Practice Makes Perfect
November 8th, 2022
Bucs TE Cade Otton.
Well, at least one thing Joe can say with confidence is the Bucs practice a hurry-up offense.
Joe has been banging the drum the Bucs need to focus less (much less) on the worst rushing attack in over a half-century and more on what works. And the hurry-up, no-huddle works for them this season.
Bucs tight end Cade Otton, who caught the game-winning touchdown Sunday, broke down the play in detail for Peter King of NBC Sports. Interesting to Joe is how Scotty Miller of all people helped clear out Otton by creating traffic for Rams defenders.
Yeah, Scotty Miller!
But there was also an interesting nugget Otton provide King. Otton discussed how he was building chemistry with Tom Brady, which showed in the final drive.
“We do the extra things you need to do to build trust,” he said. “This play, we practice every week. Repped it a lot. You can see the result in this game—it was practiced to perfection.”
Given how the Bucs offense was so dreadful until the final minutes, that tells Joe the Bucs work a lot on a no-huddle, a hurry-up offense. That’s good.
So if the Bucs are proficient in hurry-up, why not use it more to maybe give a needed jolt when the offense is struggling to gain five yards a drive?
November 8th, 2022 at 7:13 am
Perhaps the Bucs complete lack of a running game already tilts time of possession in favor of the opponent so heavily that Bucs are concerned the hurry up would create even less rest for a defense that has a very heavy ask on it every game?
November 8th, 2022 at 7:14 am
The no huddle works for three reasons: 1) it limits the defense’s ability to call exotic blitzes. 2) it keeps the same defense players on the field and tires them out, which slows down the pass rush. 3) Brady is running the offense, not Leftwich.
November 8th, 2022 at 7:17 am
Some play action on 1st down would be nice…
We don’t have to establish a run to make defenses key on the run because we run so often……just play action again and again.
November 8th, 2022 at 7:18 am
Joe and his rhetorical questions that we all know the answer to… the OC is a fool
November 8th, 2022 at 7:31 am
But Todd wants to run more and, unfortunately, he’s the boss.
November 8th, 2022 at 7:39 am
It limits Lefties time to think up something stupid.
November 8th, 2022 at 7:43 am
It is interesting that Miller and Otten won that game for us, with Brady of course.
That was a textbook perfect Brady led comeback drive.
Some question Raheem giving Scotty Miller so much cushion, but he had to respect his speed.
November 8th, 2022 at 7:44 am
It is interesting that Miller and Otten won that game for us, with Brady of course.
That was a textbook perfect Brady led comeback drive.
Some question Raheem giving Scotty Miller so much cushion, but he had to respect his speed.
I triggered the duplicate content filter again, I am gonna try to post this
November 8th, 2022 at 7:57 am
You can’t run it a lot without wearing out your offense especially the big boys up front. Wears down the receivers too. Would like to see it more though.
November 8th, 2022 at 7:58 am
I think we can still be dangerous if we can get Jensen back after our bye week. Brady is connecting more and more with the TE, Evans won’t be dropping passes forever, Godwin is getting into form and Gage should be healthy after the bye week as well.
November 8th, 2022 at 8:12 am
Get healthy soon Bucs
November 8th, 2022 at 8:16 am
I saw the interview with Otten after the game. He seemed very mature, knowledgeable, on point, and articulate. I say, make him a player/coach. Side benefit, as OC he would call a lot more plays to himself. Only half kidding, could he be any worse than Leftwich?
November 8th, 2022 at 8:18 am
Irishmist Says:
November 8th, 2022 at 7:14 am
The no huddle works for three reasons: 1) it limits the defense’s ability to call exotic blitzes. 2) it keeps the same defense players on the field and tires them out, which slows down the pass rush. 3) Brady is running the offense, not Leftwich.
Could not agree more with your comment Irishmist. Bucs should only run no huddle unless they are up by multiple scores late in a game.
November 8th, 2022 at 8:38 am
I like the no huddle seems we do pretty well with it but the bad is if it doesn’t work n your defense ends up out on the field faster then the 3 n outs we are use too
November 8th, 2022 at 8:54 am
BucsFanSince76 Says:
November 8th, 2022 at 7:13 am
Perhaps the Bucs complete lack of a running game already tilts time of possession in favor of the opponent so heavily that Bucs are concerned the hurry up would create even less rest for a defense that has a very heavy ask on it every game?
