Last week when I wrote my pregame blog about this weeks game with the New York Football Giants, I referenced former coaches, Leeman Bennett, Sam Wyche and Richard Williamson. After watching this piss poor offering at Ray Jay this afternoon, I have to apologize to the aforementioned head coaches because they never fielded a team which was as pathetic as what I watched today. The Bucs have to go back to 1986 to have allowed 2 back to back 200 yard rushing games. Get the grocery bags ready Bucs fans, and when they ask you at Publix if you want paper or plastic, you might suggest paper, although when we are 0-12, plastic might be a better option.
5 first downs, 28 total yards rushing, 58 yards passing. I think Armwood High School could give this squad a run for it's money. Byron Sandwich, "the human windmill", was stellar. When he was finally pulled late in the 4th quarter, his stat line was 7-16-22yds and an int. SWEET! If Junior wants to shelter his man crush Josh Freeman from the brutal next 4 defenses, sit Windmill and start Josh Johnson next week against Washington, it isn't going to make a difference, but atleast Johnson is athletic. Sandwich stands in the pocket like Jabba the Hut.
After watching this piece of shit game on tv today, the fault has got to finally be laid at the feet of Junior Morris, he's the head coach and this team is miserable. The Bucs rushed for 174 yards against Dallas in week 1, 57 yards last week against Buffalo, and only mustered 28 yards today.
A head coach is supposed to make sure that his team is sound in fundamentals, blocking, tackling and catching. This afternoon, the Giants rushed 4 against 5 offensive linemen and caused constant pressure on Byron Sammy without having to blitz. Last week, the Bucs missed 24 tackles in Buffalo and after reviewing the tape this week, atleast 12 were missed. And finally, the receivers are not catching the balls that somehow end up in their hands. And speaking of fundamentals, why do the long snapper and punter need to be practicing snaps on the sideline in the second quarter of the third game? The defense just seems out of the game from the start. A defense we've become accustomed to watching flying to the ball with vicious hits has become a simple mass of humanity simply milling around. There is talent on this team, but it comes down to coaching and it stops on Junior's desk.
The Giants were depleted on the defensive side of the ball today and only dressed 44 players for the game. During the game, the Giants lost one of their offensive lineman, but that didn't matter either. By the start of the 4th quarter, Eli Manning was texting his brother on the sideline and David Carr was under center.
It took until 3 minutes remaining in the 3rd quarter until the Bucs converted a first down. I'm sick and tired of the comparisons of Junior Morris to Tony Dungy and Mike Tomlin. This guy has no clue and this team has no direction. If this team finishes 2-14, as I predict, Morris must be fired, especially with all of the talented, unemployed head coaches who are watching football on Sundays with the rest of us. Come on Glazers, put a decent product on the field, you pulled the trigger on the Gruden trade, how can you sit by and watch this SHIT? Jon Gruden sits in the booth on Monday Night Football and chuckles as he gets paid from both the Bucs and MNF.