Daily Bucs Links 10/1/11 - Special Teams doing very well, Trueblood still can't pass block

by Sander on Oct 1, 2011 8:32 AM EDT in Daily Bucs Links

Team is especially consistent | TBO.com
Special Teams, that is. There really hasn't been a dropoff with Dwayne Stukes replacing Rich Bisaccia.

Nonexistent Tampa Bay Sports Fans Sell Out Baseball And Football Games On Same Day - The Beach Bucket - SB Nation Tampa Bay
Hopefully this is something we'll see more of in the future.

Tough task? Tampa Bay Buccaneers LT Donald Penn used to it - St. Petersburg Times
Donald Penn has faced a lot of very good pass rushers this year.

Bucs benefitting from Trueblood's silent turnaround | TBO.com
Jeremy Trueblood has looked better than he has in the past, but he still got beat by his direct opponents much too often. He is still a liability in pass protection, despite what this article would have you think.

The Walking Wonder, Price Exceeding Expectations | Pewter Report
Brian Price still isn't close to 100%, but he's looked pretty impressive in spite of that.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers on the rise | The Good Point
The Good Point talked to me about the Bucs' future.

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NFP Friday Forecast | National Football Post
The Friday Forecast looks at all the teams and games this weekend.

Week 4 N.F.L. Matchups - NYTimes.com
The NY Times looks at all the matchups this weekend.

Bucs DT McCoy recalls Bucs-Colts MNF game in 2003 | TBO.com
Ugh, that game.

FOOTBALL OUTSIDERS: Innovative Statistics, Intelligent Analysis | Under Pressure: The Meaning of Mobility
More stats on rushers, and Josh Freeman is yet again firmly average.

Colts to start QB Curtis Painter against Bucs
Yay.

ProFootballWeekly.com - Bucs QB Freeman not beyond growing pains
I don't think this is a long-term problem though.

Price Hit With Fine For Head Slap | Pewter Report
This is awesome.

Falcons player, Bucs DT Price fined for hits | TBO.com
Still awesome.

NFL.com news: Three games in, all 32 teams have room for improvement
Michael Lombardi takes a look

The Big Picture | Buccaneers.com
The Bucs will have a FanCam at the Monday Night game.

Quincy Black, Kellen Winslow among Bucs missing from Friday practice | tampabay.com & St. Petersburg Times
Kellen Winslow periodically misses practices. Quincy Black practiced yesterday, so that's a little more concerning.

Crowd Pleasers | Buccaneers.com
The Bucs will have various activities to please the crowd on Monday Night.

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I think you are being a litle rough on Trueblood.

We are ranked 5th in the NFL right now with Josh Freeman tied for only 3.9% sack/drop back ratio with Tom Brady. We have only allowed four sacks all year. I’m not sure how many of those were directly Trueblood’s fault, but I don’t think he is doing that bad of a job.

On the running side of the ball, our run offense is ranked 20th overall by football outsiders, but for runs ran off right tackle we are ranked 5th. We only go that way 9% of the time so it’s a small sample size for sure though.

We also lead the NFL by running the ball up the middle a whopping 70% of the time. Come on Olson, I know our backs lack speed but that is ridiculous.

"Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example." ~ Mark Twain

by LeeCaz on Oct 1, 2011 9:08 AM EDT reply actions

Sacks are a bad measure of the quality of an offensive lineman

They measure a quarterback’s ability to get the ball and evade the rush more than anything else.

Trueblood got beat repeatedly by Robison, Avril and Abraham. He has played better than he did last year, that much is true, but he’s still a liability in pass protection. He cannot handle speed around the edge, and he doesn’t react well to quickness either.

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by Sander on Oct 1, 2011 9:20 AM EDT up reply actions

Any charting you can point me towards?

I just don’t think he is getting beat that badly.

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by LeeCaz on Oct 1, 2011 11:40 AM EDT up reply actions

I haven't charted the games yet

Working on it. You could ask Pro Football Focus

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by Sander on Oct 1, 2011 12:13 PM EDT up reply actions

Can't seem to find individual info

but they have our o line ranked 25th in pass blocking efficiency. Mostly because of the 35 hurries they have allowed. http://www.profootballfocus.com/blog/2011/09/30/signature-stats-snapshot-pass-blocking-efficiency/

"Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example." ~ Mark Twain

by LeeCaz on Oct 1, 2011 12:35 PM EDT up reply actions

Brian Price stat line

a sack 2 tackles for loss and a fine for abuse…gotta love it..BWAHAHAHA

by 69her on Oct 1, 2011 11:55 AM EDT reply actions

Great article on brian price

This young man is special. To keep a positive attitude about his injury and to deal with the pain, shows unbelievable character.
The bucs have definetly done their homework when drafting and/or picking up players on their defensive line. not only are they immensley talented but they seem to have great wirk ethic, want to and character.
I’m very excited about the potential of our line abd look forward to watching them gel together in the coming years.
Go Bucs!

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by Bucfan on Oct 1, 2011 11:57 AM EDT via mobile reply actions

Kinda off topic but

I am looking forward to watching this young defense grow. We have a young defensive line that is growing together. We have young linebackers (once Watson takes over for Black) and a relatively young secondary (I think we draft a strong safety to pair with T-Jack and let Sean Jones go)

There is a leader in each group (Clayborn, Foster, Talib) to lead by example and keep the fire burning.

by flash_kiley on Oct 1, 2011 7:04 PM EDT via mobile reply actions