Kyle Brindza, Go Home
October 4th, 2015
Leave.
Enough! Joe doesn’t give a damn how far you can kick a field goal so long as you miss chip shots time and again.
Already Kyle Brindza, who has two of the longest field goals in Bucs history, has cost Tampa Bay 17 points in two games (well, through six quarters).
That is simply unacceptable by any standard. After Brindza, who has the aim of Mr. Magoo, missed his second field goal Sunday against the Stinking Panthers, that brought his batting average to 6-of-12, for .500.
If this were baseball, he’d be Cooperstown bound. But this is the NFL and the real world. If you screwed up making that many sandwiches at Subway you’d get run.
The only place Joe can think of where Magoo could find steady work with so many mistakes would be McDonalds, or whatever radio station Dan Sileo works at.
Yes, we can scream about Magoo as much as we want. But who decided to keep him after his gag effort in Houston when teams with playoff hopes have cut their losses for lesser offenses?
If the Steelers can toss aside Josh Scobee after trading for him, then he Bucs sure as hell can call security at One Buc Palace to clean out Magoo’s locker.
October 4th, 2015 at 4:17 pm
“Kyle’s our kicker”
– Lovie Smith last week
October 4th, 2015 at 4:20 pm
Lovie running this franchise in the ground!
October 4th, 2015 at 4:20 pm
Get brindza out and ban him for life from the city of tampa
October 4th, 2015 at 4:22 pm
Connor Barth. He’s accurate.
October 4th, 2015 at 4:25 pm
We had a kicker another idiotic decision from or idiot coach!!!
October 4th, 2015 at 4:25 pm
Kyle Brindza
I love you as a kicker
October 4th, 2015 at 4:26 pm
The fact that he was still our kicker this week is proof positive that Lovie and Licht are both incompetent. Great going Glazers. Cut Brindza, then fire Lovie.
October 4th, 2015 at 4:29 pm
Or whatever radio station Dan Sileo is at, lmao
October 4th, 2015 at 4:34 pm
After watching Jaboo today, how can anyone care about the kicker?
If Jaboo was worth half a crap, the kicker wouldn’t be so important!
October 4th, 2015 at 4:35 pm
I am now on board. clearly the texans didnt think the field was to blame for thier kicking last week and got a new guy.
do we see if donavan will kick for us!?
October 4th, 2015 at 4:36 pm
I’ve forgotten all about Sileo.
October 4th, 2015 at 4:37 pm
The Sileo dig was hilarious. Lovie should’ve cut him last week. 3-17 and counting…
October 4th, 2015 at 4:38 pm
Someone call Martin Gramatica!
October 4th, 2015 at 4:39 pm
Well it was Joe(s) a few weeks ago who were school-girl silly over the fact the Brinza could kick it so damn far!!!
October 4th, 2015 at 4:40 pm
Maybe Lawrence Tynes will agree to come back!
October 4th, 2015 at 4:40 pm
L&L picked the wrong QB, kicker, WR , RB, DE, DB, OT and extended the injured one and the one who forgot how to tackle. When do the billboards go up?
October 4th, 2015 at 4:41 pm
Once a kicker has lost his confidence, the dance is over.
Bucs had Barth, Murray and Brindza to pick from. Two were established kickers with good track records. The third was an unproven rookie who could kick the ball a mile.
In typical Bucs fashion, we all knew which one they’d pick.
October 4th, 2015 at 4:42 pm
Welcome back to Tampa Barth Vader!
October 4th, 2015 at 4:49 pm
Remember that wedding pic of Raheem and Freeman? Someone should whip one up with Lovie and Brindza. So emblematic of this regime.
October 4th, 2015 at 4:52 pm
George Yarno!!!
October 4th, 2015 at 4:55 pm
You had to keep Kyle Brindza for this week. Like it or not.
Everyone has a bad week once in a while. Kyle Brindza had one last week. You needed at least another week to see if it was a rookie fluke.
It wasn’t. Now there is justification to replace him. Connor Barth doesn’t have a lot of leg…but he’s accurate in the FGs that are tried most often. I would rather miss the occasional 50+ FG than every 50- FG.
October 4th, 2015 at 5:04 pm
Calling Bill Polian and a convoy of dump trucks.
October 4th, 2015 at 5:19 pm
I’m skipping the game next week and taking my Wife out instead. Sick of wasting my time with these losers
October 4th, 2015 at 5:22 pm
As much as interceptions hurt, those missed chip shot field goals are just as depressing and they put more pressure on the offense
October 4th, 2015 at 5:32 pm
We traded tim for this ?
October 4th, 2015 at 5:34 pm
This web site is famous for attaching nicknames to Bucs players and coaches. I say we start calling Love Smith “Jodie Foster,” because Kyle Brindza treated Lovie just like Jodie Foster in “The Accused” after Lovie stood up for Kyle after that HORRIFIC Texans game.
“Thanks for trusting me.”
October 4th, 2015 at 5:41 pm
No, No, it’s okay! He just had a bad game….Why is the coach of Atlanta having so much success?? Lol!
October 4th, 2015 at 5:45 pm
The kicking situation just proves how incompetent Lovie really is. Every good organization has a good kicker in place to start the season and if they need one they go get them. How f*cking stupid can one team and organization look for so long. I will say that without a doubt this team will be horrible with the current ownership. You could give them the next 10 years worth of number 1 picks and they would manage to f&ck it up.
October 4th, 2015 at 5:59 pm
This is getting pathetic
October 4th, 2015 at 6:12 pm
The Jamarus Russel of kicking, lets just get Connor Barth back here.
October 4th, 2015 at 6:29 pm
No, No! It’s Okay! When Schiano was coach, everyone at One BUC hated him according to the stuttering-stammering-Scott Brantley-fist receiving-show host. But, since Love is now in the building, everyone is fine, even though they aren’t winning. If you really think about it, that’s all that should matter. As long as people in the building are happy! LOL!
October 4th, 2015 at 6:40 pm
Seriously were worried about our kicker. Like he is standing between us and the playoffs. If he was a freakish WR who is dropping alot of passes we wouldn’t fire him. Let the kid try and develop
October 4th, 2015 at 7:06 pm
Brindza was probably much cheaper than Barth or Murray. Cheapskates!
October 4th, 2015 at 7:25 pm
https://twitter.com/contbarth/status/650745801623388160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
October 4th, 2015 at 8:01 pm
Fire the kicker now, fire Lovie at the bye.
October 4th, 2015 at 8:02 pm
Lovie Smith press conference after the Carolina loss on kicker Kyle Brindza – “He had another bad game.” “Kyle is our kicker..”
October 4th, 2015 at 9:48 pm
Make those two kicks at it is 17-16 and a much different game.
October 4th, 2015 at 9:58 pm
Get Barth for PATs and most FGs and keep Brindza for kickoffs and FG attempts outside of Barth’s range. It’s the best use of a roster spot on this team.
October 4th, 2015 at 10:30 pm
Fwd from Twitter –
Hi. I’m Week 1-2 Kyle Brindza. I have DirectTV.
And I’m Week 3-4 Kyle Brindza, and I have cable.
October 4th, 2015 at 11:14 pm
Where the heck is Connor Barth? Or is it the same M.O. …we don’t want to put points on the board. GREAT!
October 5th, 2015 at 2:14 am
This coach can’t make a good decision about Anything! I miss Schiano!!
October 5th, 2015 at 3:56 am
I miss barth