Originally Posted by 493rd:
Not trying to directly compare them. The Bucs front 4 is pretty good though and our O line is in pieces. Not sure why that’s not worth discussing in a thread entitled “Let’s talk about the Bucs”. Their line just wrecked Aaron Rodgers.
The argument could be made that Aaron wrecked himself. Skipping the bit where he missed wide open receivers, made poor decisions, and so forth, his cardinal sin was simply holding the ball way too long. He knew that for most of the game, especially with his best OL out (LT), he'd have to get rid of the ball pretty quickly. And yet he continuously held the ball far longer than necessary looking for deep shots to Adams. And that was his other issue: trying to force feed Adams. He missed a sure TD to Lazard early, trying to stuff it into Adams, and then tried to force another ball to Adams late, when he could've run for another TD. Or at least gotten inside the 5-yard line, which would've given them 4th-and-2 or so, and maybe LaFleur goes for it at that point.
Andy and Patrick will scheme and execute a gameplan that gets the ball out of Patrick's hands quickly. And they have two weeks to figure out how to get the ball downfield. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Megatron96:
The argument could be made that Aaron wrecked himself. Skipping the bit where he missed wide open receivers, made poor decisions, and so forth, his cardinal sin was simply holding the ball way too long. He knew that for most of the game, especially with his best OL out (LT), he'd have to get rid of the ball pretty quickly. And yet he continuously held the ball far longer than necessary looking for deep shots to Adams. And that was his other issue: trying to force feed Adams. He missed a sure TD to Lazard early, trying to stuff it into Adams, and then tried to force another ball to Adams late, when he could've run for another TD. Or at least gotten inside the 5-yard line, which would've given them 4th-and-2 or so, and maybe LaFleur goes for it at that point.
Andy and Patrick will scheme and execute a gameplan that gets the ball out of Patrick's hands quickly. And they have two weeks to figure out how to get the ball downfield.
Yeah, I was just going to say... he looked very indecisive and slow in that game.
Opting to throw into double coverage instead of running for the TD is 3rd string QB bad.... plus a few times he didn't feel the pressure. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Bearcat:
Yeah, I was just going to say... he looked very indecisive and slow in that game.
Opting to throw into double coverage instead of running for the TD is 3rd string QB bad.... plus a few times he didn't feel the pressure.
There were at least 5 times during that game where I yelled at my TV, frustrated by Rodgers decision making.
He wouldn’t leave the pocket when he needed to several times, and would never take free yards running the ball either. He force fed Adams as others suggested as well. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Megatron96:
Spags has definitely gotten the better of Brady in their last two meetings. Without a true shutdown CB or an All-Pro LB. Or a good pass rush, if you're one of those that believes KC lacks good pass-rushing DLs. And yet Spags has sacked Brady 4 times and pressured or hit Brady 16 times, iirc. It's the pressures and hits that are the key to beating Brady. The more he gets hit, and feels pressure, the quicker his clock gets, and he starts getting rid of the ball earlier and earlier. That's when INTs happen.
It was also interesting to watch Brady play Suttons defense. Totally different concept. Not many teams can pull this off but we managed to frustrate him by sitting back in coverage where he sat in the pocket for an eternity struggling to find open receivers. Obviously getting front 4 pressure without blitzing helps. But I'll be curious to see how much you dial up pressure and how much you just sit back in coverage. Like mahomes, hes not an easy guy to blitz. [Reply]
