Team Glazer Talks Offense, Balance And “What Gives Us Hope Going Forward”
April 8th, 2019
Remember when Joe explained the simple Rule of 27 swirling through the brain of Bucco Bruce Arians?
Re-read it if it escaped your mind. Three weeks ago, Joe explained that inside the hallowed halls of One Buc Palace it’s all about how just a marginal offensive improvement can take the Bucs to the playoffs in a hurry, and history backs that up.
Enter Team Glazer, sitting with Joe about two weeks ago at the annual bloated-blogger-to-billionaire-business-owner chat in Phoenix at the NFL Owners Meetings.
Joe asked Team Glazer about the Buccaneer’s 2018 identity as a feared offense.
JoeBucsFan.com: As far as the identity of the team, last year the offense was humming, fans latched on very early to this high-powered offense. How did you feel about the identity of the team being an offensive team and that sort of carrying forward? Do you like that? In past years it was defense.
Buccaneers co-chairman Joel Glazer: Yeah, but that’s the way the league has gone. Successful teams these days you’re seeing doing it on offense. And that’s what gives us hope going forward. Because you saw what our offense was capable of. You know, things may need to be adjusted going forward, maybe a little more balance. But we had the ability to do what we were able to do. And not a lot of teams actually had that ability actually have that ability to move up and down the field like we moved up and down the field. So that’s what gives me hope going forward to build off that. And Bruce [Arians] is going to come in; I know he’ll bring his offense and his knowledge and his methods. And so you marry the two and we have great confidence going forward.
So there you have it straight from Team Glazer. A next level offense in 2019, building on what general manager Jason Licht said was one of the great offenses in NFL history, is fueling big-time confidence at One Buc Palace.
Bucs fans should be excited. And Joe is not being sarcastic. On paper, if the Bucs quickly can deliver an average running attack with an average kicker, we’ll all be choking on Ws by Thanksgiving. The defense can’t get worse, so Joe isn’t worried about that.
April 8th, 2019 at 5:16 pm
You’re not going far in the playoffs (even if we make it), unless the “D” improves drastically.
April 8th, 2019 at 5:18 pm
Joe when you interviewed the glazers were they aware the topics were NFL football???
April 8th, 2019 at 5:34 pm
You’re not going far ….. unless the “D” improves drastically.
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Same thing my wife told me.
April 8th, 2019 at 5:36 pm
I can’t blame the skeptics……Bucs deserve skepticism…..but expressing it in such a constant negative way makes me wonder is some are truly fans….
I am hopeful we will show improvement on both sides of the ball and on ST. That’s all we can really ask…..if that improvement is good enough to get us into the playoffs….great
April 8th, 2019 at 5:36 pm
Lmao the glazers should stay as far away from interviews as possible. Bunch of morons.
They have no clue about what they’re doing. This team and franchise is an absolute joke and a dumpster fire.
They are a laughing stock. Bad owners picking bad GM’s picking bad coaches who pick bad players.
6-10 like always last place again.
Anyone with a positive outlook on this season is an idiot.
April 8th, 2019 at 5:39 pm
I’ve watched every game since 1987 and anyone of you people who want to get on me for my attitude can go su ck one. I have every right with the product they’ve put on the field to feel the way I do. I’ve invested too many of my Sunday’s to sit here and act like everything is perfectly fine.
I can always tell who the new fans are. The ones who came up during the few good years they had and obviously don’t know the history of this franchise.
April 8th, 2019 at 5:42 pm
Playoffs?
How in the he ll is anyone with half a brain thinking the playoffs are anywhere near conceivable right now?
Lmao the level of stupidity is astounding but I shouldn’t be surprised with the idiot millennials coming up in the world today.
April 8th, 2019 at 5:58 pm
Figures…its not the attitude, it’s the lack of optimism that causes cancer my man…at 8 years old I went to the first game in ’76 and watched many a **it show at the sombrero and rayjay
Yet, 42 years later, I still yearn for my Bucs to win and every off-season I allow my optimism meter to go back to 100
Try it, you might find your blood pressure lowering for at least 4 months a year…
And I am definitely an idiot, because even without the draft or the final sweep of second tier FA’s to be had after the draft – I see 10 wins next year
Peace!
April 8th, 2019 at 6:18 pm
Lack of optimism?
Hmm I wonder why that is.
Lol 10 wins ok yea ok.
At least I’m not let down every year like you because I know what to expect.
And saying something like 10 wins just makes you sound stupid not optimistic.
There is a difference.
April 8th, 2019 at 6:36 pm
Joe you’re doing it again. ‘Cautiously optimistic’ is one thing. But danged Joe, you’re starting to blow as much smoke as Jason Licht.
