Ira Kaufman’s 10 Takeaways From Bucs-Titans

October 28th, 2019

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BY IRA KAUFMAN

The 2019 Buccaneer season ended at 4:15 p.m. on a Sunday afternoon in Nashville, with Peyton Barber prone on the turf, curled up in a fetal position.

Rather apropos, don’t you think?

This season’s over, folks, and don’t think for a moment that it’s not.

With rare exception, NFL teams that open at 2-5 don’t make the playoffs. Does this team look like a rare exception?

For more than a decade, the Bucs have written the book on how to lose football games that you have no business losing. They added another grisly chapter in Music City, marked by giveaways, penalties and an assortment of dumb mistakes.

Bruce Arians is frustrated, Jason Licht is perplexed and the Glazers are stunned. By the time this road trip from hell mercifully concludes, the Bucs figure to be 2-6 and vying for another Top 5 draft pick.

Even Lavonte David, who has never been mistaken for a vocal leader, has seen enough. He did most of the post-game talking after leading by example with 12 tackles, giving Arians a chance to rest his voice and gain his composure.

Lavonte David

David has poured his heart and soul into this organization, a class act and a damn good football player. When Lavonte David opens up in the locker room after a game, 52 other players know how dire this situation is.

Here’s why the Bucs departed Nashville in such a surly mood, floored by yet another giveaway in a season full of ’em:

* Tampa Bay’s final gasp came on that fourth-and-1 snap at the Titans 32, trailing by four points. Jameis Winston lined up in a shotgun and gave the ball to Barber, who had no chance to move the chains. He was stuffed by Jurrell Casey for a 1-yard loss as the Buc front was in full retreat.

“It’s about somebody whipping somebody and making a play,” said Tennessee coach Mike Vrabel.”Like Ol’ Lovie used to say, simple as that.

* The Bucs played hard, if not smart, and deserved better from this officiating crew. Devin White forced a fumble off a fake FG attempt and Andrew Adams should have been allowed to score a go-ahead TD. Somebody decided to blow a whistle. Down by contact, my butt.

* Mike Evans had been in a bit of a funk until he almost single-handedly took this game over. He was virtually unstoppable in the opening half as the Titans had the audacity to assign one defender to stop the best wide receiver in franchise history. The Titans had no choice but to double-team Evans down the stretch, but nobody else stepped up to make Tennessee pay.

* The stats say the Bucs ran for 106 yards on Sunday, but the stats lie. Winston accounted for half of those yards on 8 scrambles. Tampa Bay’s other 22 rushing attempts added up to another 53 yards, a 2.4 average that won’t get it done in Pop Warner. Another shaky day forthe offensive line.

“We came out and I felt like I played flat early in the game,” said Ryan Jensen, who also clonked Winston in the face with an ill-timed snap.

JPP was hot on the field and at his postgame locker

* Full props for Jason Pierre-Paul, a freak of nature who happens to be a football warrior. Here he was in Week 8, dumping Ryan Tannehill at the start and adding 3 tackles for loss in an inspirational effort. And did you notice how Shaq Barrett returned as a force off the edge during JPP’s return? That’s no coincidence.

* Apparently, Arians hasn’t read the unofficial rule established by the NFL through eight weeks — don’t bother wasting your challenge flag in hopes of reversing a call involving pass interference. It’s not going to happen, so you might as well save your timeouts. That second interference call against Carlton Davis was ticky-tack, wiping out an interception and leading to a Titans FG, but that ruling was not goingto be reversed upon review. That stinks, but it’s the way it is.

* Arians sounds like he’s fed up with the entire secondary. He keeps tossing out alibis for Winston’s mistakes, but he won’t cut a young defensive backfield any slack, even though the Titans didn’t exactly march up and down the field all afternoon. It wouldn’t shock me if Ryan Smith gets his shot as a starting corner in Seattle.

* If not for the wretched Falcons, the Bucs would be wallowing in last place. One more setback and they will have matched the number of games Arians lost in his initial 2013 season in the desert. In two months, Arians is likely to face the biggest question of all: Does he have the stomach to start over with a rookie quarterback next fall?

* Speaking of Winston, he has came out on the short end of 21 of his last 29 starts. Yes, his defense has been lousy. Yes, his wall up front has been soft. But top-flight quarterbacks find a way to win. And let’s stop with those silly comparisons to a young Peyton Manning. The 1999 Colts went 13-3 in Manning’s second pro season. Winston has 17 wins in the past four years.

