Major Buccaneers Schedule Leak Shows Saints, Eagles & Steelers In September, And More
April 19th, 2018
The heat is on full blast, gentlemen.
UPDATED 2:53 p.m. – Somebody screwed up at One Buc Palace today, and Bucs fans are celebrating and trembling at the same time.
Man, this is one of the biggest schedule leaks Joe has ever seen and it was screen captured on the Twitter feed of Tampa Bay Times writer Greg Auman.
First, Saints beat writer Nick Underhill is Tweeting that the Buccaneers will open the season at 1 p.m. in New Orleans.
Auman’s screenshot has the Bucs opening at home against the Eagles the following week (Sept. 16) with a Monday Night Football game in Tampa on September 24 against the Steelers.
How bout that for a swift test for Dirk Koetter and the boys! Damn!
The Browns are the next home game on October 21, which means the Bucs have a rough road trip after those brutal three opening tests.
The remainder of the posted home schedule is as follows:
Sunday, Nov. 11, 1 p.m. REDSKINS
Sunday, Nov. 25, 1 p.m. 49ERS
Sunday, Dec. 2, 1 p.m. PANTHERS
Sunday, Dec. 9, 1 p.m. SAINTS
Sunday, Dec. 31, 1 p.m. FALCONS
This means the Bucs will travel for their Thursday Night Football appearance, which is never good for the road club.
The full schedule is set to be released tonight at 8 p.m. on NFL Network.
$20 all-you-can-eat buffet kicks off at 6 p.m. and runs all night long. Be there!!
April 19th, 2018 at 2:50 pm
That’s not a test…..that’s a gauntlet
April 19th, 2018 at 2:53 pm
Weeks 1-3 in the Hurricane zone, I wonder if the Bucs share bye weeks respective to the teams they’re playing those weeks.
April 19th, 2018 at 2:54 pm
If Bucs come out of the first 3 weeks at 2-1, that would be huge! Here’s to hoping Bucs fans fill the stadium up in weeks 2 and 3
April 19th, 2018 at 2:55 pm
Man doesn’t matter. The team so soft players are getting injured without even playing
April 19th, 2018 at 2:56 pm
Saints (Away), Eagles, Steelers to start the season?
As Sam from Quantum Leap would say – Oh Boy…
If that is the case – I guess we find out right out of the gate whether this 2018 Buccaneers team will be able to “compete” or not…
April 19th, 2018 at 2:56 pm
Conflicting reporting going on.
Not sure what to believe. As long as we don’t open at Arizona I’m fine with whatever man. Get the f*cking W no excuses. Start strong finish strong.
Sure it’d be great to get a cupcake starting schedule but that just means a tough finish. Just hope we have a mid-season type bye and no hurricane drama
April 19th, 2018 at 2:57 pm
From what i have see is :
TB home schedule:
vs. Eagles, Sun Sep 16, 1:00 ET
vs. Steelers, Mon Sep 24, 8:15 ET
vs. Browns, Sun Oct 21, 1:00 ET
vs. Redskins, Sun Nov 11, 1:00 ET
vs. 49ers, Sun, Nov 25, 1:00 ET
vs. Panthers, Sun Dec 2, 1:00 ET
vs. Saints, Sun Dec 9, 1:00 ET
vs. Falcons, Sun Dec 30, 1:00 ET
April 19th, 2018 at 2:59 pm
Probably early bye week, in one of the weeks between the Steelers home game and Browns home game. I doubt the NFL intentionally scheduled a 3 consecutive weeks of road games.
April 19th, 2018 at 3:02 pm
There are no easy games in the NFL, to be the best you have to beat the best.
April 19th, 2018 at 3:09 pm
getting the Eagles off on 10 days rest and have to go on road after MNF is no ideal but looks like bye is mid Oct
April 19th, 2018 at 3:11 pm
I was really hoping Vandy or Wake Forest was on the schedule this year.
April 19th, 2018 at 3:12 pm
“3 to 5 wins at the most”
The Kobe Realist
April 19th, 2018 at 3:16 pm
That is a nice schedule.
