Charles Johnson Makes His Decision
March 8th, 2016
Ugh!
Joe has news that is bound to give Bucs fans a restless night.
Free agent defensive end Charles Johnson, who the Bucs wooed and brought in to One Buc Palace today for a sales pitch, has made his decision. And apparently the sales job by Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht was not good enough.
Johnson has signed with his old team, the Stinking Panthers, per Adam Schefter of BSPN.
After visiting with the Giants and the Buccaneers, DE Charles Johnson now plans to return to the Panthers, per team sources. Big return.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 9, 2016
Olivier Vernon’s price tag just exploded.
March 8th, 2016 at 7:42 pm
Oh well.
March 8th, 2016 at 7:43 pm
Son of a Bit#@$@#$#$@#!
March 8th, 2016 at 7:44 pm
Troll level 99999999
March 8th, 2016 at 7:44 pm
It’s all Lovie’s fault.
March 8th, 2016 at 7:44 pm
We’re going to end up just signing Wallace Gilberry. This team is now scared of getting burned by free agents.
March 8th, 2016 at 7:44 pm
who does that leave? (draft?)
March 8th, 2016 at 7:44 pm
The Bucs are 58-102 over the past 10 years under Malcolm’s sons. The Panthers just lost a game in the Super Bowl. The Bucs are no where close to being a contending team. This was a no-brainer on Johnson’s part. This is unfortunate to say the least. Licht will just continue to build through draft.
March 8th, 2016 at 7:47 pm
This sucks! No free agents want to come here! We are Cleveland of the south!
March 8th, 2016 at 7:48 pm
Just saw the breaking news..I just deleted his damn tweets..
This really sucks..
March 8th, 2016 at 7:48 pm
Sounds like he gave Carolina a home team discount. Can’t blame him for wanting to stay in Carolina.
March 8th, 2016 at 7:49 pm
F#ck my life. If we get NO pass rush free agents I think I might not pay for Sunday Ticket this year. SMFH
March 8th, 2016 at 7:51 pm
I wonder what Olivier Vernon’s asking price is now that he’s the last top pass rusher left. I guess it’s Smith and George Johnson for another year and maybe a rookie draft pick.
March 8th, 2016 at 7:52 pm
Everybody get inside quick….the sky is starting to fall.
March 8th, 2016 at 7:53 pm
And now Mario Williams will sign in Miami..
Ok, I’m out of FA ideas Joe. What do you suggest?
March 8th, 2016 at 7:54 pm
Bucs probably took the man to McDonalds’s and was told to order from the damn dollar menu..
Run Charles Run!!
I’m taking a shower, eat my second have of my sandwich and take my sleeping pills…
This really sucks meatballs..
March 8th, 2016 at 7:54 pm
No Johnson, no williams, no jpp and probably no Vernon!!! This team is letting past mistakes dictate the future.
Year 8 of the Glazer Brothers Gruden rebuild is commencing
March 8th, 2016 at 7:55 pm
We are going to draft our way out of the Dominick years
March 8th, 2016 at 7:55 pm
Post Gruden rebuild
So ticked off I can’t even type
March 8th, 2016 at 7:56 pm
You hit it on the head gotbucs. S@$! is too funny😄.
March 8th, 2016 at 7:56 pm
I just died inside I’m numb
March 8th, 2016 at 7:58 pm
Guess we don’t have to worry bout losing Mike smith to a HC job next year, no one is going to hire a 26th ranked defensive coordinator for a head job lol
March 8th, 2016 at 8:00 pm
Hey, look on the bright side….we got Keith Tandy all locked up, so……
March 8th, 2016 at 8:10 pm
Gotbucs.. FTW!
I wonder what O. Vernon is going to end up getting paid now… And at that point you have to wonder if he’d be worth it? I mean how many big money free agents have come in here just to collect a paycheck?
Besides V-Jax and Clinton McDonald, we haven’t gotten much out of our FAs. You could add Joe Hawley to that list I suppose. Even good ol Sgt. Winslow was at least productive…
March 8th, 2016 at 8:10 pm
Chris long and Greg hardy that’s what’s left if we don’t get Vernon lol I’d dance in the streets if that happens, and yes, it’s gotten that bad, free agency hasn’t even started yet and I’m looking forward to 2017
March 8th, 2016 at 8:11 pm
^^
Yeppers…that was our free agency!! Woohoo! Let me upgrade to those new 5500 hundred dollar club seats!
I just feel really bad for Jameis..
