Glennon Enjoying The “Rub Off”
October 7th, 2014
Mike Glennon doesn’t have many offensive teammates who played with him last year, but one of them can identify a difference in Glennon 2.0 versus the rookie version.
Wide receiver/special teams ace Russell Shepard was a fellow rookie with Glennon and knows him well.
Shepard (two catches against Pittsburgh) sees a matured quarterback who has benefited from the old guy on the roster, Josh McCown.
“More comfortable. It’s crazy how things work, man. Josh has been a great influence on him as far as his approach to the game,” Shepard said of Glennon today.
“Being a quarterback, you know, just being a young player in this league, you have to learn how to be a pro’s pro. And Josh, being a guy that’s made it as long as he’s made it, he knows how to be a pro on and off the field. You see some of the things he do rub off on Mike. Thinks like when he’s not in on a certain play in practice, he’s still going through his progressions. Come in extra early, staying late. Josh has really been a guy that’s kind of rubbed off on him. And Mike’s really made the bed to be a pretty good pro over these next few years.”
Joe has questioned the impact of McCown’s leadership, primarily because of how the Bucs, the team he captains, didn’t show up for its lone prime time game against a division rival. That was a bad sign and inexcusable.
However, McCown surely has been a positive influence on Glennon. That’s almost indisputable. Glennon is quick to talk about it.
Last year, Glennon had nine-year man Dan Orlovsky grooming him, and Orlovsky, now with Detroit, was known to have embraced the role completely. But McCown has much more experience, and Glennon got to watch McCown be a starter, as well as a mentor.
If Glennon officially takes over the No. 1 job, Joe wonders if the Bucs will pay McCown another $4 million to return next season and back up Glennon. That would be wise, but Joe’s not sure the Bucs would invest in that kind of value.
October 7th, 2014 at 2:55 pm
MAKE McCown the QB coach! I’ll be happy, McCown will be happy, Everyone will be happy. Honestly though, Josh seems to be enjoying himself on the sidelines. Hes always the first one to walk up to Glennon after 3rd down.
October 7th, 2014 at 3:06 pm
I concur. Let McCown teach, just keep him from being under center.
October 7th, 2014 at 3:13 pm
I don’t doubt McCown has given Glennon some pointers to help along with his QB awareness and overall improvement. McCown was unsuccessful in his debut with the Bucs, that does’nt mean he has no value in the current backup spot. I’m happy with that position currently on the Bucs.
October 7th, 2014 at 3:16 pm
big news of day is Eric page is back now the curse of Eric page will be lifted, out
October 7th, 2014 at 3:28 pm
Whats the old saying? Those who can do, those who can’t teach, and those who can’t teach administrate.
October 7th, 2014 at 3:31 pm
Glennon has watched freeman and now McCown ruin the season in the first couple games. Once again Glennon is playing for next year. Glennon has been robbed of his first 2 seasons. Maybe now Evans and ASJ can built rapport with the Cannon.
October 7th, 2014 at 3:58 pm
Dewey Selmon Says:
October 7th, 2014 at 3:31 pm
Glennon has watched freeman and now McCown ruin the season in the first couple games. Once again Glennon is playing for next year. Glennon has been robbed of his first 2 seasons. Maybe now Evans and ASJ can built rapport with the Cannon.
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How could he have been robbed of his first two seasons???? He started 13 games last year and could very well do the same this season. Are you saying because he didn’t have a quality starter or backup behind him that he’s been robbed? Who was Peyton Manning’s first backup? Joe Montana was an understudy to who? Marino replaced David “Freaking” Woodley. John Elway, who was his first backup, who had the job when he went to camp?
Your logic makes ZERO sense. If he starts the rest of the year he will have logged 26 games, one more game than the generally accepted rule of 25 starts to really evaluate a QB.
October 7th, 2014 at 3:59 pm
“Mike Glennon is the QB of the future” — Lovie Smith
Rant and rave about Glennon all you want, but that says it all. You Glennon-haters better get used to him. He’s here to stay.
In fact I’ll make a prediction right now. If Glennon only improves by 10% better than he’s playingright now by end of the season, they WON’T draft a QB at all.
I predicted they wouldn’t draft a QB in the last draft on these here boards looooong before the draft took place. My reason? Mike Glennon.
I’m not the coach and neither are any of you. So if a head coach is telling the fans Glennon is the QB of future, he then goes out and plays the way he has been playing. You can bet Lovie ain’t bs’ing about that future line.
Get used to Glennon and embrace it. Because I think he will get better this season, and I don’t think they’ll draft QB at all in the draft. I also don’t think they will be high enough to get a top tier QB. 6-7 wins won’t get you Mariota or anyone else.
Get used to Glennon and embrace it.
October 7th, 2014 at 4:01 pm
Or you could just continue to fight the power….
