Buccaneers @ Vikings Gameday Discussion Thread -- Week 8

[FailedtoOpen]

Wish we traded for Brandon Marshall....

but I guess we wouldn't having Josh Robinson.

I really doubt that Marshall would come to Minny when he can go and continue his bromance with Cutler.

[Mothman]

I think Arizona did what we were all afraid would happen eventually: They exposed the defense and the offense. The defense can't stop the run and the offense can't throw anything other than a bubble screen.
I believe we may have hit the wall on our season. Unless Ponder can figure out how to be a real QB fast, we may have gone about as far as we could.

The defense is playing a lot of two deep coverage to take away Jackson and Williams and that's having an impact on the run defense. I have to give the Bucs credit: they're really sustaining their blocks in the running game.

My biggest disappointment so far (other than 2 turnovers) is the Vikinsg pass protection. They allowed too much pressure on ponder last week and they're doing so again tonight, against a team that has struggled to pressure QBs this season.

[Hunter Morrow]

Is Jay Cutler clipped? Ask Brandon.

[PurpleKoolaid]

Haha true. But he also knows Cutler can suck as bad as Ponder sometimes...

Those days are over and have been. Id trade half our offense for Cutler.

[FailedtoOpen]

Haha true. But he also knows Cutler can suck as bad as Ponder sometimes...

I hate Cutler but the past couple of years he has been a product of that crap system they had in Chicago. Tice has actually stabilized that offense and made them into the threat they've always sold themselves to be.

[dead_poet]

I know but you waste time and risk a turnover in your OWN territory vs taking a shot into tampa territory and possibly getting a catch or a PI call. He had enough time there,, use that 6'6 tight end for #### sake, or simpson.

Depending on coverages your chances of a turnover on an intermediate throw against prevent coverage is less than a bomb. A couple of 12-yard strikes to the sidelines plus a timeout (or two, I can't remember how many they had left) and you only need about 20-30 yards and you're in realistic Walsh range. I'd venture to say most teams would do exactly that with the time and timeouts the Vikings had left rather than heave it up on first or second down with 30 seconds left.

[purplehaze]

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMmmm

RG3 would look so good in purple. With him, we're contenders this year...

For sure.

[Hunter Morrow]

He is a phony bastard. I know he does evil things. He'll be the first chomo busted in the league.

[FailedtoOpen]

For sure.

If we ran the option... which wouldn't be that bad with Harvin/AD. Heck we could even trade for Tim Tebow and run the ultimate option offense then win the superbowl in dominate fashion.

[dead_poet]

Happy to announce my lifetime streak of never understanding a f***ing word in any halftime ceremony at the Metrodome is intact.

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[Mothman]

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[John_Viveiros]

I think Arizona did what we were all afraid would happen eventually: They exposed the defense and the offense. The defense can't stop the run and the offense can't throw anything other than a bubble screen.
I believe we may have hit the wall on our season. Unless Ponder can figure out how to be a real QB fast, we may have gone about as far as we could.

I'm not sure we're at that point yet, but it's my biggest fear.

[PurpleKoolaid]

What really sucks is their RB is better then ours tonight.

[dead_poet]

If we ran the option... which wouldn't be that bad with Harvin/AD. Heck we could even trade for Tim Tebow and run the ultimate option offense then win the superbowl in dominate fashion.

I want whatever it is you're smoking. It must take you to a special place.

[Demi]

What really sucks is their RB is better then ours tonight.

Just like our Oline having issues, it's hard to do anything on offense when there is ZERO threat from your quarterback.