March 8th, 2016 at 8:11 pm
I know nothing is final, doesn’t look like the Bucs are gonna be players in Free Agency, to not sign anyone and let DM walk is absolutely ludicrous
March 8th, 2016 at 8:12 pm
Lol @ jeagan! So glad I didn’t pull the trigger on season tix. Since they aren’t spending either am I.
March 8th, 2016 at 8:15 pm
Lifeofabucfan… If u get those club seats at least you can puke in privacy lol
March 8th, 2016 at 8:18 pm
LOL @ Guzzie!!!
March 8th, 2016 at 8:18 pm
Why would this drive up the price necessarily? If anything it may suggest bucs / Giants did not make big offers and that the market is not as insane as Joe suggested with numbers like 2 mill per sack lol.
I get it in the idea that it may make teams more desperate to overpay I guess but giants settled with JPP and reactionary overpaying is always dumb.
That said please god sign Vernon and/or Bruce Irvin lol
March 8th, 2016 at 8:19 pm
Free agency starts tomorrow at 4.
March 8th, 2016 at 8:22 pm
The sky is falling and I can’t get up!
March 8th, 2016 at 8:25 pm
Like i said word around the N.F.L is player’s do want to play for this backstabbing G.M. Now you see it good luck. Thing will change when Derrick Brooks becomes the G.M.
March 8th, 2016 at 8:26 pm
I’m sorry but there were some really good players we could have used before I had my first cup of coffee..the ones that could have really bought in a good chance for wins in the column, by my second cup, they got sucked out as fast as that poor soul that got sucked out of the plane last week..
I’ll just watch C Span reruns ( more exciting) than watch my Bucs lose on Sundays..can’t bare to see Jameis get pounded..
March 8th, 2016 at 8:26 pm
Jeagan1999
“Hey, look on the bright side….we got Keith Tandy all locked up, so……”
Uh yea, but you forgot we’re trying to resign Chris Conte. This D is gonna be straight up lock down this year!!
March 8th, 2016 at 8:28 pm
That sucks. I thought Johnson #3 was our best bet at getting an established pass rusher here.
March 8th, 2016 at 8:31 pm
Ed <—- Clown of the Day.
March 8th, 2016 at 8:32 pm
Whatever, the guy 9 games and had 1 sack.
March 8th, 2016 at 8:33 pm
Oh, and he is 30 as well.
March 8th, 2016 at 8:33 pm
Dear God or Joe
Please when I wake up from my alcohol induced coma, the BUCS have signed Olivia Vernon, yes I know it’s Olivier, but I’m drunk and pissed off, and Robert ayers or christy long, otherwise, please wake me up the next time the bucs make the playoffs….thanks again
March 8th, 2016 at 8:35 pm
The Vernon signing might be more realistic than u think. We have to over pay for somebody, we have to spend a certain amount of our cap $ and we are way under it.
March 8th, 2016 at 8:38 pm
Whatever. Go back to your b!tch-baby QB in Newton and we’ll win a SB in a couple years with a real man in Jameis
March 8th, 2016 at 8:41 pm
WE OFFERED HIM 6mil per year, and he STAYED IN CAROLINA FOR 3mil!!! WTF?????
March 8th, 2016 at 8:44 pm
Suicide prevention in Tampa. Some of you seem like you may need it.
https://www.crisiscenter.com/what-we-do/suicide-prevention-services/
March 8th, 2016 at 8:45 pm
Enough already with the backstabbing BS! As an NFL GM you are responsible for giving the Owners(the guys who sign the paychecks) your personal opinion on the state of their franshise at the moment they ask you for it.
Sure you can gloss somethings over for the benefit of keeping the coach employed, but that is not your job. Your job is to give your honest opinion of how things are going as a franchise. Not play footsies with any coach. Even if he is the one who suggested your employment to ownership.
If Mr. Licht told the owners something that he determined was a deterent to success, with the coaching staff. That is what Mr. Lichts GM responsibilities are.
Would we rather not have a GM who tells his bosses what he thinks of the current franchise situation, or tells them what he thinks they want to hear.
Not that you or I truly know what was discussed within the Buccanners organization about our previous coaching staff. Anyone who says they know different, must be named Glazer or Licht.
Enough already with the back stabbing BS. This is my favorite NFL team. I’ve been a fan since 1976 thru the current season and as long as I am blessed to draw another life giving breath on this earth.
Go Bucs!
March 8th, 2016 at 8:45 pm
What!!?? @ Jimbo..