October 7th, 2014 at 4:04 pm
This year’s Josh at QB is by far a better mentor than last year’s Josh.
Freeman getting any looks?
Any update on Freeman vs. Bucs NFLPA?
October 7th, 2014 at 4:05 pm
The owners run this team like a Walmart.
No way they spring for a high-quality backup.
#It’s a Bucs Life = Live Better, Walmart
When they say “live better” I say “What do you mean by ‘better’?
Better than what?
October 7th, 2014 at 4:06 pm
stevek …I just googled that clown…no looks yet. His twitter page is lonely place too. New posts dating back to Sept of last year. The place is like a morgue.
October 7th, 2014 at 4:14 pm
Brandon, Both years Glennon has been an NFL qb he has been inserted into the lineup when the season has been a wash. Last year he was playing for this year. Now this year he is playing for next year. I just said the same thing as before. If you don’t understand what I am saying then I can’t help you understand my point.
October 7th, 2014 at 4:23 pm
Brandon
Like I have already posted; Glennon has been handed the keys to a car (two cars) that have already been totaled! No team recovers from 0-3 so for two years now he has drawn the short straw. When there is no chance of making the playoffs players start to hang it up even though it is only game 4.
October 7th, 2014 at 4:25 pm
Well said Dewey! You beat me to it…..
October 7th, 2014 at 4:29 pm
It will be interesting to see how motivated the team is for the remainder of the season. There are some bright spots, but we need consistantcy most of all in all phases of the game.
October 7th, 2014 at 4:30 pm
Can’t wait for JBF radio hour with the Big Dawggg.
Can’t wait!
Big Dawggg already said he won’t talk about Glennon, but rather the Defense. Me thinks Big Dawggg can’t admit he is WRONG about Glennon AND Freeman!
October 7th, 2014 at 4:44 pm
i rob one off daily, just after lunch
October 7th, 2014 at 4:49 pm
A “SEASON” is not lost after 3 games and if Glennon plays the rest of this season and its a loosing season then he is gone. The Bucs will need to win this division if Glennon is to remain the starter for that franchise. There is no way that Glennon remains the starter next season if he only improves by 10% from now, LOL. You Glennon fans better hope that the D and special teams play like they did in the Atlanta game all season. Because if they play like they did the other 3 games and get better and still loose then its over for Glennon. Somebody’s gonna take the fall and it won’t be the coaches/GM/rookies/oline/stars of the defense and that leaves only one guy, Glennon. Again, there’s an argument if the team plays like spit the rest of the season but if they improve and Glennon is not able to do enough to get the team over the hump then he’s gone. Believe That!
October 7th, 2014 at 4:53 pm
NewBucsFan!!
Newsflash home boy, we don’t win this division with any QB in the NFL, including Manning.
We are not there yet.
Glennon will continue to prove your statement wrong.
Wrong, as the day is long. Glennon is going to get the job done and be rightfully annointed our franchise QB.
I love that he is getting a chance, and you still give him none.
LOL You are so darn funny! 🙂
October 7th, 2014 at 4:59 pm
It’s so funny if you listen to any radio station around the Tampa bay area these shows are split and everyone is arguing. It’s also funny how all of a sudden mgm knows the exact number of drops the team had every game. Yet another excuse…..only reason Glennon had bad passing percentage is dropped passes. Apparently our receivers didn’t start dropping passes until mike Glennon was drafted. Mgm are some of the most sensitive people on the world
October 7th, 2014 at 5:04 pm
News Flash the season is over if you are 0-3! The only effort after 0-3 comes from players in contract years and players that feel they need to shine in order to make the cut
October 7th, 2014 at 5:06 pm
Buc4life, either you did not watch the games or have no idea what you are talking about…..Which one is it?
October 7th, 2014 at 5:18 pm
Do you think the saints feel the season is over, or falcons or panthers. I mean if the Bucs won sunday they would be tied for 1st place in this division. If you MGM’ers had faith in Glennon like you say you do then stop talking about next year and his having full control. Start saying c’mon Glennon make us look good and the haters wrong and lead this team to the playoffs after everyone counted you and this team out. AFTER ONLY 3 (i mean 3) GAMES!
October 7th, 2014 at 5:23 pm
Well with basically zero rushing yards and the D giving up 520 yeah there is a lot to fix. In the Saints game the QB was not one of them
October 7th, 2014 at 5:29 pm
Thank you Joe for
.. defending your readers
…articulating the reality of what is
…and schooling the bully…you come off like the adult in the room
I literally go out of my way to listen to YOUR show….
