Few observations on Titans game (part 1)

1st O possession

- OK, first play of the game, Bucs were banking it all on the play-action. Titans didn't bite, VJax heavily covered. Free tries to force anyway

- It looked like MWill was open over the top on the back side but Free never looked in his direction at all

- Second down, Blount gets 4. As usual, Lorig gets a good initial thump on the DT but fails to engage&maintain a block, DT tackles Blount with the safety. If Lorig had sealed DT inside, Blount would have had big hole to outside. If Lorig had sealed DT outside, Blount would have had an extra yard or two before the safety got to him. Instead, Lorig failed to block, only thumped, so Blount only got 4. Lorig must do better.

- 3rd down Free locks in on VJax again but at least it's caught for the 1st down

- 1st down power O, Nicks on pull seals outside man, Blount follows Lorig through hole but Lorig fails to drive his man back. Also, Zuttah fails to seal his man inside, and his man moves over into the play hole, squeezing it shut. Blount had nowhere to run, gets 2. Lorig & Zuttah fail.

- 2nd down play-action pass (note Clark in at fullback). Line block as if power-O towards left. Line dispersed but blocking defenders. Nicks blocking a DT away from Free, towards Zuttah blocking another DT. Zuttah's DT loops around, so Zuttah doubles with Nicks, Nicks peels off to pick up looping DT but is too slow to get there. Looping DT hurries Free, which causes him to scramble out of pocket, throws ball away.

- 3rd down drop-back pass, Freeman sits a few seconds in the pocket but DT spins inside Joseph, comes free, and runs at Freeman, causing him to take off (also on the line, Dotson beaten inside, gets pushed over coz of crossed legs, also Trueblood on a DE, Martin runs up and chips him, but the chip actually seems to cause the DE to spin to maintain balance, but that spin leaves him free inside of Trueblood). Freeman scrambles but slides short of a first down.

- PUNT good punt terrible coverage. Cutera & I think Tandy (don't get clear view of second digit on shirt) get pushed away. First player to get a hand on returner is Q Black but he overshoots, tries to arm tackle, which is broken easily, big shock. Economos the LS makes the tackle low, and Parker finishes. 

1st D possession

- 1st down Bucs in nickel with Myron Lewis on the outside, Wright in slot. Hand off to Johnson, who runs to left where most of front seven flow, but Johnson cuts back. Bennett has good contain, forces Johnson back inside to where Barron should be able to take him down. Barron hesitates though, and Johnson is able to out-wiggle him. Barron grabs him as he goes past and brings him down (with McCoy & Barber piling on) but if Barron hits him in the hole rather than hesitate, it's a 3-4 yard gain. Instead, 7 yard gain.

- 2nd down Bucs still in nickel. Power O. FB takes on Foster but Foster able to shed him and grab Johnson as he goes past, McCoy uses his arms to push himself off of his blocker and wraps Johnson up high as Foster has him low, bring him down for 2.

- 3rd down Bucs still in nickel. Hand off to Johnson. TE simply whiffs on Bennett, who hits Johnson high, then wraps him up low, bringing him down - Barron comes down into the hole, and Clayborn comes on a TEX loop, both hit Johnson as he goes down for no gain.

- PUNT Parker fair catch

2nd O possession

- 1st down Martin in backfield play is zone run, Martin follows Lorig but then cuts back across formation into open space. DE gets off Clark's block but is only able to grab Martin's jersey. Mike Williams doing a good job of sealing the CB outside. Safety comes down and trips Martin up, two players hit him but he was going down anyway, gain of 9.

- 2nd down play-action pass exactly same problem as first time, Bucs bank on the defense to bite on the play-action and only send two on routes, though Martin what looks like a wheel route on delayed release. Freeman scrambles towards sideline (looks like he felt phantom pressure) then tries to throw to Williams but pass is too high (Williams should have been able to catch the ball if it was thrown to his numbers).

- 3rd down looks like a zone run. Martin follows Lorig, the cuts inside of Lorig. Looks like Joseph was over powered by the DT which shuts down any holes, pile of linemen collapses on top of Martin. OL made no holes on that side for Martin, if Martin was looking for cutback lane there was one outside of Nicks but he wouldn't have been able to see it as Zuttah was pushed so far into backfield that it would have obscured Martin's sight of the cutback lane.

- PUNT good punt coverage again holes, returner just makes people miss with his wiggle. First man to get his hands on him is Cutera but just an arm tackle, but he holds on to returner causes returner to spin, Q Black gets arms around returner high which drags him down (tho Quincy lets go), Hayward wraps him up from behind and forces him down.

2nd D possession

- 1st down Bucs line up in base 4-3. Empty backfield Foster pretty good coverage on TE but Locker just places it where Foster can't get to it and the TE makes a great grab, Foster brings him down straight away. 3 yards. Another McCoy/Clayborn TEX but both picked up.

- 2nd down power O. McCoy just tosses DE aside and chases play down from behind. LT fails to seal in Miller and chases down Johnson. Wright on blitz makes the pulling guard miss and wraps up Johnson around the legs, with the two DTs hitting him up high, brought down for loss of 2.

- 3rd down Titans empty backfield, Bucs in dime package - three man line (Clayborn McCoy Bennett), Foster & Watson LBs, Talib & Lewis outside CBs, Ronde & Wright slot CBs, Barron & A Black safeties. Locker scrambles because coverage appears to be good on his right, looks across to his left. Two open receivers, one with Lewis over the top of him, and one who appears to be completely open (Myron Lewis's man). Locker over throws the first receiver, Black jumps it, picks it and returns it to the 2. The scary thing is, if Locker had the arm strength and accuracy, if he had gotten the ball to the deep man it looks like that would have been a long, long completion, probably taken to the house if i'm being honest, looks like there is NO-ONE on top of him (hard to tell because All-22 hasn't been put up yet).

A study in LeGarrette Blount's 2011 season, part seven: Week 10 vs. Texans

1st Quarter

(14:41) 1st & 10: Blount lines up singleback, Freeman under center. OL + TE (Winslow), right and H-back (Stocker), right. Play is a dropback pass off of play-action. Blount fakes receiving the handoff, which freezes some of the LBs momentarily, then runs up through the the weakside (left) A-gap and runs into the left flat to present a checkdown option. Freeman throws the ball out of bounds downfield (Winslow was in the area of the ball). Blount was open for the first half of his route, and while a linebacker came down to cover him, Blount could have been in position to catch a dumpoff pass.

What could Blount have done better?


Nothing, he did nothing wrong - if Freeman had thrown the checkdown there would have at least been a few yards gained on the play. Freeman didn't really have time to progress through the reads, however, as protection broke down thanks to bad pass protection by Penn on Connor Barwin.

---

(14:33) 2nd & 10: Blount lines up singleback, Freeman under center. OL + TE (Winslow), right and H-back (Stocker), right. Pre-snap, Stocker motions across the formation and sets up H-back, left. Play is a simple zone run to the strongside (right). Blount takes the handoff and runs to the strongside (right) of the line. Winslow blocks the SLB and Trueblood blocks the strongside DE, but they don't actually push their respective defenders back at all (the DE actually gets off of Trueblood's block pretty easily). Blount therefore cuts back to the left of the line, where there are pretty much no Houston defenders coming free. As he runs back towards the weakside of the line, Stocker 'pops' the WLB (Barwin), and while he doesn't lock him up, the pop is enough to slow the LB down, allowing Blount to cut downfield through the weakside C-gap (i.e. between Penn & Stocker). Penn has done an admirable job of sealing in the weakside DE, sealing one edge of a running lane, while Zuttah has actually moved outside of Penn and seals the the weakside ILB, sealing the other edge of a running lane. Blount hits this hole, but as he passes those two blockers, the strongside ILB, who was unblocked - he should have been the responsibility of either Faine or Joseph, who were doubleteaming the NT, so one of them should have peeled off to pick up the LB - tackles Blount. Blount spins round to maintain balance, breaking the tackle, but as he's unsteady, one of the safeties and a corner (who had been completely dominated by Benn's block, pushing him right out of shot, so I can't see how on earth the CB got off of the receiver's block) close in on Blount to bring him down for a gain of 8.

What could Blount have done better?

Nothing, great play by Blount, showing a great amount of what is termed on Madden "ball carrier vision", seeing the cut-back lane, and then spotting the running lane sealed off by Penn & Zuttah. Neither Faine nor Joseph made any movement to picking up that unblocked strongside ILB, and by failing to execute that assignment, the play only went for eight yards - had one of those two done their job, we'd had been looking at a first down.

---

(13:53) 3rd & 2: Blount lines up (yes, on third down) to the right of Freeman, Freeman in shotgun. OL + TE (Winslow) in a 2-point, not 3-point, stance. At the snap, Blount runs immediately to the right flat. Freeman passes to Williams for a 23-yard gain. (Blount was open)

What could Blount have done better?

Nothing - he was completely open on his route, Freeman even looked to him but Joseph & Trueblood were in the passing lane thanks to washing their defenders upfield. Absolutely no complaints about Blount on this play.

A study in LeGarrette Blount's 2011 season, part six: Week 9 @ Saints

1st Quarter

(15:00) 1st & 10: Blount lines up singleback, Freeman under center. OL + TE (Dotson), right + H-back (Stocker), right and H-back (Winslow), right. Play is power-O to the strongside (right) with Larsen (who starts in place of an injured Zuttah) lead-blocking on a pull. Blount takes the handoff and follows Larsen. Larsen attempts to force open a hole through the strongside C-gap (between Trueblood and Dotson) but there is none. Blount follows him but seeing that there is nothing open, bounces to the outside where there is open field. He cuts downfield tight to the outside of the line but there is a Saints DB unblocked to his outside. As Blount runs past, the DB wraps up Blount around the knees which brings him down for a gain of three.

