafted lavonte david!
October 26th, 2014 at 7:38 pm
@Brandon
Really? Teddy Bridgewater? You think he outplayed MG8 today. He missed how many wide open receivers? Glennon missed none because Glennon NEVER sees a wide open receiver. He has to hope if he tosses it out there one of his dunkaneers will outjump or outmuscle the DB because they are NEVER OPEN.
Ricky Reynolds was a DB for us for six years. He said tonight that Buc receivers do not frighten DBs. Yes they are big and physical but slow. DB’s do not fear VJax or Evans or ASF getting behind them so they sit on routes which according a former NFL DB Reynolds is why Glennon holds the ball too long.
Look at Glennon’s two big completions today. Neither receiver was really open, ASF was double covered in the end zone but MG threw the perfect pass.
What is with you people. Bridgewater and Johnny phony reputation haven’t accomplished squat.
October 26th, 2014 at 7:40 pm
Barron a bust. Maybe, but I think he’s a strong safety too not a free. However, I’m tried of fumbles and dumb plays by this draft class already too. Let’s see, Sims play has rhymes with rust, so does johnson, Mankins, mccown, verner, fletcher, whoever the offensive lineman we drafted that can’t see the field. Etc etc etc. We have gone from bad to terrible and just saw where revis and New England shut down the bears wideouts.
October 26th, 2014 at 7:41 pm
Oh yeah joe and we would have drafted Claiborne like you wanted to we wouldn’t even need to use a rhythm word, Claiborne is already a complete bust
October 26th, 2014 at 7:47 pm
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Wow, great effing analysis. You talked about the secondary and then stated that we are more suited for the 3-4 despite the fact that secondaries in the 4-3 and 3-4 are completely unaffected by what front the front 7 is in.
We are more suited for the 3-4? Where? Our LBs average about 230 lbs across the board, our biggest DLineman is barely 300. Maybe you should stick to commenting on baseball.
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The 3-4 comment was based on our personnel. We have two decent pass rushers in McCoy and Johnson. David and Foster’s skill sets are better suited for a 3-4 scheme.
October 26th, 2014 at 8:04 pm
Barron PLAYS strong safety. Supposed to cover TEs and RBs. Can’t. Not even close. If you would summarize Barron’s career- it would be a TE catching the ball, with Barron 5 yards behind him, trying to catch up.
He is killing our pass defense.
And I’ve been saying this since his first year.
The guy is a terrible, talentless player. Fits in well here.
Got about 40 more. And a better team, Barron would stick out like a sore thumb.
Here, he hides amongst the other talentless bastards
October 26th, 2014 at 8:23 pm
Only if Tanard Jackson would stop smoking. Dam! This guy Mark Barron is no better than Cody Grimm. $hit I’d prefer Sabby Piscatelli over him.
October 26th, 2014 at 8:43 pm
OahuBuc asked:
“Almost everyone busts here. Why is that?”
I would love to ask Mark Dominick that question and for once get an honest answer. I wonder if he would point the finger toward ownership and their ideas about how a franchise should rebuild and make coin at the same time, the coaches he had to work with, or would he fall on the sword himself and say: “Ok I admit that I really set the Bucs back to the Culverhouse era…. ” This cycle of bad draft picks and free agency signings is not just random bad luck, it takes unique ineptitude to make this team this bad; what do the Glazers gain by allowing this team to be so pathetic, poor play on the field has to affect the monetary value of the team doesn’t it?????
October 26th, 2014 at 9:13 pm
You guys r right. Barron is not the problem. If u watch Bama tape they use Barron to his strengths. Cover 2 is dead.
October 26th, 2014 at 9:34 pm
Barron is a liability imo. What a bummer!
October 26th, 2014 at 10:10 pm
Barron is not the 1st, or 2nd, or even 3rd worst problem with our defense.
The only reason we didn’t get our butts kicked even worse is b/c Bridgewater missed multiple open receivers throughout the game.
October 26th, 2014 at 11:15 pm
Another bust for Mark Dominik… He screwed this franchise up so bad… Bust after bust after bust… I’m glad he is at ESPN where he can pretend to know his ass from his earhole… What a tool!!!
October 26th, 2014 at 11:44 pm
Yet another thank you to the Rockstar!
October 27th, 2014 at 12:00 am
1. Barron plays in the NFL now.
2. Barron stunk out loud even worse when he didn’t play in the Tampa-2
October 27th, 2014 at 12:03 am
Yup, unfortunately I do not have much more faith in L + L than I did in regimes-of-late.
October 27th, 2014 at 8:22 am
Seems as though Barron can’t tackle when he does get in on a play. I don’t know how many times I see him bounce off of ball carriers. So damn frustrating.
October 27th, 2014 at 9:20 am
Seriously why arent we playing Brian McDouglad?
October 27th, 2014 at 9:46 am
Barron shouldn’t have been a top 5 pick granted! But he is MORE than manageable at his position. You don’t need all-stars @ every level to win a chip & Lovie didn’t draft him that high. Lovie would NEVER draft a safety that high lol. Barron should & will stay & he’s been more productive (been more healthy too) than the guy next to him who makes more aka Goldson! So I say Goldson gets the boot, move Barron to his position next yr SS & draft a FS in the 4th round or lower. Coaches definitely need to look themselves in the mirror b/c whatever they’re doing isn’t working. At least I saw today that Lovie’s D actually jammed WRs. Look what happened on that last drive when he went back to that horrible let the WRs run their route D. This is all a learning process for everybody on board, including us fans.