Michael Carter And The Bucs
November 15th, 2023
When Todd Bowles was hired as head coach, lots of fans barked about how people should ignore Bowles’ heinous record with the Jets because they’re a messy, bumbling organization that fails their head coaches.
Joe never understood that. It’s the equivalent of blaming Bucs general manager Jason Licht for this season’s losses to the Falcons and Texans. (If you do blame Licht, then have a nice day on your strange planet.)
But if Joe were to buy into the Jets making dumb move after dumb move, then Joe certainly would be praying this morning that the Bucs put in a waiver claim for running back Michael Carter, who was released by the Jets yesterday.
Carter surprised the NFL world as a rookie in 2021, averaging 4.3 yards per carry and catching the ball effectively for a terrible football team with no quarterback (the rookie version of Zach Wilson).
Then Carter got caught in the wash when the Jets drafted a better running back in 2022, Breece Hall. Carter underperformed last season and, per reports, he sort of fell apart this summer when the Jets signed Dalvin Cook and Carter landed on the bench.
Joe looks at Carter through only one lens. He certainly appears to be a better player than Ke’Shawn Vaughn and Sean Tucker, and Joe would bet a few bucks he’s better than Chase Edmonds. He also would come very cheap.
November 15th, 2023 at 9:27 am
Carter was having a down year with the Jets, maybe new scenery will raise his play.
November 15th, 2023 at 9:30 am
make this move fast
November 15th, 2023 at 9:44 am
Why not. Upside is way more than what we have.
November 15th, 2023 at 9:47 am
We have the 15th waiver wire position. Panthers, Patriots and Rams look like the only teams before us needing RB help.
November 15th, 2023 at 9:47 am
This is silly. What Carter is best at, we already have a back performing at the highest level in the league currently.
November 15th, 2023 at 9:54 am
JL will not submit a waiver claim, I truly believe RB is his Achilles heel. He also will not bring in a RB in during the season, that would be like admitting he made a mistake when he says they have a great running back room.
November 15th, 2023 at 10:04 am
I think it would work!
November 15th, 2023 at 10:07 am
I agree with you Joe.
Carter couldn’t be any worse than Tucker or Vaughn…
I don’t think there is a worse running back in the league than Sneak Vaughn.
November 15th, 2023 at 10:17 am
Yes please do it.
November 15th, 2023 at 10:24 am
Any head coaches on the waiver wire?
November 15th, 2023 at 10:46 am
I’m disappointed they aren’t trying to develop SEAN TUCKER. The guys has home run speed and he’s a great receiver. Put him in.
November 15th, 2023 at 10:48 am
I’m diggin it!
November 15th, 2023 at 11:01 am
The grass is always greener…
November 15th, 2023 at 11:49 am
The bottom of the roster is made for churning. Churn enough ya get some butter.
November 15th, 2023 at 11:51 am
‘ignore Bowles’ heinous record with the Jets’
Proving to be horrible advice because Bowels is just as heinous of a HC in Tampa…
November 15th, 2023 at 11:52 am
If you want to see how poorly Carter runs, put him behind our Oline…..
November 15th, 2023 at 11:53 am
And, If you disagree, ask “Playoff Lenny” what our Oline can do for your career.
November 15th, 2023 at 12:54 pm
Before the bucks need to think about getting a running back. They need to think about getting a new offensive line that can block for a running back. If they had a better line then the running backs they have would be better.
November 15th, 2023 at 1:16 pm
a 2 way guy! reason enuf
November 15th, 2023 at 1:49 pm
“ I don’t think there is a worse running back in the league than Sneak Vaughn”
I don’t think there’s a worse XFL running back than Vaughn.
Carter is not an ideal fit since he appears to have locker room issues and is a 3rd down back but the RB situation behind White is so bad that anyone is worth a shot.
November 15th, 2023 at 2:07 pm
he’s not that good, but not that bad…
could leapfrog or replace all three guys behind rb1…
the problem is bowles…he’ll probably tell licht:
“i’m comfortable with my guys, and they’re half a season into the system, so we’re good”
which would be the wrong thing, but bowles usually wakes up on the conservative side of the bed…only a couple games this year have we really seen him slinging big ballz like he simply dgaf…
carter ain’t great – that’s for sure – but he’s at least as good as, or better than 3/4 of our rb room right now…
i’d make the move if the opp falls in our lap…why not…a potential spark in a dimly lit rb room can’t hurt at this point
November 15th, 2023 at 2:12 pm
he was highly touted out of college and is a 3rd down back…
but with the insurance policy of cook in ny, and hall’s knee being seemingly good, they are cutting the guy loose…
i think it’s because cook is pressing them to give him the rock more…they really thought breece would get eased back because of the knee and they’d have use for all 3 backs…
now it’s a 2 back thing there and they promised cook more touches – so out the door goes carter, who was falling to the wayside anyway
November 15th, 2023 at 2:35 pm
At the very least they should bring him in as a practice squad guy and give him a look – although I’d personally just sign him to replace Vaughn.
The only issue, I think, is the Bucs are worried if anything happens to White, they want Vaughn around since he’s trusted as a pass blocker. But with Chase back, he’s also in that role, a vet, and should be trusted since he’s a dedicated 3rd down back.
November 15th, 2023 at 5:38 pm
THANKS FOR THE SUGGESTION JOE !..NOW, IF ONLY THE BUC’S BRASS DOESN’T SIT ON THEIR HANDS & LET THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GET ANOTHER GOOD YOUNG BACK WHO CAN RUN & CATCH & BLOCK GET AWAY FROM THEM, WE COULD EASILY DUMP VAUGHN OR TUCKER TO CLEAR MICHAEL CARTER’S PLACE ON THE ROSTER..
November 15th, 2023 at 8:34 pm
AZ got him, but Licht did try at least
November 16th, 2023 at 10:21 am
Fix the offensive line, that will improve the running backs stats. And our score.
November 16th, 2023 at 2:04 pm
Debbie gets it