Are we the leper colony of the NFL!!???? Geesh..
March 8th, 2016 at 8:46 pm
I know FA hasn’t really started, but really…. is anyone super-excited about what’s happening so far? News, rumors, anything? I’m getting the vibe that the Bucs are thinking they like who they have and that a new coach will turn chicken s|-|l+ into chicken salad.
March 8th, 2016 at 8:47 pm
I have no problems with Vernon or Irvin at this point but being from NY, I’ll take a solid player like Ayers from the Giants, or keep the strength in the middle and throw a lot at Harrison from the Jets. The rotation of McCoy, Harrison and McDonald would be amazing!
March 8th, 2016 at 8:50 pm
Good he is dead to me.
March 8th, 2016 at 8:52 pm
Shttt, i shouldnt have refreshed until the morning. Definitely going to be a sleepless night for me. This was not an epic move Charles??? WTF
March 8th, 2016 at 8:53 pm
What a bunch of little girls….
It wasn’t Bruce Smith we’re talking about here. Charles Johnson? He’s had 2 years of injuries and he’s on the wrong side of 30! Relax…..Jiminy Christmas!
Have a little faith in Licht. He’s drafted Jameis (not to mention the rest of the 2015 class) and he has us finally set with the right coach.
In the words of Aaron Rogers…..”Relax!”
March 8th, 2016 at 8:53 pm
1 year 3 million and turned down 6 million elsewhere. That’s disgusting he will work for 1/2 the salary so he doesn’t have to be a buc or dolphin. See rotoworld
March 8th, 2016 at 8:55 pm
In the word’s of Donald Drumpf:
Sad!
March 8th, 2016 at 8:55 pm
at HIREJIMBO…..
Are you serious? We offered him 6mil and he went back to Carolina for emil????? WTF????
March 8th, 2016 at 8:55 pm
Maybe me double down on ends and draft and go heavy on secondary in fa is about all that makes sense at this point ….
March 8th, 2016 at 8:55 pm
BUCTROOPER, does that SH:? salad come with a large helping of yuks dressing I feel like I’ve been eating that SH:? for like 10 years straight, I live in Gainesville is ok to be a jags fan now SMDH
March 8th, 2016 at 8:56 pm
RustyRhinos…well said.
March 8th, 2016 at 8:56 pm
salish_seamonster Says:
March 8th, 2016 at 8:44 pm
Suicide prevention in Tampa. Some of you seem like you may need it.
https://www.crisiscenter.com/what-we-do/suicide-prevention-services/
—-
lol…
But I haven’t reached the warm bath, razor blade type night yet..lol…
March 8th, 2016 at 8:58 pm
Buc1987 Says: Ed is clown.
The man was offered 6 millions by the Bucs. The man took 3 million less from the panthers. Tell me how many free agents, this team has signed. Who is the clown, where is the star running back Doug Martin, who refused to sign with this G.M.
March 8th, 2016 at 8:59 pm
Ed….Free agency starts at 4 pm tomorrow.
March 8th, 2016 at 9:00 pm
….and I said Clown of the Day.
March 8th, 2016 at 9:05 pm
Where did you get this 6 million figure from and btw he dissed the Giants as well?
March 8th, 2016 at 9:06 pm
Who gives a sh*t. It’d be nice to have him but y’all act like he’s JJ Watt.
FA offense!
Draft defense!!
March 8th, 2016 at 9:07 pm
ElioT …exactly!
March 8th, 2016 at 9:09 pm
@87
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/giants-charles-johnson-return-panthers-article-1.2557675
March 8th, 2016 at 9:13 pm
Lets not panic. At 4 PM tomorrow, the NFL FA dinner bell rings and the truth will be known. I hope that I am wrong that the Glazers are the worst owners in the NFL. I think it affects FA. Everything starts from the top. Biz101 I hate it because I really enjoy watching them compete and this is affecting the team’s overall performance. I do believe in Koetter & Jaemis so this should be interesting first year for him. Air Winston Vol. 2
March 8th, 2016 at 9:20 pm
87
It’s all over Twitter. JPP said the same thing if not similar. He said Arizona came at him hard but he n his fam decided to stay in NY.
March 8th, 2016 at 9:20 pm
I GOT THE 6 mil # from bleacherreport.com
March 8th, 2016 at 9:21 pm
“Tampa Tony Says:
March 8th, 2016 at 7:54 pm
…This team is letting past mistakes dictate the future.”
