Every week following each Bucs sport, we’ll take a more in-depth take a look at the snap rely distribution for Tampa Bay on offense and protection. We’ll assess what we will be taught from who performed probably the most and least within the sport.
Let’s get a more in-depth take a look at the Bucs gamers who obtained the best and lowest variety of snaps within the staff’s 30-7 win the place they demolished the Giants on the street and acquired a victory that was a lot wanted.
Bucs Offense
Sunday’s sport was the return of Mike Evans after lacking the earlier three video games and 4 weeks. It was curious, particularly primarily based on feedback made by Liam Coen through the week, how a lot Evans was going for use and the way lengthy it might be for. The Bucs needed to steadiness getting probably the most out of Evans whereas additionally maintaining him accessible for the house stretch.
Tampa Bay was in a position to toe the road fairly effectively. He performed 39 snaps and 60% of the time, so not as a lot as his typical enjoying numbers, however definitely sufficient to have an effect on the sport, which he positively did by main the staff with 68 receiving yards and drawing an necessary go interference penalty on the objective line.
Whereas Evans’ return was the headline, rookie receiver Jalen McMillan additionally got here again for the primary time in a pair video games. McMillan ended up main all Bucs receivers in enjoying at 41 snaps and 63%. It’s evident they wish to get him going and he’ll be necessary for the offense as they selected him over Rakim Jarrett, Trey Palmer and Rakim Jarrett to play a majority of the sport. It seems that Sterling Shepard will spherical out the trio of beginning receivers in 11 personnel with the Bucs as he performed 54%. Jarrett performed 32% of the snaps whereas Palmer was at 26% and Miller performed 23%.
Tight finish Cade Otton led all ability gamers at 53 snaps, however surprisingly that got here out 82%, which is way decrease than his traditional charge of about 98%. There are occasions that Otton by no means comes out of a sport. We do must do not forget that the Bucs gained in a blowout and there a few substitutions on the finish. Payne Durham noticed a slight improve too at 37% and wound up making a pleasant 26-yard catch.
Bucs RB Bucky Irving – Photograph by: USA Immediately
The Bucs lastly used all three working backs! And every of them had an impression within the sport!
Liam Coen had talked about getting Sean Tucker extra concerned and he did, considerably. Tucker ended up with 4 rushes for 3 yards and one catch for seven yards, however he did must convert on a fourth-and-short on the opening drive to maintain it going and later cashed in on that drive with a 1-yard dashing landing and the primary rating of the sport, which damage his dashing common.
Bucky Irving and Rachaad White nearly performed the identical quantity. Irving simply edged out White 34 snaps (52%) to 32 (49%) however every additionally had 12 dashing makes an attempt. White is often the highest receiving working again, that however that wasn’t the case as Irving caught six passes for 64 yards, main the staff in catches and being second behind Evans within the quantity of yards gained. Tampa Bay had all three working backs rating a landing because the staff had 4 dashing touchdowns by 4 totally different gamers within the sport with Baker Mayfield’s rating and Tommy DeVito celebration.
This text can’t be written with out mentioning that nostril sort out Vita Vea lined up in two objective line packages because the Bucs offense scored. Vea has an offensive landing in his profession and it appears to be like like they’ll use him in some pacakges transferring ahead. Possibly he can add one other rating to his profession stats.
Bucs Protection
I used to be very intrigued to see how a lot defensive again Mike Edwards was going for use for the beginning of his second stint with the Bucs. On one hand, he’s accustomed to Todd Bowles and the protection having started his profession right here and profitable a Tremendous Bowl. However alternatively, it had been two seasons since he was in Tampa Bay and sure issues on the protection may be totally different. Edwards performed an affordable quantity at 25 snaps, which was 42% of the performs on protection.
Edwards most likely wound up having to play extra since Jordan Whitehead ended up injuring his pectoral muscle within the second half, maintaining him out for the remainder of the sport. Tampa Bay had one harm within the secondary going into the sport with nickelback Tykee Smith out, which meant Christian Izien was in for many of the sport.
Izien, who was enjoying in his residence space being from Far Rockaway, New York and enjoying his school ball at Rutgers, performed an awesome sport at MetLife Stadium recording a team-best 10 tackles. He was on the sector for 83% of the snaps.
A part of the rationale why we noticed a lot of Edwards and Izien is as a result of the Bucs opted for extra dime protection. Usually the Bucs can have about 5 gamers that play all 100% of the snaps. This time they solely had three with Zyon McCollum, Jamel Dean and Antoine Winfield Jr. They subbed out inside linebacker Okay.J. Britt and even Lavonte David at occasions, however with the caveat that the Bucs had a 23 level lead and didn’t want them to play wire to wire.
Bucs S Christian Izien, CB Zyon McCollum – Photograph by: USA Immediately
The large lead allowed the Bucs to present out much less snaps to defensive sort out Calijah Kancey and the two-way enjoying Vita Vea, who noticed two snaps on offense as a blocking fullback down by the objective line. Kancey and Vea really performed the identical quantity at 54% snaps and have been absolute menaces within the backfield going after Tommy DeVito on each passing play. Every of them recorded a sack.
The opposite harm that occurred within the sport was an ankle harm to outdoors linebacker Joe Tryon-Shoyinka. It occurred early on, so he solely performed eight snaps. Anthony Nelson picked up the slack with him out, enjoying 63% of the snaps and likewise recording a sack, which was his third of the 12 months.
This opened the door as effectively for Chris Braswell to play 44%, a rookie profession excessive in percentages. Beginning outdoors linebacker Yaya Diaby performed 80%, probably the most he’s been in for all season.
