Colin reacts to Baker Mayfield and the Bucs coming back to win in the last minute on the road against the Texans. He argues that the game could have gone either way, but it came down to the Bucs being the team to make plays in the final 90 seconds.
He also weighs in on the rash of injuries that have sidelined five starting quarterbacks in the first two weeks of NFL action.
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The volume Football is back, and for the first time,
it's on Wednesdays from Omaha Productions, NFL Films and Vice TV.
NFL Classics After Further Review relives the NFL's biggest games
with the legends who played them and the fans who
never forget. Not just a rewatch, but the untold stories
behind those plays. Kyle Branch the host, Bart Scott and
(00:23):
method Man for the twenty ten Divisional Round Jets and Patriots.
The underdog Jets stun Brady's fourteen and two Patriots. It
was a huge playoff upset and a cat by Bart
Scott's unforgettable can't wait postgame interviews. So don't miss NFL
Classics After further review. It's Wednesdays at nine only on
Vice TV. A little instant reaction on Baker Mayfield and
(00:48):
the Buccaneers coming from behind on a game they could
have lost six different ways and sort of gutted it out.
Between the Colts and the Broncos yesterday and the Buccaneers
and the Texans tonight, it shows you, you know, that's
why when fans get worked up and this coach is
a bomb and this player is a bum, A lot
of this stuff is coin flip. I mean, think about tonight,
(01:11):
the Buccaneers have a punt block, they give up a
huge return. But yet then Houston, the Texans have a
first and goal, and the Texans, it's easier for them
to block a punt and get twenty yard games from
Nick Chubb for a touchdown, then pick up two at
(01:31):
the goal line. And so they just figured out. Baker
gets the ball last, and you know, huge Scramble makes
a play, goes seven of nine for sixty five yards
on the final drive, and Tampa wins it. But Tampa
had a disastrous special team's performance at various times. Mika Abuka,
(01:53):
a great young receiver, dropped what should have been a
huge play down the stretch. They struggled and passed protection
with Baker Mayfield. But the NFL mostly comes down to
in close games, who makes the big plays with under
a minute thirty left, and Tampa did. Baker with a
huge scramble, Baker with a couple of ropes, Bucky Irving
(02:15):
breaking tackles on that run. They just made their big
plays the last time they got the football. The Texans
made several big plays in the third quarter, So it's
such a go either Way League, but I was watching
neither quarterback. I mean again, Texans are zing to Bucks
two to zero, and a lot of it is circumstantial.
(02:36):
Tampa's just made big plays on the road against Atlanta,
big plays against Houston, and Baker Mayfield is a big
part of that. And I was thinking about this today.
I was writing this down going into this game because
I think CJ. Stroud and Baker Mayfield both have gotten
their teams into the playoffs. Think about this. I'm going
to name the quarterbacks right now that are capable of
winning double digit games or getting to the playoffs. Holmes,
(03:00):
Josh Allen, Lamar Burrows, c J. Stroud, Baker, Herbert Goff, Hurtz,
Dax Stafford, Jordan Love, Kyler Murray, Gino Smith, Aaron Rodgers,
Sam Darnold, Bownicks, Jaden Daniels, Brock purty T who has
been a pro bowler, Trevor Lawrence. You know he did
get his team in won a playoff game. That's twenty
(03:20):
one quarterbacks in thirty two teams. I'm not counting Mac Jones,
Daniel Jones, or Russell Wilson who had great games yesterday.
When they have the right coach and the right fit.
I'm not counting Michael Pennix or cam Ward or Drake
may who I think are going to make it in
this league. I'm not counting Caleb Williams or JJ McCarthy,
who I'm not sure of at this moment in time.
(03:43):
Caleb's certainly talented enough. But total between all those quarterbacks
twenty eight. So there's a lot of guys that can
spit it in this league. But it comes down to
I mean, Buccaneers go on the road, punts, blocked, returns surrendered,
I mean dropped passes, sacks, multiple sacks. Baker Mayfield was
(04:04):
a pinata for a couple series, and they figure out
how to win games, and it's just like the Denver
Colts game had to go either way game. There's an
ify sketchy call by the official. Shane Steichen does actually
a poor job coaching on that final drive. He admits
it after that he got too conservative. But they get
an officiating break and they win. And by the way,
(04:25):
they made a great interception on bow knicks in the
fourth quarter, So the Colts also had several big plays.
