I am not worried about Tampa

Bleu Star · Dec 13, 2016

Puhleese. If anything, Tampa should be worried about a juggernaut coming off of an embarrassment. Tampa likes to make it ugly & win uglier. We have developed strong experience in winning ugly games this year. Case in point.. Washington, Pittsburgh, Minnesota.

Tampa will not stop our run game. We will finally get back to what brought us 11 wins. That's solid pounding of the ball complimented by a creative passing game. I firmly believe getting smacked in the face will serve us well on the rest of our journey this year.

Oh & surprise surprise. Our defense is finally getting pressure up front and playing more inspired ball.

Tampa is a formidable opponent but the key is respecting their capabilities. We will win this one by at least 10.

windward · Dec 13, 2016

Hell yeah.

GIFTS86 · Dec 13, 2016

I agree. If we go out and get punked then I will panic. But I am also very confident that we are going to get back on track. You don't win 11 straight for no reason.

TheMarathonContinues · Dec 13, 2016

Alright. Underestimate the Buccs if you want.

TheMarathonContinues · Dec 13, 2016

GIFTS86 said:
I agree. If we go out and get punked then I will panic. But I am also very confident that we are going to get back on track. You don't win 11 straight for no reason.

You do when you've peaked already. Not saying that we have but we've seen time and time again teams in this league peak in November and come to a screeching hault in December.

Titleist · Dec 13, 2016

I think a huge component of this game that everyone is overlooking is that we're playing at home in a climate-controlled environment.

It's supposed to be 31 degrees at kickoff but thanks to JerryWorld, it'll be a balmy 74. I question how well this team (esp. Dak and Dez) can handle cold and wet conditions but if we win this game and subsequently lock up HFA, it won't matter.

TheMarathonContinues · Dec 13, 2016

Titleist said:
I think a huge component of this game that everyone is overlooking is that we're playing at home in a climate-controlled environment.

It's supposed to be 31 degrees at kickoff but thanks to JerryWorld, it'll be a balmy 74. I question how well this team (esp. Dak and Dez) can handle cold and wet conditions but if we win this game and subsequently lock up HFA, it won't matter.

I've seen people say the weather had no factor in Sunday's game....I just refuse to see it. The whole league struggled to pass the ball on Sunday.

Kevinicus · Dec 13, 2016

I heard the last 2 weeks how we were going to blow some teams out. Seems too many have this feeling of invincibility or something.

Bleu Star · Dec 13, 2016

rocyaice said:
Alright. Underestimate the Buccs if you want.

Show me any hint of underestimation in my post.

Bleu Star said:
Tampa is a formidable opponent but the key is respecting their capabilities. We will win this one by at least 10.

Reverend Conehead · Dec 13, 2016

Bleu Star said:
Puhleese. If anything, Tampa should be worried about a juggernaut coming off of an embarrassment. Tampa likes to make it ugly & win uglier. We have developed strong experience in winning ugly games this year. Case in point.. Washington, Pittsburgh, Minnesota.

Tampa will not stop our run game. We will finally get back to what brought us 11 wins. That's solid pounding of the ball complimented by a creative passing game. I firmly believe getting smacked in the face will serve us well on the rest of our journey this year.

Oh & surprise surprise. Our defense is finally getting pressure up front and playing more inspired ball.

Tampa is a formidable opponent but the key is respecting their capabilities. We will win this one by at least 10.

Yeah, I think Garrett will take a ton of teachable stuff from that ugly game against the Gnats and get this team ready to play a great game.

mattjames2010 · Dec 13, 2016

Bleu Star said:
Show me any hint of underestimation in my post.

The title alone hints at that. You've been one of the more cocky members on this board after 2 years of absolute crying.

dallasdave · Dec 13, 2016

Bleu Star said:
Show me any hint of underestimation in my post.

Bleu Star · Dec 13, 2016

Titleist said:
I think a huge component of this game that everyone is overlooking is that we're playing at home in a climate-controlled environment.

It's supposed to be 31 degrees at kickoff but thanks to JerryWorld, it'll be a balmy 74. I question how well this team (esp. Dak and Dez) can handle cold and wet conditions but if we win this game and subsequently lock up HFA, it won't matter.

Smart guy you are.

Sincerely,

Yoda

Bleu Star · Dec 13, 2016

mattjames2010 said:
The title alone hints at that. You've been one of the more cocky members on this board after 2 years of absolute crying.

Cocky?

Lol

I like to call it confident.

dallasdave · Dec 13, 2016

Bleu Star said:
Smart guy you are.

Sincerely,

Yoda

dallasdave · Dec 13, 2016

Bleu Star said:
Cocky?

Lol

I like to call it confident.

Well said indeed sir.

FuzzyLumpkins · Dec 13, 2016

Looking at their roster, McCoy could cause trouble and if Hargreaves plays well then it could cause Dak to have similar problems. Outside of those no one on their defense worries me. Grimes is long in the tooth. The DE, S, and LB are not impressive.

On offense the OL is nothing to write home about and outside of Evans they don't have a lot of receiver talent.

I like our chances at home.

mattjames2010 · Dec 13, 2016

Bleu Star said:
Cocky?

Lol

I like to call it confident.

No, cocky. You're on each level of the extremes. I haven't seen any middle-ground from you, just emotional threads/posts.

"I am not worried about Tampa"

Converted 2 third downs on our last 24, none through the air. You should be very worried about Tamp Bay since their D has been steadily improving, and well, we seem to not be able to play above average against good defenses.

Us shooting ourselves in the foot, poor QB play, Zeke slowing down are all enough to make us worry about any opponent.

Bullflop · Dec 13, 2016

Bleu Star said:
Puhleese. If anything, Tampa should be worried about a juggernaut coming off of an embarrassment. Tampa likes to make it ugly & win uglier. We have developed strong experience in winning ugly games this year. Case in point.. Washington, Pittsburgh, Minnesota.

Tampa will not stop our run game. We will finally get back to what brought us 11 wins. That's solid pounding of the ball complimented by a creative passing game. I firmly believe getting smacked in the face will serve us well on the rest of our journey this year.

Oh & surprise surprise. Our defense is finally getting pressure up front and playing more inspired ball.

Tampa is a formidable opponent but the key is respecting their capabilities. We will win this one by at least 10.

I mostly agree with your ideas but is it OK if I worry just a teensy bit? I hear they've got a pretty scary pass rush . . .

unionjack8 · Dec 13, 2016

the Tampa DL is better than the Giants.

McCoy is all pro and playing at that level
Ayers is playing great and Spence gets better every week
Their backers are fast and but their def backfield is susceptible.

mike Evans will be a HANDFUL

will be a fg in it imo

I am not worried about Tampa

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