Captains Blog; 08312010, Steve White assesses McCoy and rest of D line & More…

On Joebucsfan.com, former Buccaneers Defensive Lineman Steve White does a great job of assessing each D LIneman, so without any delay, here is that must read article! Steve White does a great job evaluating his old position, and his own blog, http://passingonthegame.blogspot.com/,  is one to be read frequently for its content is fantastic. You see, Warren Sapp’s rookie year did NOT come in the system he would eventually excel in. It was in Rusty Tillman’s defense, not Monte Kiffin’s. So we cannot really look at Sapp’s rookie year as an example or a bar to measure McCoy/Price with. Those two rookies have been drafted right directly into the system they will play their careers. Josh Freeman’s cast has come off according to this Ira Kaufman Tribune report. Modern Sports Medicine is amazing, you are always hearing about athletes who have healed up a week or more faster than expected. Before, we were told Josh Freeman would be ready for the Cleveland game. It now appears that Josh Freeman will definitely be ready to play and practice

week of the opening game. …and to give equal coverage, Steven Holder also reports that Freeman may even be ahead of schedule to return to play the Browns. Pewter Report talks about how a healthy Davin Joeseph is needed at Right Guard if the Bucs are to seriously make a challenge to that 10 win finish line. Without a doubt, Davin Joeseph with all due respect to Jeff Faine, is the Pro Bowl Lineman on our Tampa Bay Offenseive line, and Joeseph can continue to make probowls and maybe even take some linemen to the now pre-SuperBowl game with him. He has been a reliable presence on the line since he took over in his rookie season in 2006, and if his maturity can rub off on Jeremy Trueblood. And finally on the lighter side, Dennis Crawford, renown Buccaneer historian (Yes I am not the only one 🙂 talks about Alvin Harper’s injured finger and how hopefully the results of this tape job go alot better than ole No. 80/82 did. I’ll never forget that one, a trainer snipped off a piece of Alvin Harper’s finger by accident. Ahh the hapless Bucs days of Pre-Dungy. EX BUC NEWS: Anyone STILL crying over the Bucs releasing Antonio Bryant? He was CUT by the Bengals and probably will be done with his football career due to his knee problems. Good Job Dominik, shut up so called Bucs fans from the Nancy Nation; A lot of crow will be eaten soon. What the morons out there could not be talked into understanding, was that an Antonio Bryant or a Brandon Marshall or a Boldin will take away reps from Sammy Stroughter and Mike Williams…guys who will be developing into stars; but only if they are given the reps to play, not by sitting on the bench. Those other players would give you some wins NOW, but the young stars are what give you winning teams like the Colts for a decade or more.