The Bucs are back, and no I’m not talking about the court order allowing players to return to work. I mean the recent signs that people are starting to ‘get’ what Tampa Bay is about; The Bucs are back baby!
Monday Night Football has extended its welcoming arm to the Dale Mabrey act, including a home game as well as another home prime time Saturday evening encounter on the NFL Network. But an even bigger event has come to my attention, and anyone else with a One Buc Club membership…
Sports Illustrated writer Don Banks has joined the brigade, and his article which can be viewed here goes over just about everything the Bucs have done right, which lately, has been quite a bit. Starting of course with the success the Bucs have had in the draft. Did you know of the 15 picks made by the Bucs under Mark Dominik, 13 are still on the team, and 12 are starters? Jon Gruden and Bruce Allen had to draft for 5 years to get 12 starters.
Of course it makes me want to go over to posters on the boards from last year and bring up all the morons who tried to tell me that free agents was how to build the Bucs. Really? 26 rookies were on the 2010 final roster, almost half
One of the best quotes: ” It shows far ranging and thorough approach to scouting the entire crop of draft eligible rookies, not just the ones you deem worthy of selecting with your seven or eight picks.”
I seriously suggest you head over and check it out on the link above.
BUCS IN LONDON UPDATE: Don’t miss tomorrow, when I interview Paul Stewart of the Bucs UK who gives a candid outlook on everything Bucs/England.
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