Sloppiness And Ball Security Blues
November 23rd, 2014
Joe’s still cleaning up the vomit after seeing Josh McCown sprint five yards backwards with the ball exposed only to have it smacked out of his hands for a critical Bucs turnover deep in Tampa Bay territory today.
Greg Schiano constantly preached to players that “the ball was the program.”
In 2012, not one Buccaneer caught a pass and fumbled it. Hands were incredibly sure, and ball security was everything, quarterbacks included.
C’mon. The Bucs’ ball security — not just McCown — was better under Schiano.
Lovie Smith’s team is sloppy. McCown simply has been terrible at ball security in his six starts, from taking chances to fumbles and more.
Vincent Jackson fumbled away a ball in the red zone today. Louis Murphy can’t squeeze a ball in the end zone. Receivers didn’t make plays and McCown’s poorly thrown balls didn’t help.
This Bucs team is sloppy.
And what about all those penalties at the worst time? Will Gholston cranked out another free set of downs and 15 yards with a fourth-down penalty, like he did in Cleveland. There were more issues on the O-line, as well as a delay of game call that just can’t happen late in a game.
There’s just so much to fix.
November 23rd, 2014 at 5:46 pm
I’m done with this $hit. Unbearable. Bull$hit all the way around.
November 23rd, 2014 at 5:46 pm
Back to the future….clean house…Lovie =McCown….both have reached their professional peak…and their pasts are no different than their futures in the NFL…
November 23rd, 2014 at 5:47 pm
#ItsAdepressingBucsLife
November 23rd, 2014 at 5:49 pm
They were better at this point last year. Team has taken a big step back overall. Incredibly disappointing.
November 23rd, 2014 at 5:49 pm
So glad we fired Schiano for this moron
November 23rd, 2014 at 5:52 pm
Please replay Lovie’s condescending “we were a 4-12 team”clip
November 23rd, 2014 at 5:53 pm
Complete SH!TSHOW.
November 23rd, 2014 at 5:53 pm
hey we changed the coaches we changed the Bucs roster maybe we need to change the ownership! it’s official I am an ex Buccaneer fan! so tell Then!
November 23rd, 2014 at 5:53 pm
Again, no leadership, including from the guy getting paid to a leader.
Joe, you need to write about how pathetic our personnel is on the offensive line, without the Bear’s best D lineman playing.
November 23rd, 2014 at 5:54 pm
Lovie makes me sick regardless whether you judge on the piss poor talent evaluation or the terrible coaching I was never a big Lovie fan, maybe a coordinator but not a head coach.
November 23rd, 2014 at 5:54 pm
Joe, The bull $hit call on vjax that he fumbled was Bull#hit the referee’s suck $ss and even the reply @ssholes in New York suck. His arm was down and then the ball came out Damm Damm Damm bad call……. that is the play that put me over and what’s up with lovie?????? 1st half great…. 2nd half they got on the plan and came home… what’s up with that. i have been a fan since 1979 and watch all games win or lose but, today what the $uck. sorry Joe but this fan is be on pissed….
November 23rd, 2014 at 5:55 pm
Who put the stupid fire Schiano billboard up anyway? They should be horse whipped. Schiano would have more wins clearly. I have no doubts. This hire is multiple steps backwards.
November 23rd, 2014 at 5:56 pm
I disagree about Lovie. 10-0 and the defense played overall a pretty damn good game. In the second half, 3-0 bad punt, ball on the 50. Next possession ball fumble ball on the 13. Next possession interception ball on the 25. I don’t care what defense you have, you lose that game. And seeing that the final score was 21-13. McCown is solely responsible for this loss in my opinion.
November 23rd, 2014 at 5:57 pm
Changing ownership is a pipe dream but maybe not moving the Bucs to London.
November 23rd, 2014 at 5:58 pm
bucrightoff Says:
“They were better at this point last year. Team has taken a big step back overall. Incredibly disappointing.”
….we can all thank the medias…for not giving Schiano the same “space” as they have givebn Lovie…but hey!…they write the storie-shape perceptions….of the simple minded
November 23rd, 2014 at 6:00 pm
@ Gus
Flush out your head gear McLovie is the head coach responsible for offense and defense.
November 23rd, 2014 at 6:03 pm
Just piss poor mediocre BS
November 23rd, 2014 at 6:03 pm
Bucc…exactly why I was despondent when Lovie was hired….saw his coaching in Chicago and knew this would happen….no fire…stay the course to mediocrity at best. The Glazer boys are fools, when it comes to football.