* The story always remains the same in Tampa, at least it seems that way. The Bucs continue to be their own worst enemy, buried by weekly gaffes that could fill a Ken Burns 10-part series. “Obviously, if you watch the game, we’re better than them,” Evans said forlornly. “We gave them the game.”

It’s a sick refrain that Buc fans have had to live with for more than a decade. This brand of southern hospitality is getting old. Real old.

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Ira Kaufman launched his professional NFL coverage in 1979, back when Earl Campbell was the toast of the NFL and Lee Roy Selmon was defensive player of the year. After a lifetime at the Tampa Tribune, “The Sage of Tampa Bay Sports” joined JoeBucsFan.com in July of 2016. His twice-weekly podcast and three columns per week appear here year-round and are presented by Bill Currie Ford. Tampa Bay’s only Hall of Fame voter is a regular on SiriusXM Mad Dog Radio and a part of the FOX-13 Tailgate Sunday show, in addition to his other appearances. You can hang out with Ira during every Bucs road games at Buffalo Wild Wings. His schedule is linked here.


53 Responses to “Ira Kaufman’s 10 Takeaways From Bucs-Titans”

  1. westernbuc Says:

    I just can’t believe the fans fell for this.

    Arians is a figurehead in a massive staff who doesn’t call plays and doesn’t coach Jameis.

    Licht neglects our lines and is constantly playing catch-up with his picks. He’s dumped a ton of capital into tightends we barely use.

    Clean house. Trade Lavonte to a contender. And most importantly, get rid of the Glazers.

  2. ElioT Says:

    Screw Jason Licht! He should be ashamed.

    But don’t worry, the Bucs are just “reloading”, right?

  3. Petty Officer Buc Says:

    I’ve watched the Bucs. I can take hilariously bad losses and ineptitude. What I CAN’T take is a coach who toots his own horn about being Mr. Accountable and every single week he throws someone under the bus to protect his QBs feelings.

    Also if the Glazers read this, how’s it feel to have such a highly paid press secretary while the real coacs are Leftwich and Bowles?

  4. ElBajito43 Says:

    Don’t let this distract you from the fact that Jason “Trash” Licht and Papá BWUCY BWuce are tied to Baby Winsty-Pooh like a Ball and Chain.

    No one will call out Winston for anything, they might hurt his confidence.
    I feel bad because he actually scrambled really well and the last pic was more than likely the fault of Perriman.

    Greatness overcomes these kind of deficits, but do we know that Winston couldn’t have won this game?????

    How?? Leftywich and Daddy Bruce have so little confidence in JW at the end so they call straight runs into the line like we witnessed.

    Honestly you should just let Winston go down swinging.. I mean seriously WTF has this new regime done but make him worse. The kid plays scared.
    At least with Keotter he would gun the F’n ball. I remember the throw he made to Humphries in Dallas for a TD. It’s sad because this guy is never gonna put all the pieces together and he will always be a risk taker. He cannot be even close to the HERO if they try to make him a game manager this much.

    BTW “FIRE JASON LICHT” FB GROUP NOW UP.

  5. SB Says:

    I am actually just numb right now and it is not the Vodka.
    Between the lack of preparedness and execution and the Horrific officiating I just need to tune out and think about bed.
    Life moves on tomorrow as usual.

  6. Rayjay1122 Says:

    Please God, let the Vipers be competitive.

  7. BA Redzone Says:

    Since Licht drafted JW3, he has invested in the worst Draft picks of any GM, to support a rookie QB. ???

    Horrible whiff on Dalvin Cook. OJ Howard???? Please…..OJ has been non-player in offense. Dalvin is MVP Candidate this year. WOOOFFF.

    The hits just keep coming….Roberto, HG3, Noah Spence, and so on…..These are picks who should be making an impact for the TEAM…..

  8. Tye Says:

    How many BUCS FANS, in the final seconds of the game with the game on the line, KNEW JW was about to throw an int?

    When the Titans felled to get a 1st down and punted the ball back, I actually thought ‘this has Winston ending the game with a pick written all over it’… Sure enough, he didn’t prove that notion wrong… Then again, how many games has he finished that way…

    Time to just move on already!

  9. TampaTown Says:

    Really spot on article Ira. I feel dead inside and it seems like the players do too. There is no answers or hope. Start over? With who? With what? If anyone has to go it’s Jason Licht.