What could Blount have done better?


This is a play where, no doubt, people will be accusing Blount of "dancing", but the fact is there was nothing open in front of him, so he had no option but to bounce outside. It looks like the DB who brought down Blount was covering Winslow, and as no-one blocked that DB, I would guess that he was Winslow's responsibility (Winslow doubled with Stocker on a linebacker instead). Even so, the failure of the play was down to the line not being able to get any holes open, forcing Blount outside. (For those wondering, had Blount stayed behind Larsen and just waited for a hole to open up, he would have definitely been at risk at being tackled for a loss by a safety who, worryingly, Larsen seemed unable to block without having to resort to holding).

---

(14:24) 2nd & 7: Blount lines up tailback, Lorig at FB, Freeman under center. OL + TE (Stocker), right. Play is a drop-back pass. At the snap, Blount runs up to the strongside (right) A-gap, where there is a linebacker and a safety blitzing. Joseph picks up the linebacker, but as Blount approaches the safety, the safety changes direction and runs to the weakside of the field, as Freeman has already thrown the pass in that direction (which is incomplete to Williams). Williams is dinged in the leg on the play, and Tracy Porter is carted off. (Ironic, huh?)

What could Blount have done better?

His assignment appeared to be blitz-pickup in the strongside A-gap, and seeing two blitzers coming through, he runs towards them with determination. So, he knows his responsibility, and goes to execute it, so he did fine on the play - with the exception of my pet peeve: once the safety has changed direction, meaning he was no longer Blount's responsibility (as he never actually got through the A-gap), Blount did just stand and watch the play rather than chase down the safety. Yes, his assignment may well have been "Stay in the A-gap and don't chase down any potential blitzers", but in that case, he should have remained looking for a blitzer, rather than watching the play. Still, he was in position to execute his primary assignment.

---

Lumpkin subbed in for Blount on third down.

A study in LeGarrette Blount's 2011 season, part five: Week 5 @ 49ers

1st Quarter

(15:00) 1st & 10: Blount lines up tailback, Lorig at FB, Freeman under center. OL + TE (Winslow), right. Play is a drop-back pass off of play-action. Blount fakes receiving the hand-off, momentarily sucking in the two ILBs, then runs through the line and into the right flat. Freeman throws the dumpoff to him. Blount stops his feet as he turns downfield, sees the strongside ILB on him and tries to cut inside past him. The linebacker wraps him up and drags him down. Gain of two.

What could Blount have done better?


He sold the play-action well enough, caught the dump-off and tried to use his power to go for extra yards, even though, in the end, the LB was strong enough to not be dragged. However, I do not like Blount's technique of stopping his feet in order to change direction - he should have continued running to the sideline and turn up field, rather than stop dead to cut up - if he had done so, the momentum might have helped him try fight through the LB for extra yards. Bad technique like Blount, though for what it's worth, it looks to me like he's stopping his feet to turn downfield, not to try and out-dance the LB.

---

(14:24) 2nd & 8: Blount lines up singleback, Freeman under center. OL + TE (Franklin), left and TE (Winslow), right. Play is a zone-stretch to the left with Zuttah lead-blocking on a pull. Blount takes the handoff and runs to the left of the line, aiming for the point where Zuttah is trying to force open a gap between Penn & Franklin. Blount sees a running lane open between Faine & Trueblood, thanks to Joseph going up to the second level, and cuts downfield through this lane. He then, however, sees a big gap to his right, outside of Trueblood, and looks to lean in that direction; but he continues running towards Trueblood rather than bounce outside. Trueblood leaves his DE alone as he continues zone blocking to the left, leaving the DE free to get a hand to Blount, slightly unsteadying him. The right ILB (from the Bucs' perspective) evades Trueblood's block and trips up Blount, bringing him down for a gain of six.

A study in LeGarrette Blount's 2011 season, part four: Week 4 vs. Colts

1st Quarter

(10:26) 1st & 10: Blount lines up singleback, Freeman under center. OL + TE (Winslow), right and H-back (Stocker), right. Pre-snap, Stocker motions into the backfield and sets up at FB, offset to the weakside (left). Play is a simple FB-lead run up the weakside B-gap. Blount takes the handoff and follows Stocker up the playhole, but Winslow cannot block his DE, who pushes Winslow all the way across the formation, then gets off the block and wraps up Blount as he runs past. The DE's arms drop down to the ground but he's able to trip up Blount by an ankle tap. Blount crashes into the WLB who Stocker is trying to block, while the SLB comes across the formation and joins in. Gain of three.

What could Blount have done better?


Not much. He followed his blocker, and had no real room to do anything else thanks to Winslow's abject failure to block the DE - if he had, then Blount would have been able to bounce outside of Stocker, and then might have been able to go a fair distance. As it stood, Blount didn't have much opportunity to do anything thanks to Winslow's blown block, and truth be told, he was lucky to get even those three yards.

A study in LeGarrette Blount's 2011 season, part three: Week 3 vs. Falcons

1st Quarter

(13:57) 1st & 10: Blount lines up as singleback, Freeman under center. OL + TE (Stocker), right and H-Back (Winslow), right. Play is a dropback pass. At the snap, Blount runs up the middle, then runs an out route. Freeman completes to Williams.

What could Blount have done better?


Nothing on this play. In this case, I believe Blount's assignment was to run a route straight away, with Stocker staying in as the extra blocker instead.

---

(13:23) 2nd & 2: Blount lines up at tailback in I-form, Lorig at FB, Freeman under center. OL + TE (Winslow), left. Play is a simple zone lead run. Trueblood pushes the DE outside and locks him up solidly, while Joseph, after chipping on the DT, releases downfield to block a linebacker. This creates a large hole in the right of the line. Lorig runs through the hole and meets an LB, originally trying to seal him to the outside. The LB gets off the block, but Lorig quickly reacts and puts his hands back on him, sealing him on the inside. Blount reads this block and cuts outside of Lorig. Meanwhile, Blount runs inside of Trueblood, then sees Faine trying to deal with a spinning DT. Blount reads the block very well, and noticing that Zuttah has sealed the other DT, sidesteps inside Faine, who washes his DT outside. He then see Lorig's LB in front of him, but notices Lorig coming back to block and seal him inside, and reading that block, cuts back outside Lorig. The LB that Joseph had gone block had gotten off of the guard, and came down to hit Blount, but he notices this and cut downfield, making the LB (Lofton) miss. He crosses the first down marker, and is hit in the gut by a safety, who had gotten off of Williams' block. Blount stops forward progress, but is doesn't go down. Several Falcons defenders come in and wrap him up for a gang tackle. Gain of 5.

Way-too-early prediction for the 53-man roster, no. 2

QBs

1. (Starter) Josh Freeman

2. (#2) Dan Orlovsky

A way, way, way too premature prediction for the Bucs' 53-man roster come Week 1

On the eve of the 2012 draft, I'm gonna throw together a very quick, extremely premature prediction of what the 53-man roster might look like when the season opener against the Panthers rolls around - depth chart included (where applicable).

A study in LeGarrette Blount's 2011 season, part two: Week 2 @ Vikings

1st Quarter

(14:55) 1st & 10: Blount lines up singleback, Freeman under center. Play is a dropback pass. Blount runs forward, sees Joseph being pushed back by the DT. Goes inside of Joseph, looking downfield - appears to be on the look out for a delayed blitz. Seeing all the LBs have bailed, he then turns back to see if Joseph needs help. He puts a hand on Joseph's back, as if trying to stop him being pushed back. Freeman is sacked by Jared Allen, who beats Penn on the play.

What could Blount have done better?


I'm not sure there's much he could have done. With the play unfolding as it did, you could say that he should have helped out Joseph straight away (even though ultimately that DT didn't make the play directly, when Freeman saw Joseph being pushed back into him, Freeman scrambled left directly into Allen). However, what if there had been a blitzing LB? If Blount had gone straight up to help out Joseph and someone was coming late, they would have had a clear shot on Freeman. Blount therefore did the right thing. By the time he did go to help out Joseph, he was the wrong side of him to get any hands on the DT, so you can't really fault Blount on this play for anything in particular.

A study in LeGarrette Blount's 2011 season, part one: Week 1 vs. Lions

Before we start, a quick note about format. As with the Mike Williams study, I will be using a double line to separate between series', like this:

==========================================

However, because I'm looking deeper into Blount on this occasion, I'll be separating between plays, as well I'll separate between them with three dashes, like this:

---

The reason for going deeper is because the running game is so very much dependent on the offensive line. It's also not as simple as receivers, who either are open or covered. Rather, I'll be looking and seeing what Blount could have done better, and whether he did badly, or well, on a play because of the blocking in front of him, or his own actions on each play.

Lastly, Mike Williams was in on an very high percentage of plays. Blount, I imagine, was not. As a result, I'll only talk about down & distance, and time left on the game clock, on plays when Blount is in or out, rather than almost every single play as I did with Williams, regardless of whether Williams was in or not.

Think that's about it. As usual, any comments or complaints can be left in the comments or, more likely to get you a response, tweet me at @FredTheGur.

On with the show.

A study in Mike Williams: the conclusion

So, I've now gone through all thirty-two regular season games of Mike Williams' pro career. In 2010, he was an electrifying receiver, setting a new franchise record for single-season receiving touchdowns, and becoming the first wideout since Randy Moss to have double digit receiving touchdowns in his rookie year.

