J.R. Sweezy Cut
June 29th, 2018
“Jason, I understand Amazon is looking for delivery contractors locally. We can help this guy out.”
Boy, talk about trying to slip a story under the door.
The Bucs have released embattled, hurt right guard J.R. Sweezy today, per Mike Garafolo of NFL Network.
Sweezy, who broke his leg late last season, never could recover. Joe thought Sweezy was making progress when, in the last practice of minicamp, Joe saw Sweezy walk onto the practice field wearing shorts and a baseball cap, carrying a towel.
In Sweezy’s two Bucs seasons he started 14 games.
Sweezy was always good to Joe and he seemed like a really nice guy. But as Bill Parcells famously said, your best ability is your availablity.
Unless Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht makes a move, it appears Caleb Benenoch is your starting right guard this fall.
June 29th, 2018 at 2:33 pm
Thank you Jesus. Licht is fighting for his job at this point. He better start making some moves.
June 29th, 2018 at 2:34 pm
Probably a good call. Another wasted signing but it makes sense. When a player gives you more negatives than positives…all you can do.
June 29th, 2018 at 2:35 pm
So looking to further build the O-Line or go get another QB? Bridgewater perhaps?
June 29th, 2018 at 2:36 pm
Makes that o-line depth a little sketchy! See ya J.R.! Too bad it didn’t work out!
June 29th, 2018 at 2:36 pm
Been saying it so long so long so long
Jason is a scout not a visionary gm
June 29th, 2018 at 2:37 pm
I wish him well but he was a terrible signing from day one. Anyone who thought it was a great sign a few years ago was only kidding themselves.
June 29th, 2018 at 2:38 pm
Maybe they “realized” its season over and the full rebuild must now commence!!!!!!!
#season_over!!!!!!!!!!
June 29th, 2018 at 2:38 pm
so glad dude never played and he was always getting beat anyway
June 29th, 2018 at 2:38 pm
Wasted high dollar signings and wasted 1st rounders….no wonder we’re basement nfc south….
But hopefully that will soon change! Get Foles! Get it done Licht!
June 29th, 2018 at 2:38 pm
Well
Finally some good Buccaneer news!
Hopefully that frees up a little cap for a Qb signing, or at least an OLineman for the right side.
June 29th, 2018 at 2:39 pm
so we have to rely on benenoch or evan smith at RG…..lol….this offseason just keeps getting better!!!!!
#NOEXCUSESIN2018!!!!!….#PRESSURESONTHECOACHES!!!!….GO BUCS!!!!
June 29th, 2018 at 2:40 pm
813
Were we relying on Sweezy?
June 29th, 2018 at 2:43 pm
More waste of Glazer cash.
June 29th, 2018 at 2:44 pm
Finally some good news. Let’s move forward and let’s go bucs!
June 29th, 2018 at 2:46 pm
About freeking time! To bad it won’t be enough to save Lichts job. Bye Bye Licht thanks for the bad free agent signings and bad draft picks.
June 29th, 2018 at 2:48 pm
REALIST
what happened to being totally confident in this staff?……dirk and smitty should be able to really the troops and show their coaching abilities….
#NOEXCUSESIN2018!!!!….#PRESSURESONTHECOACHES!!!!….GO BUCS!!!!
June 29th, 2018 at 2:50 pm
Thank God for some other Bucs news.
June 29th, 2018 at 2:50 pm
jmark
yeah…duh…..
he was the big money FA from a year ago….
#NOEXCUSESIN2018!!!!….#PRESSURESONTHECOACHES!!!!….GO BUCS!!!!
June 29th, 2018 at 2:51 pm
2 years 2 late
June 29th, 2018 at 2:52 pm
813
and…..?
Just another Licht special..
June 29th, 2018 at 2:52 pm
Who the heck wants Bridgewater noodle arm. Who hasn’t thrown as many touchdowns in his career as jameis has in a season. Yeah and let’s trade McCoy and a first round pick for Foles who will be a free agent and according to joe we tried to sign last year and he didn’t want to come here. Do you guys even think before you post. If we release jameis like you guys want. Fitzpatrick will be are starting griffin the backup or we will bring in a veteran and keep three qbs. That is not going to happen. If what jameis did is so horrible he should be cut. Than why did the company that he works for only suspend him 3 games. You didn’t see the 49rs cut foster this off season. Who as caught with weed and arrested. Then accused of beating up his exgitlfriend and for Having an assault rifle. Because everyone posting on pro football talk believed he was guilty and done in this league. Everyone was calling for John Lynch to release him. Then guess what come to find out the ex was being vindictive and trying to get him in trouble and he actually didn’t do it. And don’t you think if their girl was so traumatized she would have went straight to the police. She did t she just told Uber. So it wasn’t that big of a deal to her either
June 29th, 2018 at 2:54 pm
Uh, what? I thought you were “Totally Confident” the team is going to turn things around. Actually, I know you were.
