New To Group......What I saw Yesterday
My name is Marty Soder (aka Sir Marrdro). Just joined the group this morning. I love talking football and I even love talking Vikings football even more. Looks like an exciting group to do both.
Having said that..........What I saw:
Game Plan.
I loved what the staff did on both sides of the ball
especially the way they worked on the areas of the Bucs defense that was
weakened by injuries. A few Bucs fans
are saying we won because they were dinged.
I'm not buying that drivel. All
teams are dinged a bit this year. The
good ones work through those dings and take ADVANTAGE of the dings the other
teams are having.
Defense.
DB's. Anyone
still think Sendejo is a dang good Strong Safety? Sure, he's not a shutdown CB, but he is great
in run support, great in tackling and even better at hitting people. Smitty's INT should really be credited to our
SS who laid the lumber.
Also, I see lots of hacks on Trae this morning, mostly
because the Announcer highlighted how far behind he was on a reception. The truth was, our DB's were in a C2 zone and
a RB came out into the flat/zone Trae had responsibility for. His job was to hand off and get back in his
zone. In the end, he is a Zone CB who
can sometimes do an OK job as a "Man" CB. Continually hacking on him because he is not
a "Man" CB drives me crazy.
DL (Especially our 1 and 3 Tech DT's). Warpigs getting some yesterday. I absolutely loved how the DE's contained
first, then rushed after the Warpigs in the middle collapsed the pocket,
pushing the QB to the DE instead of the DE's trying to chase down the QB.
Offense.
OL. I'm still
buying into this group as a good unit that just needs to work on cohesion. When Cook hit the "A" gap, it was a
complete line shift to the left, with the Right Tackle actually blocking down
on the "A" gap assignments. That does not happen unless the whole line is
on the same page. Great job by the bigs
in the trenches on that side of the ball.
RB. I love our
rotation and I love the group that is rotating.
Dalvin is for real. Absolutely
love trying to figure out if it’s a run or a pass with him in there. I know D-coords can't be happy that we are no
longer one-dimensional.
WR's. Take Diggs
away, Adam is open. Take Adam away, Diggs is open, try to take them both away
Jarius scores a TD.......Again, something that has to have D-coords staying
awake at nights.
QB. Again, most
Bucs are saying he had a great game because their D was dinged. I'm not buying that. He still had to make the reads and he still
had to make the throws. One thing I am
surprised (even though I knew), he sure has a cannon for an arm. And pretty accurate to say the least.
In the end, this was a great game to watch. Wasn't on the
edge of my seat the whole game, but sometimes its nice to watch a boring
blowout.
As always, SKOL my brothers and sisters.
@"jargomcfargo" said: Ball security is the number one attribute of a punt returner. That's how he won the job.
Agree. You remember how many times I made threads about why we need to keep Marcus?
@"BarrNone55" said: Welcome...Bucs without 4 starters on D to start the game, then the already dinged up McCoy gets dinged again...then David goes out(after the game had been decided IIRC)...Keenum and the O played very well but to underestimate the advantage we had with a third of their D starters out to start the game is just silly...
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Cook is our best all around RB since Foreman...starting to see him get more comfortable as a receiver...laid some nice blocks...
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Bucs abandoned the run game fairly quickly...good prep for how the Lions will play us...
I usually don't credit a loss or a win to injuries on the other side. I like to believe good teams absorb injuries and still win because of depth and good training. Of course, I caveat that with a large about of injuries like we saw last year. Heck, even our HC was on IR. No team can overcome that. :)
I'm still hesitant to say that about Delvin, but I'm starting to believe.
I'm not 100% convinced that our run defense is a strenght of this team. The new look rotation at the 1 and 3 technique with 5 techniques is really interesting to watch. Going to give it a few more weeks, but I still think our run defense is one of the weakest spots on our team,
@"greediron" said:Trae, like Rhodes, is a work in progress. By the end of the year everyone will be changing their mind on him.@"AGRforever" said:Dunno, Rhodes is being talked about at the #1 CB in the NFL right now. Waynes gets lots of attention because the teams avoid Rhodes, and our D has been pretty stout, so I don't think you can say Waynes isn't any good right now. Alexander is still a work in progress, but again, our D has held down some pretty good offenses. Brees, Ben and one of the best WR groups in the NFL and now Evans and Jackson.@"ThunderGod" said: I want to see what Brock is about after he goals through Zimmmers schooling for DBs Zim's school has netted us Waynes and Alexander both of whom have had talent when drafted and both of whom haven't developed into much. I think we're over stating Zim's DB whisperer status.Think of it this way, Zim doesn't rush them out. He brings them on slow and then, over time, they become pretty dang good. I think we are watching that next step being taken by Trae.
@"Montana Tom" said: Welcome Marrdro. I'm not on here as much as I used to be, and yesterday in particular, I was finishing up hop harvest here, and kept madly checking my iPhone for scores and updates on the game, so I wasn't able to make any of the observations that you (or anyone else) made, but the stats stick out for themselves. Thanks for the post and Welcome...now about the fridge..it's empty after a W, and it's your turn to stock it.Not sure what stocking the fridge means.......I do cook a mean Butt.
@"BarrNone55" said:Bucs abandoned the run game fairly quickly...good prep for how the Lions will play us...
Bingo!
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