In 2011, Williams had nowhere near the level of production he had as a rook. The only measurable statistic where there was an marked improvement was he cut the number of fumbles he had from 3 in 2010 to 2 in 2011. It's especially easy to compare and contrast the two seasons on paper pretty easily as he had 65 receptions in both years, allowing people to easily point that, with the same number of catches, he had 193 less yards (which breaks down to 2.9 yards per reception, or 12.1 yards per game, fewer), and even more notably, 8 less touchdowns. So what explains the slump?

The answer cannot be found in stats, but in game film. I've given as accurate a report as I can of what the game film shows of Mike Williams, and have already shared on Twitter what I think some of the major contributing factors to his slump have been, but will repeat and elaborate on them here.

A study in Mike Williams, part thirty two - the final chapter: 2011 Week 17 @ Falcons

1st Quarter

(8:12) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs up and blocks a CB. (Run play)

(7:38) 2nd & 8: Williams lines up wide right. Runs a slant route. (Run play)

(6:56) 3rd & 6: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a go route. Freeman is sacked. (Williams was covered)

=================================================================

(3:24) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a post route. Freeman throws to Briscoe but the pass is intercepted. (Williams was open)

A study in Mike Williams, part thirty one: 2011 Week 16 @ Panthers

1st Quarter

(10:07) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide right. Runs downfield then looks to block a CB. (Run play, fumble, Panthers recover)

===========================================================

(8:27) 1st & 10: Williams lines up tight left. Runs an out route then turns back inside to look for the ball. Freeman scrambles. Penalty flags. Offsides by Carolina. (Williams was open once he turned back inside)

(8:04) 1st & 5: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a slant route. (Run play)

(7:32) 2nd & 5: Williams lines up wide right. Runs up to a CB and blocks him. (Run play)

(6:54) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Blocks a CB. (Run play)

(6:11) 2nd & 2: Williams lines up wide left. Runs down a curl route. Freeman throws to him. The ball is a little behind Williams but still unquestionably catchable. The ball sails through Williams' hands.

A study in Mike Williams, part thirty: 2011 Week 15 vs. Cowboys

1st Quarter

(14:55) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a slant route. Puts his hands on a safety but doesn't properly try to block him. (Run play)

(14:18) 2nd & 7: Williams not in on the play.

(13:34) 3rd & 5: Williams lines up tight right, outside man in a trips bunch. Runs a drag route. Freeman scrambles for 25 yards. (Williams was open)

(12:47) 1st & 10: Williams lines up slot right. Runs a go route. Freeman scrambles, fumbles the ball. Dallas recover. (Williams was covered)

========================================================

(8:44) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs up and half-heartedly blocks a CB (the CB doesn't fight back either). (Run play)

(8:07) 2nd & 3: Williams lines up wide right. Runs a slant route. Heads towards a safety but does pull up short so he won't have to block him. Ever since the Green Bay game, it appears that Williams really is more often shying away from contact. (Run play)

(7:25) 3rd & 1: Williams not in on the play.

========================================================

(0:18) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a curl route. Freeman completes to Stocker. (Williams was open)

2nd Quarter

(15:00) 2nd & 6: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a go route. (Run play)

(14:18) 3rd & 2: Williams lines up slot left. Runs an in route. Freeman throws it away under pressure. (Williams had a man covering him tightly)

========================================================

(10:31) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a go route. Freeman is sacked. (Williams had defenders either side of him but not tight)

(9:54) 2nd & 16: Williams lines up wide left. Runs an in route. Freeman is sacked. (Williams was open with a defender lurking quite far underneath)

(9:15) 3rd & 20: Williams lines up wide left. Blocks a CB (though he doesn't hold the block through the end of the play). Freeman throws a screen pass to Lumpkin, which is well short of the first down. Penalty flags. Offensive PI by Williams. (Even though I'd say it's more a block than OPI :/ )

========================================================

(4:35) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Jogs up to a DB. (Run play)

(3:54) 2nd & 8: Williams lines up wide right. Runs a slant route. Never attempts to block the corner despite the fact the corner has a hand on him. (Run play)

(3:07) 3rd & 8: Williams lines up wide left. Freeman calls a time out before the play clock runs down.

(3:07) 3rd & 8: Williams lines up wide left. Runs downfield to a safety, lightly puts hand on him as the play is blown dead. Freeman throws a screen to Lumpkin but Lumpkin drops the pass.

========================================================

(0:17) 1st & 10: Williams not in on the play. (Kneel down)

========================================================

3rd Quarter

(6:32) 1st & 10: Williams lines up slot left. Runs a deep out route. Freeman is sacked. (Williams was open but with a defender lurking)

(6:00) 2nd & 16: Williams lines up wide left. Runs an in route. Freeman completes to Winslow. Williams goes up to block someone but doesn't do a good job of it (though at least he appeared to try). (Williams was open)

(5:19) 3rd & 7: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a post route. Freeman completes to Briscoe. (Williams was covered)

(4:46) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs an in route. Freeman scrambles. (Williams appears to have been covered)

(4:07) 2nd & 4: Williams lines up wide right. Runs up and blocks the CB. (Run play)

(3:23) 3rd & 3: Williams lines up slot left, middle man of a trips bunch. Runs a go route. Freeman completes to Lumpkin for a first down. (Williams was open)

(2:49) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a go route. Freeman completes to Winslow. (Williams was covered)

(2:11) 2nd & 3: Williams lines up wide left. Runs an out route. Freeman throws incomplete to Parker. (Cannot tell if Williams was open or covered)

(2:06) 3rd & 3: Williams lines up wide right. Motions infield until he's inside the CB. Runs an in route. Freeman completes to Lumpkin. (Cannot tell if Williams was open or covered)

(1:19)  1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs down the left sideline. Freeman completes to Spurlock. (Cannot tell if Williams was open or covered)

(0:37) 2nd & 4: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a slant route. Freeman throws to Winslow but he drops it. (Williams was open)

(0:32) 3rd & 4: Williams lines up wide left. Runs an in route along the back of the endzone. Freeman completes to Briscoe for a first down. (Cannot tell if Williams was open or covered)

(0:23) Two-point conversion attempt: Williams lines up slot left. Runs an out route along the back of the endzone. Freeman completes to Winslow. (Williams was covered)

======================================================

4th Quarter

(10:00) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a curl route. Freeman completes to Briscoe. (Williams was open)

(9:24) 2nd & 4: Williams lines up wide left. Runs downfield. Freeman completes to Winslow. (Cannot tell if Williams was open or covered)

(8:43) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a go route. Freeman completes to Pianalto. (Williams was covered)

(8:11) 2nd & 3: Williams lines up wide left. Runs downfield. Freeman throws a screen pass to Madu.

(7:22) 3rd & 4: Williams lines up wide right. Bucs call time out.

(7:22) 3rd & 4: Williams lines up tight right, outside man of a trip bunch. Penalty flags. False start by Briscoe.

(7:22) 3rd & 9: Williams lines up wide right. Runs an in route. Freeman is flushed from the pocket and is forced to throw it away under pressure.

(7:16) 4th & 9: Williams lines up wide left. Runs an out route. Freeman completes to Lumpkin who runs after the catch for a first down. (Williams was covered)

(6:42) 1st & 10: Williams lines up tight left. Runs a drag route. Freeman throws out of bounds under pressure. Penalty flags. Intentional grounding by Freeman. (Williams was open up until he cut back on himself to try and help out Freeman)

(6:36) 2nd & 21: Williams lines up wide right. Runs a curl route. Freeman completes to Madu. (Williams was covered, but the CB bailed before Freeman throw the ball, leaving Williams open)

(6:00) 3rd & 12: Williams lines up wide right. Runs a go route. Freeman has his pass batted down. (Cannot tell if Williams was open or covered)

(5:54) 4th & 12: Williams lines up wide right. Runs a go route. Freeman throws to Parker but the ball bounces off his hands. (Williams was open underneath)

=======================================================

(3:28) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide right. Tries to get off his press but is unable to. Freeman throws ball OB under pressure. Penalty flags. Holding by Faine. (Cannot tell if Williams got off his press, let alone ran a route)

(3:19) 1st & 20: Williams lines up wide left. Runs up to a CB, blocking him briefly, then disengages and cuts inside running across the field. Freeman throws screen pass to Lumpkin.

(2:43) 2nd & 15: Williams lines up wide left. Releases outside the CB and runs downfield. Freeman throws the checkdown to Lumpkin who flat out drops the pass, despite having no-one near him. (Williams appeared to be open)

(2:38) 3rd & 15: Williams lines up wide left. Runs downfield inside the CB. Freeman throws to Winslow. (Cannot tell if Williams was open or covered)

(2:01) 4th & 12: Williams lines up wide left. Releases outside the CB and runs downfield. Freeman throws to Spurlock, but he is hit as he catches it and drops the pass. (Williams appeared to be open)

A study in Mike Williams, part twenty nine: 2011 Week 14 @ Jaguars

1st Quarter

(15:00) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs downfield. Freeman throws incomplete to Stocker. (Williams had just broken open when the pass was thrown)

(14:56) 2nd & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a corner route. Freeman throws the ball away. Penalty flags. Personal foul. Facemask by Jacksonville D. (Williams was open)

(14:47) 1st & 10: Williams lines up slot left. Blocks a CB. (Run play)

(14:13) 2nd & 6: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a slant route. Goes to block a safety, but the safety is past him, so he blocks a CB. (Run play)

(13:33) 3rd & 4: Williams lines up slot right. Runs an out route. Freeman completes to Parker. (Williams was tightly covered but could have caught an underneath ball)

(12:50) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide right. Runs a hitch route. Freeman throws to him but a linebacker jumps in front of him, knocking the ball away and almost intercepting it.