October 7th, 2014 at 5:45 pm
sho nuff….at first I thought the same thing……then it came to me…that exchange was nothing more than a verbal championship wrestling radio..theatre of the mind …play…
October 7th, 2014 at 5:57 pm
rasta…i dont have a problem with some theater..it shows his maturity in the face of someone with the emotional intelligence of a 15 y/o boy…i feel like he stood tall for what he beilves is true…
*i gotta run and flip the channel now
..peace
October 7th, 2014 at 6:00 pm
newbucsfan; The hole is dug, it is too deep to get out of. We are 1-4 (0-3 div). How does anyone see us getting into the playoffs? we need to go 9-2 and get ALOT of help. We own zero tiebreakers.
October 7th, 2014 at 6:01 pm
Buc4lyfe is really josh mccowns younger brother.
October 7th, 2014 at 6:15 pm
Newbucsfan is showing their noobness. If the Bucs were to have won, they would be in 3rd place at 2-3, right behind Atlanta, who is now 2-3. Carolina won against the Bears. They are 3-2.
Know your stuff before you spout.
This season requires a run the table crew to win out. Sorry to say, we just don’t have that kind of crew.
LONG LIVE THE GINGER CANNON!
October 7th, 2014 at 6:17 pm
L & L (and I mean Lovie & Leslie), our so called defensive gurus, need to find a way to shore up our defense. If they can do that, we will be fine as I believe the dropped passes and stupid penalties will improve dramatically. Glennon can win with some semblence of support.
October 7th, 2014 at 6:19 pm
LOL…Ginger Cannon….I think he’ll be Hair Club for Men….before we get the wheels back under the wagon…..that said MG 8 is among the least of the teams worries….
October 7th, 2014 at 6:21 pm
When I first heard we hired Lovie, I was not happy, but I did think we would have a good D. But we get rid of Revis so we can throw big $s at Johnson. What a great plan. NOT
October 7th, 2014 at 6:30 pm
I am listening to TJ Reeves, gag me, however he is interview MG8 about this an that….I am very impressed to MG *’s answers…very comfortable in the answers…anything but the “canned coached player speak”…the kid KNOWS !
October 7th, 2014 at 6:36 pm
Aaron Rodgers
first 3 years backed up favre
4th year (1st year starting) and was in 7 close games and lost them all
5th year (2nd year starting) started winning the close ones
You know the rest of the story
Mike Glennon
First year-Forced to start as a rookie in the middle of a fiasco and played very respectable
Second year- forced in again with a team that was hardly organized and has played more than respectable
Im not saying he is the next Aaron Rodgers but he has done well and all or more than was asked to do under some less than desirable circumstances.
This kid is smart, tough, good and full of confidence even when he is shown little respect from his own coaches on and off the field!
You just have the feeling the coaches are going about this BACKWARDS
They certainly are NOT conveying a total picture of confidence nor are they giving him the opportunity to command the game situation
when he needs to as he should have.
They are telling him to row the boat while they drag an anchor.
Turn him loose and lets find out what he can REALLY do.
October 7th, 2014 at 7:04 pm
This season is not over for the Bucs or Glennon. If you had unrealistic high expectations for a playoff run, like preseason irrational exuberance, don’t we all think the team will be better than what it usually ends up being. Sure it’s a letdown after a dismal start, but there are 11 games left to get to where most fans predicted the team would finish. I will enjoy the Bucs effort win or lose, I have no other choice as a Bucs fan.
October 7th, 2014 at 7:08 pm
Could have been….Alex Boone @ guard…and Richie Incognito @ guard…..
October 7th, 2014 at 7:11 pm
Newbucsfan!!! Says:
October 7th, 2014 at 4:49 pm
“The Bucs will need to win this division if Glennon is to remain the starter for that franchise.”
You didn’t really mean to say that, did you. Please say it was the fault of your ‘auto-correct’.
And then you said…
” I mean if the Bucs won sunday they would be tied for 1st place in this division. ”
Do you pay attention to the entire league, or just the Buccaneer games? *If* the Bucs had won, they would have been (because of tie-breaker rules) in THIRD place. I know you’re a ‘Newbucsfan’, but start paying attention to ALL of the teams. If for no other reason than the Bucs will have to play some of them and you’ll be more familiar with their players/coaches/record/etc.
BTW, at nfl.com (sorry Joe), you can get the standings of the entire league and see exactly where the Bucs are.
October 7th, 2014 at 7:13 pm
Rumor has it many in Hollywood are part of the MGM too.
There’s a new rumor out that he might have a lead in a new film.
Revenge of the Nerds 3 – Starring Mike Glennon.
or this guy
http://magnificentbastard.com/images/pics/nfl-13-glennon.jpg
October 7th, 2014 at 7:19 pm
If it weren’t for the dropped passes and the ones called back because of silly penalties MG would have thrown for well over 300 yds. last game so the kid is certainly improving. 4 out of the 5 games we’ve played we could have won, they were close. So we could realistically be 4 and 1 now. I’m not giving up on the season yet in terms of a .500 or even a winning record.
