They say you learn more in a loss than you do in a win, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will certainly learn a lot from their late-game failure against the Atlanta Falcons.
With two opportunities to close the game out in the fourth quarter, the Buccaneers offense failed to drive the stake through the heart of the Falcons and quarterback Kirk Cousins led late-game drive to get a field goal and then a game-winning touchdown drive in overtime.
But how does the offense prepare for when it is in that situation again? Offensive coordinator Liam Coen detailed how.
“I think that when it comes down to times of crisis and you’re tired, you’re fatigued, you’re maybe a little anxious, right?” Coen said , making perfectly clear his thoughts on the issues. “We have to stress and remind and go back to fundamentals and technique. What is my footwork? What is my track? What is my read? What is my assignment? So, if you look back at the last drive going back, we have it closed out and we have to be on the screws with the details, the footwork, the reads, the track and understand how everything is so important on every play to go close out a game.”