(12:45) 2nd & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a slant route. (Run play)

(12:01) 3rd & 6: Williams lines up wide left. Jogs a curl route but never really goes for it. Freeman throws incomplete deep to Benn. Penalty flags. False start by Penn.

(11:43) 3rd & 11: Williams lines up wide right. Releases inside the CB and runs downfield. Freeman completes to Lumpkin but it's short of the first down. (Cannot tell if Williams was open or covered)

(10:59) 4th & 1: Williams not in on the play.

(10:11) 1st & Goal, from the 8: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a fade route. Freeman completes to Benn. (Williams was covered)

(9:28) 2nd & Goal, from less than a yard: Williams not in on the play.

===========================================================

(4:41) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Blocks a CB. (Run play)

(4:00) 2nd & 7: Williams lines up wide left. Releases outside the CB and runs an in route. Freeman throws incomplete to Briscoe. (Williams was covered)

(3:54) 3rd & 7: Williams lines up wide left. Releases inside the CB and runs a slant route. Freeman throws incomplete to Briscoe. (Williams was covered)

===========================================================

(2:11) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Blocks a CB. (Run play)

(1:39) 2nd & 4: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a slant route then blocks a CB. (Run play)

(1:01) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs down the sideline. Freeman throws a screen pass to Lorig.

(0:16) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a slant route. (Run play)

2nd Quarter

(15:00) 2nd & 14: Williams lines up slot left. Blocks a CB. Freeman throws a receiver screen to Parker.

(14:17) 3rd & 7: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a curl route, then spins around the CB and runs into the endzone. Freeman scrambles for a touchdown. (Williams was covered)

============================================================

(12:30) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide right. Runs up to a CB, giving him a push, but because he pushed him rather than locked him up, the CB was free to run to the play. (Run play)

(11:54) 2nd & 6: Williams lines up wide right. Runs a slant route and looks to block the safety but doesn't get there quick enough.

(11:11) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a deep in route. Freeman scrambles but is sacked. (Williams was open but had a defender lurking underneath)

(10:31) 2nd & 12: Williams lines up wide left. Runs downfield. Freeman throws a screen pass to Blount. Blount runs with the ball but fumbles as he's brought down. Bucs recover the ball.

(9:51) 3rd & 6: Williams lines up wide left. Releases outside the CB. Freeman throws incomplete to Winslow. (Cannot tell if Williams was open or covered)

=============================================================

(7:36) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Blocks a CB. (Run play)

(6:57) 2nd & 1: Williams not in on the play.

(6:16) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs an in route. Freeman completes to him for a first down.

(5:34) 1st & 10: Williams lines up slot right. Runs a slant route, blocks a DB, helping Blount get an extra yard or two.

(4:54) 2nd & 3: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a go route. Freeman throws deep to him, but it's quite far in front and Williams can only get one hand to it, and, unable to secure it, bobbles it OB.

(4:46) 3rd & 3: Williams lines up wide right. Runs downfield. Freeman throws the ball away under pressure.

=============================================================

(2:05) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Motions infield until he's just outside the slot receiver. Dummies a step downfield, then turns back inside for the pass on the receiver screen. Makes decent yards after the catch. Penalty flags. Holding by Parker.

Two minute warning


(2:00) 1st & 19: Williams lines up wide left. Runs downfield. Freeman is sacked, fumbling the ball. The Jaguars recover and run it into the endzone for a touchdown.

=============================================================

(1:53) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs an in route. Freeman completes to Winslow. Williams continues to jog for a few steps before realising he should try and block the CB. (Williams was open but with a defender tight)

(1:19) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs downfield. Freeman completes to Briscoe. (Cannot tell if Williams was open or covered)

Bucs time out


(1:13) 2nd & 4: Williams lines up wide left. Runs an in route. Freeman throws incomplete to Winslow. (Williams had a man tight to him)

(1:07) 3rd & 4: Williams lines up wide right. Runs a curl route. Freeman throws to him but the ball is picked off. (Williams was very tightly covered, but could have fought for it. Ball seemed to take him by surprise though - in those situations, Freeman normally throws a jump ball, so I wonder if Williams was anticipating the jump ball in this case too)

=============================================================

(0:04) 1st & 10: Williams not in on the play. (Kneel down)

=============================================================

3rd Quarter

(11:30) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Blocks a CB, though he doesn't properly lock him up. (Run play)

(10:52) 2nd & 5: Williams not in on the play.

(10:12) 3rd & 1: Williams not in on the play.

(9:37) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs downfield. Freeman throws the checkdown to Blount, but the ball is tipped at the line, meaning the ball ends up behind Blount. Blount puts a hand up behind him to try and catch it, but ends up tipping it in the air, and a defender dives for the ball, catching it for an interception.

=============================================================

(8:13) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a slant route and blocks a defender. (Run play, on which Blount fumbled and Jacksonville recovered)

=============================================================

(6:30) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a go route. Freeman scrambles for a decent gain. (Cannot tell if Williams was open or covered)

(5:48) 2nd & 4: Williams lines up wide left. Runs infield then turns up, pushing a CB but again not properly engaging him with a block. (Run play)

(5:09) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs up to a CB to block him but only puts his hands on him, then drops his hands. (Run play)

(4:27) 2nd & 5: Williams lines up wide right. Runs an in route. Freeman throws incomplete to Winslow. Penalty flags. Holding by Blount. (Williams was open)

(4:27) 2nd & 15: Williams lines up wide left. Penalty flags. False start by Trueblood.

(4:22) 2nd & 20: Williams lines up wide left. Runs downfield. Freeman scrambles out the right side of the pocket. Throws the ball away, as the screen had not developed. (Cannot tell if Williams was open or covered)

(4:17) 3rd & 20: Williams lines up wide left. Runs an in route. Freeman completes to him but he's about 4 yards short of the first down.

=============================================================

(2:30) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs infield then blocks a CB. (Run play)

(1:48) 2nd & 16: Williams lines up wide left. Motions infield until he's just outside the CB. Appears to have run a slant-and-out, then cutting back infield. Freeman throws incomplete to Winslow. (Williams became open when he cut back infield)

(1:40) 3rd & 16: Williams lines up wide left. Runs downfield. Freeman completes to Lumpkin short of the first down. (Cannot tell if Williams was open or covered)

=============================================================

4th Quarter

(10:22) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a curl route. Freeman completes to Briscoe. (Williams was open)

(9:45) 2nd & 1: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a deep in route. Freeman completes to Briscoe for a first down. (Williams was open)

(9:15) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs downfield. Freeman completes to Parker. (Cannot tell if Williams was open or covered)

(8:45) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a deep in route. Freeman throws to him but the ball appeared to bounce off his hands.

(8:39) 2nd & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Appears to run an in route. Freeman is sacked, fumbles the ball but Madu recovers. (Cannot tell if Williams was open or covered)

(8:03) 3rd & 11: Williams lines up wide left. Runs an in route. Freeman scrambles. (Cannot tell if Williams was open or covered)

(7:32) 4th & 3: Williams lines up wide left. Motions infield until he's just outside the CB. Runs downfield, heading infield, then cuts to an out route. Freeman throws incomplete to Briscoe. (Williams broke open on the cut outfield)

==============================================================

Williams was sat down for the next Bucs' series, which lasted all of two plays.

A study in Mike Williams, part twenty eight: 2011 Week 13 vs. Panthers

Freeman was inactive this game due to injury. Josh Johnson played QB. If I say "Freeman" by mistake in this post, I mean Johnson.

1st Quarter

(11:14) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Blocks a CB. (Run play)

(10:46) 2nd & 13: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a slant route but essentially gets clotheslined by a CB and falls on the floor. Johnson throws to Blount but he drops the pass. (Williams was on the floor)

(10:39) 3rd & 13: Williams lines up wide right. Runs a deep slant-and-out. Johnson scrambles under pressure, but slips on the ground. A Carolina defender touches him down for a 'sack'. (Williams was covered on the slant but broke open when cut to the out route)

==============================================================

(5:01) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide right. Runs downfield. (Run play)

(4:24) 2nd & 9: Williams lines up wide left. Blocks a CB. (Run play)

(3:43) 3rd & 9: Williams lines up wide right. Runs a deep curl route. Johnson completes deep to Benn. (Williams was covered)

(2:57) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Panthers call a time out.

(2:57) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Rides a go route. Johnson throws incomplete to Stroughter. (Based on the shadows, Williams appears to have been covered)

(2:52) 2nd & 10: Williams not in on the play.

(2:12) 3rd & 14: Williams lines up wide right. Runs a go route. Johnson completes to Benn well short of a first down. (Williams was open)

==============================================================

2nd Quarter

(14:53) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Blocks a CB. (Run play)

(14:19) 2nd & 4: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a slant route. (Run play)

(13:39) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide right. Runs a go route. Johnson completes to Winslow. (Williams was covered)

(13:04) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Goes to block a CB, then releases past him as if it was a play action. (Run play)

(12:21) 2nd & 4: Williams lines up wide left. Blocks a CB. (Run play)

(11:42) 3rd & 2: Williams lines up slot left. Slants shallow and hard to attempt to block a defender but doesn't get to him. That defender tackles Benn on a Benn'd Around in the backfield for a considerable loss.

