Complete Game For Doug Martin
October 4th, 2015
Photo courtesy of Tampa Bay Buccaneers
It was good to see at least a few guys on the Buccaneers show up and fight for every blade of grass this afternoon during the shameful clubbing at the hands of the Panthers.
Doug Martin answered the bell.
Martin kept his legs grinding all day. And as former Bucs tight end Dave Moore noted on the radio postgame show, Martin got hit an awful lot and absorbed those shots and drove forward.
The numbers are pretty: 20 carries for 106 yards and a touchdown. Martin had success in short yardage, and he caught all five balls thrown his way and flashed elusiveness in the pass game.
A quarter of the season is in the books, and Martin is averaging 4.2 yards per carry and is on pace for 1,128 yards.
Bucs fans should be darn pleased with Martin right now.
October 4th, 2015 at 6:52 pm
Whoop di doo.
Who cares. This team can’t get out of its own stupid way.
Picking at straws for positives.
Just a pathetic team in every single phase.
October 4th, 2015 at 7:01 pm
Who’s he gonna look great for next year? He’s a FA so I gotta imagine he’d love to go to New England or Seattle and play for a contender.
October 4th, 2015 at 7:09 pm
Just a bright shiny corn on this turd nugget of a team…
October 4th, 2015 at 7:12 pm
If it were me I’d move the team to anywhere and save the people of this town any more embarrassment that it has already had to deal with.
Then we could say “glad we got rid of that pile of trash”. Let another town root for this garbage. I hope they lose every game forever and ever. They don’t deserve to win. Can’t even be competitive at home. Kill themselves. Just pathetic. It would be different if they lost fair and square but they beat themselves week in and week out. Just go glazers just pack it up and take this sh it with you. Pathetic team pathetic organization just worthless in every single way. Please just go. Just go.
October 4th, 2015 at 7:35 pm
Martin jus brought a house in Tampa last year and loves the city he isn’t goin nowhere
October 4th, 2015 at 7:44 pm
Joe,
I do believe that Martin, an UFA, would stay in Tampa in the event that he was offered something similar to the contract that Ingram received from the Saints. Tampa would do very well for themselves to allow him to become a career Buccaneer. However, if he continues to play well while the rest of the team struggles, I could easily see them moving Martin at the deadline to a contender in need of a good RB.
October 4th, 2015 at 7:48 pm
Just last week the Joes were saying Martin was more his injury self than rookie self. As usual the Joes are wrong about player evaluations
October 4th, 2015 at 7:51 pm
@ Tampa Tony,
When you say.. “the Joes” I assume that you are not referring to me. Otherwise, I would have to seriously question your literacy.
October 4th, 2015 at 7:59 pm
Why in the hell would Martin even want to be here lmao.
He is probably praying they don’t offer him anything.
October 4th, 2015 at 8:29 pm
3-17…..pretty much sums it up…..total incompetence and true lack of basic fundamentals….NEED NEW COACHING
October 4th, 2015 at 8:31 pm
JAX is going to put the dagger in the season…
October 4th, 2015 at 8:32 pm
*yawn
October 4th, 2015 at 8:45 pm
Doug did run hard today. Hopefully he’ll still be healthy if and when the rest of this underperforming team ever gets their sh!t together.
October 4th, 2015 at 9:38 pm
The muscle hamster played very good today. He and Winston to Jackson accounted for the bulk of the Bucs offense. Despite Martin’s effort some “fans” still question his value to this team. That value has been proven to me.
October 4th, 2015 at 10:31 pm
This isn’t a serious loss. Cam Newton is playing like a mvp and we were in that game for a while all day. Tampa really has looked like a rookie team all season long despite having established stars and coaching. I see a lot of other players still playing preseason ball and going out there and playing for themselves instead of for the team and their role in it. The Bucs are also lacking fundamentals and are putting bad personnel out there as well. Ever since Verner got benched they haven’t won and when they started playing Bruce Carter the linebackers showed up more on passing downs.. Just saying spent big bucks on those two guys on defense so start em or trade em. I think they should consider trading all veterans at this point and go young. This team is playing like a rookie team so might as well go with rookies and get more draft picks to bring in quality players in next year’s draft. The new scouting team made great finds throughout this past draft as well. Gotta free cap and get picks with this season though
October 4th, 2015 at 10:43 pm
@San Fran Joe- not you. The joes who write for this site.
October 4th, 2015 at 10:43 pm
I said last week on these forums that Martin is excellent. Honestly, besides McCoy, Jackson and Martin what else do we have? Hey Buc Realist, those are all Dominik guys LOL. This is a hard time to hold the line or put your toes on the line….I miss Schiano.
October 4th, 2015 at 11:15 pm
The offensive line played great tonight just like last week – Jameis had plenty of time & Martin ran well
Defense played well until they got gassed by spending to much time on the field
The QB lost the game period – it’s so painful to watch…
October 4th, 2015 at 11:26 pm
I said all along that with a good Oline, Martin is a 1500-1700 RB. He’s doing this with a bad, but improving, oline.
Not bad at all!
October 4th, 2015 at 11:42 pm
Hard to win when you spot the other team 10 points almost immediately.
October 4th, 2015 at 11:58 pm
Bucs suck….always will…
October 5th, 2015 at 12:28 am
Something is wrong with Lavonte David his hand was bandaged
October 5th, 2015 at 3:23 pm
3 and 17 – simple as that!
October 5th, 2015 at 8:05 pm
Someone said the defense played well? Seven missed tackles is not playing well. Kwon Alexander had the most with 3 and has 9 on the year. A big part of this defense not playing well is Kwon Alexander. Yes.. I agree he is a rookie but his mistakes on the field are having an effect on the defense and other players. I too notice a change when Bruce Carter comes in. Kwon over pursues, misses his gaps and is always going for the strip instead of wrapping up his tackle. Alexander is rated 41 by PFF for run stop percentage, 54th in tackling efficiency. In the Tampa2 if the MIKE LB struggles with stopping the run and tackling, the Tampa2 will fail. I know it has to be effecting Lavonte Davids play as well. As far asDoug Martin goes..it was just last week when this site was saying Martin is who we thought he was? No, Doug Martin showed he has more heart and more hustle than most on this team and I hope he gains over 1,500 yards so he can sign with a contender. It was sad to watch the team you put your heart and soul into play the way they played Sunday. Not Doug Martin, not William Gholston, not VJAX. As far as McCoy..I saw him help a stinking Panther up while there was a Buccaneer still on the ground. Trade him..
October 7th, 2015 at 11:58 am
Kevin. I thought you were through with the Bucs???? Weener.