“Full Steam Ahead With Mike Glennon”
October 3rd, 2014
Lovie Smith has danced the dance of quarterback talk, not showing his hand whether the quarterback of the future is now, or whether a turnover-prone journeyman will get his gig back.
Despite the rope-a-doping, the “Custodian of Canton” is not swayed. eye-RAH! Kaufman of The Tampa Tribune declared the rest of the season is a “referendum” on Mike Glennon through the remainder of the season, no matter McCown’s health.
Making his weekly appearance with the one and only Chris “Mad Dog” Russo on the station that bears his name, “Mad Dog Radio,” part of the family of sports channels heard exclusively on SiriusXM, Kaufman declared Glennon the starter for the next 12 games, barring injury.
eye-RAH! Kaufman: One thing about Glennon, and I told you this going back to last year, the kid doesn’t look scared. And he doesn’t look like the moment is too big for him. I think the rest of this season from a Bucs perspective, Chris, it is going to be a referendum on Mike Glennon and whether they have to draft a quarterback in the top-ten again.
Chris “Mad Dog” Russo: Is he starting? When is McCown going to be healthy again? What’s up with him?
eye-RAH!: I think you are looking at four to six weeks with McCown. He still can’t grip the ball. He didn’t practice [Wednesday]. This is Glennon’s team right now, Chris. And unless he flubs up and starts throwing picks all over the place – and he didn’t do that last year as a rookie – I don’t see him doing it right now. I think it is full steam ahead with Mike Glennon and McCown is going to have to accept that backup role.
Joe has referenced previously that McCown clearly is not the man after his three-game showing, and while he may be a leader, that trait is overrated, especially while coughing up footballs right and left. What is he going to lead, how to throw lollipop interceptions?
Let Glennon start the rest of the season, and then in January you have 26 game tapes of Glennon starting. That should be ample evidence to decide if Glennon truly is the quarterback of the future, or if the Bucs go fishing for Brett Hundley.
October 3rd, 2014 at 6:15 am
I don’t think that Mccown will have to humbly “accept” a back-up role now, I think that’s the role he has ALWAYS been the most comfortable in as depicted by his 12 years of both being and playing like one. Never heard very many people mention the fact that his infamous “5 games at starter last season” were all games against pourous performing defenses…I like the guy and I’ll freely admit with Tedford’s absence going into the season he didn’t exactly get a fair shake but if 1 year pro Glennon can survive with Arroyo, then Mccown and his 12 years of experience should have been able to make more out of his time starting this year, Period.
October 3rd, 2014 at 6:42 am
The o-line keeps getting better. This is a big plus for “The Cannon.” Going against the Saints defense we should see a shout out in New Orleans. Will the MOB be proud? That is the question. I surely hope so. Go Glennon and Go Bucs!
October 3rd, 2014 at 6:57 am
I thing concerns me about Glennon. His long balls are usually in the vicinity of the receiver but not always on the money. He needs to take advantage of our height in our receivers and ASJ. I have seen some well placed passes like the winning touchdown last week. But sometimes he is all over the place. I’m afraid opposing defenders will pick this up on film and “The Cannon” might become a pistol. Maybe Arroyo has him working on his long ball accuracy. This is his second full week as a stater lets see where he really stands as our QB of the future.
October 3rd, 2014 at 7:01 am
With McCown unable to go there can’t be a QB controversy.
The Cannon can avert future controversy by leading this team to some wins. It’s something McCown has never done
October 3rd, 2014 at 7:07 am
And that Joe, is all the Mob has ever asked for. Why the hell would you declare a career back up the starter when you need tape on Glennon before the 2015 draft?????
October 3rd, 2014 at 7:13 am
@tdtb – I agree but keep in mind that he didn’t get an off season with the starters and he only had one week of practice with them. I’m not surprised that their timing was off and I have to believe it’ll get better as they play together more
October 3rd, 2014 at 7:15 am
Wow. That opening sentence needs work. “Although” needs to be dropped or the sentence needs completion. “Dance the danced” should be “danced the dance”. Not a lot of proof reading lately.
Still great content and a lot of meat though. My wife says I’m too analytical. Probably right.
October 3rd, 2014 at 7:17 am
Wish I could get paid to guess the obvious
October 3rd, 2014 at 7:17 am
Okay, I can’t read this one. Too many errors drive me crazy. Sorry, Joe.
October 3rd, 2014 at 7:37 am
Bonzai… why be the sourpuss pointing out everybodies typos? You’re crying kills the momentum of the article.
Too be fair, Joe has since made a lot of corrections. Joe must have hit a wrong button publishing a bad version hours ago. –Joe
October 3rd, 2014 at 7:38 am
Hyper-critical, Neurotic, Capt grammar
October 3rd, 2014 at 8:21 am
I agree that Glennon deserves his chance to show that he can be that guy. But Glennon presents a contradiction in current Bucs offensive philosophy and they both cannot co-exist. As I understand it, Jeff Tedford’s philosophy was an up-tempo offense run by a mobile QB that allows play action with WRs, TEs, and RBs (ala Sims) all in play at the same time as well as the QB moving in space to find the open man – a mobile QB in the vein of Russell Wilson or Colin Kaepernick.
If we are going to use a Tom Brady type pocket QB which I think Glennon is (high praise), we need to re-think our offensive line that is going to give an immobile QB the time needed to choose the open receiver because we don’t have those guys now and didn’t draft for them last year.