=============================================================

(7:04) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Is pressed at the line and cannot get off the press at all. Johnson is about to be sacked, but throws the ball. The defender tips the ball, and Johnson catches it again, then is brought down. Penalty flags. The defender is flagged for holding on Williams. The commentators debate whether it was holding or a good press. Bucs call time out. Johnson is hurt. Rudy Carpenter warms up.


(6:58) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Motions infield. Blocks a defender. (Run play)

(6:24) 2nd & 8: Williams lines up wide left. Josh Johnson back in at QB. Williams runs a post-corner route. Johnson throws to him deep for a gain of 42 yards.

(5:54) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Slants infield and blocks a safety. (Run play)

(5:21) 2nd & 11: Williams lines up wide right. Runs down the right sideline. Johnson throws incomplete to Benn. (Cannot tell if Williams was open or covered)

(5:14) 3rd & 11: Williams lines up tight right, outside man of a trips bunch. Runs downfield. (QB draw)

============================================================

(3:20) 1st & 10: Williams lines up slot left. Jogs downfield looking to block a safety. (Run play)

(2:44) 2nd & 5: Williams lines up wide right. Runs up to a CB and blocks him. Penalty flags. Holding by Joseph. (Run play)

(2:17) 2nd & 13: Williams lines up wide left. Releases outside the CB and runs downfield. Johnson completes to Winslow. (Cannot tell if Williams was open or covered)

Two minute warning


(2:00) 3rd & 5: Williams lines up wide left. Releases outside the CB. Johnson, seeing no-one open, scrambles for the first down. (Cannot tell if Williams was open or covered)

(1:51) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Blocks the CB. (Run play)

(1:16) 2nd & 9: Williams lines up wide right. Runs a go route. Johnson scrambles. (Cannot tell if Williams was open or covered)

Bucs time out


(1:08) 3rd & 2: Williams lines up wide right. Runs a drag route. Johnson throws to him but the pass is in front of him, and coverage was tight.

=============================================================

3rd Quarter

(15:00) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide right. Runs downfield. Johnson throws a receiver screen to Benn.

(14:18) 2nd & 8: Williams lines up wide left. Runs up to a CB. (Run play)

(13:39) 3rd & 2: Williams lines up slot left. Runs an in route. Johnson completes to Parker. (Williams appeared to be open)

(13:00) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Releases outside the CB and runs a deep in. Johnson shifts in the pocket, then trows to Williams for a good gain.

(12:19) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a slant route. (Run play)

(11:40) 2nd & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a post route. Johnson completes to him for a first down.

(11:00) 1st & 10: Williams appears not to be in on the play.

(10:50) 2nd & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Releases outside the CB. (Run play)

(10:40) 3rd & 8: Williams lines up wide right. Releases down the right sideline. Johnson is hit, lobs it up high and it falls into the arms of a Panthers DL. (Williams appeared to be covered)

============================================================

(6:21) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Blocks the CB. (Run play)

(5:41) 2nd & 6: Williams not in on the play.

(5:33) 3rd & 6: Williams lines up wide left. Wrestles with a CB, then runs a post route. Johnson completes to Winslow. (Williams appeared to be open)

(4:51) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs down the sideline. Johnson scrambles. (Appears to have been covered)

(4:09) 2nd & 2: Williams lines up wide left. Blocks the CB, but eventually gives up on the block - the CB makes the stop on Johnson running a QB draw.

(3:39) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a drag route. Johnson throws incomplete deep to Benn. (Williams was open)

(3:31) 2nd & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Releases downfield then runs a slant route. Johnson completes to Winslow. (Williams appears to have been open)

(2:50) 3rd & 7: Williams lines up wide right. Runs a deep in route. Johnson throws to him but the pass is too high and Williams doesn't come down with it.

===========================================================

4th Quarter

(9:48) 1st & 10: Williams lines up slot left. Runs up to a CB, then blocks him. (Run play)

(9:21) 2nd & 4: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a curl route. Johnson completes to Parker. (Williams was open but coverage was tight)

(8:55) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Blocks a CB. (Run play)

(8:23) 2nd & 8: Williams lines up wide left. Is pressed at the line, struggles but eventually gets off then runs downfield. Johnson completes to Parker. (Cannot tell if Williams was open or covered)

(7:53) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide right. Releases outside the CB and runs down the sideline. Johnson's throw is too far in front of him, although Williams did cut off his route early to avoid contact. (The pass would still have been overthrown)

(7:47) 2nd & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs down the right sideline. (Run play)

(7:09) 3rd & 4: Williams lines up wide left. Runs an in route. Johnson completes to him for a first down.

(6:43) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a deep in route. Johnson completes to Briscoe for a first down. (Williams had two defenders underneath)

===========================================================

(4:01) 1st & 10: Williams lines up right, tight outside the slot. Runs a drag route. Johnson throws to him, and he makes some yards after the catch, eventually brought down one yard short of the first down.

(3:31) 2nd & 1: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a go route. Johnson throws to him but he drops the jump ball.

(3:25) 3rd & 1: Williams lines up left, tight outside the slot. Runs to the right sideline. (Run play)

(2:59) 4th & 3: Williams lines up wide right. Releases inside the CB then runs a slant route. Johnson is sacked. (Williams was covered)

A study in Mike Williams part twenty seven: 2011 Week 12 @ Titans

1st Quarter

(15:00) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a curl route. Freeman throws to him but the CB comes in and bats the ball away.

(14:56) 2nd & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Blocks a CB. (Run play)

============================================================

(13:46) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs infield then turns downfield. (Run play)

(13:07) 2nd & 5: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a slant route, then turns outfield looking for a defender to block. Freeman throws a screen pass to Blount.

(12:22) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide right. Runs a curl route. Freeman throws to him for a little short of a first down.

(11:41) 2nd & 2: Williams lines up wide right. Runs up and blocks a CB. (Run play)

(10:58) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide right. Runs a slant route then turns outside looking to block a CB. (Run play)

(10:21) 2nd & 7: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a slant route. (Run play)

(9:41) 3rd & 9: Williams lines up wide left. Motions infield until he's just outside the slot receiver. Runs an out route. After Freeman completes to Winslow, Williams blocks the CB covering him, preventing him peeling off to tackle Winslow. (Williams was covered by the looks of it)

(8:59) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide right. Runs a deep in route. Freeman overthrows Benn. (Williams was open but with a defender lurking underneath)

(8:53) 2nd & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs up and blocks a CB. (Receiver screen to Benn)

(8:11) 3rd & 13: Williams lines up wide right. Motions infield until he's just outside the outside slot receiver, essentially becoming the outside man in a trips bunch. Almost runs into Parker, then runs a drag route. Freeman throws incomplete to Parker. (Williams was open)

===========================================================

(7:42) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide right. Runs up and blocks a CB. (Run play)

(7:05) 2nd & 3: Williams lines up wide right. Runs downfield. Freeman scrambles for the first down. (Cannot tell if Williams was open or covered)

(6:23) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide right. Runs towards a CB. (Run play)

(5:46) 2nd & 4: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a slant route. (Run play)

(5:03) 3rd & 2: Williams lines up slot left. Runs an out route. Freeman scrambles in the pocket under pressure, then throws incomplete to Parker. (Cannot tell if Williams was covered or open)

==========================================================

(2:13) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a slant route. Freeman throws to Benn but the pass is high and while it is catchable, Benn drops it. (Williams was covered)

(2:07) 2nd & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a slant route. Freeman targets him but the ball is batted down at the line. (Williams was open)

(2:04) 3rd & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a drag route. Freeman scrambles with it. Williams backs into the CB but never turns around to properly block him when he sees Freeman scrambling. (Williams was open)

==========================================================

2nd Quarter

(9:53) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Blocks a CB but the CB gets off the block. (Run play)

(9:16) 2nd & 9: Williams lines up wide right. Josh Johnson in at QB. Williams jogs downfield. (QB boot)

(8:34) 3rd & 4: Williams lines up wide right. Freeman back in at QB. Releases inside the CB and runs downfield. Freeman completes deep to Winslow. Penalty flags. Offsides by Tennessee. Penalty declined. First down. Tennessee throws a challenge flag. Call stands. First down. (Cannot tell if Williams was open or covered)

(8:23) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Turns in for a smoke route, then runs up to block a CB. (Run play)

(7:48) 2nd & 7: Williams lines up wide right. Runs downfield. Freeman is flushed from the pocket, throws a dump off to Stocker. Penalty flags. Holding by Zuttah. (Cannot tell if Williams was open or covered)

(7:17) 2nd & 17: Williams lines up wide left. Goes to block a CB. Freeman has the ball stripped. Tennessee recover.

========================================================

(3:45) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide right. Runs an in route. Freeman targets Williams but the pass is too far in front.

(3:42) 2nd & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a slant route. (Run play)

(2:58) 3rd & 6: Williams lines up wide right. Attempts to release outside the CB but appears to be pressed at the line. Freeman is sacked. (Williams barely had disengaged from the CB when Freeman is sacked)

========================================================

(0:59) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a slant route. Freeman completes to Winslow. (Williams had gotten open before the pass was thrown)

Bucs time out

(0:54) 2nd & 1: Williams lines up wide right. Runs downfield. Freeman throws checkdown to Lumpkin. (Cannot tell if Williams was open or covered)

Bucs time out

(0:42) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs down the sideline. Freeman completes to Winslow. (Williams was open underneath, there was a man over the top but any underneath throw would have been open)

(0:38) 2nd & 3: Williams lines up wide right. Releases downfield then runs a slant. Freeman completes to Winslow. (Williams was open)

(0:20) 1st & Goal, from the 3: Williams lines up wide right. Runs a fade route. Freeman throws quick to him but the pass is very high and Williams can only get one hand to it, and is unable to come down with it.

