Bucs Lose 27-0

Well...that was ugly. I'll keep it short for now, but plan to rant and rave later on. Needless to say, I think the Bucs were unprepared and basically mailed in this game. This one was nearly identical to the effort (if you can call it that) that the Bucs put up against the Patriots last year against a similar defensive scheme. Right off the bat the Bucs' defense put us in a hole, though I think that the TD would not have happened if not for the BS pass interference against Barber. Needless to say, Gruden then promptly abandoned the run against a team that you do NOT want to abandon the run against. The result wasn't pretty. Simms made his share of mistakes, and he needs to correct the batted balls, but the OL also needs to start body punching and leveling these DT's and DE's that stop rushing on the quick drops. The OL knows where the ball is going and when. Time to step up and punish the DL for stopping to put their hands in the air.

The receivers dropped some balls. The OG's sucked, big time. The DL didn't get a lot of pressure. The secondary played way too soft in their zones. Monte's calls were too tentative. Gruden's calls just flat out sucked at times. It was just an all around crappy performance by the entire team. Some want to put the full blame on Simms, but he doesn't make the play calls, nor block up front, nor catch the ball down field. Nor does he play defense. He came onto the field down 7 points from the get go.

Let's hope the coaching staff can get this team focused on the Falcons, and get Buenning and Joseph healthy. Ironically, Davis and Walker actually played well (not great). Ehh.