Dotson Talks Turnovers
December 21st, 2019
Turnover talk.
After the loss in the Tampa Turnoverfest today, Joe got a chance to speak with veteran right tackle Demar Dotson.
The big man is known for speaking from the heart. And Joe asked him what goes through his mind while busting his tail throughout the game, and often getting pounded on himself each play, and then to see his offensive teammates give the ball away more than Santa Claus in the Treasure Island Christmas Eve parade tossing candy to children who line the streets.
“First of all, five turnovers — it’s hard to beat anybody,” Dotson said. “I think four of those were interceptions but you don’t know why those interceptions were [made]. You don’t know why those interceptions occurred. You don’t know if wide receivers ran the wrong routes or is the quarterback doing to much or did he have pressure in his face that caused him to throw the ball?
“You don’t know until you go back and watch the film to see why those interceptions occurred.
“But it just goes back to it is hard to beat anybody with five turnovers. I mean, that is almost impossible to do. Maybe a bad, bad football team. But a good football team that is going to the playoffs, it is hard to dig yourself out of a hole.”
Dotson gave the defense major props for keeping the Bucs in the game where the team actually had a couple of chances to take the lead in the fourth quarter.
But then came two critical drops and another pick that was not dropped.
December 21st, 2019 at 5:33 pm
Exactly.
Hard to succeed against playoff caliber talent with all the turnovers.
Amen.
December 21st, 2019 at 5:36 pm
Can’t beat too many teams with 5 TOs…..
GO BUCS
December 21st, 2019 at 5:37 pm
Biggest play of the game might have been the tackle by Watson cause if not White scores and the entire game changes.
December 21st, 2019 at 5:37 pm
Defense kept this from being a total blowout…..
December 21st, 2019 at 5:38 pm
We lost the game because we lost the 2nd half 6-3
December 21st, 2019 at 5:39 pm
Dotson actually played great along with the entire Oline.
December 21st, 2019 at 5:39 pm
Don’t forget the many overthrows with a clean pocket to throw from. Those incompletions were opportunities lost.
December 21st, 2019 at 5:47 pm
Brandon so sad. So many Bucs played great today. More then well enough to win by probably 90% of the players.
Yet again the mistakes of a few cost the entire team and a entire fanbase. And Winston was the sole contribute. This freaking hurts man.
December 21st, 2019 at 5:49 pm
I’m not upset. I see so much promise in this team. This D might be a top 5 unit next season. There aren’t a better trio of young CBs in the league. If we can get our front 7 back this D is fire. Favre threw 29 ints in his one and only season in NY. The season before he had a career year with Minnesota.
December 21st, 2019 at 5:51 pm
People say all Jameis needs is a defense
But even when his d plays good he gifts the other team free points
December 21st, 2019 at 5:53 pm
You are right Tampabucfan, defense kept this from being a blowout, and Jameis kept this from being a blowout. we handling them even when we were playing catch up. We could of scored 34 today and a defense teeing off on Watson trying to catch up. But that never happened and this will go down in Buccaneer lore. Rich Eisen will never forget this games. The announcers were entertained. lol
December 21st, 2019 at 5:53 pm
Defense played lights out, giving Watson very little time and our OLine protected Winston very well. Joel Segal must have crapped his pants…
December 21st, 2019 at 5:56 pm
The ATM will always cost us games with his picks. It is what he does best. As Carly Simon said, Nobody does it better. Makes me feel sad for the Bucs. We can’t count on the ATM to not give the ball away to the other team. Let him walk and move on.
December 21st, 2019 at 6:14 pm
Brandon…we have been saying the same crap every….single…..year…
“The future looks bright” “Jameis will get better”..
Come on man…let’s keep it real…Jameis lost us the game..and many others..read what Shannon Sharpe wrote…”Jameis cost the Bucs their season”…and he was a fanboy like you!
December 21st, 2019 at 6:20 pm
Winston has more Interceptions than about the top five or six QB’s in the NFL all have combined for the year. Good QB’s in today’s game with today’s rules don’t throw interceptions like this at this ridiculous rate. Nothing anyone tells me will convince me otherwise. I don’t want to hear about Brett Favre and Eli Manning or any other nonsensical names from the past. Today’s game is officiated differently.
Its OK to blame this QB for interceptions, most of them are his fault.
December 21st, 2019 at 6:40 pm
JW has to go fan base is gone with him
December 21st, 2019 at 6:57 pm
Had to work today so missed the game. Looked at the box score. How in the world does Jameis throw 4 picks and we only lose by 3? Defense must have been killing it today.
December 21st, 2019 at 7:07 pm
Tackle: Yes the defense kept us from being blown away…
December 21st, 2019 at 8:13 pm
Dot has been around long enough to know that you can’t play high quality football if you keep turning the ball over.
This team is a QB away from being a playoff contender
December 21st, 2019 at 8:13 pm
Dot has been around long enough to know that you can’t play high quality football if you keep turning the ball over.
This team is a QB away from being a playoff contender.
December 21st, 2019 at 8:27 pm
Dot knows his QB had time and threw four pics. He just didn’t want to throw him under the bus, but Jay Miss already had tire tracks all over him.
December 21st, 2019 at 8:37 pm
JW could have easily thrown 7 picks today. He always throws up on himself in pressure games against good teams. That will never change no matter the contract but this idea of keeping him because there’s no one better is idiotic at best.
December 21st, 2019 at 9:04 pm
Of the four interceptions, I rewatched the plays, and in my unprofessional opinion 2 were garbage reads and 2 were slightly inaccurate throws that became 50/50 balls that maybe an Evans or Godwin forces the incompletion. All in all not a pretty game by Mr Entertainment, but hey the wind was blowing and he has a fractured thumb and missing Evans and Godwin and the sun was out and there was an overzealous pretzel guy in the lower bowl…all the excuses for America’s QB.
December 21st, 2019 at 10:14 pm
“Overzealous pretzel guy” ..LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!
December 21st, 2019 at 10:59 pm
I like the direction this team is going but the excuses HAVE to stop. I don’t want to get rid of Winston because he can be a franchise QB. The Problem is when you make excuses you aren’t addressing the real problem which is turnovers. Chance of winning when turning the ball over 4 times in the NFL is: 9% and that is a fact not opinion.
December 21st, 2019 at 11:02 pm
It was the interceptions, yes it was but what killed our chances of winning were the drops by our Tight Ends!!
December 22nd, 2019 at 1:30 am
Dotson isn’t an IDIOT like many Bucs fans … he knows the INTs while ALWAYS blamed on the QB, are many times really on the WRs … Arians said as much after the game as well.
As for JW … he was off … who would’ve thunk he’d be off with a busted hand and throwing to dudes off the street.
However, had Watson not tripped on the easy TD pass that would have been 4 more points … enough to win … even with the TURNOVERS …
With Godwin and Evans the Bucs would have blown out the Texans today …
December 22nd, 2019 at 5:11 am
All I’m saying is you can tell Godwin and Evans weren’t playing today had they been playing I think Tampa blows them out even with five t/o. I was glad to see our defense come together and put on a show though hopefully we can carry that same energy into next year because had they played like that since the beginning we would be in the playoffs