(0:16) 2nd & Goal, from the 3: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a quick in. Freeman throws to him for the touchdown.

=======================================================

3rd Quarter

(13:35) 1st & 10: Williams lines up slot right. Runs a slant route, tries to block a DB, then turns back outfield, jogging towards the play. (Run play)

(12:54) 2nd & 9: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a slant route. Williams is covered, so he cuts back outfield, coming open. Freeman throws to him but Williams is hit as he catches the ball with enough force to cause him to drop the pass.

(12:48) 3rd & 9: Williams lines up wide right. Releases outside the CB. Freeman scrambles, causing the CB to off Williams. Williams then cuts back into the middle of the field. Freeman hits him for a good gain, then Williams turns downfield. The ball is punched out, and Tennessee recover the fumble.

=======================================================

(6:46) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a slant route, goes to block a CB but the CB runs towards Blount before Williams can get a hand on him. Continues running downfield. (Run play)

(6:08) 2nd & 9: Williams lines up wide left. Releases outside the CB and runs downfield. (Run play)

(5:20) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide right. Runs a go route. Freeman throws the checkdown to Blount, who makes extra yards, but as he goes down a Titans defender gets his arms also around the ball, and tears the ball out of Blount's hands for the turnover.

=======================================================

(3:18) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide right. Blocks a CB. (Run play)

(2:36) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide right. Blocks a CB. (Run play)

(1:54) 2nd & 4: Williams lines up wide left. Runs downfield to block a CB. (Run play)

(1:12) 3rd & 2: Williams lines up wide left. Motions infield until he's just outside the slot receiver. Runs an in route, then looks outside. Freeman throws incomplete , either to Winslow, who was underneath the pass, or Williams, for whom the pass was too far inside. Not clear who was the intended receiver. (Williams was covered)

=======================================================

4th Quarter

(11:57) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide right. Runs up and blocks a CB. (Run play)

(11:14) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide right. Runs up to a CB, but doesn't appear to get any hands on him. (Run play)

(10:33) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide right. Runs an in route. Freeman throws a quick pass to him for just shy of the first down.

(9:52) 2nd & 1: Williams lines up wide right. Blocks a CB. (Run play)

(9:18) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide right. Runs a slant route. Penalty flags. Holding by Winslow. (Run play)

(8:52) 1st & 20: Williams lines up wide left. Penalty flags. False start by Zuttah.

(8:37) 1st & 25: Williams lines up tight left. Runs a post route. Freeman throws incomplete to Benn. (Williams was open)

(8:31) 2nd & 25: Williams lines up wide right. Runs what looks like a post route. Freeman throws a screen pass to Lumpkin. (Cannot tell if Williams was open or covered)

(7:46) 3rd & 27: Williams lines up wide left. Runs up to a CB. Penalty flags. Holding by Penn. Declined. Fourth down. (Run play)

=====================================================

(2:54) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide right. Runs a slant route. (Run play)

(2:25) 2nd & 10: Williams lines up wide right. Runs an in route. Freeman targets Winslow but the pass in picked off. (William was open)

=====================================================

(1:44) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs down the left sideline. Freeman completes to him for 23 yards. (The commentator says it was caught by Stroughter, but it was Williams)

(1:37) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs down the left sideline then turns back to look for the ball. Freeman throws incomplete to Parker. (Williams was open)

(1:30) 2nd & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a post route. Freeman completes to him for 23 yards.

(1:14) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Freeman spikes the ball.

(1:14) 2nd & 10: Williams not in on the play.

(1:08) 3rd & 10: Williams lines up wide right. Runs an in route. Freeman completes to Lumpkin. (Williams was open)

(0:46) 4th & 1: Williams lines up wide right. Freeman fumbles the snap. Tennessee recover.

A study in Mike Williams part twenty six: 2011 Week 11 @ Packers

1st Quarter

(14:55) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Blocks a CB. (Run play)

(14:17) 2nd & 8: Williams lines up wide right. Runs a slant route. (Run play)

(13:37) 3rd & 7: Williams lines up slot right. Runs an in route. Freeman completes to Parker. (Williams was open)

(12:52) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a go route. Freeman completes to Stocker. (Williams was covered)

(12:12) 2nd & 9: Williams lines up wide right. Runs a slant route. Freeman completes to Benn. (Williams was open)

(11:30) 3rd & 4: Williams lines up slot right. Runs a deep curl. Freeman throws incomplete to Parker. (Williams was essentially covered, with a defender lurking very close who would have made a play on any balls thrown at him)

===========================================================

(2:46) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs downfield. (Run play)

(2:08) 2nd & 13: Williams lines up wide left. Blocks a CB. (Run play)

(1:41) 3rd & 11: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a go route. Freeman completes to Benn behind the LOS. (Cannot tell if Williams was open or covered)

===========================================================

2nd Quarter

(13:39) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide right. Runs an in route. Freeman completes to Benn. (Williams was open)

(13:00) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs downfield. Attempts to block a CB but the CB gets away, then gets in the way of another defender, slowing him down a little. (Run play - the 54 yard touchdown)

===========================================================

(10:55) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Blocks a CB. Commentators point out that it looks like it was meant to be a run, but Freeman wanted to turn it into a smoke route to Parker. Parker did not realise, and Freeman was left with no-one to throw to, resulting in a sack.

(10:26) 2nd & 13: Williams lines up wide left. Turns infield for the smoke route. (Run play)

(9:43) 3rd & 8: Williams lines up wide right. Runs a slant route. Freeman completes to Parker for the first down. Penalty flags. Holding by Lumpkin. Roughing the passer by Green Bay. Penalties offset. Repeat third down. (Williams was open at the beginning of the route, had Freeman thrown to him quickly, but as Freeman didn't, Williams ran into coverage)

(9:16) 3rd & 8: Williams lines up wide right. Runs a post route. Freeman completes to Winslow for the first down. (Williams was open but then slipped at the top of his route)

(8:31) 1st & 10: Williams lines up left, tight outside the slot. Runs a slant route. (Benn'd Around)

(8:05) 2nd & 1: Williams lines up wide right. Runs a slant route, blocking a CB on the way. (Run play)

(7:28) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a go route. Freeman completes to Lorig. (Cannot tell if Williams was open or covered)

(6:45) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Blocks a CB. (Run play)

(6:03) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs down the right sideline. Freeman throws a jump ball to him, Williams comes down with it for a first down.

(5:21) 1st & Goal, from the 10: Williams lines up wide left. Motions infield until he's behind the tight end (lined up left). Runs up to a DB, gives a week block. (Run play)

(4:41) 2nd & Goal, from the 13: Williams lines up wide right. Runs an in route. Freeman throws to him, but there are two defenders diving for it, and Williams cuts his route up short to avoid the contact. (For what it's worth, I remember this being a big deal at the time. Well, this is the only time I've seen Williams ever purposely avoid contact like that since doing this detailed film study. We'll see if it happens again in the remaining six games, but this is the first time I've seen it. He still should have laid out for it, though)

(4:37) 3rd & Goal, from the 13: Williams lines up wide right. Runs downfield, stopping before a CB to block him. Freeman throws a screen pass to Lumpkin, but it is short.

===========================================================

(1:52) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide right. Runs a slant route. Freeman throws to him. The ball pops out after he goes down, the refs call him down by contact prior to the ball coming lose.

(1:18) 2nd & 3: Williams lines up wide right. Runs an out route. Freeman completes to Winslow for the first down. (Williams was open)

(0:52) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide right. Runs an in route. Freeman completes to Winslow. (Williams was covered)

Bucs time out


(0:45) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide right. Runs a curl route. Freeman throws to him but it's way too high.

(0:41) 2nd & 10: Williams lines up wide right. Runs a post route. Freeman throws to Williams but it is picked off. Despite what the commentators about Williams not running the route at full speed, if he was running any faster the ball would have been behind him (though of course the argument could be made that Freeman would have thrown the ball further in front of him if Williams was running faster, meaning the CB wouldn't have gotten to it). Still, the ball was not behind Williams, but rather was a case of the CB jumping in front of him. That's not to absolve Williams - there is never any excuse for running your routes at anything less than full speed, something that Williams does not do with frustrating frequency (even though it's almost always on run plays). Still, the interception was more on Freeman, in that, if he saw Williams not running full speed, he should have chosen to throw elsewhere. Poor decision making by Freeman, but laziness on Williams' part definitely a factor. And yes, it is poor decision making on Free's part - you might say, "oh but he assume Williams was running full speed". If that's true, then Free's ball would have been well behind Williams, implying that he either thought Williams was running at full speed, or knew Williams wasn't, and chose to throw to him anyway.

=========================================================

3rd Quarter

(12:09) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a curl route, despite really struggling to get off the press. Freeman completes to him.

(11:30) 2nd & 1: Williams lines up wide left. Runs at the CB. (Run play)

(10:54) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a slant route, blocks a safety but the safety gets off the block rather easily. (Run play)

(10:13) 2nd & 11: Williams lines up wide left. Runs downfield. Freeman scrambles. (Cannot tell if Williams was open or covered)

(9:29) 3rd & 6: Williams lines up wide left. Motions infield until he's inside the slot receiver. Slants to midfield, the cuts outfield. Freeman completes to Winslow. (Williams was open)

(8:43) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Bucs all time out prior to the play clock winding down to :00.

