dbair1967
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Gotta be happy with a road win to open the season. Tampa did have 9 wins last yr and there are no gimmee's. 1-0 beats the heck out of 0-1 going into a matchup with NYG.
1) All offseason and preseason we heard constant bemoaning and crying about our WR corp. "They cant get open!!!"..."We wont make any big plays!!!"..."We have no goto WR!!!!". Barring injuries, any concern over this should be put to bed. That was an impressive performance by our WR's and TE's. Super games by the top 3 WR's, and Austin could have easily had another 50-60 yd TD had Romo not overthrew him. TO was a great individual player, but he was a hinderance to the offense being better overall.
2) Romo missed a few he normally hits in his sleep, and still put up monster numbers. Thats gotta be scary for defensive coordinators on our schedule.
3) Liked the game JG called. He didnt give up on the run (25 runs, 28 pass plays) and the varied formations and motion clearly caused problems for the Tampa LB's and DB's.
4) OL looked pretty solid, run blocking could have been a little better, but like some others noted I think Tampa's priority was stopping our run game, and thinking they could take their chances with our skills guys not coming through in the passing game.
5) Buehler is as good as advertised on kickoffs...he absolutely boomed the ball. Seeing Nick Folk just drill a 51 yarder though was definitely a positive. That prob would have been good from 58-60. And it was dead center. Great job in kick and punt coverage too. DeCamillis was a GREAT hire.
6) I hate it, but it appears our team is just snakebit with guys getting hurt, dinged or really injured. 4 key guys all got dinged good today.
7) Officiating, as many have covered was pathetic.
8) Defense was pathetic, and Wade should be (but probably isnt) ashamed. I'll bet anybody that wants some of it that Tampa doesnt have another game this yr with 26 first downs and 450 yds. The team looked slow and lethargic to me on defense. The tackling was just as bad as what we saw at the end of last yr, and the coverage schemes were awful. Other than Spencer and maybe Sensabaugh, I dont think hardly anyone on defense could honestly say they had a decent game. Olshansky and Brooking were hand-picked Wade guys, and niether did anything of note today. I think Ware's play was definitely affected some by the opening series collision, I really believe he played with a concussion. Overall though this was one of the lousiest defensive efforts I've seen in some time, as Tampa could have EASILY had another 6-8 first downs (or more) and probably another 100 yds or so of offense. No excuse for the continued soft zones he played today, especially when your LB's and safeties never jump or cut off a route, or play the ball in the air.
9) Penalties were down, which was great. Still havent figured out what Adams did to draw a 15 yarder though.
10) When Deon Anderson is on the field on offense, its like we're playing with 10 guys. Likewise, having Hamlin at FS is the same as having 10 guys on defense. Niether do anything. Hamlins the worst contract we've ever given to a player IMO.
11) Amazingly, we have a game where we score 34 pts, run up 462 yds, averaged about 9 yds or so a play, score 3 long TDS and people in CZ STILL manage to complain about Garrett with something. Look folks, EVERY player cant get the ball on EVERY play. There will be some weeks when Felix Jones gets more touches. But to complain about his play totals when we had the ball so little in the 2nd half is just plain stupid. The beauty of the offense this yr is that barring injuries, there isnt ONE guy a defense can really key on to take away and slow the offense.
12) Hopefully we see improvement on defense next week. NYG is a far better team than Tampa on both sides of the ball. I doubt we get the number of big plays/long tds we got this week.
1) All offseason and preseason we heard constant bemoaning and crying about our WR corp. "They cant get open!!!"..."We wont make any big plays!!!"..."We have no goto WR!!!!". Barring injuries, any concern over this should be put to bed. That was an impressive performance by our WR's and TE's. Super games by the top 3 WR's, and Austin could have easily had another 50-60 yd TD had Romo not overthrew him. TO was a great individual player, but he was a hinderance to the offense being better overall.
2) Romo missed a few he normally hits in his sleep, and still put up monster numbers. Thats gotta be scary for defensive coordinators on our schedule.
3) Liked the game JG called. He didnt give up on the run (25 runs, 28 pass plays) and the varied formations and motion clearly caused problems for the Tampa LB's and DB's.
4) OL looked pretty solid, run blocking could have been a little better, but like some others noted I think Tampa's priority was stopping our run game, and thinking they could take their chances with our skills guys not coming through in the passing game.
5) Buehler is as good as advertised on kickoffs...he absolutely boomed the ball. Seeing Nick Folk just drill a 51 yarder though was definitely a positive. That prob would have been good from 58-60. And it was dead center. Great job in kick and punt coverage too. DeCamillis was a GREAT hire.
6) I hate it, but it appears our team is just snakebit with guys getting hurt, dinged or really injured. 4 key guys all got dinged good today.
7) Officiating, as many have covered was pathetic.
8) Defense was pathetic, and Wade should be (but probably isnt) ashamed. I'll bet anybody that wants some of it that Tampa doesnt have another game this yr with 26 first downs and 450 yds. The team looked slow and lethargic to me on defense. The tackling was just as bad as what we saw at the end of last yr, and the coverage schemes were awful. Other than Spencer and maybe Sensabaugh, I dont think hardly anyone on defense could honestly say they had a decent game. Olshansky and Brooking were hand-picked Wade guys, and niether did anything of note today. I think Ware's play was definitely affected some by the opening series collision, I really believe he played with a concussion. Overall though this was one of the lousiest defensive efforts I've seen in some time, as Tampa could have EASILY had another 6-8 first downs (or more) and probably another 100 yds or so of offense. No excuse for the continued soft zones he played today, especially when your LB's and safeties never jump or cut off a route, or play the ball in the air.
9) Penalties were down, which was great. Still havent figured out what Adams did to draw a 15 yarder though.
10) When Deon Anderson is on the field on offense, its like we're playing with 10 guys. Likewise, having Hamlin at FS is the same as having 10 guys on defense. Niether do anything. Hamlins the worst contract we've ever given to a player IMO.
11) Amazingly, we have a game where we score 34 pts, run up 462 yds, averaged about 9 yds or so a play, score 3 long TDS and people in CZ STILL manage to complain about Garrett with something. Look folks, EVERY player cant get the ball on EVERY play. There will be some weeks when Felix Jones gets more touches. But to complain about his play totals when we had the ball so little in the 2nd half is just plain stupid. The beauty of the offense this yr is that barring injuries, there isnt ONE guy a defense can really key on to take away and slow the offense.
12) Hopefully we see improvement on defense next week. NYG is a far better team than Tampa on both sides of the ball. I doubt we get the number of big plays/long tds we got this week.
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