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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
How was the offense worse?
Our immediate reaction this season (with good cause) is to blame the offense when things go poorly.
But the offense had the ball SEVEN TIMES. That's it - seven times. I'm honestly not sure I've ever seen a game where a team only had seven drives. They scored 2 TDs and a fieldgoal in those 7 possession. That's not good, but it's not bad either.
You know what's bad? Letting the opponent into your territory every time he touches the ball. Letting your opponent average 10 plays per drive (made even better by the fact that they had another down to play with in the first half and weren't trying to score on their final drive of the 2nd half).
The offense did its job at a couple of key points in the ballgame and each time the defense again failed to get TB off the field. Because they couldn't get the TB offense off the field at any point in that ballgame. The defense was trash. Blame injuries if you want, but the defense was trash.
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Facing another bottom-of-the-barrel defense and failing to get their shit in gear.
The Bucs have given up more than 26 PPG this season on average. On a perfect weather day at home we managed 17.
Two trips to the 5 yard line and we come away with 3 points and a red zone INT. That turnover was the worst play of the day for either side of the ball.