April 19th, 2018 at 3:16 pm
To be the best you got to beat the best. It is a murderers row but this is an area where I’m in agreement with 813 NO EXCUSES.
And talk about the blog optimist here….we face the chance of opening 0-3…but we for sure will see where we stand against good teams and have the rest of the season to make adjustments. If we simply go 10-3 over the back end of the schedule we’ll still make the playoffs.
The test will be of course whether the fans and Glazers still support Dirk if the Bucs stumble out of the gate.
IMHO 2-1 is not out of the question for us…if we’re really improved. #3 is ready! And let’s be honest…this team will go as Jameis goes…I think this young man is ready to explode! We may see the perfect storm of frustration at losing…tired of all the criticism…3 years of experience and the hurricane next year is going to be Hurricane Jameis!
Hopefully Philly’s bones got picked over in the off season by us and other teams.
Hopefully the suffer a little SB hangover.
We’ve outplayed N.O. in the Dome on more than one occasion…no reason we can’t add to that number. They are good not great.
The Steelers are the Steelers…maybe Big Ben will start showing his age…perhaps Le’Veon Bell hits the bowl once too often…
I’d just as soon open in N.O. as anywhere. The dreaded Buc’s homefield disadvantage seems particularly large if it’s the first game of the season.
We’ll have realistic expectations for that first home game…against the defending SB Champs.
Again an optimist would view this as the perfect start…813…No Excuses…
April 19th, 2018 at 3:18 pm
@KobeRealist – let’s call it a solid 4-12… Dang that schedule is brutal. Don’t sleep on Cleveland, they could shock us.
April 19th, 2018 at 3:18 pm
So 4-12?
April 19th, 2018 at 3:23 pm
This team always has a hard time starting the season off on the right foot, with emphasis on September. This year looks like it will be even more challenging especially coming off of such a sour season in 2017. I would hate to see them be 1-3 yet that is certainly within the realm of possibility. Hopefully the locker room could handle it well.
April 19th, 2018 at 3:23 pm
Its already determined the bucs have the 4th toughest schedule this year. Hold on boys because this is going to be a bumpy ride.
April 19th, 2018 at 3:30 pm
Webster
Where did all your confidence go bro?
April 19th, 2018 at 3:30 pm
I love people predicting records this time of year.
No. Really. I do.
When people say 4-12, I immediately think, “that guy really knows what he’s talking about.”
April 19th, 2018 at 3:30 pm
The Steelers match-up sure would change if, as @Joe proposed in a thread around a week ago, that Licht traded for Lev Bell during round 1 of the draft! Rather have Saquon, but would gladly have Lev Bell, or David Johnson, keep an eye on it.
The Bye week is likely early in October like @Trevor said.
Elway said this afternoon that he’s “open for business” for their pick #5 and he will start listening to offers Monday. THAT IS WHAT LICHT NEEDED TO HEAR!! Provided that the Giants pass, and the Browns trade down or take Chubb at #4, or a Tackle/Guard for their holey Oline, then Jason can GO GET Saquon from Elway, cuz Elway won’t want to move all the way down to #12 with Buffalo, as they don’t need that many players! But Elway WILL BE FINE with only moving to #7, still get Nelson there maybe.
LICHT…CALL ELWAY MONDAY!!! C’mon down….SAQ-UONNNNN!
Go Bucs!
April 19th, 2018 at 3:34 pm
Dirk’s 3rd year and has yet to have a home opener.
April 19th, 2018 at 3:35 pm
Joe, who do you think the Bucs next head coach will be?
April 19th, 2018 at 3:36 pm
@Webster….
4th toughest “strength of schedule” it was. Meaning that the opponents’ W/L records of last year that the Bucs are playing this year is 4th toughest.
Not the 4th toughest schedule. To determine all that goes into that, depends on when the Bye week is, how many road games when, traveling Thursdays versus home Thursdays after Sunday game, etc..etc… Playing last year’s tougher opponents can get easier this year, or harder, depending on those conditions.
Go Bucs!
April 19th, 2018 at 3:38 pm
0-3 right off the bat.