Offensive lead Daniel Jones was hummon at key moments in
that game, but so much of this game it's just
coaching and quarterback play and who gets the ball last
and who makes the last big play in a game.
And I know you, I think you think I don't
(04:48):
like Baker Mayfield, but I do think the offensive coaching
is the best it's ever been in my life. And
that's why you're seeing Geno Smith and Sam Darnold and
Baker Mayfield and Matt Jones. Yesterday that was the best
game Mac Jones has ever played. Well it's Kyle Shanahan.
So the offensive coaching in this league is really spectacular
right now. And what it allows is for quarterbacks who
(05:11):
may fail in their first organization that eventually Baker Mayfield
goes to the Rams and then he goes to Tampa
Bay and eventually he finds his way. And Sam Darnold
goes to Caroline and the Jets. Then he goes to
San Francisco, understands the system. Kevin O'Connell likes him. Now
he's in Seattle and he's gonna win a lot more
games in Seattle. So eventually, you know, the message is
(05:31):
in the NFL, if you're talented enough, you will find
a good offensive coach or a great situation. Tampa is
perfect for Baker. You know, it's Tampa's a little bit
of a pirate ship and Ebor City and a little
bit of a rebel and an outcast city. It can
be a party town, it can be a retirement place.
(05:51):
But it's always been with Jason light the GM. They've
got tons of talent. They've always had talent, but until
they got Tom Brady and then Baker, they couldn't get
the quarterback right. You know, Brad Johnson won a Super Bowl,
but it was a stacked roster. But Tampa's got players.
They've won their division, what two three years in a row,
(06:13):
and good GM, good quarterback play, and they've kind of
now feel like they're in control of this division. So
I picked them to win this division. And you know
it comes down to if you give me the best
quarterback in the division, I like my chances to make
it into the playoffs. Like Kansas City with Mahomes is
eventually probably going to get a Xavier Worthy, healthy Rashi
(06:34):
Rice will come back. They'll figure out a way to
win ten games and get into the playoffs. They're too
good defensively, too good of a coach, too good of
a defensive coordinator Mahomes is due talented. They'll figure out
how to win ten games. But you know, as I
watched this game, it could drive you sports better as
crazy I liked. I actually like Houston tonight, so and
(06:54):
I thought they had it with two huge specialty teams plays.
They earned both of them. Jitim At block punt, great return.
The referees picked up the flag, but Baker gets the
ball last and has got all sorts of weapons. In Tampa,
Chris Godwin wasn't available. He's been banged up throughout his career.
And so I get ready for Raiders and the Chargers tonight.
(07:16):
You know the other thing, I got a couple of
texts after my show today from people in the National
Football League in the front office, and they were agreeing
with me on my take today about quarterbacks. Mike Sandal
also wrote an article about this. Justin Fields banged up
again and Joe Burrow is banged up again. It's not
that they deserve to be hurt, but there is a
(07:38):
skill to Brady and Eli Manning and certain NFL players
staying healthy. Now, some guys like Josh Allen are just
simply bigger and can take more or more durable. But
even Big Ben and Cam Newton, who are huge men
like six five two fifty five six six two sixty five,
big Ben aged very quickly. Cam Newton aged overnight. Why
(08:02):
they took too many hits, and so Josh Allen similarly
gets beat up, and I worry about that could age him.
Now he does have a great left tackle. They have
now with James Cook, developed a run game and so
they're not as reliant on and they actually run more
statistically if you look at the data, then people would
think with the Bills. But some of this is just
(08:22):
you've got to know your body. You know. Baker Mayfield,
who like tonight, you know, there's a couple of times
Baker's a great quarterback. If you give him two and
a half seconds and let him plant his right foot,
he throws a beautiful ball for the record soda CJ. Stroud.
Baker throws a beautiful ball when it breaks down. Baker
plays with so much confidence and so much emotion when
(08:44):
the you know, the pass blocking breaks down. Sometimes Baker
extends a play and shouldn't, and I think that's just
it's a little reckless. But I think that's his personality,
you know, Baker is. You know, he's a full back
that plays quarterback. He's a linebacker that plays quarterback. He
likes the physicality of the sport. But even as big
and strong as Andrew luck was, it just takes its toll.
