Quarterback Jalon Daniels.
No, the Bucs offensive line didn’t look like itself Sunday facing Green Bay.
In fact, they haven’t looked right all year. Joe is more inclined to blame that on whatever crap scheme offensive coordinator Zac Robinson has hatched.
Joe doesn’t believe in coincidences in football. And it’s hard for Joe to swallow that in about 16-18 months, since the line last played together, all of a sudden four offensive linemen turned to crap right at the same time. One, maybe two, OK. But all four??? (Tristan Wirfs, have a less than ideal Week 1, was back to his normal dominant self).
What’s the difference between these guys playing together healthy in January 2025 and the start of this season? The offensive coordinator.
On the final drive against the Packers, Bucs quarterback Jalon Daniels was under duress virtually each play on that drive.
Yesterday in his weekly press conference, Daniels said blame him. He could have done better seeing the blitz pre-snap and sliding protection over to protect his own rear end.
> “There’s an opportunity for me to be able to flip the protection and be able to slide it that way, knowing that they brought that same exact look,” Daniels explained. “I think that being able to see, like I said, see that live and being able to go through that, you obviously hear it a lot, you see Baker \[Mayfield\] go through it, but until you’re actually the one getting those live reps, it’s a lot easier said than done until you’re actually out there doing it.
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> “The fact that I was able to see that and be able to get that learning opportunity for me, I treat that as a lesson.”
And this is the drawback of leaning on an undrafted rookie. It’s all new to him. These types of issues will turn up. It’s called a learning experience.
Joe sure hopes Daniels and the line have worked out enough issues to give Dallas a game tomorrow night.