Buccaneers drive analysis: Defensive collaps

The defense allowed 25 points and the secondary was porous once again. A total of 19 points was given up in the second half.  It had a 12 - 6 lead at the half. The final score was Bucs 12, Colts 25.

Tampa Bay's Basic stats before the game

Defensive Passing:  13^th (234 yards/game)

Defensive Rushing:  15^th (104 yards/game)

Points Against:  26^th (25.4 ppg)

Indianapolis' Basic stats before the game

Offensive Passing:  15^th (241 yards/game)

Offensive Rushing:  20^th (98 yards/game)

Points For:  18^th (22.4 ppg)

Here is what transpired in the game for the defense:

Indy Offense vs TB Defense
	Indy		Tampa Bay		TB - Opp Differential	Differential %
	Offense		Defense
	Pre-Game Stat		Game Stat
Passing yds	241		336		95	139.4%
Rushing yds	98		27		-71	27.6%
Points	22.4		25.0		2.6	111.6%

Yikes. The defense stops the run, but gives up a lot of passing yards.  In the previous three games, the Bucs' secondary was playing great. Then it reverted to something we saw long ago. It was game 6 against Washington.  Here is what transpired for the Washington game for comparison:

Game 6, Defensive Drive Analysis: Defensive Disgrace

Was Offense vs TB Defense
	Washington		Tampa Bay		TB - Was Differential	Differential %
	Offense		Defense
	Pre-Game Stat		Game Stat
Passing yds	230		305		75	132.6%
Rushing yds	107		50		-57	46.7%
Points	19.5		31.0		11.5	159.0%

Comparisons between the two games are eerie. In the Washington game, the Redskins scored on four consecutive offensive possessions starting from the second half. Let us inspect if a pattern continues.

TB Defense vs Indy Offense
Qtr	Drive	Plays	Yards	Result	RZ	Pts		40 + yard Drives	50 + yard Drives	60 + yard Drives	70 + Yard Drives	80 + Yard Drives	Totals
1	1	15	52	FG		3			1				1
	2	11	76	FG	1	3					1		1
	3	3	6	Punt									0
	4	7	35	End Half									0
Half								Half
	5	8	56	FG	1	3			1				1
	6	3	46	TD	1	7		1					1
	7	7	15	FG		3							0
	8	15	76	TD	1	6					1		1
	9	3	-1	Punt									0
	10	3	-3	Punt									0
Total	13	75	358		4	25		1	2	0	2	0	5

Viewing the Drive chart above, we notice the Colts did score on its four consecutive offensive drives in the second half. On drive seven, the 15 yard drive defense, K Conner Barth missed a 54 yard field goal attempt and LG Logan Mankins had a personal unsportsmanlike conduct called against him for an additional 15 yards. The penalty helped start the Colts at the Tampa 41 yard line.

Indianapolis was driving on the defense in the first half. They continued to drive on the defense in the second half. The Bucs' defense only forced one punt when there was less than four minutes left in the game and a 13 point lead.

Drives with completed passes 10 yards or more:

Drive 1:  11 yds  Total: 1.  Result: FG

Drive 2:  22 yds, 29 yds  Total: 2.  Result: FG

Drive 3:  22 yds  Total: 1.  Result: Punt

Drive 4:  17 yds, 10 yds  Total: 2.  Result: End of half

Drive 5:  31 yds, 16 yds  Total: 2.  Result: FG

Drive 6:  31 yds, 19 yds  Total: 2.  Result: TD

Drive 8:  13 yds, 12 yds, 16 yds  Total: 3.  Result: TD

There was a total of 13 completed passes of 10 yards or more by the Colts offense. Out of 26 completed passes, half of them were 10 yards or more.  Ouch.

Out of the first eight Colts' offensive possessions, they scored on 6 opportunities. The last two drives were simply running the clock out. It seems as though the secondary reverted back to being lost in their own defensive schemes once again. Instead of playing a sound game like previous games, it seems as though the defense tried to be fancy and befuddled themselves in executing it.

Reviewing the season:

TB Defense vs Opposing Offense
Team	Drive	Plays	Yards	Off Scoring		40 + yard Drives	50 + yard Drives	60 + yard Drives	70 + Yard Drives	80 + Yard Drives	90 + yard Drives	Total
Ten	10	50	307	35		0	2	1	0	1	0	4
NO	13	70	329	19		1	2	0	0	1	0	4
Hou	14	89	449	19		0	1	1	2	0	0	4
Car	13	60	316	30		2	0	2	0	0	0	4
Jax	11	57	342	31		0	1	1	2	1	0	5
Was	11	61	391	31		0	1	2	1	1	0	5
Atl	10	75	456	20		1	0	1	2	1	0	5
NYG	11	74	365	26		2	1	1	0	1	0	5
Dal	10	56	226	6		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phi	13	73	388	17		1	1	1	0	1	0	4
Indy	10	75	358	25		1	2	0	2	0	0	5
Totals	126	740	3927	259		8	11	10	9	7	0	45
Avg	11.45	67.27	357.00	23.55		0.727	1.000	0.909	0.818	0.636	0.000	4.091
Percent of drives over total number of drives						6.3%	8.7%	7.9%	7.1%	5.6%	0.0%	35.7%

The Dallas game now looks as though it were an exception of defensive play for the season.

Tampa Bay
Points Allowed Breakdown, 2015
Game	Team	1st	2nd	Total at 1st Half		3rd	4th	Total at 2nd Half		Total
1	Ten	21	14	35		7	0	7		42
2	NO	0	7	7		0	12	12		19
3	Hou	7	0	7		3	9	12		19
4	Car	10	7	17		14	6	20		37
5	Jax	0	14	14		10	7	17		31
6	Was	0	7	7		14	10	24		31
7	Atl	3	0	3		7	10	17		20
8	NYG	10	7	17		3	12	15		32
9	Dal	3	3	6		0	0	0		6
10	Phi	7	7	14		0	3	3		17
11	Indy	3	3	6		13	6	19		25
	Total	64	69	133		71	75	146

And here we notice the trend of allowing more points in the second half resurfacing. The defense allowed 19 points in the second half alone. In the Philly game, the score was 28 - 14 at the half.  Philly's offense only seen the field in the third quarter once, after the offense put the team up 35 - 14.

I hate to say this, but if the offense cannot score, then team will lose more often because the defense is not responsible enough to prevent the opposing team from scoring.