(09:08):
So I really do believe there is a skill in
this league to staying on the field. Eli Manning was
the master of just letting go of the ball getting
rid of it. And there's also players think how big,
strong and physical Anthony Richardson was for the Colts, but
he couldn't get the pre snap stuff down. He couldn't
spot blitzes and would get just hammered two or three
(09:29):
times a game. And despite his size, Anthony Richardson was
dinged up a lot. Justin Fields is a big, athletic,
twitchy athlete. He gets banged up a lot. So listen,
the Bengals are a cheap organization that she spend more
on the offensive line. I mean to me, I've always
looked at it like your quarterback, as you're Bentley, the
(09:50):
offensive line is the insurance policy. You wouldn't own a
beautiful car without an insurance policy. So it's the most
important unit on the field is protecting your you're the
franchise the quarterback. Cincinnaty can't figure that out, so it's
just time and time again. You kind of roll your
eyes at the Bengals, but some of it is on quarterbacks,
(10:12):
not Sometimes you gotta just let a play end and
move on to the next play. And it's very hard
for guys like Baker Mayfield who are super hyper competitive.
He's just trying to he's squeezing every ounce of talent
out of his frame. But Baker tonight just took took
some shots that he should not take. Because this team
(10:35):
in Tampa's got a pretty good defensive front and have
some nice weapons. But if Baker's not playing, they're not
a playoff team. Baker is a huge, huge, the most
important part of them dominating that division the last several years.
And by the way, coaches also get second chances. Todd
Bowles in New York didn't feel he quite he wasn't
quite ready to be a head coach. He's done a
(10:56):
great job in Tampa. They always come with surprises, always
make big plays. They just had a really bad night
in special teams. But Tampa wins at twenty to nineteen,
and that is the NFL look at the Buccaneers first
two games. They could be zero and two. They're two
to zero. They got the quarterback, they made a couple
of key situational plays. They have played completely imperfect football,
(11:21):
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The volume Football is back, and for the first time,
it's on Wednesdays from Omaha Productions, NFL Films and Vice TV.
NFL Classics After Further Review relives the NFL's biggest games
with the legends who played them and the fans who
never forget. Not just a rewatch, but the untold stories
behind those plays. Kyle Branch the host, Bart Scott and
(00:23):
method Man for the twenty ten Divisional Round Jets and Patriots.
The underdog Jets stun Brady's fourteen and two Patriots. It
was a huge playoff upset and a cat by Bart
Scott's unforgettable can't wait postgame interviews. So don't miss NFL
Classics After further review. It's Wednesdays at nine only on
Vice TV. A little instant reaction on Baker Mayfield and
(00:48):
the Buccaneers coming from behind on a game they could
have lost six different ways and sort of gutted it out.
Between the Colts and the Broncos yesterday and the Buccaneers
and the Texans tonight, it shows you, you know, that's
why when fans get worked up and this coach is
a bomb and this player is a bum, A lot
of this stuff is coin flip. I mean, think about tonight,
(01:11):
the Buccaneers have a punt block, they give up a
huge return. But yet then Houston, the Texans have a
first and goal, and the Texans, it's easier for them
to block a punt and get twenty yard games from
Nick Chubb for a touchdown, then pick up two at
(01:31):
the goal line. And so they just figured out. Baker
gets the ball last, and you know, huge Scramble makes
a play, goes seven of nine for sixty five yards
on the final drive, and Tampa wins it. But Tampa
had a disastrous special team's performance at various times. Mika Abuka,
(01:53):
a great young receiver, dropped what should have been a
huge play down the stretch. They struggled and passed protection
with Baker Mayfield. But the NFL mostly comes down to
in close games, who makes the big plays with under
a minute thirty left, and Tampa did. Baker with a
huge scramble, Baker with a couple of ropes, Bucky Irving
(02:15):
breaking tackles on that run. They just made their big
plays the last time they got the football. The Texans
made several big plays in the third quarter, So it's
such a go either Way League, but I was watching
neither quarterback. I mean again, Texans are zing to Bucks
two to zero, and a lot of it is circumstantial.