Yayyy
April 19th, 2018 at 3:38 pm
Any news on the Ravens road game?
April 19th, 2018 at 3:39 pm
Outside of its usefulness for making travel plans for away games, schedule release is the biggest non-event of the offseason. The schedule is the schedule. Ya gotta play it. Projecting W’s and L’s 4+ months before is pointless and boring… And complaining about the road trips is a waste of time.
April 19th, 2018 at 3:41 pm
Who cares what the schedule is. Wake me up when this team can compete with their own division…….You know the teams that Dirk will be playing for the 5th/6th times.
We play these teams and come out unprepared like we never saw them before………You know things like have no plan on how the stop Julio Jones, or having any idea who to slow down Carolinas Dline.
If you have no chance to beat anybody in your division then you have no chance. Doesn’t matter the schedule. I’m glad we start with New Orleans. Show me something.
April 19th, 2018 at 3:43 pm
See, this is why… 4+ months from the season and people say stupid sh!te like this. I mean why bother even being a fan if you’re going to use the schedule as a reason to complain. How does anyone know how good our team, or anyone else’s team will be. If we can get a RB and tighten up the defense on the backend, we shouldn’t count ourselves out of any game. Again, why bother to be a fan, if this is your takeaway.
April 19th, 2018 at 3:44 pm
With likely successful seasons of philly and Minnesota…
Its a flip between
DC jim schwartz or
OC john defilippo
April 19th, 2018 at 3:45 pm
Hoover they are scared of the Saints and Steelers hahahahahahaha
I’ll give them the Champion Eagles.
April 19th, 2018 at 3:45 pm
stpete
that’s a tough schedule but yeah, no excuses…..I don’t see why we cant beat any of those teams….they strap up their helmet just like everyone else….no reason we should be intimidated by them…..
with that said, im super worried about the saints opening day…..sean payton will have his team ready to roll in the dome and I know he’s looking to put up 50+points on the bucs…..he’s going to come up and try to embarrass dirk…..I bet they come out fast and physical……
I don’t see us being favored in any of our home games but who knows…..on any given sunday as folks say……
hopefully we get out to a good start, build confidence and keep the momentum going thru out the season……
this is why we brought dirk here right…..to beat good teams like pittsburg, eagles and the saints……will he pass or fail?…..we shall see!!!!!
#NOEXCUSESIN2018!!!!!!….GO BUCS!!!!!
April 19th, 2018 at 3:47 pm
#Bucs full schedule:
WK 1 – @ NO
WK 2 – vs. PHI
WK 3 – vs. PIT
WK 4 – @ CHI
WK 5 – BYE
WK 6 – @ ATL
WK 7 – vs. CLE
WK 8 – @ CIN
WK 9 – @ CAR
WK 10 – vs. WAS
WK 11 – @ NYG
WK 12 – vs. SF
WK 13 – vs. CAR
WK 14 – vs. NO
WK 15 – @ BAL
WK 16 – @ DAL
WK 17 – vs. ATL
April 19th, 2018 at 3:48 pm
F this……I was not going to go to any games til this team proves something but I’ll be dammed if I let Eagle fans come down and try to take over our stadium for our Home Opener!!!
We need to get our azzes to that game. Everyone of us and make sure to drown Philly fans.
April 19th, 2018 at 3:48 pm
@brooks55 week 15
April 19th, 2018 at 3:51 pm
Come on you friggen stick carriers!! Make a difference. Let’s see how strong you guys really are.
Are you going to let’s these other Eagle fans control our stadium?
April 19th, 2018 at 3:51 pm
@Kobe Faker personally I think Defilippo is the better choice.
April 19th, 2018 at 3:53 pm
Jimmy
Remember the eagles games when Bryant kicked the 63 yard fg for the win? That was EPIC! Eagle fans went from loud and annoying to walking down the ramps with their tails between their legs. Never seen a faster mood swing than at that game.
April 19th, 2018 at 3:58 pm
DB55……I was sitting by the tunnel that game. I was directly in line with th3 goalpost that Bryant kicked it through.
