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Steve Smith Vs. Aqib Talib is key

gunn2122

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Last year Smith had just 4 catches for 84 yards vs Tampa Bay (including a 66 yarder). This can be partly attributed to the Panthers game plan, but you can't ignore that the former Buc killer (and my favorite player to play for the Panthers) was not dominating the Bucs like he once did.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, Talib is the the best CB in the NFC AINEC. Behind Revis and Aso, he is the absolute best. We will utilize this by playing Quincy Black and Geno Hayes on the LOS every play. Our DTs and LB will be in your backfield before Stewart and Williams can even touch the ball. This isn't the soft coverage of the Tampa 2 anymore (we only ran one play of cover 2 in the whole game vs. the Browns). We play 30% of the snaps with a three man front, with McCoy at the 5 and Miller at NT. We will blitz the living poo out of you and force Moore to beat Talib and T-Jax. If he can't, the bucs will win.

Our past two drafts, we have spent three first day picks on DTs. The days of pushing Ryan Sims and Chis Hovan four yards into the backfield are over. These might be three of the best four DT prospects in the past two years.

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Last year Smith had just 4 catches for 84 yards vs Tampa Bay (including a 66 yarder). This can be partly attributed to the Panthers game plan, but you can't ignore that the former Buc killer (and my favorite player to play for the Panthers) was not dominating the Bucs like he once did.

Hopefully you don't blitz Moore too much because I'm not sure Jimmy could chuck the ball downfield 60 some yards to Smitty.

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I'm not buying it that you guys will stop the run...

They didn't even slow down the run against the Browns, so I am thinking that Williams and Stewart are going to trounce all over their D. By the end of the game everybody on TB's D will look like they are wearing #88 from all of the shoe prints on them.

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Teams that blitz get eaten up by the run. Look at the Saints, we always score plenty against them. The problem is they have Drews Brees and score as well. You guys have Josh Freeman and little offense at all. Play Tampa 2 and you lose by 7, blitz all day and lose by twice that on big plays once we get to the second level and nobody is home.

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I'm not buying it that you guys will stop the run...

I guess you didn't see Brian Price dominate our pro-bowl RG in training camp. Or Gerald McCoy wreaking havoc on every play in week one. Did you notice that Roy Miller led all rookie DTs in tackles and sacks last year? And he was our third DT.

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I guess you didn't see Brian Price dominate our pro-bowl RG in training camp. Or Gerald McCoy wreaking havoc on every play in week one. Did you notice that Roy Miller led all rookie DTs in tackles and sacks last year? And he was our third DT.

No, didn't see any of those things, no one in TB saw it either unless they were at the game. Which means that not many people in general did since the game was blacked out.

Looks good on paper until you realize that a) who cares what went on in TC, especially TB's, B) my great gandmother 10 years in her grave could beat up on Steinbach, Mack, and Womack, c) no one but Bucs fans could give two shits about Roy Miller.

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No, didn't see any of those things, no one in TB saw it either unless they were at the game. Which means that not many people in general did since the game was blacked out.

anybody with internet access saw it...

Looks good on paper until you realize that a) who cares what went on in TC, especially TB's, B) my great gandmother 10 years in her grave could beat up on Steinbach, Mack, and Womack, c) no one but Bucs fans could give two shits about Roy Miller.

Oh, and that other guy you forgot. Joe Thomas, you know the all-pro? I never said you had to give two shits about our d-line, I just said they were going to dickslap your joke of an o-line on Sunday

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