(02:36):
Tampa's just made big plays on the road against Atlanta,
big plays against Houston, and Baker Mayfield is a big
part of that. And I was thinking about this today.
I was writing this down going into this game because
I think CJ. Stroud and Baker Mayfield both have gotten
their teams into the playoffs. Think about this. I'm going
to name the quarterbacks right now that are capable of
winning double digit games or getting to the playoffs. Holmes,
(03:00):
Josh Allen, Lamar Burrows, c J. Stroud, Baker, Herbert Goff, Hurtz,
Dax Stafford, Jordan Love, Kyler Murray, Gino Smith, Aaron Rodgers,
Sam Darnold, Bownicks, Jaden Daniels, Brock purty T who has
been a pro bowler, Trevor Lawrence. You know he did
get his team in won a playoff game. That's twenty
(03:20):
one quarterbacks in thirty two teams. I'm not counting Mac Jones,
Daniel Jones, or Russell Wilson who had great games yesterday.
When they have the right coach and the right fit.
I'm not counting Michael Pennix or cam Ward or Drake
may who I think are going to make it in
this league. I'm not counting Caleb Williams or JJ McCarthy,
who I'm not sure of at this moment in time.
(03:43):
Caleb's certainly talented enough. But total between all those quarterbacks
twenty eight. So there's a lot of guys that can
spit it in this league. But it comes down to
I mean, Buccaneers go on the road, punts, blocked, returns surrendered,
I mean dropped passes, sacks, multiple sacks. Baker Mayfield was
(04:04):
a pinata for a couple series, and they figure out
how to win games, and it's just like the Denver
Colts game had to go either way game. There's an
ify sketchy call by the official. Shane Steichen does actually
a poor job coaching on that final drive. He admits
it after that he got too conservative. But they get
an officiating break and they win. And by the way,
(04:25):
they made a great interception on bow knicks in the
fourth quarter, So the Colts also had several big plays.
Offensive lead Daniel Jones was hummon at key moments in
that game, but so much of this game it's just
coaching and quarterback play and who gets the ball last
and who makes the last big play in a game.
And I know you, I think you think I don't
(04:48):
like Baker Mayfield, but I do think the offensive coaching
is the best it's ever been in my life. And
that's why you're seeing Geno Smith and Sam Darnold and
Baker Mayfield and Matt Jones. Yesterday that was the best
game Mac Jones has ever played. Well it's Kyle Shanahan.
So the offensive coaching in this league is really spectacular
right now. And what it allows is for quarterbacks who
(05:11):
may fail in their first organization that eventually Baker Mayfield
goes to the Rams and then he goes to Tampa
Bay and eventually he finds his way. And Sam Darnold
goes to Caroline and the Jets. Then he goes to
San Francisco, understands the system. Kevin O'Connell likes him. Now
he's in Seattle and he's gonna win a lot more
games in Seattle. So eventually, you know, the message is
(05:31):
in the NFL, if you're talented enough, you will find
a good offensive coach or a great situation. Tampa is
perfect for Baker. You know, it's Tampa's a little bit
of a pirate ship and Ebor City and a little
bit of a rebel and an outcast city. It can
be a party town, it can be a retirement place.
(05:51):
But it's always been with Jason light the GM. They've
got tons of talent. They've always had talent, but until
they got Tom Brady and then Baker, they couldn't get
the quarterback right. You know, Brad Johnson won a Super Bowl,
but it was a stacked roster. But Tampa's got players.
They've won their division, what two three years in a row,
(06:13):
and good GM, good quarterback play, and they've kind of
now feel like they're in control of this division. So
I picked them to win this division. And you know
it comes down to if you give me the best
quarterback in the division, I like my chances to make
it into the playoffs. Like Kansas City with Mahomes is
eventually probably going to get a Xavier Worthy, healthy Rashi
(06:34):
Rice will come back. They'll figure out a way to
win ten games and get into the playoffs. They're too
good defensively, too good of a coach, too good of
a defensive coordinator Mahomes is due talented. They'll figure out
how to win ten games. But you know, as I
watched this game, it could drive you sports better as
crazy I liked. I actually like Houston tonight, so and
(06:54):
I thought they had it with two huge specialty teams plays.
They earned both of them. Jitim At block punt, great return.
