RoscoeParrish

Then you were wrong. An “adjustment” midway through the 3rd quarter down 17 doesn’t strike me as a team that won the coaching battle. If you watched the game, the Bucs stopped blitzing and went two high vanilla after going up 17. A move that nearly cost them the game and let the Bills back into it. But sure, chalk it up as a coaching victory. They didn’t see what was coming! A masterpiece by the staff!

We must not have watched the same game. It was 27-10 with 5:51 seconds left in the third quarter. What is this overwhelming sense around here of people not understanding basic math?

We outcoached them? What? We were down multiple scores at half and well into the third quarter. Are you kidding?

I never said to rely on the refs. The play design, execution and idea was clearly there as the CB had to basically tackle Diggs to prevent him from catching it. It’s not Allen’s or Daboll’s fault the CB got away with one or else it was 6.

I don’t think anyone in this world is upset with that call if there is laundry on the field or WR1 comes down with it. Throw it up to your best WR, 1on1, with a corner that clearly was in over his head (grabbed him) with the game on the line, give me that all day everyday.

#Analysis. All the plays that resulted in touchdowns were good calls. I am sure you felt the same way when Diggs shook Lattimore at the pylon.

Does Allen only have one option? One read? Is this high school?

It’s hard to say what to expect, as the team and specifically the offense has been so inconsistent. Most think the offense magically clicked yesterday in the second half (let's hope they did) but if you rewatch the second half, the Bucs defense did lay off the gas and were not blitzing nearly as much. Are we being bamboozled a bit by the offense just getting some garbage time type production to let us back into it and Arians mismanaging the game? I hope I am wrong, but we were down 3 possessions with very little time left in the 3rd quarter. It’s not outside of the realm to think our offense took advantage of softer looks. Yes the Bucs picked the heat back up late, but if I am a Bucs fan I am furious with how early they decided to lay off the gas on defense and effectively let us back in it.

Collectively, across our losses as the OP mentioned, is it fair to say that Josh needs to better in the red zone as well? When you need that one play to put you over the top. Most notably in the Titans and NE games?

The Jags, Titans, Pats, Steelers, and Colts scare me.

Or the ball is dropped, or is underthrown, or is overthrown, or he catches it and gets tackled. Idk. Hard to say it was a sure 6 man.

You could be right, but I don’t think that was a DPI that prevented 6.

I really really hope fundamentals were preached in that halftime locker room.

Nah, this just isn’t a “blame the refs” game.

Who cares? Sure they missed it. We are getting our faces punched in. We need 50 more DPI calls to get back in it. Focus on the issue.

I think it’s time for Dawkins to call The Athletic and tell them how this team is different y’all.

I think it’s time for Dawkins to call The Athletic and tell them how this team is different y’all

Thanks for your reply.

You get my point. There is zero chance this falls ALL on the coaching staff. You make it sound like we are the most talented team in the league. Get lost

Yeah yeah yeah. I read this same post during the Rex days. It falls on both the players and the staff. It’s not one or the other. BTW your franchise QB just made a Rookie mistake.

Players deserve equal the blame.

They have quit on the staff

We need to address the pass rush and draft a lot of defensive ends this off-season.

I mean we can nitpick every single play, but he wasn’t great in the game. He could have played better. Yes, the concept on Cover 0 was there (credit Daboll?). But the execution wasn’t. Blame the O line? Receivers? Josh? Wind? Bottom line is it’s dumb IMO to say that Josh wasn’t PART of the reason we lost. Not the entire reason, but part of the reason for sure falls on him.

I will remember him not recognizing cover zero like he regressed to 2018 again on the last play of the game. I will also remember him taking an untimely sack inside the redzone and making poor reads and missing open players in critical moments. Rolling right and forcing a ball to Knox in the late stage of the game, when he had Diggs wide open over the middle at the 6 yard line, immediately comes to mind. And you say Josh wasn’t at least ONE of the many reasons we came up short? Are you kidding? All his fault, absolutely not. Does he share some of the blame? 100%.