This is the absolute truth. The guy who held the title of Bucs GM during the worst free agency period for any team in the history of the NFL is still the GM. He’s afraid to flush any more of Glazer cash down the potty with his notoriously poor FA talent evaluation.
This guy may end up ruining Winston and Koetter by not putting enough quality NFL talent around them.
Jason Licht is the face of Bucanneer incompetence. Congratulations.
March 8th, 2016 at 9:22 pm
That’s it, I cant take it anymore. Offer Olivier Vernon $61,000,000 to play for the Bucs? Screw it. Forget about DE in FA. Draft Deforest Buckner in the first round and go trade up to get Kevin Dodd in the second round. Next Mr Jason Licht you need to get off your a$$ and go grab GMC, LVD and Jameis and fly to KC and bring Sean Smith back with you. Next get on another flight and pony up to San Diego and bring Eric Weddle back with you and the boys. Now we have a foundation to try and lure some other quality players. Oh.. give Dougie a call and tell him “you know that franchise tag you missed out on, well we have a one year $12,000,000 offer for disrespecting you on the table.”
March 8th, 2016 at 9:22 pm
Hope Lovie being fired isn’t only good thing we do this offseason becauss the joy in that has worn off. Would be stoked if they got Schwartz, Sweezy, WR and signed Martin or Miller.
March 8th, 2016 at 9:25 pm
All of our $ better be thrown @ O.Vernon and M.Schwartz. That will make up for this bullspit
March 8th, 2016 at 9:26 pm
Bucs need youth, not retreads on the D line.
March 8th, 2016 at 9:27 pm
I want one of the Cincinnati wr as well
March 8th, 2016 at 9:29 pm
Everybody relax. Reuben Randle is still available.
March 8th, 2016 at 9:30 pm
BiggieMac- the Bucs need a pass rush. I don’t care how they do it.
March 8th, 2016 at 9:36 pm
Still crying and whining. The world is ending. The team will be 3-13. may as well throw in the towel now.
March 8th, 2016 at 9:37 pm
LOL is all I can say……………
March 8th, 2016 at 9:39 pm
Coaching stability is a factor, IMO.
March 8th, 2016 at 9:46 pm
Unlike most here, I am going to be really happy with a 9 and 7 season missing the playoffs if necessary so that 2017 can be a Beautiful Season! Ice Cream Filled!!!
March 8th, 2016 at 9:48 pm
lmao cmurda
March 8th, 2016 at 9:50 pm
Anyone had Bruce Irvin on their wish list? Scratch him off..he’s a raider..
March 8th, 2016 at 9:54 pm
Jus trade up for Bosa and then Carl Nassib in the 2nd
March 8th, 2016 at 9:58 pm
Name Required Says:
March 8th, 2016 at 9:39 pm
Coaching stability is a factor, IMO.
^^ THIS.
Was just about to say the same thing.
Also, some of ya’ll need to chill on all these FAs wishes, they don’t solve all problems. You bring in too many and then your team has no chemistry because no one has any allegiance.
At this point, we should really only be addressing WR or O-line in FA, (with the possible exception of Vernon). Anyone else brought in on defense most likely will be just for depth, with the draft being primarily defensive.
March 8th, 2016 at 10:09 pm
Looks like Ivroy is going to Jags and Miller Houston. If we lose Doug might as well give Mike James a shot with Simms. Isn’t he on the practice squad?
March 8th, 2016 at 10:09 pm
Chris Ivory is a Jaguar
March 8th, 2016 at 10:12 pm
So I’m going to drown in my own vomit now thanks for playing
March 8th, 2016 at 10:14 pm
I thought our defensive ineptitude was all Lovie Smiths fault, bad scheme and everything.
So we should be dandy.
Or maybe it was really bad talent? Nah. Couldn’t be.
March 8th, 2016 at 10:16 pm
Ivory signed for 6mil a year
March 8th, 2016 at 10:17 pm
No he signed for (quote) WELL ABOVE 6mil per year
March 8th, 2016 at 10:18 pm
Jax at it again!! They are spending for sure!!
Too bad we can’t carry all the money over next year since we ain’t spending..we would be like 150 million under cap! lol!!
March 8th, 2016 at 10:19 pm
Another team will give Doug even more if this is true. The jags just releaed Gerheart though!
March 8th, 2016 at 10:19 pm
I agree wit you Attack. Its a crap shoot wit some of these guys. You pay them and then they turn more Gucci than Grid iron. Give me young and hungry, that betters the chances of getting hard play.