Like this line of yours: “On paper, if the Bucs quickly can deliver an average running attack with an average kicker, we’ll all be choking on Ws by Thanksgiving”. The last ‘average running attack’ that we had was under Schiano in 2012 (7-9 record) when we were #15 in rushing yardage & #12 in rushing TDs. Some rookie named Martin ran for 1,454 yards & scored 11 TDs. And before you go into how great Jameis will do this year, Josh Freeman that year passed for OVER 4,000 yards & threw 27 TDs. Did I mention that our W-L record was 7-9? But hey, we were 6-4 at Thanksgiving; then the bottom fell out.
Oh and that shot at the defense … “The defense can’t get worse, so Joe isn’t worried about that” … was unnecessary. It’s one thing to heap unwarranted praise on the Bucs offense, but I’d offer that you should be ‘worried’ about the Bucs defense. Unless it improves markedly, this team ‘ain’t going nowhere’.
April 8th, 2019 at 6:38 pm
Did anyone notice the Super Bowl was a defensive struggle despite 2 high powered offenses?
I’m sure Arians and Bowles noticed and hopefully draft picks are at least 4 on the defensive side.
April 8th, 2019 at 6:41 pm
Figures Says:
April 8th, 2019 at 5:39 pm
I can always tell who the new fans are. The ones who came up during the few good years they had and obviously don’t know the history of this franchise.
Was a season ticket holder in ’76…….saw all the losses….and also saw us win a SB…..
I didn’t name names…..but if the shoe fits.
April 8th, 2019 at 6:54 pm
“For the Bucs to win 6 games we need to blow out teams for those 6 wins against less horsepower teams
for us to win 10 games we need a stud 3 down back
BA needs a stud back to counter what defenses will do to his downfield vertical off game
teams are going to blitz and play zone …
they have no fear of the run game and the screens from our runningback
again we will throw downfield to the redzone but the opponents defense will tighened up as the field shrinks
no pass catching runningback will be the detriment of BAs offense”
Kobe Faker
April 8th, 2019 at 7:01 pm
We’re close and Arians is a huge upgrade.
Worst to first happened for us in 05 and 07. Even Raherm damn near took us to the playoffs.
Teams now on the top were bottom dwellers for years. It can happen here.
Go bucs.
April 8th, 2019 at 7:19 pm
This team is not “close” at least not this year.
April 8th, 2019 at 7:26 pm
We lost games:
30-27 Steelers
34-29 Falcons
37-34 Bengals
42-28 Panthers
38-35 Giants
34-32 Falcons
There are 6 games where we lost when scoring 27 points or more…..
Although there were a couple of games where the Offense sputtered….clearly our defense let us down.
Joe’s theory of 27 wins will work if we can improve the Defense.
We scored 27 or more in 9 games & 26 in another……
Perhaps the coaching alone can make enough difference to get us wins when our Offense performs.
April 8th, 2019 at 7:35 pm
Amen @ Clw JB
I was 10 when my dad bought season tix in ’76. I sat second row on the 30 yard line behind the Bucs’ bench for 20 yrs without missing a home game.
Kudos to you sir. Not many people understand what it is like following a new franchise and waiting 27 years to see your team win it all!
Most importantly staying with them through the losing yrs thereafter.
April 8th, 2019 at 7:41 pm
“If JW plays the whole year
40 tds & 5k yards
our defense will get blown out …our backend will be destroyed
we will win against teams that offenses cant score 30pts (most teams will be close)
All teams deal with injuries. Since we have absolutely no depth because of Jason Gump…
our season will be over by the 10th game…3-7
lowpoint will be when Klueless drops 42pts on our corners”
Kobe Faker
April 8th, 2019 at 7:45 pm
@SB
I remember that first season…..we used to cheer like crazy when we got a first down or forced a punt…..scores were very rare things indeed.
There really is no substitute for being there in the beginning…..I will always cherish those days even in losing…..
Most fans don’t realize that even with that horrendous start, the Bucs made the NFC playoffs and lost at home in the rain to the Rams 9-0……that close to a SB that soon……so, anything can happen.
April 8th, 2019 at 7:47 pm
Follow up question:
Mr glazer you were around when the Bucs would win games 9-3 and won a SB right?
Are you really talking about yards? (Throw mic, roll eyes, walk away angrily smh)
April 8th, 2019 at 8:03 pm
@TBBF … “Perhaps the coaching alone can make enough difference to get us wins when our Offense performs.” In the last half of the season the Bucs’ defense gave up 189 points total (23.6 PPG average). The Bucs offense scored 167 points total in those 8 games (20.9 PPG average). Their record was 2-6 in that stretch TBBF.
Had the Bucs offense scored 27 points in every game, our record would’ve been 4-3 plus 1 tie in that stretch. Better for sure, but not playoff territory.
