Another Game Of InchesSeptember 30th, 2012
These past three close games have been brutal on Joe’s stomach.
Each game has turned on a matter of inches on key plays. The leader of the New Schiano Order warned us this would happen when he explained that a “shoe” was the difference between greatness and failure.
If Dekoda Watson was a shoe or two smarter in Dallas, then he surely blocks a punt and the Bucs score, a six- or 10-point swing.( If the replacement refs weren’t distracted by shoes up their collective asses in Dallas, they wouldn’t have whistled Tony Romo’s fumble dead and cost the Bucs a scoop and score by Eric Wright.)
The photo above illustrates the “shoe” that cost the Bucs a game-turning safety today. George Johnson hammered Robert Griffin III on the six-inch line and just missed on that safety. Sadly, on the next play Mason Foster was a shoe late and committed a senseless roughing the passer penalty on RGIII in the back of the end zone.
Literally, the Bucs are inches away from being 4-0 right now. Yeah, that’s meaningless, but it sure feels miserable.