  10. BrianBucs Says:

    Funny how the Bucs have the largest coaching staff in the league but the team never seems prepared or ready to play.
    By being Winston’s biggest protector, apologist and enabler Arians has lost some credibility. Hard to move a team forward that way.

  11. BA Redzone Says:

    ps, for those who question JW3 ability to handle hard coaching….

    See Jimbo Fisher, who totally EXCORIATED every QB at FSU, with his HARSH coaching, and for most part, killed Christian Ponder/EJ Manual confidence. JW3 was the only QB who could handle his hard coaching.

    JW3….may look bad on Bucs team. Wonder how JW3 looks w a real O-Line?

    BTW, JW3 was the LEADING RUSHER, for Bucs today….HMMMM and JW3, is NOT a running QB.

    Thanks Jason, for depending on career 2 yrd runner, Peyton Barber.

  12. cmurda Says:

    I can’t see Arians going all in with a rookie QB next year. I don’t care how bad Winston plays or how high our pick will be. Pretty high at this rate. I expect the best O Lineman taken followed by secondary, secondary and secondary. Maybe Licht hits on one of his 20 secondary picks? Only time will tell. If the Glazers had a single hair on their chest, they would fire Licht but they don’t and they won’t.

  13. Scorps1 Says:

    Arians, Licht and the Glaziers need to sit down and figure out when it is time to end the Winston experiment. I am not saying the time is now, I am saying they need to decide when is enough enough. If I were them I would have already decided after more than 4 years while he is not the sole reason the team is where it is, he is far from shining star and model of consistency and there is no reason to expect he will. He was a turnover machine in college and in that regard he is consistent. Neutered to the point of not turning the ball over he is incredibly ineffective. Lesser quarterbacks have done more with less.

    As for those who are now advocating trading the team away for draft pics.. News flash.. nobody wants 90% of what we have. Of the 10% that have trade value the compensation offered will not be nearly worth what they mean to us.

    Look at OJ Howard. A low 3rd round pick offered for a high first rounder. Evans might draw a 1st round pick but do you really want to give him up. People talk about trading Winston, Hargraves, Perriman, JPP… no one is going to give you anything for a player that is either likely to be waved or is on a 1 year deal.

    I think I overestimated Arians and his cast of hundreds. There have been many issues attributable to coaching like last week’s 3 false starts in a row. At this point can we say that the coaching is better this year than last? Mike Smith’s defense sucked. Is this one really performing that much better? GMC is gone but has his replacement really made a difference? Offense playcalling that started hot has gone stale. Our receiving corps is worse than last year. It is a 2 man show with only 1 showing up on any given week. We had the two best TE in the game until we went with an offense that made them invisible. Didn’t we say we played to our player’s strengths? The O line.. the O stands for Overpaid. If it takes 3 years to develop and O lineman we should have drafted some 3 years ago. Same with the secondary. You can’t expect a bunch of rookies and 1 year players to run in the same league as NFL receivers. Last two years we drafted a bunch. Like O line you have to draft one every year and let them develop.

    Back to trading.. If OJ Howard is a 3rd round pick I don’t see us trading anyone that is going to get us more than a 5th round pick. What odds does a 5th round pick stand to make the team let alone contribute as a starter? And to get that 5th round pick you are going to have to trade a starter. Is someone going to give you a 5th round pick for VH (he was a 1st round pick). NOOOOO.. First he is not effective and second he is likely to be cut . How about Winston.. NO .. cap hit too high and likely to get cut. JPP? perhaps but is a FA after this year. If OJ is a 3rd round Cam Brate is a 5th round but an expensive one at 7 mil. What is more beneficial? Getting a 5 round for him that will get us a player of questionable quality and value or changing the offense to take advantage of his strengths? Wasn’t that the bitch at the beginning of Arians’ tenure.. we have great players that weren’t used properly? I think we can be thankful Arians isn’t calling plays… I think he has lost it. While Bear Bryant was great in his time, his time to seems to have passed.

  14. cmurda Says:

    Hate on Winston. I get it. I am too but Tye. Come on. There’s mere seconds in the game. Winston has to throw a bomb. Why it’s going to Perriman is beyond me. Even if he’s the fastest receiver, he’s completely useless. Blame Byron for that but Winston threw the ball where it should have gone. Perriman was lost in space as usual. Can’t blame that last pick on Jameis.

