TAMPA — Right after a Bucs' shellacking, such as the one they took in the 42-14 season-opening loss to the Titans, the chorus begins.
Cover Two? More like Cover Who?
Coverage breakdowns last week, coupled with the ability by Titans rookie Marcus Mariota to get the football quickly out of his hand and to the right receiver, can make the most devout Tampa 2 disciple question the effectiveness of the scheme.
But as they say in football, it's not the X's and the O's, it's the Jacks and the Joes.
Every team plays Cover 2 — a coverage scheme that requires two deep safeties to divide the field in half and play over the top of wide receivers, hoping to prevent big plays in the passing game.