Remember when Tom Brady, at the wheel of Bucco Bruce Arians’ no-risk-it, no-biscuit offense, was slinging the ball all over the field to Mike Evans, Antonio Brown, Chris Godwin and foot-rubbing Rob Gronkowski?
The way the Bucs offense has morphed in recent weeks, it is the polar opposite.
You’ve heard of the Air Raid, the run and shoot, Air Coryell, the Greatest Show on Turf, right? Well, Cody Mauch gave Joe a new name for the current meat grinder offense the Bucs have used the past two weeks.
Mauch called it a “Eff You Football.”
Mauch said, yes, the Bucs planned to bludgeon the Dixie Chicks on the ground. But when it became apparent passing in the rain wasn’t going to work, the coaches just thought, “Aw, skip it” and decided to go full-blown Woody Hayes.
“Definitely, had some runs [planned] for sure,” Mauch said. “But yeah, the rain kind of forces your hand a little bit. Kind of have to run the ball. So the fact that [coaches] felt good enough to just lean on us up front, I mean that feels great.
“… Keep doing it. I mean, yeah, just keep calling the same plays until they can stop it.
“It’s kind of, you know, eff you football.”
And the Bucs’ front line sure effed up the Dixie Chicks’ defense.
No one gets off on running, and running successfully, more than offensive linemen. The fact the Bucs ran 56 times for 324 yards, Joe cannot remember the last time seeing the Bucs’ offensive line so damn happy after a game.
Maybe happier than Bucs fans seeing the Bucs pitch a shutout and return to a playoff chase.
Bucs offensive line toasts itself after bulldozing Atlanta for 324 yards on the ground. (Photo from @graham.barton Instagram stories.)