I agree that this could be a concern. But if the hurry up gets you even 25% less three and outs over the season, then it is going to be ultimately better for the defense in the long run. And truthfully, the “actual time” that the defense is off the field is essentially the same for three running or three passing plays that are incompletions for three and outs.
i.e. The three running plays that total 9 yards might in time of possession show 1 minute 45 seconds of time of possession and the three passing incompletions may show 20 seconds of time of possession, but the defense players arses are sitting on the bench the actual same amount of time.
November 8th, 2022 at 8:59 am
Suffering Since76 … ‘But Todd wants to run more and, unfortunately, he’s the boss’.
I’ll say again, Bucs are running a LOT LESS this season than they did in 2021, 2020 or 2019 under BA. We’re only running on 30% of our plays, the lowest in the league. So our passing’s at a much higher percentage than in those previous years, we’ve only scored 162 points TOTAL (a miserable 18 PPG) to rank us #25 in the NFL, and our Time of Possession has us ranking #30 in the league with an awful 28:08 minutes per game average … and many JBFers want us to do MORE of that? Makes perfect sense.
How about we try something unique and FIX THE RUNNING GAME PROBLEMS. Start by replacing the OC who seems to have no clue how to design and employ the running game. Then maybe we light a fire under the big uglies up front so that they actually BLOCK someone & knock them on their asses. And oh ya, let the RBs know that whoever gets hot gets the ball. They used to call that COMPETITION, but apparently that word’s gone out of style.
November 8th, 2022 at 9:31 am
When you don’t sustain drives w/the hurry up, you get exactly what Jalen Ramsey was complaining about after the game. Defense has to “stay locked in” coming off the field because they’ll be right back on the field if the offense doesn’t produce. Our tempo offense has shown to be a strength of this struggling 2022 offense since the 4th qtr of the Green Bay game, but we’ve also seen our tempo stall out w/o picking up a 1st down and put our defense back on the field with <60-90 seconds off the clock. So, if we were to run more tempo, I'd rather see it earlier than the late-game attempts of trying to win the game in crunch time, because these 4th quarter rallies aren't a sustainable way of winning ball games.
November 8th, 2022 at 9:36 am
How about being patient and giving the offensive line time to JELL while we’re at it? I’m all for the no-huddle, hurry up offense, 2-minute drill stuff. Who makes those calls, BTW?
November 8th, 2022 at 10:07 am
Conclusion; the hurry-up works so well, mostly because TB12 can process the information, quicker than a defense.
November 8th, 2022 at 10:38 am
Bowelswich is why they won’t.
November 8th, 2022 at 10:50 am
Just carry out your fakes ( play action) better for better results !! That was the best of the day by far !! Sloppy Sloppy ball and tell Fournette to hit the hole or he benched simple math num nutts !! Do you know how unimpressed and irritated the broadcast booth has to be to call out an individua it was an easy six inside and prob 25 yards if he sets up the block inside and goes outside , he did neither …. The play was blocked up perfectly!!
November 8th, 2022 at 10:53 am
Baby Gronk.
November 8th, 2022 at 10:54 am
You cannot open up the no huddle if you go 3 and out. Since they went 3 and out numerous times on Sunday, there is no way to observe how many times they would have considered using it.
November 8th, 2022 at 11:31 am
baby gronk
getting much more fluid looking out there…
if brady really takes to the kid, and trusts him, he just might have a big second half of the season…
and it could kickstart the offense
November 8th, 2022 at 12:34 pm
I thought about calling him baby Gronk too…then I was like naaahh…rookie.
November 8th, 2022 at 12:59 pm
Did you notice how on that last drive, Brady only completed balls to white receivers, then at the goalline ignored the black offensive coordinator? I think it’s very clear for everyone with eyes to see what was happening on that series. He saw a chance to embarrass a black DC with the Rams, then stole valor from our uber successful black OC by claiming credit for the TD.
Brady, since his divorce from a latino, is just a completely different person, has become a white nationalist and a threat to democracy.
November 8th, 2022 at 12:59 pm
Oh come on, that got flagged? I was just having some fun.
November 8th, 2022 at 2:11 pm
DR, agree with your points on the running game, but not the order. I’d fix the line first, then tinker with the play calling/scheme. I think we’re on the way to partially fixing the line wrt running with the LG…he has energy (see him trailing catches looking to clean up piles?). No time to fully switch run-scheme during the season, IMO. You can sprinkle in some personnel groupings to help with the numbers/angles (remember when Godwin would motion in and wham the LB, allowing the strong-side or even back-side double-team?). Not sure we’re doing much of that these days…something to look at?
November 8th, 2022 at 5:51 pm
rod munch says: whew!! glad you was kidding. I was about to say Biden got 80 million votes. make that “mutha f’n votes” hahhahaahhahaha