One of the greatest moments I’d seen. That was the loudest I had ever heard that stadium. And it stayed loud for a good 5-10 mins after the game was over.
If you remember Bryant didn’t really have that strong of a leg back then. He had something special going that day. I remember him booming kicks pregame and then when he was kicking off everything was going through the end zone which was abnormal for him.
April 19th, 2018 at 4:02 pm
que @realist giving this staff a 2year pass because of SOS!!!!!!!
#NOEXCUSESIN2018!!!!!!…GO BUCS!!!!!
April 19th, 2018 at 4:02 pm
To the assclowns predicting 3-5 wins and talking about potential HC replacements — why bother?
Seriously, why bother being a fan? This team went 9-7 the year before, they have a ton of talent, but had a rough year in 2017… Can’t you suspend your negativity until say, at least week one of the regular season? Seriously, this level of negativity this time of year is unwarranted and basically just amounts to trolling people who are reasonable fans with open minds.
April 19th, 2018 at 4:02 pm
To the a$$clowns predicting 3-5 wins and talking about potential HC replacements — why bother?
Seriously, why bother being a fan? This team went 9-7 the year before, they have a ton of talent, but had a rough year in 2017… Can’t you suspend your negativity until say, at least week one of the regular season? Seriously, this level of negativity this time of year is unwarranted and basically just amounts to trolling people who are reasonable fans with open minds.
April 19th, 2018 at 4:03 pm
I predict our by week is in December
April 19th, 2018 at 4:05 pm
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I’ll revise this after I see all the other teams schedules, but for now, I’ll say:
WK 1 – @ NO —— LOSS
WK 2 – vs. PHI —– WIN (no Wentz)
WK 3 – vs. PIT —– LOSS
WK 4 – @ CHI —– WIN
WK 5 – BYE
WK 6 – @ ATL —– WIN (Jameis owns Atlanta and the bye will help)
WK 7 – vs. CLE —- WIN
WK 8 – @ CIN —– LOSS (we’ll be overconfident)
WK 9 – @ CAR —– LOSS
WK 10 – vs. WAS — WIN
WK 11 – @ NYG —- WIN (esp . if Giants take a QB at #2 instead of Saquon)
WK 12 – vs. SF —– WIN (I don’t believe in Frisco at all, yet)
WK 13 – vs. CAR —- WIN
WK 14 – vs. NO —— LOSS (I just think they have a better roster than we do)
WK 15 – @ BAL ——- WIN (Balt will be out of the playoff hunt imho)
WK 16 – @ DAL ——- LOSS (I was hoping we’d get them on Thanksgiving)
WK 17 – vs. ATL —— WIN
10-6 … although I honestly feel at 10-6 we could still finish in last place in the division and miss the playoffs … but Koetter and maybe even Smitty may still keep their jobs …
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April 19th, 2018 at 4:07 pm
The only thing that bothers me is that the nfl should have taken in to consideration that we didn’t have a bye week last year. Why give us the earliest bye possible? Other than that I can’t complain about the schedule. We already knew most of the teams we were gonna play, so when we play them doesn’t make a difference to me.
April 19th, 2018 at 4:08 pm
BBB
Nice job explaining the difference in tough schedules. Well stated. As for me though I’m with 813 and won’t use the schedule in any way as an excuse.
Got a feeling reading your posts that if we get Saquon you’ll be optimistic as well.
It’s the NFL…on any given Sunday and hopefully Monday against the Steelers.
BTW I love your plan at actually getting him. It’s the first time I’ve honestly thought we might have a chance to get him.
April 19th, 2018 at 4:08 pm
the ol man will be happy about Pittsburg coming to town……
damn, im looking at the schedule trying to figure out who we could beat…..I know you cant count the chickens before they hatch but damn…..it aint looking good…..
we face 4 physical teams in a row……another soft TC by dirk and we can kiss this season goodbye!!!!!!…..
#NOEXCUSESIN2018!!!!!…GO BUCS!!!!
April 19th, 2018 at 4:08 pm
Why bother being a fan? They haven’t done dog squeeze in 16 years. Not a thing. Btw, the uniforms are putrid.
