**Monday Night Football - Buccaneers at Lions**(-6, 52.5) 7:00 (1 Viewer)

[ProstheticRGK]

“We’ve secretly replaced MVP candidate Baker Mayfield with Browns-era Baker Mayfield. Let’s see if anyone notices.”

This Baker tastes like ****

 

[The Frankman]

Baker channeling his Cleveland Browns days now. Wildly inaccurate.

 

[fred_1_15301]

Baker not looking an MVP tonight

 

[Ministry of Pain]

I'm glad none of the Lions bothered to read the NFL's memo this week on not getting too aggressive on punchout attempts

You're not kidding, I had to look it up
I don't have a beef with the Lions specifically but I have wondered if it wasn't an easy way to "punch" a RB/QB/WR/TE and just say you were going for the ball

 

[Runkle]

Nowhere near. Hate I started him in the hype.

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

Now Baker massively overthrows Tez Johnson.

He forgot he wasn't throwing to Evans

Seriously, this is like when you play basketball with an 8-foot rim and all your angles are off

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

Jameson Williams bust of a pick this year my goodness

BTJ & Ladd McConkey would like to have a word with you.

Ladd has had 3 good games in a row and when he is not so good he still gets you like 8-10 pts

Jameson gets you 18 once or twice and 0-2 the other 5 games

Ladd was drafted as a back end WR1, Jamo a front end WR3

I had no idea there were degrees of WR3. I thought the 3 was the degree.

You don't recognize a difference between 25 & 36?

I’m bird blind. All I know is that a duck attacked my entire team & nearly killed several of my men.

I really hope people are watching Peacemaker. Tim Meadows is so good.

 

[fatness]

DPI keeps it interesting.

 

[ProstheticRGK]

Oof, Maulet stopped dancing pretty quickly.

 

[Smack Tripper]

Tampa going so slow

 

[Runkle]

"QB X has looked great 2+ weeks in a row and now has a great matchup in what should be a high-scoring game, over/under above 50" is fantasy poison

 

[fatness]

Let's be fair to Mayfield. He's been dead accurate on 4-yard passes.

 

[ProstheticRGK]

Gotta give credit to the Lions’ D- this is not all just Baker imploding. Patchwork secondary and making Baker hold the ball too long.

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

I'm glad none of the Lions bothered to read the NFL's memo this week on not getting too aggressive on punchout attempts

You're not kidding, I had to look it up
I don't have a beef with the Lions specifically but I have wondered if it wasn't an easy way to "punch" a RB/QB/WR/TE and just say you were going for the ball

Yeah, I guess more and more players have been doing that, and in the video the league released they used a clip of Jack Campbell as an example.

But I could totally see MCDC telling the players, "Be smart about it, but don't you dare stop being aggressive with these type of plays."

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

I thought Campbell got there early.

 

[Terpman22]

Baker bad bad tonight

 

[chad in Indy]

Baker definitely off his game today. Passes were just not on point.

 

[Ministry of Pain]

That 4th and 8 pass into the end zone had ZERO chance of being caught

 

[Capella]

Baker’s worst game as a Buc, by a substantial margin.

 

[Smack Tripper]

Tampa won’t touch the ball again. What a mess of a night

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

They coulda thrown 3 short passes and scored relatively easily.

Instead they… did whatever that was.

 

[Moonlight]

Gibbs the difference.

 

[fatness]

Baker overthrows both players, the end zone, the camera guy and the beer vendor.

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

Tampa won’t touch the ball again. What a mess of a night

They might. I have a hunch they get the back door cover.

 

[elitzer]

I would like a garbage time td to E E

 

[Moonlight]

Gibbs the difference.

So Montgomery out there lol

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

Yep.

.9 more for ARSB

 

[chad in Indy]

That 4th and 8 pass into the end zone had ZERO chance of being caught

Baker was throwing off his back foot A LOT tonight.

 

[Moonlight]

Detroit defense has to be gassed after the last TB drive

 

[fatness]

Detroit with a long, grinding, punishing 30-second drive.

 

[Hot Sauce Guy]

I would like a garbage time td to E E

I’d be totally ok with that.

That the Bucs missed that 2PAT earlier looms large for my +5.5

 

[Ministry of Pain]

Baker’s worst game as a Buc, by a substantial margin.

Of any Bucs fan on these boards I've been the most critical, skeptical and slow to give him a lot of accolades
That said, I don't think he had a chance tonight
No Mauch, No Goedeke, no right side of the OL, no starting RB, No starting WR or not for long, inside the dome

Beat the Saints next week, 6-2 going into the Bye, all Bucs fans would have happily signed up for that
I felt this game was going to be a throw away, the Bucs have been living on the edge lately

 

[fatness]

Someone tell Mayfield to open his eyes when he passes.

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

Jeez, Egbuka has caught 4/12 targets. That's definitely not on him

 

[ProstheticRGK]

Detroit with a long, grinding, punishing 30-second drive.

Careful, HSG called me out earlier for not putting google queries on a public msg board.

 

[travdogg]

Jeez, Egbuka has caught 4/12 targets. That's definitely not on him

He makes it out of this one healthy, he might be WR1 overall next week.

 

[fatness]

Gravity sack. If there was no gravity he wouldn't have gone down.