  15. Scorps1 Says:

    I see lots of complaining about drafting OJ Howard. The reason he is invisible is because of Arian’s offense. He and Brate were used extensively the past 2 years. Kotter liked tight ends. I would have gone a different direction.

  16. FortMyersDave Says:

    4 dash 12 and picking 5th or 6th next spring (probably right after Cincy, the Skins and the Fins grab the top 3 QBs in the draft)…..

  17. JameisAlmighty! Says:

    Jason Licht is an idiot. Flat out. No other way to say it. Fireeee Licht!

  18. ElioT Says:

    This is it ladies and gents…

    Start digging the rifle pits now, and get ready for yet another long, horrible decade of Bucs football.

    There is NO Cavalry on the way.

    2-5, with a roster near the cap limit, a “seasoned” (turd) GM, “respectable” coaching staff and a “franchise” QB who just needs a little more support.

    Something tells me the next 9 games are going to be very ugly. The ugliness we haven’t seen before and there will be no excuses.

    Hopeless is the word.

  19. Jmon300@gmail.com Says:

    You guys are wrong season not over !

  20. BucsBandit Says:

    The Bucs should CUT Winston immediately and move on with the franchise. Benching him would do no good. They should let him go, eat the cap space, and give Ryan Griffin the ball.

    Send a clear message that Winston is NOT the future of this team. The only way to do that is to cut him.

    TIME TO MOVE ON FROM THE WINSTON EXPERIMENT. It didn’t work.

  21. Greg Says:

    What’s sad is, we all know the Bucs are one of the worst teams in a crappy NFL this year, yet there are five teams with even crappier records than ours, and two other teams that have the same record as the Bucs! Bucs win one more game, we may be looking at a pick outside the top ten next year. Tank for Jalen Hurts!

  22. Jean Lafitte Says:

    Hey didn’t you pick the Bucs to win? lol

  23. Greg Says:

    There’s two guys that post under Greg, I’m definitely NOT the one that expected the bucs to win, I knew we were screwed as soon as it was announced Tannehill was starting!

  24. DB55 Says:

    Alright so you can’t give up 14 points on TOs and win the game.

    Winston accounted for something like 354/389 yards. You gotta look for mike in the fourth qrt but you didn’t and you lost (decision making).

    Make no bones about it vh3 is the weakest link and it isn’t even close (sans mj Stewart). The 90 yard drive exposed vh3 yet again. Back breaker!

    I’d suggest a new qb, cb and RT.

  25. Colorado Says:

    Here’s a cold hard fact: Historically 2-5 teams have made the playoffs 3% of the time.

  26. Pete I Says:

    One of the things Cardinal fans said on their forums was that Arians was a blowhard (as in a talker) and would toss players under the bus. Sadly they were accurate.

  27. D-Rome Says:

    I watched Deshaun Watson’s line fail him repeatedly yesterday and he was making big plays when it mattered to lead his team to victory.

    Jay-Miss can’t do that.

  28. D-Rome Says:

    No record predictions from me, but I won’t be surprised if we make the playoffs and get to the NFC Championship game.

    I notice the haters scoff. That’s fine. Book mark this and see if you can make me eat crow. 😉

    I don’t mind accountability.

    Hi Bonzai! 🙂

  29. Pete I Says:

    “I watched Deshaun Watson’s line fail him repeatedly yesterday and he was making big plays when it mattered to lead his team to victory.

    Jay-Miss can’t do that.”

    Just replace the name Tannehill for Watson and change Big plays to plays, and the same happened to him.

  30. Defense Rules Says:

    Good read Ira. Thanks. And you’re exactly right, this is getting really old. Same BS week after week. Our defense & S/Ts weren’t the problem yesterday … our offense was. And BA needs to stop with the BS and TAKE ACTION or he will … and SHOULD …lose this team.

    Leftwich needs to go. That was some sorry-ass play-calling yesterday. Settling for THREE FGs on those first drives, that’s terrible. The play-calling AND execution on each from inside the 10 was abysmal. We stopped ourselves, and settled for 9 points when it should have been 21 points. And of course the turnovers were a killer. They always are.

    On the defensive side, I love Carlton Davis’ aggressiveness, but his penalties are simply out of control. Part of that is the refs I’m convinced (I prefer ‘jungle rules’ myself), but Carlton now has 8 penalties totaling over 100 yards. That’s far & away the team leader (Dotson is next with 5 penalties, but he hasn’t played as many games so maybe he can catch up).