April 19th, 2018 at 4:10 pm
@miken Thank you
April 19th, 2018 at 4:12 pm
Schlomie BarmitzvahCircumScissorStein Says:
April 19th, 2018 at 4:08 pm
Agreed on the uniform.
But if all you’re going to do is b!tch… why bother? Seriously, what’s the point? If I couldn’t see reason to be optimistic, I’d just not bother… But we really have so much talent, and there’s some damn good coaches on the staff, and Koetter is definitely NOT incompetent… So, now is the time for optimism. If you can’t at least withhold the negativity for a few months, I’ll repeat, why bother?
April 19th, 2018 at 4:12 pm
NFLNut
The only place we disagree is New Orleans. I’m probably like you are on SF.
Some of it may be because I’m prejudiced and dislike Payton….never been a giant Brees fan either.
The fact that we beat them last year even though we clearly did not play our best makes me think they are beatable.
I hope you’re right about Atlanta…beating them twice could be tough but I can see it.
Again…even if we get Saquon or not…this team is going to go as Jameis goes.
April 19th, 2018 at 4:15 pm
@hoover
Stfu you talk like a new fan. I’ve been watching this franchise since 1987.
So go eat a di*k you little punk.
You’re probably one of the idiots screaming super bowl.
You can have all the false hope you want but the Bucs are more likely to be 0-3 than anything else. And history tells us that.
So you wanna talk sh*t go ahead but when it’s 0-3 you can say you heard it here first.
April 19th, 2018 at 4:19 pm
^ Yeah, I could easily see us beating the Saints at home and losing to the Falcons on the road, but Jameis generally plays amazing ball against the Falcons, and we have the bye week before we play them, so I have us going 2-0 against Atlanta and 0-2 against New Orleans … anyways, I’m demanding we go 9-7 or Koetter and Smitty should likely be fired, but I do think 10-6 is do-able … and yes, I’m actually expecting us to get Saquon at this point in time.
April 19th, 2018 at 4:19 pm
Why the negativity?
Because i can see the future
We are the Cincinnati of the NFC. The glazers are the mike Brown ownership clone
The Glazer formula for the next 5 years is have jameis winston as the qb (face of the franchise) and try to win but its ok if we dont
Both koetter and licht will be here for the next 3-5 years with 4-7 wins each year
The bucs are gurenteed over 200 million each year from the tv contract (+ sports gambling coming this year in new jersey)….
And thats all that matters
Kobe fakers last post
April 19th, 2018 at 4:23 pm
Hoover wanting to come here lecturing people with that rah rah crap.
We’ve been to this song and dance before so shut up and go eat a tide pod.
Oh they have talent blah blah. Guess what so does everyone else.
Idiot
April 19th, 2018 at 4:25 pm
^ Um, no … the Glazers are NOTHING like Mike Brown … they fire coaches all the time, don’t mind paying multiple head coaches at the same time and spend well in free agency … Mike Brown does almost nothing … he’s had the same coach for 97 years despite no playoff wins and routinely spends next to nothing in free agency.
Bucs fans can sensibly complain about Koetter’s playcalling and Mike Smith’s coaching and their horrible defense, but not the Glazers.
April 19th, 2018 at 4:26 pm
This could also double as The Farewell Tour for Licht’s Out and Kut Koetter. Any chance Joe would make t-shirts with schedule/concert dates on the back ? 🙂
April 19th, 2018 at 4:27 pm
Gobucs Says:
April 19th, 2018 at 4:15 pm
Been a fan since 1976… I talk like an open minded person who is ready to move on from last year’s failure, and looking at the roster, and considering they were 9-7 the year before, I think there’s reason for optimism… And the overwh3lming negativity is a sign of poor intelligence.
Quality response. What are you, 17 years old?
Wrong again, sh!thead. I don’t make predictions. I don’t rule out much of anything, but no, I don’t expect Superbowl.
I think that’s called superstition. History has nothing to do with it, except for whiny-ass Bucs fans.
No sh!t talking here. Is it possible we’ll go 0-3. Sure. Could we go 2-1, sure… Maybe 3-0… it’s possible. Point is I don’t know, you don’t know, JBF doesn’t know, and none of the other whiny little b!tches on here know.