IF the Bucs are to improve this year, it has to be through the defense and S/Ts. We gave up far too many points defensively AND our Not-So-Special Teams let us down in multiple ways. DC Todd Bowles and S/T Coordinator Keith Armstrong are BOTH very highly thought of in their respective areas. That makes me ‘cautiously optimistic’ that our defense AND S/Ts will be significantly better this year.
Unlike most, I’m not nearly as optimistic about our offense. Marching up & down the field accomplishes absolutely nothing if it doesn’t result in POINTS ON THE BOARD. We haven’t done a danged thing to improve our running game … yet. We haven’t done a danged thing to improve our OLine … yet. And oh ya, in losing DJax, Humphries & Rodgers we lost a total of 1,894 receiving yards & 146 rushing yards … OVER 2,000 all together. We have Byron Leftwich as our OC, him with a grand total of roughly 6 months experience calling plays. If that picture spells ‘Hop onboard the Joe train to see our pending offensive explosion’ and gets you & others excited for this year, then great. I’m personally a little more cautious than that, although I hope you’re right.
April 8th, 2019 at 8:04 pm
Team Glazer finished by saying: “…And speaking of confidence going forward, I am supremely confident that we will extend Jason Licht with a ton of Team Glazer loot and then cut him loose as soon as possible with multiple years remaining on his contract. Is there a price on easing a guilty conscience? I would say, yes, there is!”
April 8th, 2019 at 8:12 pm
You are Completely Correct TBBF!
Most fans have no recollection of ‘worst to first’! Almost going to a SB and setting an NFL record for franchise achievements. They only remember 0 – 26.
I however went through the Entire Matrix. Still on the ride too.
April 8th, 2019 at 8:24 pm
Need to give up less than 24 pts a game to even sniff the playoffs. The Bucs haven’t had a good defensive showing since 2010.
April 8th, 2019 at 8:32 pm
I agree with Joe, but the The Bucs defense has been the worst in the NFL over the past three years.
That side of the ball needs drastic improvement.
April 8th, 2019 at 8:34 pm
Ask them why they are okay with having the worst gm in the nfl
April 8th, 2019 at 8:41 pm
So their solution was to fire the head coach and offensive coordinator who crafted the high powered offense while keeping the GM who can’t draft running backs, can’t fix the right side of the offensive line(sorry Joe, that’s a fact.) This line hasn’t been able to run block since Mankins left.
Don’t worry, we dragged a guy out of retirement with health problems who’s son admits he’s only gonna do it for two or three years. Bucs are in good hands.
April 8th, 2019 at 8:43 pm
Joe – any updates on the status of Kendell Beckwith
April 8th, 2019 at 8:52 pm
Figure , I’ve watched every game since 1997 , and quite a few before that year..dude , it’s entertainment , when I was a juvenile I used to get mad and throw stuff but I grew up and take the games for what they are…does it hurt to see the bucs how they are ? Sure does ! But how sweet the piece of the pie is when you get through the hard times ! Things will start looking up again for the bucs when they are from the top down consistent & have a common approach on how to build sustainable success ! GO BUCS
April 8th, 2019 at 9:10 pm
@SB
The offense did stall in several games last year…….I think the key going forward is reducing turnovers and much better success in the red zone. Can we do that with the current roster…..perhaps.
We have a great deal of room to improve on the defense and some with ST….I think that will happen. If I had to guess….even with Arians & Bowles we are an 8-8 team next year. I hope we are better but we sure need some help.
April 8th, 2019 at 11:36 pm
I understand the widespread pessimism based on results from this team the last 10 years.
Arians is about to show us how much of a difference “good coaching” makes.
BA’s like – “Oh, no $ to sign any decent free agents? – no problem! I’ve been evaluating the roster with little else to do for 3 months now. Just give me Dirk’s team plus a draft and we’re gonna double the win total in one year. Watch me….”
April 9th, 2019 at 8:52 am
Figures Says:
April 8th, 2019 at 5:36 pm
Lmao the glazers should stay as far away from interviews as possible. Bunch of morons.
They have no clue about what they’re doing. This team and franchise is an absolute joke and a dumpster fire.
They are a laughing stock. Bad owners picking bad GM’s picking bad coaches who pick bad players.
6-10 like always last place again.
Anyone with a positive outlook on this season is an idiot.
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Thunderous applause!
April 9th, 2019 at 8:58 am
The Glazers/Licht answer was to fire the historic offense and bring in another offensive coach to fix the defense. You can’t make this stuff up. And the sheeple lapping it up like dogs.
This team is gonna suck out loud.
April 9th, 2019 at 9:00 am
I hope Ba can pull off another Gruden & go all the way to the Super Bowl & Win it. I’m not being overly optimistic, just hoping. Whoever thought at the time Gruden would get us a Super Bowl? Maybe 1%. So stranger things do happen.
April 9th, 2019 at 9:27 am
I also have had tkts since 1976 and i was at the super bowl when the bucs won but .. the following years have proved that… THEY SUCK!!