“We Started Introducing A More Four-Wideout-Package, So We Could Have All Those Guys On The Field”
October 29th, 2020
Byron Leftwich
Antonio Brown is going to play immediately and the Bucs are preparing to soil the pants of defensive coordinators.
As Joe told Sage Ira Kaufman many times over the summer on the Ira Kaufman Podcast, Tom Brady didn’t come to Tampa to handoff. He’s averaging 38 passes a game and now he’s adding a guy who has been one of the best receivers in the history of the game. That would be Antonio Brown, whose NFL suspension ends next week.
Bucco Bruce Arians told SiriusXM NFL Radio last night that the Bucs already are preparing to alter the offense for Brown’s arrival.
“We started introducing a more four-wideout-package, so we could have all those guys on the field,” Arians said, referring to Brown, Scotty Miller, Mike Evans and Chris Godwin.
“He’ll have a role as soon as he’s eligible,” Arians continued. “It’s just how much we can expand that role each week. It’ll take a few weeks, but that’s the nice thing, he practices so hard. The quarterback has some history with him. So yeah, it shouldn’t be any problem. The nice thing is he doesn’t have to learn the playbook. He just has to learn the game plan.”
Arians spoke of his working in meetings with Brown yesterday and praised Brown’s recall of “formations and stuff like that” from their days together in Pittsburgh during the 2010 and 2011 seasons.
October 29th, 2020 at 8:41 am
Superbowl baby !!!!
October 29th, 2020 at 8:51 am
That’s a lethal lineup at “four wide”. Evans, Godwin, Miller and Brown. Go ahead and try to cover them.
BTW, Gronk just released down the seam. Have fun with that.
October 29th, 2020 at 8:55 am
Get ’em all healthy at the same time.
October 29th, 2020 at 9:01 am
BL is a mastermind!!!!
no doubt he altered the offense for the previous QB last year….
he’s altered the offense for brady…..and now he’s making adjustments to the offense in order to get maximum production once AB arrives…..
i see why brady wanted to work with BL….
GO BUCS!!!!!!
October 29th, 2020 at 9:09 am
If a team runs man against us they are crazy. No way to defend all the Bucs weapons. Most teams I expect will run a zone D. Then we send ME and AB deep and have Gronk, Miller and Godwin get easy catches in the soft spots of the zone; or Fournette and Rojo up the middle.
With the Bucs D, I do not think any team can keep up the scoring pace; not Seattle, not the Packers, not the nasty Aint’s. Ravens will have a harder time running on us and the KC does not have the D to hold us down.
All we have to worry about is staying healthy and showing up to play every game. Lets start with the Giants this week guys.
October 29th, 2020 at 9:17 am
Hmm. Maybe Brown is on some meds and can keep it together. Maybe he has grown and matured. Maybe the loss in pay was an awakening. . .
Nahhhhh. A leopard doesn’t change his spots.
The question is will the meltdown occur long enough before the playoffs that it can be overcome.
October 29th, 2020 at 9:36 am
As for a meltdown for Antonio Brown in the near future, we shall see.
“The nice thing is he doesn’t have to learn the playbook. He just has to learn the game plan.”
Can somebody elaborate on this? Since when is it unnecessary to know the playbook? Or does this mean AB already knew the playbook before he arrived? Hmmmm
October 29th, 2020 at 9:47 am
Who knows what went on leading up to his arrival in Tampa. But at the same time all he has to learn is the plays that will be used in the game. I would think at least 1 TD will come from AB during the beatdown that the Bucs are going to put the Saints on Sunday Night Football. GO BUCS!!!!!
October 29th, 2020 at 9:48 am
Jimbo- there are on finite number of route concepts and formations . Brady will be likely telling him the route for a few weeks until brown learns all the nuances of the playbook
October 29th, 2020 at 10:04 am
@JimbobBucsFan: AB has played with the Arians playbook in Pittsburgh.
October 29th, 2020 at 10:34 am
“a guy who has been one of the best receivers in the history of the game.”
Let’s not get carried away. Limit it to the last 10 years and your hyperbole won’t be too much.
October 29th, 2020 at 10:58 am
6 100 catch seasons = AB That is historic in the annals of the NFL. GO BUCS!!!!!
October 29th, 2020 at 11:02 am
@Joe … “Tom Brady didn’t come to Tampa to handoff.” And yet, we beat the Packers by running on 60% of our offensive snaps. Whodathunkit?
The beauty of this offense is that it has THREE strengths that are very difficult to stop:
1 – The best QB ever to play the game who also happens to be THE Field General.
2 – A talented OLine that can run-block AND pass-protect.
3 – Quality weapons, with excellent depth, in both the run game AND the passing game.
Add to that a top-ranked defense that thrives on creating turnovers and it would seem that there’s a formula for success someplace in there.
October 29th, 2020 at 11:04 am
@Jimbob, it’s, literally elaborated on in the next sentence…
October 29th, 2020 at 11:22 am
This is refreshing. Remember when Gruden couldn’t figure out how to get A. Bryant and Joey Galloway on the field at the same time?
October 29th, 2020 at 12:40 pm
The beauty of this offense is BL…
2019 bucs ranked #3 in offense….and was with a qb tossing 30INTs
2020 bucs ranking is currently #3….and its only the mid way mark with most of our weapons banged….
BL IS WORKING MAGIC!!!
GO BUCS!!!!
October 29th, 2020 at 12:45 pm
Screw AB. Can’t stand him. He’s a piece of shi**e.
They should be putting Johnson in there.
And why does everyone keep harping on the history Brady an A.B. have? Wasn’t he with the team for about 1-2 games?
October 29th, 2020 at 2:14 pm
@David…Yes,.AB Played a game with NE and he had 4 catches for 2 1st downs and a TD= PRODUCTION.
Not sure if he was in another game besides that one.
October 29th, 2020 at 3:30 pm
Jerry… 4 catches, 8 targets, like 60 yards. Hardly anything to be worthy of being called CHEMISTRY. They may have it but have done nothing to officially show it.
October 29th, 2020 at 5:58 pm
@david
“may he within sin cast the first stone.”-King Jesus
“everybody must get stoned.”- Bob Dylan
Go Bucs!!!
Antonio Brown is a Buc! Are u kidding me?
Its our year!
October 29th, 2020 at 5:58 pm
*without
October 29th, 2020 at 10:26 pm
I’m telling you long time Buc s fans….. this is real! Awesome job Management. Give credit where credit should be due. Makes me happy I’ve stuck with my season tickets since 2012. You made the right call!