Ice May Be Thinning For Jeff Faine
March 12th, 2012
Evan Silva of ProFootballTalk.com writes moments ago that fans should look for Jeff Faine to be released in the coming hours.
Sports director David Pingalore of the Orlando CBS-TV affiliate is Tweeting that the Bucs center/captain/busy entrepreneur will be released today.
Joe’s heard all this may be inaccurate. So stay tuned.
However, once before Faine believed he was wronged by the media and sent an open letter to the St. Pete Times. So perhaps a statement from Faine is forthcoming.
If Faine is gone, Joe knows he won’t be eating Saltines and anchovies.
March 12th, 2012 at 1:57 pm
This would save us about $8 mil in cap space and open the door for Nicks + possibly two more top tier FAs. See ya Faine!
March 12th, 2012 at 1:58 pm
…but wasn’t there a post a few days ago about Faine being in the team’s 2012 plans :/
March 12th, 2012 at 2:00 pm
Hello major spending spree ! hold on folks , this could get a little awesome here …
March 12th, 2012 at 2:02 pm
I’ll believe this when I see it. It makes sense and it SHOULD happen but this article is all conjecture with no basis in fact.
March 12th, 2012 at 2:04 pm
This directly has to do with Nicks. If they are making a run at CB/WR, this extra space allows us to back the Brinks truck up to Nick’s house.
March 12th, 2012 at 2:04 pm
Yes yes yea! Please let this be true get rid of this overpriced old and often injured bum. I didn’t like when we signed him 3 years ago to that contract and still don’t like how much we pay him. Zuttah was always better then him at center anyways. This opens us to get any combination of vjax, Finnegan, nicks, tulloch or lofton. Then add depth. Dom make this move now!
March 12th, 2012 at 2:09 pm
Joe here,
@Bobby – There’s plenty of fact here. Two legitimate media members are claiming Faine is about to be told to hit the streets.
March 12th, 2012 at 2:10 pm
Pardon my possible ignorance here but why would we cut Faine before knowing whether we’ve got Nicks locked up??? Wouldn’t we lock up a replacement for LG/C and THEN cut Faine?? Having a backfill is a lot more important to the team than freeing up money to upgrade another position, IMO.
March 12th, 2012 at 2:12 pm
Stephen holder tweeted that the bucs plan to start zuttah at center. U don’t pay a backup 8 mil per. Jeff Faine being released to me is all but a done deal at this point thank god. We wont even need to get a backup c neither bec ted Larsen can play c in a pinch. Dom should be on the phone saying nicks do u want this in cash or check?
March 12th, 2012 at 2:14 pm
Just heard Mike Tolbert on Sirius Radio (NFL Blitz) and when talking to Schein and Gannon about potential landing spots, Tolbert twice voluntarily mentioned Tampa as possibility.
That would be great. Less one Faine, and Plus one Nicks, and a Jackson (or even Garcon) and all of a sudden this offense looks a lot different.
March 12th, 2012 at 2:14 pm
I am so excited to see him gone…
March 12th, 2012 at 2:18 pm
I’m sure teams are not SUPPOSED [wink wink] to be working on deals already…..
March 12th, 2012 at 2:21 pm
Would be ironic if the team does release Faine, as he was just quoted the other day stating the team told him he was “in their plans” for this year. Evidently he missed the “to clear salary cap space” part of that sentence. lol He still has a few years left in him, sure he will be picked up somewhere if this turns out to be true.
@GenocideD, there are a few other quality LG’s and C’s available not named Nicks that can signed. If the team were to make this move today or tomm., you’d have to figure that were confident they’d be able to land a quality addition to the line. And it helps out Faine to be available at the start of FA, rather than putting him out there after teams had already filled their C position.
March 12th, 2012 at 2:22 pm
*that they were
March 12th, 2012 at 2:22 pm
“T in Orlando Says:
Just heard Mike Tolbert on Sirius Radio (NFL Blitz) and when talking to Schein and Gannon about potential landing spots, Tolbert twice voluntarily mentioned Tampa as possibility.”
Just did a dance at my DESK !!
March 12th, 2012 at 2:25 pm
FLBOY84
Would be ironic if the team does release Faine, as he was just quoted the other day stating the team told him he was “in their plans” for this year.
