Leftwich: “Everything Is Going Just As Planned”
August 1st, 2019
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BY ZACHARY SEIFTER
JoeBucsFan.com intern
With the defense, especially the secondary, off to a great start through five days of training camp, a few have been left concerned with the offense.
Not Byron Leftwich.
The Bucs’ offensive coordinator stood at the podium Tuesday fielding questions from reporters and he was immediately asked about his impressions from the first few days of camp, especially the defense getting the best of his offense.
“Well that’s always a good thing,” Leftwich explained. “And that’s how camp always tends to always start off in the first couple days. Defense gets downhill quick, they get downhill quick, especially early in camp. But I think we responded well after the first day. A lot of good stuff though, a lot of good stuff that we’re doing. We got some things that we do, just got to get off the tape, but it’s a lot of good things that we’re doing over there on both sides of the ball. Great competition every day, it should be ebb and flow of this whole thing. You don’t ever want it to be one-sided so it’s a good flow, everything is going just as planned.”
To hear Leftwich say everything was going just as planned was a bit surprising. He did mention certain drills and plays are meant to go a certain way and media and fans just can’t see it because they don’t truly know what the coaches are asking for.
So, while one might think the offense has done a poor job thus far, nobody truly knows for sure except the coaches and players.
And if you ask them, the offense is humming just fine.
August 1st, 2019 at 9:09 am
*Yes we are intentionally putting our players in positions where the outcome will be deflected passes, sacks and picks.*
-Sounds like the opposing team’s game plan on Sundays, never heard of that strategy from an OC in camp…
August 1st, 2019 at 9:11 am
Great reporting, kind of wish this regime would stop treating the fanbase like a bunch of rubes. Come out & say “we sucked at this phase but I guarantee it will be fixed, by Sept 8
August 1st, 2019 at 9:14 am
99 – too bad that isn’t an actual quote.
This is pretty true around all camps every year. D has an early edge typically unless it’s the Tampa defenses of every year prior to this season. Both teams installing new systems / trying new sh1t.
GO BUCS
August 1st, 2019 at 9:21 am
#ShowMe-Don’tTellMe
August 1st, 2019 at 9:23 am
If you combine those comments with the positive results from the last practice it looks much more realistic.
August 1st, 2019 at 9:35 am
“We bring in the coaching staffs of 3-13 Arizona cardinals and 4-12 NY Jets
and Kobe is supposed to be confident?”
Kobe Faker
August 1st, 2019 at 9:52 am
Lord these people are clueless. The man said “we are not gameplaning or trying to attack any particular part of the defense in practice, we are simply calling plays” he also said he is not concerned with passes right now more so with the QBs decisions. Is called practice for a reason. By in large I feel most posters are knowledgeable but many round here football IQ sends kindergarten at best.
August 1st, 2019 at 9:54 am
Slow down haters…allow this staff to at least get thru training camp!!!
August 1st, 2019 at 9:58 am
i’ll find out who’s right soon enough….
GO BUCS!!!!!
August 1st, 2019 at 10:06 am
You mean these guys are building up the confidence of the QB and offense, rather than trashing them like the previous regime?
What a concept.
August 1st, 2019 at 10:24 am
“-Sounds like the opposing team’s game plan on Sundays, never heard of that strategy from an OC in camp…” God forbid the OC get the team read for what the opposing team might try to do on Sunday’s. This stuff if foreign to us because we are Bucs fans, and haven’t seen real coaching in a decade.
August 1st, 2019 at 10:44 am
What Neal said. Coach Lefty mentioned he and BA already bouncing things off each others heads concerning opponents 3 and 4 weeks into the season. Professional coaching.
August 1st, 2019 at 11:19 am
Its not surprising at all!!!!!!! Everyone knows that the coaches cannot say one bad thing or cannot display any critics of any kind towards the fragile, game manager qb!!!!!!!!! or he will fold like a lawn chair because “someone does not have his back” or whatever he cries about!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can’t wait to hear the “coach speak” and “excuses” that will occur when the failures on the field during the “real” season start to occur!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hold them accountable???? Not in the least!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2019 will reveal answers to the sheep, that the “real” fans already know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
August 1st, 2019 at 11:25 am
“Believe what I say, not what you see.”
Ummmm, no.
August 1st, 2019 at 12:12 pm
The Buc Realist, back to your old ways, huh? lol
August 1st, 2019 at 1:38 pm
Hope you do extremely well Mr. Leftwich. Just remember..If Arians gets rode out of Tampa on a rail? Its on..Your back there sir.
August 1st, 2019 at 6:00 pm
Realist, tell me exactly when BA has ever been afraid to criticize someone?
August 2nd, 2019 at 6:29 pm
Buc Realist is actually named Buc Bozo. He gets what he wants on here: attention. Another troll for the road.