Mid Iowa Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 It seems we've had the Buccs number during the regular season recently; however, I'm not so optimistic this time. Sean Payton is locked away with Covid, and I'm sure there will be more players test positive. Hopefully not, but this thing is spreading like wildfire right now. Although we've got our stable of running backs back, our O-line is decimated with injuries. Terron (Glass) Armstead is out, again. And of course we're already without Ramczyk and Peat. So, our wonderful backfield has limited protection. Summary of offense expected: No protection and no running lanes = crap running game against a really decent run defense, so no play action pass. This means Taysom will be forcing passes and probably live up to his 3-4 turnovers m.o. that we've all become used to. Our D will be facing the #1 passing offense. We've gotten little pressure on QB's all season, so unless Dennis Allen dials up something pretty crazy, we're likely to see Brady put on a passing clinic. Sorry for the pessimistic thread, just calling it how I see it. Tampa will want to clinch the South, at home, and against a division rival. They'll be playing for keeps, and a home field playoff run. The Saints are playing for a draft pick, at this point. Sure, we're still in "the hunt", but with 3/5 of our O-line out, along with our head coach etc... I'm just not optimistic at this point. So, enjoy the weekend, and I hope we have some fun Sunday Night! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dome Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 (edited) 27 minutes ago, Mid Iowa said: It seems we've had the Buccs number during the regular season recently; however, I'm not so optimistic this time. Yep. We are totally depleted offensively. We’ll need Kamara and Taysom to have career games to even keep it competitive IMO. Quote Sean Payton is locked away with Covid, and I'm sure there will be more players test positive. Hopefully not, but this thing is spreading like wildfire right now. yep, very unfortunate. We were like the 2nd team to reach 85% vaccination rate, don’t know what our numbers look like now but I’m sure we are among the top still. Quote Although we've got our stable of running backs back, our O-line is decimated with injuries. Quote Terron (Glass) Armstead is out, again. And of course we're already without Ramczyk and Peat. So, our wonderful backfield has limited protection. IMO our best option is run run run run run run run run run and more running. Throwing (notice I say throwing not passing 😂) only when it greatly favors us, I’m talking maybe 10 passes… errrm, throws… from Taysom all game. If we stuck to that, Taysom Ingram and Kamara could wear out the defense, by the 4th quarter and I bet we’d be seeing chunk yardage on the ground. But we all know Payton will not do that lol Quote Summary of offense expected: No protection and no running lanes = crap running game against a really decent run defense, so no play action pass. This means Taysom will be forcing passes and probably live up to his 3-4 turnovers m.o. that we've all become used to. you don’t have to have success running to have successful play action, that’s the thing a lot of people tend to overlook. You don’t even have to run a lot to have successful play action passes. There wasn’t a correlation last I remember anyone doing a big study on it. I still would like us to commit to running the ball even if it was only getting 3 yards a run, keep the ball out of Brady’s hands, keep our defense rested, and keep grinding their defense down but again, that won’t happen lol we’ll see some 90-120 second drives out of the Saints like we always have haha Quote Our D will be facing the #1 passing offense. We've gotten little pressure on QB's all season, so unless Dennis Allen dials up something pretty crazy, we're likely to see Brady put on a passing clinic. Sorry for the pessimistic thread, just calling it how I see it. Tampa will want to clinch the South, at home, and against a division rival. They'll be playing for keeps, and a home field playoff run. The Saints are playing for a draft pick, at this point. Sure, we're still in "the hunt", but with 3/5 of our O-line out, along with our head coach etc... I'm just not optimistic at this point. So, enjoy the weekend, and I hope we have some fun Sunday Night! Our defense will have to show up. When they do they can give even the #1 offense issues. It’s not like they haven’t caused issues for Brady in the past. That said, they do have to show up ready to play their best football or this won’t be one of those games where they cause him issues. Edited December 18, 2021 by Dome 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyler735 Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 With our OL this week we are in for a long ugly game against this Tampa defense. Hope Armstead and Ramczyk can come back next week. Maybe we still have an outside shot of a wildcard if they return and we can win out after this week. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mid Iowa Posted December 19, 2021 Author Share Posted December 19, 2021 On 12/18/2021 at 9:24 AM, Dome said: Yep. We are totally depleted offensively. We’ll need Kamara and Taysom to have career games to even keep it competitive IMO. IMO our best option is run run run run run run run run run and more running. Throwing (notice I say throwing not passing 😂) only when it greatly favors us, I’m talking maybe 10 passes… errrm, throws… from Taysom all game. If we stuck to that, Taysom Ingram and Kamara could wear out the defense, by the 4th quarter and I bet we’d be seeing chunk yardage on the ground. But we all know Payton will not do that lol I wonder if we'll see something different with DA at the helm, since Payton's out today. I know there will be a game plan, and we also know that Payton gets QB fever, even when it's not working. He's so bull headed sometimes. To your point, I'd love to see a game like the Patriots did to the Bills a few weeks ago. Mac Jones went 2 of 3 passing.... yes, 3 attempts. They had over 40 rushing attempts. They won, 14-10. And that's just crazy to think about from a Bill B. offense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MookieMonstah Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 We live rent free in Arians head. 27-17 Saints. Book it. Kamara and Taysom both rush for 100. Lattimore clamps Evans. Jordan has two sacks. I’m feeling feisty today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlowe22 Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Brady and the Bucs have played **** against us almost every game. Even the playoff loss was more us shooting ourselves in the foot than anything special the Bucs did. So for that reason, I wont automatically say we're gonna lose. However, that is basically the only thing on the planet we have in our favor. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dome Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 2 hours ago, Jlowe22 said: Brady and the Bucs have played **** against us almost every game. Even the playoff loss was more us shooting ourselves in the foot than anything special the Bucs did. So for that reason, I wont automatically say we're gonna lose. However, that is basically the only thing on the planet we have in our favor. Lol yep… going into the game our only chance is actual voodoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fray32 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Could see this one getting ugly in a hurry but who knows. This is basically our super bowl. Would be fun to stick it to Tampa and make them have to play on wildcard weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mid Iowa Posted December 20, 2021 Author Share Posted December 20, 2021 Well, we got a 1st down, and now an int! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlowe22 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Maybe Brady will throw more picks than Taysom. Basically our most realistic, and only, shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fray32 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 That throw to Callaway looked... like a real NFL caliber throw. huh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jlowe22 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Just now, Fray32 said: That throw to Callaway looked... like a real NFL caliber throw. huh. It was the best deep ball I've seen from Taysom honestly. It wasn't his usual underthrow/duck/curveball. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fray32 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Collinsworth finding ways to praise a classic Taysom Hill underthrow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fray32 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Does Sean Payton kick that field goal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MookieMonstah Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Jordan two sacks already. Am I a fortune teller? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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