    So yes, the Bucs are their own worst enemy.

  31. LoveMeSomeBucs Says:

    Same old circus, different clowns….

  32. Bucsfanman Says:

    Defense Rules- Here’s what I don’t understand on those plays. On all of them, Jameis is locked in to the flat route. Is anyone else running routes? You wouldn’t know it from Jameis!
    I ask because I disagree on play-calling. Jameis isn’t even looking anywhere else. No pre-snap reads, no look-offs, nothing. He does not see the field. On 4th and 1, don’t you put the ball in the hands of your play-makers? They didn’t trust Jameis.

  33. Tackleblockwin Says:

    This team has been going no where fast for too many seasons. The media sees it, the fans see it. It is time to start over with a new GM, coaches, players, scouting, thought processes…everything. The Glazers are not selling, so they need to fix this mess, or at least try. Doing what we are doing is not working.

  34. adam from ny Says:

    hello andrew luck…???

  35. Bird Says:

    You had me at losing 21 of 29 games

    Are you kidding me ? Yah …he is not part of the problem…

    And yet here we are …the same posters making the same excuses …you guys are delusional …oh he will go somewhere else and win multiple Super Bowls …seriously.

    Stop being an FSU homer. It’s just looks bad

  36. Bruce Blahak Says:

    very much over… 11-5 to get in playoffs for NFC 2019…SO, perfect time to rid this team of WINSTUNNED! Someone must have some use for him…6th rounder is bonus material. Anyone that doesn’t see this stunned QB as the problem needs to find another sport. 5 YEARS OF FAILURE IS ENOUGH!!!!!

  37. AMI_Chris Says:

    So much talk that a high draft choice on a running back is a waste. Christian McCaffery and Dalvin Cook beg to differ.

  38. orlbucfan Says:

    If BA (who I blame for this joke aka game) has any active braincells in his head, let Ryan Griffin play next week in Seattle. Let the other team worry about our backup QB for a change. Bowles’ defense is slowly jelling. I don’t blame LVD for getting as po’ed as he was after the game. Ref calls were the usual atrocious but giving away 14 pts to the Titans to start the game???????? Are you kidding me??? I just hope the players don’t quit in frustration. Unlike the 1980s, there are a LOT of good players on this team. They almost pulled this one out. BA: do me a great big favor and call no more runs up the middle on first down! Where are the sweeps, screen passes, bootleg options?? I see that the Panthers were killed by the 49ers, worse than us, FWIW. 🙂

  39. Bird Says:

    Ira

    Great point on LVD
    He is not a talker
    You can feel his anxiety when he speaks

    So for him to stand up and unload on the team says it all
    We are going to waste his time here as a buc. What a great player. He probably would be a HOF on another winning team.

    Same with mike Evans . His numbers are filthy on a terrible inconsistent offense
    To see people call him overated last week was funny
    He can’t throw the ball to himself

  40. TouchDownTampaBay Says:

    The last thing the Bucs need to do is use a high draft pick on a QB. This team is awful on all fronts. You cannot waste a high pick on a QB that had no chance of success on this team. Ira just went through a litany of issues and if you think a rookie, any rookie, can come in here and succeed you are sorely mistaken. If they dump Winston they need to see if McCown is willing to come back. Draft Chase Young this year, tank in 2020 for the first overall pick, load up on linemen and then in 2022 find a QB. Build this the way the 9ers have. Glazers need to bite the bullet, eat that moronic contract they gave Licht, and send him packing. The Glazer seem to like wasting money on coaches and front office. Five years is enough. You cannot retain a GM who has been here five years and live him in power to oversee yet another rebuild when he failed the first time.

  41. 813bucboi Says:

    DB55

    JW gets exposed every game….

    CD had 2 PIs and gave up a td….imo, that’s getting exposed….

    outside of his mistakes secondary played decent thanks to JPPs return….

    Your boy wet the bed yet again….