(8:43) 1st & 10: Williams not in on the play.

(7:58) 2nd & 7: Williams lines up wide right. Motions infield until he's just outside the slot receiver. Turns inside for the slot screen. Williams evades tacklers and goes for 21 yards.

(7:14) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs up to the CB. (Run play)

(6:33) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Turns infield for the smoke route. Despite having three defenders around him immediately, makes some yards after the catch. Could have been further if Williams had bounced outside and kept going to the outside. Instead, seeing defenders in front of him, bounced back inside. This could be again an example of avoiding contact, something I haven't observed him doing in previous games.

(5:50) 2nd & 6: Williams lines up wide left. Jogs up to a CB. (Run play)

(5:07) 3rd & 3: Williams lines up slot right, middle man of three receivers lined up on the right (not bunched). Runs a quick hitch. Freeman throws touchdown to Winslow. Penalty flags. Pass interference by Winslow. (Williams was covered)

(5:04) 3rd & 13: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a quick hitch route. Freeman throws to Benn short of a first down. (Williams was open)

========================================================

(2:36) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide right. Runs a slant-and-out. Freeman completes to him for just shy of 20 yards.

(2:06) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs downfield. (Run play)

(1:24) 2nd & 7: Williams lines up wide right. Once he manages to get off the press, runs an in route. Freeman completes to Winslow. (Williams was open)

(0:36) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs downfield. (Run play)

4th Quarter

(15:00) 2nd & 8: Williams lines up wide left. Motions infield until he's just inside the slot receiver. Runs a deep in route. Freeman completes to Winslow. (Williams appears to have been covered)

(14:33) 1st & 10: Williams lines up slot left. Blocks a CB on a receiver screen to Benn.

(13:50) 2nd & 4: Williams lines up wide left. Blocks a CB. (Run play)

(13:11) 3rd & 4: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a slant route. Freeman completes to him and he runs into the end zone for a touchdown, only his second for the season.

(13:07) Two point conversion attempt: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a fade route. Freeman throws to Winslow but he drops the pass. (Williams was covered)

============================================================

(7:35) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a little bit downfield, then turns inside. (Run play)

(7:02) 2nd & 9: Williams lines up wide left. Runs an in route (not full speed). Freeman throws a screen pass to Blount.

(6:17) 3rd & 3: Williams lines up wide right. Runs an out route. Freeman throws to him but the pass is too far in front of him.

============================================================

(5:46) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs an in route. Freeman completes to Briscoe. (Williams was covered)

(5:16) 2nd & 5: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a go route. Freeman throws incomplete to Briscoe. (Cannot tell if Williams was open or covered)

(5:11) 3rd & 5: Williams lines up left behind the slot receiver. Runs a deep out route. Freeman completes to Winslow. (Williams was open on the cut outfield)

(4:38) 1st & 10: Williams appears not to be in on the play.

(4:31) 1st & Goal, from the 2: Williams lines up tight left. Runs a drag route. Freeman completes to Briscoe for a touchdown. (Williams appeared to have broken open)

============================================================

(2:47) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide right. Runs a deep in route. Freeman throws to Winslow but the pass is picked off. (Williams was covered until the ball was thrown)

============================================================

(1:36) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide right. Runs a go route inside, then cuts outfield. Freeman completes to Winslow. (Williams was open)

(1:21) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide right. Freeman spikes the ball.

(1:19) 2nd & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a go route. Freeman is sacked. (Williams was open)

(0:46) 3rd & 15: Williams lines up wide left. Releases inside the CB then runs a deep out. Freeman passes to Winslow but it's incomplete. (Williams was open)

(0:31) 4th & 15: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a deep in. Freeman completes to Winslow but he is short of the first down. (Williams was covered)

A study in Mike Williams part twenty five: 2011 Week 10 vs. Texans

1st Quarter

(14:41) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a go route. Freeman throws incomplete to Winslow. (Cannot tell if Williams was open or covered)

(14:33) 2nd & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs up to the CB. (Run play)

(13:53) 3rd & 2: Williams lines up slot left. Releases outside the CB then runs a deep in route. Freeman hits him for a gain of 23.

(13:12) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide right. Runs a curl route. Freeman throws to him but the ball bounces off his hands.

(13:06) 2nd & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a slant route. (Run play)

(12:25) 3rd & 5: Williams lines up wide left. Motions until he's just inside the CB. Runs a drag route. Freeman is sacked. (Williams had a defender covering him tight but could have caught a pass)

==========================================================

(4:29) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs downfield. (Run play)

(3:54) 2nd & 6: Williams lines up wide right. Runs a go route. Freeman throws incomplete to Winslow. (Williams was covered)

(3:49) 3rd & 6: Williams lines up tight right, outside man in a trips bunch. Runs a drag route. Freeman completes to Winslow. Penalty flags. Facemask by Winslow. (Williams appeared to be open)

(3:20) 3rd & 9: Williams lines up wide left. Runs an in route. Freeman throws incomplete to Parker. (Williams appeared to be open but with coverage very tight)

=========================================================

2nd Quarter

(15:00) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs downfield. (Run play)

(14:24) 2nd & 14: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a slant route. Freeman throws deep to Benn. (Williams had a man on him, yet again couldn't disengage from the press)

(13:56) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a slant route. (Run play)

(13:13) 2nd & 8: Williams lines up wide left. Penalty flags. False start by Zuttah.

(12:44) 2nd & 13: Williams lines up wide left. Bucs call time out.

(12:44) 2nd & 13: Williams lines up wide left. Freeman completes to Winslow. Penalty flags. Holding by Zuttah. (Cannot tell if Williams was open or covered)

(12:14) 2nd & 23: Williams lines up wide right. Runs downfield. Freeman scrambles. (Cannot tell if Williams was open or covered)

(11:32) 3rd & 12: Williams lines up wide right. Runs downfield. Freeman completes to Lumpkin way, way, way short of a first down. (Cannot tell if Williams was open or covered)

==================================================

For some reason, the following Bucs' series is not available to be watched on Game Pass. No idea why, but there you go.

==================================================

(5:37) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs an in route. Freeman completes to him for a first down. Penalty flags. Holding by Joseph.

(5:14) 1st & 20: Williams lines up wide right. Runs a go route. Freeman completes to Winslow. (Williams was open)

(4:35) 2nd & 6: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a go route. (Run play)

(3:54) 3rd & 8: Williams lines up wide left. Runs down the sideline. Freeman completes to Lumpkin, who makes a first down after the catch. (Williams was open but ran into coverage)

(3:14) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Looks like he runs a curl route. Freeman scrambles, with Williams blocking a CB to allow Freeman to get the first down. Freeman looks sore after the play.

(2:28) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs down the left sideline. Freeman throws a high jump ball to him, Williams comes down with it for a gain of 20.

Two minute warning


(2:00) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a go route. Freeman throws the checkdown to Blount but he bobbles it, then is hit causing him to drop the ball, which falls incomplete.

(1:53) 2nd & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a curl route. Freeman throws incomplete to Briscoe. (Williams was open)

(1:50) 3rd & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a go route. Freeman completes to Parker but short of the first down. (Williams was double covered)

(1:45) 4th & 2: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a fade route. Freeman throws to Briscoe but the pass is broken up. (Williams had a man trailing but would have been in good position for a jump ball)

===========================================================

(0:28) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a curl route. Freeman throws to Winslow. (Williams was open)

(0:21) 2nd & 3: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a go route. Freeman completes to Briscoe.

(0:05) 3rd & 1: Williams lines up wide left. Freeman spikes it.

===========================================================

3rd Quarter

(15:00) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Jogs a slant route. (Run play)

(14:21) 2nd & 7: Williams lines up wide right. Stalk blocks a CB. (Run play)

(13:40) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide right. Releases inside the CB, fakes a cut downfield, then cuts infield. Freeman is sacked. (Williams was open)

(13:08) 2nd & 20: Williams lines up wide right. Runs a go route. Freeman is sacked. (Cannot tell if Williams was open or covered)

(12:31) 3rd & 24: Williams lines up wide right. Runs downfield. Freeman targets Lumpkin in the flat but the ball is tipped at the line and it falls incomplete. (Cannot tell if Williams was open or covered)

=====================================================

(8:04) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs downfield. Freeman throws the checkdown to Blount. (Cannot tell if Williams was open or covered)

(7:25) 2nd & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs up to a CB, though never actually goes to block him. (Run play)

(6:47) 3rd & 1: Williams not in on the play.

(6:07) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide right. Runs a go route. Freeman is forced to throw the ball away under pressure. (Williams appears to have been covered but cannot be sure)

(5:59) 2nd & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a go route. Freeman is sacked. (Cannot tell if Williams was open or covered)

(5:25) 3rd & 17: Williams not in on the play.

=======================================================

(1:53) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide right. Runs downfield. Freeman throws at Parker but the pass is intercepted. (Cannot tell if Williams was open or covered)

=======================================================

4th Quarter

(14:55) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide right. Runs an in route. Freeman completes to Benn. (Williams was open)

(14:30) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide right. Runs downfield. Freeman throws the checkdown to Lumpkin. (Cannot tell if Williams was open or covered)

(13:59) 2nd & 2: Williams lines up wide right. Runs a slant route, but hesitates in blocking the CB, who goes on to tackle the ball carrier. (Run play)

(13:25) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide right. Runs an out route. Freeman throws checkdown to Lumpkin. (Cannot tell if Williams was open or covered)

(12:57) 2nd & 8: Williams lines up wide right. Runs a curl route. Freeman throws incomplete to Parker. Penalty flags. Pass interference by Houston. (Williams was open)

(12:50) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs downfield. (Run play)

(12:17) 2nd & 4: Williams lines up wide left. Runs downfield. Freeman throws incomplete to Benn. (Cannot tell if Williams was open or covered)

(12:09) 3rd & 4: Williams lines up wide left. Freeman calls time out.