 

[ProstheticRGK]

Has this been more Alim McNeill coming back? Or missing Olinemen?

It’s easy when you can pin your ears back, but Baker has been pushing all night.

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

The Hock/Kelce comparison was laughable

It's not exactly the same thing since Otton made a "football move" before the ground knocked the ball out....and he was already down but it's similarish in that Hock made a diving catch and when the football hit the ground NY claimed that was a lack of control.

I'm also salty AF

 

[Terpman22]

Has this been more Alim McNeill coming back? Or missing Olinemen?

It’s easy when you can pin your ears back, but Baker has been pushing all night.

Not having an healthy offensive line definitely seems worse than not having a healthy secondary.

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

Jeez, Egbuka has caught 4/12 targets. That's definitely not on him

He makes it out of this one healthy, he might be WR1 overall next week.

As someone who sat him in both leagues where I have him, I'd be fine with that

 

[Mt. Man]

Jeez, Egbuka has caught 4/12 targets. That's definitely not on him

I'd say at least 3 of them would've required him to be 2 feet taller.

 

[ProstheticRGK]

Has this been more Alim McNeill coming back? Or missing Olinemen?

It’s easy when you can pin your ears back, but Baker has been pushing all night.

Not having an healthy offensive line definitely seems worse than not having a healthy secondary.

Yeah, especially when you’re down 2 pro bowl wr’s. But the pressure on Baker has been great. Troy has been glazing Hutch, with good reason, but I wonder if getting McNeill freed him up even more to wreak havoc.

 

[travdogg]

Has this been more Alim McNeill coming back? Or missing Olinemen?

It’s easy when you can pin your ears back, but Baker has been pushing all night.

Not having an healthy offensive line definitely seems worse than not having a healthy secondary.

Yeah, especially when you’re down 2 pro bowl wr’s. But the pressure on Baker has been great. Troy has been glazing Hutch, with good reason, but I wonder if getting McNeill freed him up even more to wreak havoc.

Also TB was very 1 dimensional tonight. They abandoned the run, way too quickly

 

[ProstheticRGK]

Has this been more Alim McNeill coming back? Or missing Olinemen?

It’s easy when you can pin your ears back, but Baker has been pushing all night.

Not having an healthy offensive line definitely seems worse than not having a healthy secondary.

Yeah, especially when you’re down 2 pro bowl wr’s. But the pressure on Baker has been great. Troy has been glazing Hutch, with good reason, but I wonder if getting McNeill freed him up even more to wreak havoc.

Also TB was very 1 dimensional tonight. They abandoned the run, way too quickly

Yeah, kinda out of necessity. White looked pretty ineffective.

 

[The Frankman]

Jeez, Egbuka has caught 4/12 targets. That's definitely not on him

I'd say at least 3 of them would've required him to be 2 feet taller.

Egbuka is already a baller,
he would have had to have a girl who looked good,
he would call her,
he then needed a rabbit in a hat with a bat,
And a six-four Impala...

 

[Terpman22]

Bucs losing to both the Lions and Eagles.

Huge playoff seeding implications.

Big W for Detroit too, for the same reasons.

 

[ignatiusjreilly]

Has this been more Alim McNeill coming back? Or missing Olinemen?

It’s easy when you can pin your ears back, but Baker has been pushing all night.

Not having an healthy offensive line definitely seems worse than not having a healthy secondary.

Yeah, especially when you’re down 2 pro bowl wr’s. But the pressure on Baker has been great. Troy has been glazing Hutch, with good reason, but I wonder if getting McNeill freed him up even more to wreak havoc.

Also TB was very 1 dimensional tonight. They abandoned the run, way too quickly

Yeah, kinda out of necessity. White looked pretty ineffective.

Compared to hyper-efficient Baker in the passing game?

 

[ProstheticRGK]

Has this been more Alim McNeill coming back? Or missing Olinemen?

It’s easy when you can pin your ears back, but Baker has been pushing all night.

Not having an healthy offensive line definitely seems worse than not having a healthy secondary.

Yeah, especially when you’re down 2 pro bowl wr’s. But the pressure on Baker has been great. Troy has been glazing Hutch, with good reason, but I wonder if getting McNeill freed him up even more to wreak havoc.

Also TB was very 1 dimensional tonight. They abandoned the run, way too quickly

Yeah, kinda out of necessity. White looked pretty ineffective.

Compared to hyper-efficient Baker in the passing game?

You make a good point

 

[travdogg]

Has this been more Alim McNeill coming back? Or missing Olinemen?

It’s easy when you can pin your ears back, but Baker has been pushing all night.

Not having an healthy offensive line definitely seems worse than not having a healthy secondary.

Yeah, especially when you’re down 2 pro bowl wr’s. But the pressure on Baker has been great. Troy has been glazing Hutch, with good reason, but I wonder if getting McNeill freed him up even more to wreak havoc.

Also TB was very 1 dimensional tonight. They abandoned the run, way too quickly

Yeah, kinda out of necessity. White looked pretty ineffective.

Maybe, but 50-12 pass/run in a game that was never more than 2 scores is bad playcalling. 3.8 YPC isn't great, but its not like it was awful.

Sorta backs my theory about Bucky Irving. When he's back, he's right back to 70% or more of the workload. They just value him so much more.