The referees picked up the flag, but Baker gets the
ball last and has got all sorts of weapons. In Tampa,
Chris Godwin wasn't available. He's been banged up throughout his career.
And so I get ready for Raiders and the Chargers tonight.
(07:16):
You know the other thing, I got a couple of
texts after my show today from people in the National
Football League in the front office, and they were agreeing
with me on my take today about quarterbacks. Mike Sandal
also wrote an article about this. Justin Fields banged up
again and Joe Burrow is banged up again. It's not
that they deserve to be hurt, but there is a
(07:38):
skill to Brady and Eli Manning and certain NFL players
staying healthy. Now, some guys like Josh Allen are just
simply bigger and can take more or more durable. But
even Big Ben and Cam Newton, who are huge men
like six five two fifty five six six two sixty five,
big Ben aged very quickly. Cam Newton aged overnight. Why
(08:02):
they took too many hits, and so Josh Allen similarly
gets beat up, and I worry about that could age him.
Now he does have a great left tackle. They have
now with James Cook, developed a run game and so
they're not as reliant on and they actually run more
statistically if you look at the data, then people would
think with the Bills. But some of this is just
(08:22):
you've got to know your body. You know. Baker Mayfield,
who like tonight, you know, there's a couple of times
Baker's a great quarterback. If you give him two and
a half seconds and let him plant his right foot,
he throws a beautiful ball for the record soda CJ. Stroud.
Baker throws a beautiful ball when it breaks down. Baker
plays with so much confidence and so much emotion when
(08:44):
the you know, the pass blocking breaks down. Sometimes Baker
extends a play and shouldn't, and I think that's just
it's a little reckless. But I think that's his personality,
you know, Baker is. You know, he's a full back
that plays quarterback. He's a linebacker that plays quarterback. He
likes the physicality of the sport. But even as big
and strong as Andrew luck was, it just takes its toll.
(09:08):
So I really do believe there is a skill in
this league to staying on the field. Eli Manning was
the master of just letting go of the ball getting
rid of it. And there's also players think how big,
strong and physical Anthony Richardson was for the Colts, but
he couldn't get the pre snap stuff down. He couldn't
spot blitzes and would get just hammered two or three
(09:29):
times a game. And despite his size, Anthony Richardson was
dinged up a lot. Justin Fields is a big, athletic,
twitchy athlete. He gets banged up a lot. So listen,
the Bengals are a cheap organization that she spend more
on the offensive line. I mean to me, I've always
looked at it like your quarterback, as you're Bentley, the
(09:50):
offensive line is the insurance policy. You wouldn't own a
beautiful car without an insurance policy. So it's the most
important unit on the field is protecting your you're the
franchise the quarterback. Cincinnaty can't figure that out, so it's
just time and time again. You kind of roll your
eyes at the Bengals, but some of it is on quarterbacks,
(10:12):
not Sometimes you gotta just let a play end and
move on to the next play. And it's very hard
for guys like Baker Mayfield who are super hyper competitive.
He's just trying to he's squeezing every ounce of talent
out of his frame. But Baker tonight just took took
some shots that he should not take. Because this team
(10:35):
in Tampa's got a pretty good defensive front and have
some nice weapons. But if Baker's not playing, they're not
a playoff team. Baker is a huge, huge, the most
important part of them dominating that division the last several years.
And by the way, coaches also get second chances. Todd
Bowles in New York didn't feel he quite he wasn't
quite ready to be a head coach. He's done a
(10:56):
great job in Tampa. They always come with surprises, always
make big plays. They just had a really bad night
in special teams. But Tampa wins at twenty to nineteen,
and that is the NFL look at the Buccaneers first
two games. They could be zero and two. They're two
to zero. They got the quarterback, they made a couple
of key situational plays. They have played completely imperfect football,
(11:21):
and the Bucks are two and zero with two very
narrow wins. The volume football seasons here and if you
want to go to an NFL or college football game,
game Time is the place for you. The Game Time
app just gives you the advantage back to you, the fans.
It's a hack for unlocking amazing tickets and experiences and
(11:43):
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Game Time guarantee means you can trust you'll get one
hundred percent authentic tickets on time and at the best
price one hundred percent. So they even let you preview
your seat on the app. That special plus fees row
was included, so what you see is what you pay
every time. Take the guests where out of buying professional
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