Break Out The Two-Minute Offense
October 30th, 2014
The Bucs coaching staff, in particular the offense and, of course, Lovie Smith, always talks about starting fast on offense.
But the only fast thing about the offense is how quickly it gets off the field after yet another three-and-out series in the early minutes of games.
In the second half, especially in crunch time, the offense appears to have life.
The solution to the early offensive woes, types Pat Yasinskas of ESPN, is simple. Start games with a no-huddle offense.
Smith and his staff have been unable to come up with anything to jump-start the offense. But I think the solution is pretty obvious. The Bucs have outscored opponents 68-33 in the fourth quarter. The Bucs have been playing from behind virtually all season, so they’ve used the two-minute offense extensively in the fourth quarter.
Quarterback Mike Glennon has been noticeably better when running the no-huddle offense. You can say the same thing about Josh McCown before he got hurt in Week 3.
The Bucs should try opening the game in the hurry-up offense. And they should sprinkle in the two-minute offense throughout.
Yes, it makes all the sense in the world. Even last year, quarterback Mike Glennon showed he was at his best in a no-huddle.
Remember the 49ers game when Glennon had two scoring drives using a no-huddle and then-Bucs commander Greg Schiano hung Glennon out to dry? Schiano put the kibosh on the no-huddle because, he said, they never practiced it?
The way the offense has been simply awful in the early minutes of games, breaking out a no-huddle, two-minute offense just might take Cleveland’s defense by surprise.
October 30th, 2014 at 12:33 pm
Takes Arroyo out of the mix as well. Sounds like a plan
October 30th, 2014 at 12:37 pm
Just lose baby!
October 30th, 2014 at 12:40 pm
No Huddle Shot Gun worked for the Patriots the Last 4 games because of a weak offensive line and a slow Quarterback.
Maybe just maybe if we copy success we will be successful.
Copy the K-Gun Offense of the bills from the early 90’s. No Huddle fast attack shot gun style offense.
October 30th, 2014 at 12:42 pm
Arroyo is an offensive guru, he’ll figure it all out.
October 30th, 2014 at 12:42 pm
Well that is fine with me….as long as it is not that the same as the 3 & out offense….’cause if they can hold on to the ball for 2 minutes…that would be an improvement !
October 30th, 2014 at 12:45 pm
Step 1: Play 20 games of Madden on Playstation on AT LEAST “Pro” difficulty
Step 2: Win ALL 20 games by at LEAST 10 points and learn the plays
Step 3: Do it in the real game!
*This strategy CAN’T be any worse that the crap they are doing now! Look! Another 1st down run for no gain!
October 30th, 2014 at 12:45 pm
A potential problem with the 2 minute offense being our go-to is that the premise of it is to get to the end zone within 2 minutes, obviously. That pace would keep the defense on the field all day, which is the opposite of what we want our defense to do.
October 30th, 2014 at 12:52 pm
How about JUMP STARTING the defense…..it has been the blow outs….that and stats can be deceiving…
“The Bucs have outscored opponents 68-33 in the fourth quarter”….hell the other teams equipment managers were rolling gear boxes off the field when those “stats ” …were made……..
October 30th, 2014 at 12:53 pm
That just makes too much sense. Lovie likes to keep the games close becasue that is the only way to win in this league. All according to the gospel of Lovie.
October 30th, 2014 at 1:01 pm
Lovie is the personification of …”The Peter Principle”….Fire Lovie and move on …ASAP
perhaps he can work off the balance of his contract working in …The Glazer Family Foundation…
October 30th, 2014 at 1:09 pm
Just don’t see it happening folks.
Those who think “Coach” can suddenly get creative are lost in the wilderness.
Lovie doesn’t even run his own defense let alone shown any desire to refine it.
Someone need remind him it’s 2014.
October 30th, 2014 at 1:20 pm
There’s really no other way around it, the offense got screwed this season as soon as our offensive coordinator left the team. Now we have a rookie coordinator, who is probably being baby sit by Lovie in terms of play calling, which means play it safe and run first. That would be ok if we had any semblance of a running game but we don’t, making this offense even more one dimension and predictable to any defense. They are just teeing off on the passing game now, having meet and greets at the QB and what not. So in short we are screwed on offense unless (yes there is any unless) we can run the damn ball effectively. So far it hasn’t happened. In terms of novelty ideas like starting the game in a two minute drill, I don’t expect that to happen.
October 30th, 2014 at 1:24 pm
Break out the old (new) unis too please. God these new things are horrific.
October 30th, 2014 at 1:47 pm
if only…look, I would just like to go on offense first if we win the coin toss…that’s a start….honestly I thought the murm was going to defer when we won the toss in OT last week…..
October 30th, 2014 at 1:55 pm
@sho-nuff lmao why he did that from day one is beyond me. just another thing the pinhead does and don’t want to change. he friggin thinks this is the lovie smith show! idiot
October 30th, 2014 at 1:59 pm
just collecting his pay check. blowing smoke up everybodys ass.
October 30th, 2014 at 2:34 pm
The Bucs offense has been on the field 2 minutes each quarter. Does that count?
Mike Glennon
October 30th, 2014 at 2:51 pm
We’ve been talking about this for years and years. We have netted zero progress since Byron Leftwich was our starting QB. We are no better than we were when Albert Haynesworth was our starting DT. Our secondary is worse than it was with Sabby Piscatelli and EJ Biggers.
October 30th, 2014 at 3:47 pm
This makes the most sense of anything I’ve heard to fix the Bucs.
I believe what we are seeing is the Lovie Offense, not Tedford’s or even Arroyo. My guess is Lovie is controlling the types of plays called and tempo with a heavy hand.
October 30th, 2014 at 3:54 pm
Joe can you send this article to the suggestion box at One Buc Place?
October 30th, 2014 at 4:04 pm
Melman should roll out every play, until we get a line that can pass protect.
October 30th, 2014 at 5:52 pm
Yes, a little creativity on offense is definitely needed.