The Bucs will need to decide what kind of offense they want to be – speed in space or the more traditional stretch-the-field offense from the pocket. I don’t have a preference for either offense, although the current trend in the NFL appears to be moving toward the mobile QB. As you have seen, either can be successful, but both cannot co-exist at the same time and expect long-term results. If Glennon is the long-term answer, then the Tedford experiment is over!
October 3rd, 2014 at 8:28 am
The Bucs are not going to play Glennon when MCcown is healthy. It’s just not going to happen no matter how many articles and pictures Joe puts up. MCcown’s salary dictates that he will start when ready. Lovie and Licht are not going to sit MCcown on the bench after they went after him so aggressively in the offseason. MCcown can at the very least play has good as Glennon and proved last year he can play much better. It’s not Mccowns fault the OC had medical issues and the interim OC was scared to call plays down field with the weapons on offense. It also wasn’t MCcown fault that Lovie went with an offensive line that no one knew how good are bad they would be. This just in.. They were bad the first 2 games. At the very least Mccown deserves another shot now that the line seems improved and Arroyo is not scared to open up the playbook.
On another note. Has anyone noticed the ugly trend of Thursday night football? All blowouts by the home teams. The short week combined with the travel day is just not enough time for players to recoup from the previous week. The NFL needs to wake up and go back to having only one game on Thursday, Thanksgiving.
October 3rd, 2014 at 8:37 am
My bad.. One of the Thursday night games was won by the visiting team, Giants over the Redskins but it was still a blowout. I believe in the end Mark Cuban is going to be right.
October 3rd, 2014 at 9:33 am
@ Goober
I didn’t realize that Tedford had installed plays requiring the QB to throw the ball to the defender or just up-for-grabs. Boy, Lovie really did pick an innovative OC! Glennon must be calling an ‘audible’ out of those. (sarcasm now turned off)
Hint: A good QB does NOT throw a pass to an opposing player (especially on an early down, IN the ‘Red Zone’). McCown did that. A good QB does not throw the ball up-for-grabs when he under duress. McCown did that too. I am quite certain that Tedford does NOT have either plays of those in his playbook.
October 3rd, 2014 at 9:43 am
@ Goober
McCown has a noodle arm compared to MG8.
Nothing you say makes any sense unless L&L
want to lose games on purpose.
# MG8’s helmet was stifling, it narrowed his vision. And he must see far. His pads were heavy. They threw him off balance. And his target is far away.
October 3rd, 2014 at 10:27 am
Why does this dick head assume we’re going to have a top ten pick next draft?
October 3rd, 2014 at 10:38 am
Neither McCown, or Glennon are good enough. We need a QB in the draft.
October 3rd, 2014 at 10:47 am
What we need is Superman at quarterback ! The passes might be a little hard to catch though. But on a quarterback keeper, he would be tough to bring down.
October 3rd, 2014 at 10:55 am
Gooberville Says:
October 3rd, 2014 at 8:37 am
I believe in the end Mark Cuban is going to be right.
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Lol. Wow. That is one black kettle calling the pot black there.
“When pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered.”
# Lol @ billionaires pointing fingers at each other.
# Always trust what a billionaire tells you. They have nothing to hide.
# self-defense mechanism of projection
# NBA flat out sucks donkey balls. Worse than soccer.
October 3rd, 2014 at 10:58 am
Who here thinks McCown’s thumb is just fine? Me.
Who here thinks Lovie saw 0-3 and told McCown he was done for the season and the (fake) injury is only so Lovie doesn’t look like he screwed up on bringing him in? Me.
October 3rd, 2014 at 11:18 am
WINSTON!!!!!!!
October 3rd, 2014 at 12:37 pm
Gooberville Says:
October 3rd, 2014 at 8:28 am
The Bucs are not going to play Glennon when MCcown is healthy. It’s just not going to happen no matter how many articles and pictures Joe puts up. MCcown’s salary dictates that he will start when ready. Lovie and Licht are not going to sit MCcown on the bench after they went after him so aggressively in the offseason. MCcown can at the very least play has good as Glennon and proved last year he can play much better. It’s not Mccowns fault the OC had medical issues and the interim OC was scared to call plays down field with the weapons on offense. It also wasn’t MCcown fault that Lovie went with an offensive line that no one knew how good are bad they would be. This just in.. They were bad the first 2 games. At the very least Mccown deserves another shot now that the line seems improved and Arroyo is not scared to open up the playbook.
On another note. Has anyone noticed the ugly trend of Thursday night football? All blowouts by the home teams. The short week combined with the travel day is just not enough time for players to recoup from the previous week. The NFL needs to wake up and go back to having only one game on Thursday, Thanksgiving.
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Looks like the Big Dog decided to join the conversation today!
October 3rd, 2014 at 3:13 pm
shoulda drafted a real qb last year! definitely nee to this year, but mariota sucks, as i said last year, hundley is hurt and not impressive this year. so i guess it’s gonna be winston. lovie may have screwed the pooch on the draft last year. a very deep draft at wr and we take one in the 1st round instead of a qb? a teddy bear humped by wilfred type of wr at that.
smh
October 3rd, 2014 at 6:15 pm
“Hyper-critical, Neurotic, Capt grammar”
and yet you’re hyper-critical and neurotic enough to comment on it!
grammar and spelling should still matter in society. the joes appreciate the help, especially with their background.
and # means number or pound. whateverdafrack hashtag means is idiotic.
#taking back the lb sign
#hashtag hate