Waiting For “Fireworks”
May 28th, 2020
Joe just loves the fireworks on the Fourth of July. No, not the kind folks use in backyards at 1 a.m. that do nothing but torment dogs of all breeds and ages.
The real kind of fireworks shows put on by the pros. Who knows if that will be a thing this summer or not?
But don’t fear, says NFL insider Jay Glazer of The Athletic. Glazer believes whatever fireworks will be missed this summer will be made up for by the Bucs’ passing game this fall.
What is the only thing Glazer believes will stop those fireworks? Allowing park-violating, home-invading Bucs quarterback Tom Brady to get beat up.
Jay, is the Buccaneers’ defense as good as their offense, and what will be the key to the team’s success? Is it the offensive line protecting Tom Brady? — Sal H.
Yeah, without a doubt, you have to protect Brady. That’s your franchise quarterback right there. He is not 21. You have to protect him. Their defense isn’t as good as their offense and that’s not a knock on their defense, but the guys they have on offense are impressive. They have some thoroughbreds over there and they have the greatest quarterback who ever lived. I just think the Bucs’ offense will be fireworks.
And it’s not like the offense was lousy last year either — unless you saw the Bucs try to run the ball. That wasn’t fireworks, that was Halloween haunted house stuff.
Joe still believes if Brady stays upright, the offense will be fine, 43-year old quarterback or not.
If Brady is getting banged around like quarterbacks traditionally do in Bucco Bruce Arians’ offense, look out.
The only thing Blaine Gabbert is going to lead the Bucs to, maybe, is a chance to draft Travis Etienne.
May 28th, 2020 at 8:12 am
I’m with you on the fireworks, Joe. You’ll never convince the mouth breathers that backyard fireworks aren’t awesome.
Leave it to the pros.
May 28th, 2020 at 10:02 am
Generally, when there is talk about playing for a draft position the next year, it’s a Hugh first round pick. And in many cases the first overall.
Joe is it a fair assumption you want to take a running back as the first overall pick in next years draft?
Should we add this to the Manziel Lust….ahem…Bust?
At least list the best DE in college football, you’d maintain some level of credibility.
In BA I Trust!
May 28th, 2020 at 11:27 am
I sure hope Brady makes it thru the season healthy. If not, having the first overall pick may not be bad since we could get that Clemson QB. Potlickers unite!
May 28th, 2020 at 1:36 pm
let’s not talk about fireworks given JPP on the team. i wonder if the contract he signed mandated him to stay home at all times when not at the facility haha
May 28th, 2020 at 4:59 pm
I used to love blowing having our 4th parties and lightng off the works at the end of the night. Then one New Years changed it all. I had a neighbor lighting off mortars over my house until 3 am on New Years. Being a light sleeper it sucked and I then realized how obnoxious they actually are to those that aren’t lighting them off.
Never again.
May 28th, 2020 at 5:00 pm
Sorry for the typos…have a few in me already. lol 🙂
May 28th, 2020 at 8:14 pm
@Joe: Thank you for this! “No, not the kind folks use in backyards at 1 a.m. that do nothing but torment dogs of all breeds and ages.”
I should add, it also torments veterans with PTSD as well.
May 28th, 2020 at 10:04 pm
You know, Joe’s old man hated fireworks. Never knew why until a couple of years ago started to put two-and-two together. He served in the Pacific and had his carrier sunk. So he clearly saw action (he went through Leyte Gulf).
The few times Joe’s old man took Joe to see fireworks (a park across the street from Joe’s cousins had them each July 4th), every time a report popped, Joe’s old man would say, “That sounds like an eight-inch gun… that sounds like a five-inch gun… that sounds like (pick a gun).”
Only until recent years did Joe figure out his old man likely hated fireworks for a very good reason. Those fireworks clearly put Joe’s old man’s head back in the Pacific in the middle of an engagement.
May 28th, 2020 at 10:08 pm
Sport:
Even if Brady gets hurt early, can’t see the Bucs holding a top-five pick at all, unless they trade up.
May 28th, 2020 at 10:09 pm
🙂