June 29th, 2018 at 3:03 pm
The “real” fans have known that the roster was the real problem and was the bottom of the NFC South roster, that has not changed!!!!!! But now we have seen JaGropeWins wreck the pirate ship and the GM will not survive!!!!! And if you get a new GM he will want to bring in “their” coaches!!!!!!!
#clean_house
June 29th, 2018 at 3:05 pm
I feel cheated that we didn’t get the 15th America’s Quarterturnbetweenerlegs article of the day.
June 29th, 2018 at 3:06 pm
Be still my heart! This is a story about a Bucs’ player other than Jameis? (Thought you could sneak it past us, didn’t you Joe).
Oh wait, it’s about an ex-Bucs player. We’re still good.
Before I forget Joe, was curious about what it would take for the Bucs to receive a comp pick (maybe a #1 or a #2?) if Jameis is traded, cut, whatever like so many seem to want. Any thoughts?
June 29th, 2018 at 3:08 pm
Bye haters! Next team up. JR…go kick a$$
June 29th, 2018 at 3:09 pm
Let’s not forget the true focus at fans, fellas …. AMERICA’S GROPER!
June 29th, 2018 at 3:12 pm
Awh man..Say it ain’t so? My man Easy (money) Sweezy. The Bucs got tired of him..gettin his money for nothin and his chicks for free!! To be honest though, Sweez is no worse than several ex Bucs who took the organization for a ride via his spinnin and shinanigans. Good luck Sweez. You provided me with a couple yrs of comic relief. It took the Bucs a good minute. But they FINALLY caught on to you bro.
June 29th, 2018 at 3:13 pm
Bucs freeing up space to sign America’s QB, Jameis Winston, to a nice new contract.
June 29th, 2018 at 3:14 pm
If there is one thing I’ve learned about this blog over the last week is, while JW is a knucklehead, far larger knuckleheads post here.
June 29th, 2018 at 3:14 pm
@jeffbuc, you’re comparing an ex who has a history to an incident with a stranger…come on man….apples oranges.
June 29th, 2018 at 3:17 pm
@Realist
I won’t be surprised at all.
The only way this staff survives is a winning record this season and/or Jameis playing like a top 5-10 QB and us being a top 5-10 offense.
We’ll see how they weather this sh1t storm… f*ck my life
June 29th, 2018 at 3:19 pm
@DR
I think the highest comp pick you can get is a 3rd rounder. It’d be based on net additions vs net subtractions and what each player was worth in terms of the contracts they sign to with new teams
June 29th, 2018 at 3:25 pm
We should have kept Jon Robinson. Licht should be brought up on criminal charges for assault against Winston. And he was supposed to be an oline guru. Child Please
June 29th, 2018 at 3:27 pm
Realist you are starting to sound like the sheep you usually speak of. You been telling us how great this coaching staff is and now you are trying to tell us they arent good enough to survive because of 1 players 3 game suspension?…. Come on now…
June 29th, 2018 at 3:29 pm
I would go with Ryan Griffin over Fitzpatrick, give the kid a chance!
June 29th, 2018 at 3:36 pm
@DR
The highest comp pick any team can receive is a 3rd rounder, and as Lord Cornelius said, it’s based players lost in Free Agency vs Players signed in FA. That being said, if we cut or trade Jameis, he will not be figured into the equation for comp picks. Only if he fulfills his contact and the Bucs don’t resign him.
June 29th, 2018 at 3:42 pm
Ask Richie Incognito to come out of retirement ..that would solidify that line. Fitz needs all the help he can get to keep upright.
June 29th, 2018 at 3:44 pm
Richie is ready to come back.
http://www.tmz.com/2018/06/28/richie-incognito-jonathan-martin-nfl-comeback-mental-health/
June 29th, 2018 at 3:57 pm
yeah boy, incognito and winston hitting the night life together after a game….what could possibly go wrong
June 29th, 2018 at 4:01 pm
Dude was a disgrace to floppy hat wearers everywhere.