    GO BUCS

  42. TouchDownTampaBay Says:

    DB55 – No need to try and explain it to these guys. Anthony Brecht was just on the radio and after reviewing the film stated that both picks were due to the recievers running the wrong routes. Perriman sucks and should be cut today. The other one was on Godwin. He has been great this year but he ran the wrong route on that one yesterday. They don’t care though. It is much like the Trump supporters. They only see what they want to see and declare that anything that doesn’t fit their narrative is fake news. One thing Arians does not do is sugarcoat things. Posters keep saying that he is protecting Jameis when he says the picks weren’t on him. How about this. He is the f#@%ing coach and knows the plays and where players were supposed to be. Meanwhile some uneducated fan on his couch sees and in their opinion there is only one person to blame.

  43. James Walker Says:

    So this is better than Dirk Koetter?

  44. Buccaneer Bonzai Says:

    @D-Rome

    LOL. Okay, you got me. Maybe.

    Still not totally impossible, but extremely unlikely.

    At least the better players are speaking up and holding the team accountable now. That’s usually when teams turn things around.

  45. D-Rome Says:

    At least the better players are speaking up and holding the team accountable now. That’s usually when teams turn things around.

    I agree. At least we know there are still many players on this team that really care. It’s my understanding JPP yelled at someone who was singing in the shower or something like that.

  46. TouchDownTampaBay Says:

    D-Rome – I hope that is not a true story. So sick of this team ruining my Sunday afternoons. Can’t understand how players who do this for a living don’t get even more pissed off than me after losses. That type of mentality is just unacceptable and has to play into the losing mentality that permeates every aspect of this pathetic franchise. I get laughed at by so many people when I state that I am a Bucs fan. It is hard to be a proud fan when some players couldn’t care less if the lose.

  47. gotbbucs Says:

    A big coaching staff doesn’t equal success. A big coaching staff equals mixed messages to players and too many voices saying different things.

    All Arians is trying to do this time around is give coaches opportunities at new jobs in the future. It was obvious from the start when he refused to call plays and refused to enter himself into game planning. He’s using his salary to buy diapers and formula for his baby coaching staff.

    This has the possibility of being looked back on as being equal to or worse than Lovie hiring his family to coach the team. At least that was someone looking out for their own family, this is an old man that doesn’t have to in him physically to work hard anymore….he drives around practice and sits in a golf cart! You can’t coach this game sitting on your ass.

  48. NPRSageBoy Says:

    Peyton Manning: 13 wins in second season.
    JayMiss Winnone: 15 wins in years 2-5.

    It’s over JayMiss apologists; he ain’t no Payton Manning and never will be.

    He’s someone else’s backup QB next year.

    Peace, out…..

  49. Loyaltotheend Section 312 Says:

    If I was the Glazers once Arians said “I’m not calling plays” I’d have rescinded the offer to coach the team. What’s the difference of having the Offensive Coordinator from KC learn on the job while bringing a good system here over having Leftwich learn on the job?

    Why is the ownership and GM of this team so inept? I’m not even that mad anymore that is the definition of fan apathy

    I fly down from NYC 6-8 times a year for a team I’m mostly angry at. I’ll go to the Cards game cus the flight is booked but the rest of the tickets will be sold or go unused

  50. bucsfan561 Says:

    Open your eyes IRA! I’ve been telling yall for the longest that until the offensive line is fixed.. and yes it is broken itll be the same results! I don’t care if tom brady is behind the line youll be singing the same song you do with jameis.. How about calling a spade a spade, DOTSON and MR. Donovan Smith are incompetent and our gm allowed this to happen. You knew in camp and preseason that these guys couldn’t get the job done yet you still trotted them out with high expectations. Donovan smith’s figure has not changed since he’s come into the league not to mention his play matches that.. For what you paid Donovan you could’ve drafted a young LT and ate the cap crunch from demar Dotson.. all bs aside if we see it then I know they do, Its like “hey we can just pick anybody, if it fails we’ll blame it all on Winston”.. I could go all day but ill stop here! If Winston gets cut I can see BA saying deuces as well.. Most fans look at the bucs from this its jameis’ fault type perspective and its sad

  51. Nate Says:

    im becoming a patriots fan lol

  52. Buczilla Says:

    Great article Ira. As depressed as I am about this season I still have hope for next season provided we get rid of Licht. If Arians doesn’t like it, then he can go too. Outside of a handful of players, everyone should be on the auction block. Teams have turned things around in a short period of time and we just need the right people to do it. Gosh damn travesty is what this team is.

  53. Capt. Reality Says:

    Blow it up, Find the right GM. Hire the next young genius. Draft the best QB in the draft. Piece of cake, Right