November 23rd, 2014 at 6:03 pm
@gus… the coaches left him in. that’s what we have had in the bucs organization from the top to the bottom from the owners all the way down 2 assistant coaches…. don’t you love it?
November 23rd, 2014 at 6:06 pm
Boy..this RB Sims…sure makes a difference behind L&L’s HAND PICKED FREE AGENT OFFENSIVE LINE…….phony front office
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxhuUZzGYw
November 23rd, 2014 at 6:07 pm
Recent poll= 69% confident in Lovie We Trust
November 23rd, 2014 at 6:09 pm
Unfortunately they don’t get to play the Redskins six times. Go back and read all the comments after the last win.
Besides, the Bucs are only a few games out of first place in the division!!
Yeah, that’s the ticket!
November 23rd, 2014 at 6:09 pm
I am sad pissed off at the bucs losing a game we had a good chance to win, but I think we need to draft a franchise QB
November 23rd, 2014 at 6:10 pm
Not that it matters, but VJax didn’t fumble
November 23rd, 2014 at 6:13 pm
JJV…69%? Fools are born every minute.
November 23rd, 2014 at 6:16 pm
Glad I’m drunk
November 23rd, 2014 at 6:18 pm
2-9…
Lets get that FRANCHISE QB, Mariota/Winston… Stack the O-Line & D-Line with NEW BLOOD…
Fire Leslie… Let Lovie takeover as DC… In the meantime… Let Licht takeover the F.O.
GO JETS!!!
November 23rd, 2014 at 6:22 pm
O-Line deserves to be whooped by Adrian Peterson… Sheeeit…
November 23rd, 2014 at 6:25 pm
It has been said, Lovie needs time. He gets a mulligan this year because he lost his offensive coach, injuries, new system, new players, etc. I guess other first year coaches didn’t get that memo that took over this year. In Lovie We Trust.
November 23rd, 2014 at 6:42 pm
@ Joe-
One huge issue with Lovie is the excuse that it will take time to implement his system, players, etc.
People forget that Lovie was this seasons Andy Reid (most sought after coach, had his pick of teams). He chose the Bucs over 9 or 10 other vacancies because he evaluated their roster and deemed them a couple pieces away, just like Andy Reid did with the Chiefs. Except Lovie cannot evaluate talent- he clearly thought he was getting a far better team than he was- and he had a year to make his tactical career decision. He is inept. Fire this guy, pay 3 coaches at once, and admit you are second only to Al Davis’ heirs Yucs! I hate my own team!!!!!!!!
November 23rd, 2014 at 6:59 pm
I’m not a big fan of using a revolving door for coaches, but so many poor decisions by Lovie, especially as pertain to his personnel decisions, makes me believe he’s got to go. In all three categories of the game, and in his personnel decisions, Schiano was a far better coach.
November 23rd, 2014 at 7:11 pm
Hellhammer has a good thought process going. Send this damn bunch to London. I just want to start over even if we have to wait a few years for another team.
November 23rd, 2014 at 7:20 pm
The Ether,
Sheeeit, you mean the same O-Line that was given a pass when Glennon was in there?
November 23rd, 2014 at 7:44 pm
SteveK Says:
November 23rd, 2014 at 7:20 pm
The Ether,
Sheeeit, you mean the same O-Line that was given a pass when Glennon was in there?
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I mean the same ‘o-line’ that you and your long neck fantasizing, circle jerking to a Mike Glennon effigy mob used to blame when ‘The Neck’ had a bad day.
But at this point, its all about Mariota/Winston! And wether we can get a 6th or a 7th for Glennon… GO JETS!
November 23rd, 2014 at 8:35 pm
To think if this coaching staff could achieve the same ball security as “an ex-Rutgers not fit for the NFL” coach the Bucs might actually be in first place in the miserable NFC South. Hope all the Fire Schiano bollboard crowd who helped convince the Glazers that season ticket sales would plummet if Schiano returned for year 3 are damn proud of themselves, the Lovie Smith era of ineptitude is your reward.
November 23rd, 2014 at 11:05 pm
Why would Joe tolerate your insults and allow them here? And how could you possibly think, after so much time here, that Joe would be unbiased. Joe has written with strong opinions since Day 1. –Joe