June 29th, 2018 at 4:04 pm
Off topic, but, go get Flacco. Hasn’t played up to his potential the last couple seasons,however,change of scenery and better players at the skill positions you never know,a 3rd should do it.
June 29th, 2018 at 4:04 pm
Hardly you you….
June 29th, 2018 at 4:09 pm
I wish J.R. well. Now let the battle for RG begin. RT, too, if DD isn’t ready.
June 29th, 2018 at 4:11 pm
Cut Jameis and I’m done with football, and my season tickets. Some of you Bucs fans are just completely moronic on how much you want him cut it’s almost like you have nothing better to do then just post the same thing over and over again. You are the same fans that have kept this team in the dumps with your whinny complaints about every mistake a Buc has made. Makes sense why some of you complain in the stadium to sit down when cheering for the team. Just a bunch of losers. This is football folks not church. Go Bucs!
June 29th, 2018 at 4:21 pm
No more free agents guards! And, please, no more hype over free agent guards. Thank you! #PaidFloridaVacation #GlazerLootIsTheBest
June 29th, 2018 at 4:26 pm
Lol finally a positive news story
June 29th, 2018 at 4:27 pm
Put me down with the “finally some good news” crowd. Now, we can do the “why not sign this guy?” “why not sign that guy?” threads again.
Lord, 813, MJ, DRules, Realist and other real fans back. Maybe the Uber doldrums are over.
June 29th, 2018 at 4:36 pm
Bout Time.
So did Sweezy pass a physical finally – or did they have to work out an “injury” settlement?
June 29th, 2018 at 4:47 pm
Think they are a bit thin in depth on O line now…hope they can get some more help in here.
June 29th, 2018 at 5:06 pm
Goodbye “I.R. Sneezy”
June 29th, 2018 at 6:22 pm
T and Lord C … I never did understand those comp pick rules (maybe because we never ‘earned’ any). Don’t see Jameis going anywhere until the end of this year though, so we MIGHT potentially be in line for an additional 3rd rounder, who knows. Whether or not he plays this year I think depends on a number of yet-to-be-determined factors. One being if the Glazers still view him as a franchise QB (lot more at stake for them than for any of us). Another might be whether or not any more damaging info comes out (I don’t assume any longer that we’ve heard the last of this escapade). And potentially how well Fitz plays (if we’re doing well with him at the helm, AND if the Glazers want to move on, MAYBE they keep Fitz in there & let Jameis be #2 for awhile). So many WHAT IFs … boggles the mind.
June 29th, 2018 at 6:55 pm
YES, WHAT HE SAID!!!
Im tired and 87 is right Says:
June 29th, 2018 at 4:11 pm
Cut Jameis and I’m done with football, and my season tickets. Some of you Bucs fans are just completely moronic on how much you want him cut it’s almost like you have nothing better to do then just post the same thing over and over again. You are the same fans that have kept this team in the dumps with your whinny complaints about every mistake a Buc has made. Makes sense why some of you complain in the stadium to sit down when cheering for the team. Just a bunch of losers. This is football folks not church. Go Bucs!
June 29th, 2018 at 6:56 pm
For me though…it will be I’m done with TAMPA BAY!
June 29th, 2018 at 8:25 pm
ShutTheBucUp Says:
“Licht is fighting for his job at this point.”
Not even.
There is no evidence of that at all.
It was Lovie who insisted they draft Winston, if that’s your angle.
And as far as win/losses, the coaches might be replaced if it comes down to it, but Licht is here to stay. He is exactly was the Glazers want in a GM. Control the money, work good trades, and draft well.
There is no denying that Licht has added some excellent talent to this team. He’s staying.
June 29th, 2018 at 8:27 pm
Good move Saves 6.5 mil.
Let benenoch and kappa battle it out
June 29th, 2018 at 8:51 pm
“The only way this staff survives…”
same sort of thing people said last year. Wrong then. Wrong now.
June 29th, 2018 at 9:10 pm
Jason Licht paid this guy at least 15 million plus. Let that sink in for a moment. Can anyone even remember a single play this guy made? Now they are stuck with a hole in the line and Licht has another excuse to sell the continued losing. This is truly one of the worst free-agent signs of the decade. I’m sure Licht holds 5 of the top 10 spots in that category.
June 29th, 2018 at 10:34 pm
This makes letting Kevin Pamphile walk seem like a bad idea. I thought he played rather well and he didn’t break the bank in Nashville.