October 7th, 2014 at 7:23 pm
I meant 3 out of the 4 games we lost we could have won.
October 7th, 2014 at 7:46 pm
iron mike glennon doesn’t need any input from mc clown.
the bucs could use the mc clown money next year on other team needs.
mc clown freaks out from any defensive line pressure. he threw one too many interception for a guy picking up the dollars he is.
most sideline clipboard holders don’t make the dollars mc clown makes. his example as a starting qb might hinder
iron mike’s progress.
mc clown could learn a thing or 2 from iron mike!
October 7th, 2014 at 7:50 pm
@Mr. T I want to believe that we can finish at least .500, but I’m not going to lie to myself. We lost 3 games to division opponents and guess what?? Our division is probably the worse in the NFL.
Hopefully Glennon can continue to shine so we don’t waste our top 5 pick on another QB!
October 7th, 2014 at 8:06 pm
Back when I was calling out the idiocy of posters around here for saying McCown would be a bad influence on McCown, I was getting flamed. Now it turns out McCown is really that positive influence after all.
Oh wait there still are some idiots around like “port richey george”.
October 7th, 2014 at 8:06 pm
**Bad influence on Glennon.
October 7th, 2014 at 9:02 pm
Yea I saw the game and besides being impressed with some great throws what should I say? GLENNON IS A GOOD QUARTERBACK. why is that not good enough? Our first touchdown came with 27 seconds left before halftime against a garbage defense. 249 yards and 2 touchdowns against a below average defense is nothing to brag about so sorry forgive me if I’m not gushing over an average quarterback. If lovie believes he has his guy good we can use that 1st round pick on a serious need but quarterback isn’t our issue and that’s as far as I’m willing to go at this point. Lol bet you were one of those guys who anointed Rainey the starter after getting over 100 yards rushing. Damn mgm seriously anyone who doesn’t believe he’s some kind of super star gets bashed, saying he’s good isn’t good enough for stalker fans I guess. Our team as a whole sucks and were cellar dwellers yet again but hey lol Glennon is playing great!!!! Psychos our team is a joke. Wane me to be all in on Glennon then I will be one he changes that. Hey lavonte David is in top 5 in tackles did you know that? His defense is garbage so who cares
October 7th, 2014 at 9:02 pm
@port richey George:
What is the point of calling the man mcclown? Are you trying to be funny? Very juvenile statement. Grow up.
I can’t believe the negativity of this site; you can criticize, but why make unnecessary statements which I find is a lot of name calling.
We could easily be 4-1 with some luck, but we are not.
October 7th, 2014 at 9:06 pm
Yea I saw the game and besides being impressed with some great throws what should I say? GLENNON IS A GOOD QUARTERBACK. why is that not good enough? Our first touchdown came with 27 seconds left before halftime against a garbage defense. 249 yards and 2 touchdowns against a below average defense is nothing to brag about so sorry forgive me if I’m not gushing over an average quarterback. If lovie believes he has his guy good we can use that 1st round pick on a serious need but quarterback isn’t our issue and that’s as far as I’m willing to go at this point. Lol bet you were one of those guys who anointed Rainey the starter after getting over 100 yards rushing. Damn mgm seriously anyone who doesn’t believe he’s some kind of super star gets bashed, saying he’s good isn’t good enough for stalker fans I guess. Our team as a whole sucks and were cellar dwellers yet again but hey lol Glennon is playing great!!!! Psychos our team is a joke and Glennon doesn’t change that, teams aren’t like oh no Glennon is coming up this week no not yet. Want me all in on Glennon well I am cuz he’s the best qb on the roster. Hey lavonte David is in top 5 in tackles did you know that? His defense is garbage so who cares
October 7th, 2014 at 9:35 pm
@ Stevek
Big Dog won’t be happy until Josh Freeman and Raheem Morris are both back in Red and Pewter
October 7th, 2014 at 11:03 pm
oldfart44 …there are MANY fans on here that call him McClown. I do it from time to time. Man so touchy…ya know there are other sites that I have seen you on. T
This is the best site on the net, but perhaps it’s too negative to your liking…like I said I have seen you on OTHER sites before….there are other sites.
This is my home. Stop disrespecting my home man.
October 8th, 2014 at 10:24 am
Seems like since he got here the only good thing, high-priced backup, Josh McCown has done is make Glennon better. McCown is the most expensive QB coach in history!
October 8th, 2014 at 12:05 pm
@Buc1987
I am not touchy, but it does get tiresome.
I understand that people are frustrated, but I think it is going to be a time building process.
I read many sites because I am retired and have been a Bucs fan for close to 20 years.
The posts I like are the ones where people show, especially with pictures, what is happening on the field. The normal broadcast views are too “condensed”; you don’t see where the WRs are going amongst other things.
That’s why I like this all 22 view explanations.
Go Bucs. We are still in it.