(12:09) 3rd & 4: Williams lines up wide left. Runs downfield. (Run play)

(11:34) 4th & 2: Williams lines up wide left. Penalty flags. Offsides by Houston.

(11:32) 1st & Goal, from the 9: Williams lines up wide right. Runs downfield, look like a fade route. Freeman throws to Benn but the ball is knocked away by the CB. (Cannot tell if Williams was open or covered)

(11:25) 2nd & Goal, from the 9: Williams lines up wide right. Runs a fade route. Freeman completes to Parker for a touchdown. Booth review. Touchdown confirmed, plus Houston is charged with an unnecessary roughness penalty to be assessed on the ensuing kickoff. (Williams was locked up with a CB)

(11:17) 2-point conversion attempt: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a fade route. Freeman throws to him but the pass is broken up.

==========================================================

(8:20) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs downfield. Freeman throws incomplete to Lumpkin. (Cannot tell if Williams was open or covered)

(8:15) 2nd & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a curl route. Freeman throws to Benn. The ball bounces off his hands and into the arms of a defender for an interception.

==========================================================

(5:38) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Josh Johnson in at QB. Williams runs a slant route. Johnson fumbles the snap, Houston recover.

==========================================================

Williams appears to have been sat for the Bucs' last series of the game.

A study in Mike Williams part twenty four: 2011 Week 9 @ Saints

Williams either must have been in Rah's dog house, or they were worried after he got hurt on the second snap and decided to use him sparingly, but Williams is not in on a lot of plays in this game.

1st Quarter

(15:00) 1st & 10: Williams not in on the play

(14:24) 2nd & 7: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a slant route. Freeman throws to him and he catches it, but is hit immediately and as a result drops the pass. Both Williams and the tackler (Porter) appear to be hurt.

(14:20) 3rd & 7: Williams not in on the play

=============================================================

(9:22) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a slant route. (Run play)

(8:41) 1st & 10: Williams not in on the play.

(8:00) 2nd & 2: Williams lines up wide left. Blocks a CB. (Run play)

(7:23) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs what appears to be a curl route. Freeman scrambles for a yard. (Williams appeared to be double covered)

(6:44) 2nd & 9: Williams not in on the play.

(5:57) 3rd & 6: Williams lines up tight left, outside man in a trips bunch. Runs a drag route, then cuts back as Freeman throws outside him. Williams catches it then cuts downfield but is brought down just short of the first down.

(5:12) 4th & 1: Williams not in on the play.

=============================================================

(2:27) 1st & 10: Williams not in on the play.

(1:58) 2nd & 11: Before the huddle is even formed, penalty flags. Illegal substitution by Bucs.

(1:35) 2nd & 16: Williams lines up wide right. Runs a quick hitch. Freeman throws to him, but Williams is unable to shake the defender and is brought down before he can make yards after the catch.

(0:54) 3rd & 10: Williams lines up wide right. Runs an in route. Freeman completes to Parker, who makes good yards after the catch. (Williams was open)

(0:18) 1st & 10: Williams not in on the play

2nd Quarter

(15:00) 1st & 20: Williams lines up wide left. Releases downfield then appears to run a slant. Freeman throws checkdown to Blount. (Cannot tell if Williams was open or covered)

(14:19) 2nd & 23: Williams lines up wide left. Releases outside the CB, then runs an in route. Freeman completes to Benn. (Williams was open but with a defender lurking underneath)

(13:32) 3rd & 7: Williams lines up wide left. Runs an in route. Freeman completes to Winslow. Penalty flags. Pass interference by Winslow. (Williams was covered)

(12:59) 3rd & 17: Williams lines up wide right. Runs an in route. Freeman throws a running back screen to Lumpkin. (Williams was covered)

======================================================

(8:26) 1st & 10: Williams not in on the play.

(7:57) 2nd & 10: Williams not in on the play.

(7:12) 3rd & 4: Williams lines up wide left. Runs downfield but cannot get off the CB's press. Freeman throws incomplete to Parker.

(7:08) 4th & 4: Punt play. Penalty flags. Delay of game???? on the New Orleans defense? Didn't know it was possible for defensive teams to get a delay of game penalty. :/ First down for the Bucs.

(7:06) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide right. Penalty flags. False start by Trueblood.

(7:06) 1st & 15: Williams not in on the play.

(7:00) 2nd & 15: Freeman calls a time out.

(7:00) 2nd & 15: Williams lines up wide right. Runs downfield. Freeman completes to Benn. (Williams appears to have been open)

(6:14) 3rd & 8: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a go route. Freeman completes to Parker but short of the first down. (Williams appeared to be open but cannot be sure)

=========================================================

(2:37) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a go route. Freeman completes deep to Briscoe. (Williams was covered)

(2:02) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Jogs downfield, then infield towards a safety. (Run play)

Two minute warning


(1:58) 2nd & 6: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a sluggo. Freeman completes to Winslow. (Williams appears to have been covered but cannot be sure)

(1:53) 3rd & 4: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a slant route. (Looks like it's a designed QB keeper)

Bucs time out


========================================================

3rd Quarter

(12:32) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Looks to block a CB. (Run play)

(11:57) 2nd & 8: Williams not in on the play.

(11:19) 3rd & 4: Williams lines up wide right. Penalty flags. Encroachment by New Orleans.

(10:55) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide right. Runs downfield. Freeman throws to Lumpkin but he jumps too early, only gets one hand to it and it falls incomplete. (Cannot tell if Williams was open or covered)

(10:50) 2nd & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Blocks a CB. Penalty flags. Unnecessary roughness by Blount. (Run play)

(10:20) 3rd & 25: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a drag route. Freeman throws to him. Williams tries to dance about to make the defender miss but he gets brought down without making extra yards.

=====================================================

(3:11) 1st & 10: Williams not in on the play.

(2:27) 1st & 10: Williams not in on the play.

(1:51) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a go route. Freeman completes to Lorig. (Appears that Williams might have been open but cannot be sure)

(1:09) 2nd & 4: Williams not in on the play.

(0:31) 3rd & 1: Williams not in on the play.

(0:25) 4th & 1: Williams lines up wide left. Penalty flags. Delay of game by Tampa Bay.

(0:25) 4th & 6: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a slant route. Freeman completes to him for a fisrt down.

4th Quarter

(15:00) 1st & 10: Williams not in on the play.

(14:25) 2nd & 15: Williams not in on the play.

(13:54) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Blocks a CB. Penalty flags. Tripping by Penn. (Run play)

(13:31) 1st & 20: Williams lines up wide left. Runs downfield. Freeman completes to Lorig. (Cannot tell if Williams was open or covered)

(12:53) 2nd & 14: Williams lines up wide right. Turns infield and catches the pass on a receiver screen. Makes good yards after the catch.

(12:05) 3rd & 3: Williams lines up wide left. Runs downfield. Freeman throws incomplete to Winslow. (Cannot tell if Williams was open or covered)

(12:00) 4th & 3: Williams lines up wide right. Runs an in route. Freeman throws incomplete to Parker. Penatly flags. Defensive pass interference. (Williams was covered)

(11:55) 1st & Goal, from the 7: Williams not in on the play.

(11:51) 2nd & Goal, from the 7: Williams lines up wide right. Runs a slant route. Freeman keeps it and runs with it. (Williams was open)

(11:21) 3rd & Goal, from the 7: Williams lines up wide right. Runs a slant route. Freeman is flushed from the pocket and throws it erratically out the back of the endzone.

=========================================================

(9:37) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs downfield. Freeman throws incomplete to Lumpkin. (Cannot tell if Williams was open or covered)

(9:31) 2nd & 10: Williams lines up wide right. Runs a go route. Freeman throws checkdown to Lumpkin. (Williams appears to have broken open but cannot be sure)

(8:46) 3rd & 2: Williams lines up wide right. Runs a go route. Freeman throws incomplete to Briscoe. Penalty flags. Illegal use of hands to the face by New Orleans. (Williams was covered)

(8:42) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide right. Runs downfield. Freeman completes to Parker. (Cannot tell if Williams was open or covered)

(8:04) 1st & 10: Williams not in on the play.

(7:31) 2nd & 7: Williams not in on the play.

(6:53) 3rd & 6: Williams lines up wide left. Runs an out route. Freeman throws to him for the first down.

(6:20) 1st & 10: Williams lines up wide left. Runs downfield. Freeman throws checkdown to Lumpkin. (Cannot tell if Williams was open or covered)

(5:43) 2nd & 1: Williams lines up wide left. Runs a go route. Freeman throws to him but the ball is knocked away by the covering CB. Penalty flags. Pass interference by New Orleans.

(5:36) 1st & Goal, from the right: Williams lines up wide right. Runs a slant route. Freeman throws to Winslow for a touchdown. (Williams was open but with a CB covering him tight and a defender lurking underneath)

===========================================================

(1:17) 1st & 10: Williams not in on the play.

(0:53) 2nd & 3: Williams not in on the play.

(0:44) 1st & 10: Williams not in on the play.

(0:17) 2nd & 1: Williams not in on the play.

(0:03) 1st & 10: Williams not in on the play.