Looking back at the Bucs’ loss to the Ravens

by Gary Shelton on October 23, 2024

in general

Wednesday, 4 a.m

5 Thoughts

  1. So, was Jake Camarda the guy who suggested that playing Chris Godwin was a good idea?
  1. I’m as quick as anyone to blame a coach, but you can’t blame Todd Bowles for having Chris Godwin still in the game late Monday. Was Bowles also suppose to pull Baker Mayfield, Tristan Wirfs, Cade Otten, Rachaad White, Bucky Irvin, Luke Goedeke and others. Remember, an offense only has 25 or 26 players active. Somebody has to play.




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3. I’m more concerned with that pass defense that thinks opposing quarterbacks won’t think to look for a receiver wide open 30 yards down the middle.

4. So, if the Bucs’ defensive staff wasn’t so darned smart, how good would Lamar Jackson have been?

5. Who knows? Maybe Kyle Trask gets to play some Sunday. Of course, it will be at wide receiver.

5 Comments

(From Todd Bowles’ day-after press conference)

(On if there’s an update on the status of WR Chris Godwin): “He will be undergoing surgery very soon. He’ll probably be out for the year. There’s a chance, if we make a late playoff run, that he could be back but he’s undergoing surgery and he’s going to be out.”

(On when he expects WR Mike Evans to return): “At this point, we’re probably expecting after the Bye Week. He tweaked [his hamstring] pretty good when he fell on it on that play. It’s moderate, but it’s hurting pretty good right now. We’ll probably say after the Bye Week, hopefully.”

(On the decision to waive P Jake Camarda): “Jake had probably been in a slump for the past couple months. In preseason, we tried to help him get out of it and he just got stuck in it. We had to make a decision, bringing [Trenton] Gill up. We’re going to go forward with him, but we’ll work some punters out, as well. He’s a very talented guy and I think he can get back. With punters, you never know. You can go through some Pro Bowl years and you can kind of hit a slump for some years. We couldn’t afford to wait for him to get out of the slump, so we made the decision.”

On what he saw watching tape of the defensive performance against the Ravens): “We’re still making about three or four mistakes that are costing us. We mis-fit the two runs that [Derrick] Henry got out in the second half. We busted the coverage [where] Lamar [Jackson] through the deep ball in the first half – we had nobody in the middle of the field. We’re working the kinks out there. The communication has got to be right, but we’ve got to straighten out the coverages and the run fits. If you miss one or two run fits against those guys, they’re going to kill you. They’re talented enough to do it and they did it.”

On if the team has looked outside the building for wide receiver help): “We’ve looked outside the building, but to get a true No. 1 in here, you have to make some massive trades and give up quite a bit. That’s not where we are at this point. We feel comfortable with the guys in the building. They’re probably not of name status of Mike [Evans] or Chris [Godwin], or as accomplished right now, but that doesn’t mean they can’t play. We’ll alter some things. [Rakim] Jarrett will be back this week – we’ll look at him in practice, as well – we’ll make a decision off of that. But, to go out and get a guy to come in here and be a No. 1 and a dominant guy, it’s probably going to cost you half your team. We feel comfortable with the guys we have in here now. We know what their skillsets are and we’re going to go with them right now.”

Game Balls

Offense: No, it’s not because he was injured. It’s what Chris Godwin did beforehand.

Defense: Antonio Winfield had 10 tackles including a sack.

Special teams: No award given.

Grades

Quarterback: Baker Mayfield missed Mike Evans. He’s going to miss Chris Godwin more. Grade: C.

Running backs: The Bucs ran okay on Baltimore. Grade: B-.

Offensive line: Three sacks is too many. Grade: C-.

Tight end. Cade Otten was a force with 100 yards. Grade: B+.

Wide receivers: Godwin was good, but now we see about the backups: Grade: B.

Defensive line: They were matadors. Ole. Grade: D.

Linebackers: Lavonte David had just two tackles. Two. Grade: D.

Secondary: Lamar had his way. Grade: F-.

Power Rankings

  1. Kansas City.

2.  Detroit.

3. Baltimore.

4. Minnesota.

5. Pittsburgh.

12. Tampa Bay.

Bottom 5

32. Carolina.

31. N.Y. Giants.

30. Tennessee.

29. Cleveland.

28. New Orleans

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