Gregg Williams Has Some Explaining to Do!

[Longtimefan]

Originally Posted by CrazyCanuck

I'm a Greg Williams fan and still am. I think his schemes are fine but teams are catching on and more importantly he's missing some talent.

But I was upset at the D on the final drive yesterday. There's 1 minute left, they have no timeouts, a rookie QB and 40+ yards to cover. It's criminal to give up the deep pass there. We hadn't gotten pressure all day despite the blitzes. Plus our secondary was a disaster all game. Why gamble and leave the game in the hands of Prioleau or Harris or whoever? As soon as I saw our blitz picked up and the ball in the air I knew we were dead. We are that weak back there.

Why give Simms an out by completing one long pass? Give the guy the short dumpoffs, let the clock run and let's see if he can march all the way to the end zone. Plus by giving him the small stuff you are slowly shrinking the field on him making things tougher and tougher. The previous series they drove the ball all the way to our 10 before stalling. Part of the reason they stalled was the shorter field deep in our zone.

A VERY disappointing day from the D yesterday.

What you sat is absolutely correct, however I'm still of the opinion that our last posession of the game before TB scored the tying TD was the most critical. We should not have given them the ball back with that much time on the clock the way our defense was in retreat. We should have taken a reasonable approach to gaining a first down, and running out the clock. I'm just not convinced that running play gave us the best opportunity.

[skinsguy]

Originally Posted by Longtimefan

What you sat is absolutely correct, however I'm still of the opinion that our last posession of the game before TB scored the tying TD was the most critical. We should not have given them the ball back with that much time on the clock the way our defense was in retreat. We should have taken a reasonable approach to gaining a first down, and running out the clock. I'm just not convinced that running play gave us the best opportunity.

What is your definition of a "reasonable approach" to getting the first down? If you pass the ball on that 3 and 2, and it falls incomplete, you leave the Bucs with even more time on the clock to drive down the field, or even worse, you through an INT and they return it for a touchdown. The most reasonable approach to gain a first down, in that situation, was made. We just didn't get it.

[sportscurmudgeon]

Read a comment attributed to Philip Daniels after the game yesterday. He said that this loss should be hung on "us" - meaning the defensive unit. He said that when the team gets 35 points, it's supposed to win and if it does not then the defensive unit is at fault.

You know, I think he's right and I applaud him for his candor...

[Hog1]

Originally Posted by sportscurmudgeon

Read a comment attributed to Philip Daniels after the game yesterday. He said that this loss should be hung on "us" - meaning the defensive unit. He said that when the team gets 35 points, it's supposed to win and if it does not then the defensive unit is at fault.

You know, I think he's right and I applaud him for his candor...

Amen, and props to Daniels for being a standup guy. He's totally correct. The Offense scores 35.....................mark it a W.
I have to say, after what I saw and what I have read, for the first time in my life do I blame the officiating as well. Bad calls happen, and sometimes they influence game outcomes. I thought this was an EXTRAORDINARY level of incompetence on the officiating crew. I'll not re-re-hash on all the ANGRY details as we all saw the game!!!!!

[offiss]

Williams is without 2 of his most important players on defense isn't he? Griffen and Taylor, we know the rest of our player are average at best on the line, Springs had been in and out of the lineup.

And yes Rogers worries me, he doesn't look like he has the enough speed to really hang in with NFL recievers.

[skins052bgr8]

Quality depth is difficult to come by with the salary cap, but this depth we have cannot keep getting torched as much as they have been in the past. I can't question the coaches as much as the players simple do not let their asses get behind you. Don't give them the one shot over the top. Things get tight for any offense inside the Red zone all bunched up. How do you over and over again get burnt over the top. It has to be something more than just speed, if it was all it was we should torch everybody every play with Moss speed. He gets his fair share but most of his have been YAC besides the two in the Dallas game. Seemed like some confusion, is Lemar Marshal getting them lined up correctly in certain situations. The D does seem a little more confused this year with him calling the D and getting them lined up. Many times still hopping around when the ball is snapped on the front line jumping side to side that late does not help you get up the field and put pressure on the QB. Gregg Williams knows his players and if he was not comfortable with their abilities, he would pull them. There was some mix ups in this game as well as Taylor being a big loss. He has good recovery speed even if he does have a bad read.

[jermus22]

I'm still pissed that we let Tampa get 36 pts, even though penalties were partially responsible.

[Longtimefan]

Originally Posted by skinsguy

What is your definition of a "reasonable approach" to getting the first down? If you pass the ball on that 3 and 2, and it falls incomplete, you leave the Bucs with even more time on the clock to drive down the field, or even worse, you through an INT and they return it for a touchdown. The most reasonable approach to gain a first down, in that situation, was made. We just didn't get it.

Reasonable Approach; in that situation would have been to run a play with more than one option, maybe a play simuilar to the one we ran to convert our only 4th down of the game.