March 8th, 2016 at 10:20 pm
So ERIC when the BUCS go 5-11 next year, can we still blame Lovie??
March 8th, 2016 at 10:20 pm
Just my phone or this site running like garbage lately? Getting new phone Friday so hope it’s the phone.
March 8th, 2016 at 10:24 pm
Guise…………this is Great news. Now the Bucs can give Doug 7.5 mil 4 Year deal with 23 Million guaranteed and NOT have spent the 11.8 on the Tag and Still Not Feel Guilty. If he signs with us for 8 or less, then all the cards played out as they should.
March 8th, 2016 at 10:27 pm
Bucs are believed to be nearing a deal with Doug Martin for 6.85 mil Per Tampa Bay Times
Bleacherreport.com
March 8th, 2016 at 10:27 pm
Glazer’s boys are down in Palm beach playing with their nipples.
Can’t be bothered with free agency.
March 8th, 2016 at 10:27 pm
In the midst of all this drama, I choose to just go play some X Box with the mrs. Peace out Gents, and ma’am.
March 8th, 2016 at 10:28 pm
This year’s draft is deep with defensive talent, we won’t be grabbing headlines with our moves in free agency but we will add depth, something we don’t have.
March 8th, 2016 at 10:28 pm
Night Bucs SB!
March 8th, 2016 at 10:29 pm
People are acting like idiots and rioters.
I’m sure NE, PITT, GB, Sea, and other annual contenders are calm and cool.
Some of you fans are the real losers not the front office.
March 8th, 2016 at 10:29 pm
@Jimbo..
WOAH!
Maybe announcement tomorrow?
March 8th, 2016 at 10:31 pm
According to Rotoworld, Bucs nearing a deal with Doug Martin!
March 8th, 2016 at 10:31 pm
@Life
I hope so. We can afford to lose home grown talent
March 8th, 2016 at 10:36 pm
More news coming out..deal looks like it’s getting done…Yay!
March 8th, 2016 at 10:37 pm
1 year deal worth $3M. He never planned on leaving Carolina.
March 8th, 2016 at 10:38 pm
Whare we the bucs the least aggressive Florida team in free agency. The dolphins just signed/traded for half their defense. We need to stop only searching for bargain players.
March 8th, 2016 at 10:43 pm
Dear Joe and fellow Bucs fans,
Stop getting your hopes up. It never goes the way the fans want it to. And rightfully so. We need to get close before add aging veterans to our roster. Johnson only has a couple more years in the league. By the time the Bucs start getting good, he will retire and we will have a hole in the roster again.
Please remember, we need to build through the draft. Yes, we have money to burn. But the Bucs still need to be smart about it, and bring in the right players. Players that want to be in Tampa, and have a passion for the game. Johnson didn’t want to play here. Why be upset he isn’t here? We don’t need another Micheal Johnson. We need players who are young enough to grow with the team.
If we don’t acquire a DE in Free agency, then it just wasn’t meant to be. we will be fine. Our coaches are top notch, and I have faith that they will get production out of anyone on this roster. It would be nice to add top notch talent, but I’m not going to throw a tantrum if we don’t.
March 8th, 2016 at 11:23 pm
Joe : why don’t we go after Travis Benjamin , ultra speed aT receiver and kick returner. Would one up field more for offense
March 8th, 2016 at 11:31 pm
I laugh at most of you and your chicken little responses.
The Bucs are reaping what they have sown years ago.
Simple as that.
March 8th, 2016 at 11:47 pm
let the panthers stay old 🙂
March 9th, 2016 at 12:11 am
I compare football to alot of things in life. Yes an interview is exactly what it is. If I failed before would I give up on what I believe what it takes. NO! US Bucs fans are not dumb and we believe in our ownership to do the right thing. That’s why us fans support you. Jason don’t over think it and do the right thing. For whats in your heart us Bucs fans believe! Sign Martin and get the DE you believe in!
March 9th, 2016 at 3:38 am
@ RustRhino : Only the first sentence in your statement I disagree with and here is my take on it, one has to assume that the report given to Team Glazer, was unbecoming of LOVIE, can’t say that because he did underachieve, let’s just say their were no glowing remarks, because LOVIE gone, but he (THE BACK-STABBING GM) is still here, now it’s been suggested that it was chickens coming home to roost, maybe so but in this case it is easy for me to see it was some BACK-STABBING going on by our (GM).