If you read the article the reporter says “I think” … Dont get caught in the trap of reading these “Opinion displayed as Fact articles”
March 12th, 2012 at 2:38 pm
@ Joe…I know Joe but they don’t have any basis for the article other than conjecture. They don’t have any quoted sources and until they have someone from One Buc come out and say it then it’s really all just a ‘maybe’ Faine gets released. I agree that it’s a ‘fact’ that it was reported but it’s not a ‘fact’ that it’s gonna happen.
March 12th, 2012 at 2:40 pm
@jvato, that would be about 90% of the articles published daily. lol
March 12th, 2012 at 3:09 pm
“Pardon my possible ignorance here but why would we cut Faine before knowing whether we’ve got Nicks locked up???”
Well, we kind of signed Faine literally at 12:01 am that year so who knows?
March 12th, 2012 at 3:12 pm
This just makes entirely too much sense to be true, but I sure hope it is. It is also rumored that all NFL teams have been tampering, which could signal that Nicks is already a done deal.
March 12th, 2012 at 3:13 pm
This guy is a bad example for young players, please get rid of him, give him more time for his day job. Jeremy Zuttah is just as strong and much more athletic, and the Saints guard would be our best player and taken from the division! What a bonus !
Nick
March 12th, 2012 at 3:14 pm
Fainey sucks, always has, always will. Clear some cap and take your brothers Quincy and Geno witcha.
March 12th, 2012 at 3:32 pm
There really is no point in keeping him around. He’s got so many things working against him. He’s injury prone, he’s small for a power running scheme team, he’s getting old, his backup outperformed him when he was injured, and his salary far exceeds his output.
It’s a no brainer.
March 12th, 2012 at 3:42 pm
1. Zuttah outplayed him at Center last year.
2. He’s not the same since the injuries.
3. Welcome to Tampa Mr.Nicks!!!!!
March 12th, 2012 at 4:00 pm
Get Nicks, Vjax, Tulloch, Finnegan. Draft Richardson in round 1, Safety in Round 2……Wonder if we could afford all those free agents. Faine frees up qutie a bit of cap room plus what we already have.
March 12th, 2012 at 4:01 pm
I love to just sit back and watch all the reaction to every story! Does this mean like (some 2 faced fans) , Your in our plans for 2012. Only to turn the other face and and say This is 2012 and our plans were to release you!!
And of course everyone jumps as soon as it hits. BUT. Exactly who was it that reported that our new HC was going to be? Every news outlet in the US and blod site. Only that did not happen did it?? Just like you will now have a fit over the next one.. Lumpkin Staying!!!
March 12th, 2012 at 4:03 pm
^ blog site.
March 12th, 2012 at 4:20 pm
Teams can’t talk to players but they can talk to their agents, right? I’m sure many deals gave already been made. Buh-bye faine, take your graphic tees with you.
March 12th, 2012 at 4:26 pm
As good as Nicks is, im would rather see Grubbs…..would could get him cheaper and his play is outstanding.
March 12th, 2012 at 5:18 pm
I don’t buy it. Joe, how can you tell a poster there is plenty of fact when in the article you say it might be inaccurate?
If this happens, it doesn’t mean Zuttah is being moved to center or that Nicks is coming. It means the Bucs have something planned, but it could mean a draft scenario.
March 12th, 2012 at 5:46 pm
@ FIRETHECANNONS
Judging by the way Goodell is running business lately, I don’t think I’d mess around too much before the clock goes off on FA.
March 12th, 2012 at 6:26 pm
He had a decent year last year.
but if we CAN upgrade by signing Nicks.
Then we gotta pull the trigger.
I like Jeff Faine. He played hard all the time. He was a good leader.
Best of luck JEFF!! A real Buc!! A tattoed up PIRATE OG!!
March 12th, 2012 at 7:02 pm
Pete, lay off the Thomas pills and find a woman……. fast.
March 12th, 2012 at 7:20 pm
Go get Nicks or Grubbs
March 12th, 2012 at 8:21 pm
@BigMacAttack
I have a woman.
And I resent that remark…just because I suggested it might be something other than Nicks? Or that this report might be bogus?