Bucs wide receiver Joey Galloway was listed as inactive. Really?

Joe believes without a shadow of a doubt the best sports columnist in the Tampa Bay area is Martin Fennelly of the Tampa Tribune. If nothing else, Martin doesn’t use the same lead paragraph over and over and over again for some three years counting.

Fennelly wasted little time ripping the Bucs after the loss to the Dixie Chicks. Some gems:

Joe Galloway was officially listed as inactive for the game. How could we tell?

Here’s how it has worked this season: Jeff Garcia gets a little hurt and Brian Griese takes over, then Brian Griese gets a little hurt and Jeff Garcia takes over, then Jeff Garcia gets a little hurt and Brian Griese takes over, while Luke McCown stands on the sideline considering having his age legally changed to 36.

One day we’re going to miss those four-yard Bucs completions on third and 5.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen an offense spend more energy on scoring seven points in all my life.

In an age when newspapers are shedding sports columnists the way Chucky goes through quarterbacks, Joe wonders if Fennelly is an endangered species? Joe sure hopes not. Although Joe believes there’s a couple of columnists in the Bay area (Joe’s already called out one) who should immediately learn a new craft (they haven’t exactly learned their current one to be honest) or begin enjoying the fruits of retirement.

Rock on Martin!