Bucs’ Best Game Was A Loss
November 10th, 2010
Joe understands how Bucs fans still wake from a deep sleep in a cold sweat, nauseous with the memories of Peter King claiming the Bucs would only win two games this season.
Strangely yesterday, King put down his coffee, pushed aside his bowl of oatmeal and forgot about shoveling popcorn for the moment to suggest the stinging loss to the Dixie Chicks Sunday was the Bucs’ best game of the season.
That’s what the SI.com columnist wrote in his MMQB Tuesday edition column.
“Can #Bucs fans feel like the team has earned some respect, despite a tough loss?”
–@BennyClineAbsolutely. That was the season’s most impressive Tampa Bay performance to me. Coming back late against a good 6-2 team on the road, and losing because they couldn’t convert a fourth-and-short near the goal line … for the Bucs, that’s real progress.
A loss is progress??? Joe is absolutely confused by this. “Progress” would have been LeGarrette bowling over Falcons to score a touchdown to end the game Sunday.
It’s hard for Joe to count a loss as progress when a team very clearly is in the hunt for a playoff berth.
November 10th, 2010 at 8:39 am
Joe,
I have to agree with King. A win would have been much better. But considering the pundits all claimed the Bucs couldn’t be competitive with a winning team, the fact that we almost won blew that claim apart.
The bigger question is where we go from here; do we fold or keep improving. I think we can all agree that we have plenty of room for improvement. And considering our youth, motivation and team charisma, I believe we are just starting a long term phase of competitiveness and eventually greatness.
A few more tweaks in critical positions and we could be playoff/Superbowl contenders for eyars to come. . . starting next year. We shall see what ownership’s checkbook and our talent can do.
November 10th, 2010 at 9:13 am
This LOSS was probably BETTER than a win!
It opened people’s eyes to the fact of (1) how much improved the offense is
(2) that the defense still needs work.
November 10th, 2010 at 9:15 am
Everyone expects a win this week vs. the Carolina Kitties. If the Bucs had beaten the Falcons and Carolina at 7-2 it would have created a false sense of invulnerability.
I LIKE Morris’s attitude of US vs. THE WORLD
November 10th, 2010 at 9:18 am
Quote:
“Joe understands how Bucs fans still wake from a deep sleep in a cold sweat, nauseous with the memories of Peter King claiming the Bucs would only win two games this season.
Strangely yesterday, King put down his coffee, pushed aside his bowl of oatmeal and forgot about shoveling popcorn for the moment to suggest the stinging loss to the Dixie Chicks Sunday was the Bucs’ best game of the season.”
My favorite part of the article, love it.
November 10th, 2010 at 9:49 am
We had bad calls all day and Freeman had his wrost game of the year….and we still came within inches of beating the best team in the NFC. I’d say that is progress over the Steelers and Saints games.
November 10th, 2010 at 9:55 am
Sorry Joe, gotta agree with JDouble. It absolutely is progress considering two horrendous efforts againts saints/steelers..
November 10th, 2010 at 10:57 am
I agree with King also.
It was progress. The last two good teams they faced, they never got back in it and ended up in blowouts (Pitt & NO). THis time they bounced back to make it a close game in which they could have, and po,ssibly should have, won.