Freeman, Schiano Share Excuse/Expectation
September 18th, 2013
It seems Greg Schiano and Josh Freeman are on the same no-worries page — for the same reason.
Yesterday morning, Joe brought you word from Schiano saying how he expects Freeman to “get a little mojo going” very soon, in part, because the Bucs offense and Freeman started slowly last season and needed to find a “rhythm” before humming inOctober.
Last night, Freeman got on his WDAE-AM 620 radio show and sang a similar tune. Freeman reminded listeners that the offense was slow out of the gate in 2012 and “we came on midway through the season”
“This offense has a lot of moving parts,” Freeman said, “getting in that rhythm is a big part of it.”
While this gives Joe hope, it is very troubling.
If Schiano is so cool and unfazed by a slow-starting offense, then he should have done more — or something different — in preseason or training camp, or with playcalling the past two weeks, to ensure the offense would come out humming versus what happened in 2012. All those “moving parts” clearly needed more work. Freeman is all but saying it outright.
September 18th, 2013 at 8:14 am
I happily bought this in year 1. Year 2? Inexcusable. Get ready in the preseason not the first few games of the season. This excuse shows a shocking lack of urgency for wins.
September 18th, 2013 at 8:25 am
Schiano has to rely on the “slow starting, moving parts” excuse. If he comes down hard on the Freeman/Sullivan offense he would probably do more damage than good.
Keep in mind….this is the public statement….I can guarantee you it isn’t the private conversation.
The pre-snap penalties are an organizational problem…the probably arise from “too many cooks in the kitchen”.
September 18th, 2013 at 8:47 am
I don’t really care what their excuses are . How about looking like the offense we see on paper. Go out, have a few long drives and score some friggin’ points. Leading in the 4th quarter doesn’t mean a W, Turn it around and win a few. And for God sake, don’t touch panty wearing Brady or they might all be suspended.
September 18th, 2013 at 9:03 am
It’s what I have been saying all along , the o-line , QB , RB , te and coaches getting the plays in all have to be on the same page …. All it takes is for somebody to not be on the line of scrimmage and a 72 yard td gets wiped out … It will get going soon IMO
September 18th, 2013 at 9:08 am
Ya think working your starting offense during the preseason games might friggin’ help them get ready for the regular season games?
September 18th, 2013 at 9:10 am
No way josh. With the team that has been assembled we are in a win now situation. What kinda person just breezes through the first half of the season with a tough schedule and is just like, “we’ll get it going. Any week now, we are going to be awesome.” But hey whatever, last chance for you josh. Playoffs or bust…
September 18th, 2013 at 9:22 am
Unfortunately with the schedule we could be 0-4 before the offense “gets going”, which had it been doing since week 1 would have us at 2-0 right now. If the offense is this complex why don’t they simplify it? This weekend just ram the ball down their throats with 40+ rushes. Josh clearly needs confidence, so getting him simple, easy throws and relying on the running game to carry the offense is the best way to do that. Belichick has had 10 days to prepare, you know he’s gonna have a lot of looks ready to confuse Josh. Keep it simple.
September 18th, 2013 at 9:34 am
I see OC’s simplifying offenses for rookies.
Guy’s with 58 starts of NFL ball? It’s mind blowing. This is what trading up and a first round pick, over 4 years, and $26,000,000.00 has purchased.
Just wow.
September 18th, 2013 at 9:59 am
The TE who doesn’t catch passes in this offense is functioning like a well-oiled machine.
September 18th, 2013 at 10:01 am
This is as pitiful of an excuse as it gets. 2 games. 120 minutes. over 20 possessions…. that is not a slow start. That is a bad offense. Again, I am not sure how you can compare the start of this season to last season without thinking about how the END of last season played out as… you know the melt down?
Start Glennon!! GO BUCS!
September 18th, 2013 at 10:36 am
@Raphael, you do realize how ugly that pass was right? He just lobbed it up, and thankfully VJax being VJax slowed up and out manned his defender going up for it..it was quite ugly…smh
September 18th, 2013 at 1:17 pm
Makes sense to me. The Giants offense always starts slow even the years they won the superbowls. Sullivan is running the same thing.
September 18th, 2013 at 3:08 pm
excuses excuses….but the truth of the matter is “Tampabaybucfan” is right. they gave lots of sideline shots of greg schiano and his coaches watching….is he making mike sullivan stand next to him? he is coaching every phase of the game, on special teams error you got him yelling at grown men with the coach standing behind him as if because they made an error he cant do his job when wannstedt has a much longer history in the nfl being that schiano has no head coach experience in the league
The truth is schiano doesnt trust anyone on gameday because it’s his job on the line and he IS to rigid and uptight so thats how they are playing. YOUR JOB IS TO COME UP WITH A GAME PLAN then let your coaches and players execute it which is why their getting paid. his job on gameday should be about the little details and motivating his team not taking over ever phase of the game
September 18th, 2013 at 3:12 pm
yea madmax it was pretty ugly, look like duck hunt and someone had a rifle. but there’s gotta be a reason for the offense not performing as well as they did last year. This isnt schiano’s offense because he’s not an offensive coach so he shouldnt have any input other than run or pass, let your coaches focus on the team and he should be looking for weaknesses in the opposition but he’s too focused on what were doing which is why he sucks at halftime adjustments
you dont just get accurate in the last minutes of games unless your name is tim tebow…2minute offenses are more or less freestyle, i think freeman can be accurate which is why the problem isnt his arm, its how freakin slow he reads and adjust to coverages