As we get into the Tampa Bay Buccaneers QB Franchise Draft Picks that we started out with Josh Freeman on, (The next three Mon, Tue, and Wednesday) its time to hit on all the rumors and stupid talk heard all week long on Talk Radio and internet chatter. In no order, lets look at the insane and hideous!
BUCS are Headed to L.A. anyways – Stupid Meter 9.5/10: People have no idea what real losing is anymore, thats what the 1997-2007 Bucs did to us, made us forget the 1983-1996 era of 14 straight losing seasons with 13 of them double digit! And in all of that, the Bucs always had at least 30,000 people in the stands- In the mid 90s, long time franchises like the L.A. Rams, Cleveland Browns, Houston Oilers all lost their teams, yet the Bucs kept theirs. Because while 30k Bucs fans went out to games, Oilers fans upset at their team put 8 or 9 thousand people in an empty stadium. In the 1980s, The St.Louis Cardinals and Baltimore Colts fans were showing up with 8 or 9 thousand fans, Bucs fans have never done that. Raymond James stadium and the Bucs are a success story in the NFL, still to this day. Florida was hit hard by the last 2000s depression, and as the economy is picking back up, so is attendance at Raymond James.
Marcus Mariotta is not football ready– Too much is made of what happens between college football season’s end and draft day. Since the end of the College season Mariotta has fallen far bellow Jameis Winston, neither of which has played so much as 1 down since then. Talk on Mariotta is he is too nice. Stories have gone around about how Mariotta’ former coach told him to grab a facemask of a player that day or do gassers. Mariotta just did the gassers. Don’t tell me that a team doesnt pick up on a players intangibles and leadership comes in different formats. Always remember there is no science to drafting, its possible both of these QBs could be busts in 5 years, and they could be battling in a Super Bowl in less time.
Jameis Winston is another Jamarcus Russell– This is someone who was not even capable of thinking before writing. Jamarcus Russell was a physical specimen like few before him, But he did not have the work ethic that Winston does have and dedication to football. No one ever has questioned those things about Winston.Also LSU won the national championship a year after Russell left the team , so the comparison is worthless.
The Game has passed Lovie Smith bye after his ONE season off. This one amazed me as it came out during the season. It was supported by Pewter Report’s Scott Reynolds, and PR.com used evidence and with drubbings by the Falcons and Ravens, made pretty good arguments for their cause. They blasted comparisons to the 1996 team because IT had future hall of famers, and it showed improvement by week 5. Well not everything works the same way in the NFL, and as it turns out the Bucs DID turn their Defense around once they got the players in the positions they needed. To be sure the defense isn’t even set yet, but since the bye last year the Bucs defense started playing like a top defense again, holding starters to respectable numbers. Lovie still needs an edge rusher and a Mike Linebacker, but the defense will begin the 2015 season competitive.
The Biggest reason for last season was losing a first year Offensive Coordinator who was installing a new offense 1 week before the regular season! But for the first time, the Bucs drafted all offensive players in last years draft, not bad for a head coach who doesnt care about offense and only wants to win with defense.
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