Florham Park – Why were the Tampa Bay Bucs comfortable blitzing on almost every defensive play on Sunday?
Fox Sports analyst Jonathan Vilma said during the game: “They understand that there is one player they have to worry about and that is Garrett Wilson, and other than that, they are going to keep coming after Tyrod Taylor.”
That is the same thing we heard all summer about the supposed lack of receivers to complement Wilson.
Is this true?
Arian Smith runs 4.3. Why wouldn’t you have to worry about one of the fastest players in the entire NFL?
You wanna get people to stop blitzing, hit some passes downfield to a player with world-class speed.
What do you do if teams are extra-focused on Wilson? You take advantage of favorable matchups for other targets.
On the Jets’ 11-play, 73-yard TD drive that cut Tampa Bay’s lead to 26-20, they did a nice job of spreading the ball around.
Taylor hit WR Tyler Johnson on a 20-yard cross. He was being covered by a linebacker. Then Taylor hit a wide-open Breece Hall on a shallow cross that the running back took for 12 yards. The drive was punctuated by a 4-yard TD pass to WR Allen Lazard, who wasn’t the main focus of the coverage, and Taylor did a good job taking advantage of that.
Tight end Mason Taylor had his best game as a Jet with four catches.
The Jets’ issue in Tampa Bay wasn’t a lack of weapons.
The problem in Tampa Bay was poor blitz pickup. The Jets’ running backs probably got some tough love from their coaches in the film sessions after the game, and the offensive line probably did as well.
The fantasy football crowd can keep chirping about a supposed lack of weapons, but it’s not steeped in reality.
And they get WR Josh Reynolds back from a hamstring injury this week.
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