ID10T
April 19th, 2018 at 4:29 pm
Hoover doesn’t read very well.
I said I’m a fan since 1987 and then you ask if I’m 17.
Stupid.
If you’re a betting man then most sane people would bet on 0-3 as the most likely scenario.
Fact.
April 19th, 2018 at 4:29 pm
Gobucs Says:
April 19th, 2018 at 4:23 pm
If you can’t generate the slightest optimism at this time of year, why bother being a fan… Maybe you’re someone who just loves being a miserable pr!ck with a substandard IQ.
April 19th, 2018 at 4:30 pm
NUT
I don’t know about that….lol….I sure would love for us to go 10-6 but its hard right now to picture wins against philly, atl, san fran and balti……
even without wentz I don’t think they miss a beat……
atl is tough as nails…..
folks talk about carrying over the win vs the saints, san fran won 5in a row….they will pick up right where they left off imo…..kyle is a beast….
Winston and dirk still struggle against 34 defenses……
I think 6-10 at best with the glazers cleaning house…..at worse, dirk makes history and the glazers can him mid season after a lost in week9…..
I hoping for playoffs…..
#NOEXCUSESIN2018!!!!!….GO BUCS!!!!!
April 19th, 2018 at 4:32 pm
Gobucs Says:
April 19th, 2018 at 4:29 pm
Sounds like idiot diversion to me. Frankly, what the betting line is is of no concern to me…
I’m sorry you’re butthurt from being a Bucs fan.
April 19th, 2018 at 4:36 pm
Let them be negative. They have plenty to be negative about.
April 19th, 2018 at 4:37 pm
Looks like we have to play other professional football teams.
Uh oh…..
April 19th, 2018 at 4:39 pm
hoover923 Says:
“if all you’re going to do is b!tch… why bother?”
You must be new here hoover. This place might as well be called “B!tchingandmoaningBucsFans.com”…
April 19th, 2018 at 4:39 pm
Curry gets 2 sacks on Eagles! …wow that’s a tough schedule first 4 games. We could (if history is an indicator) be 1-3 to start the season before our bye. At least we have the Eagles, and Steelers at home, if that makes any difference.
April 19th, 2018 at 4:41 pm
This team has been mismanaged undisciplined unorganized underachieving and heartless for almost a two decades. They have brought their fans nothing but misery for nea4ly their entire existence. It is downright embarassing most of the time being a fan of this team……If any fan is a being negative abou5 this team they have every right to be.
April 19th, 2018 at 4:41 pm
We truely are the Yucks.
April 19th, 2018 at 4:42 pm
@Pickgrin,
Yeah, I’m pretty familiar with the negative tone here… Just plugged into this new round of p!ssing and moaning generated by the schedule release. It’s usually a mistake engaging in these conversations. Negative people are gonna be negative. No point in trying to show them there’s a small glimpse of hope — it’ll just be ignored. Those people wanna be miserable. Even when the team wins they complain.
April 19th, 2018 at 4:46 pm
Hoover it’s up to the team to give us a glimmer of hope. You can’t expect anybody to be optimistic about this team………At the end of the day we can put all the cards on the table and the Buccaneers are just an awful football team. That’s just what we are. Worse is that that we have been downright awful for the last 2 decades.
April 19th, 2018 at 4:46 pm
JimmyJack Says:
April 19th, 2018 at 4:41 pm
Point is… again… let me repeat — WHY FOEKING BOTHER, THEN? If this team makes you so miserable that you’re going to spend time b!tching and moaning and trolling anyone who sees reason for hope… I mean, don’t you have anything better to do with your time? Doesn’t seem like you’re getting any enjoyment out of allegedly being a Bucs fan. Go to a Jags site. Now everyone there is happy. You can get on that bandwagon.
April 19th, 2018 at 4:48 pm
And Hoover you bring up the negativity is just a reminder of how much the Bucs suck. There’s only one way that debate is destined to go…..and that is about how much the Bucs suck.
April 19th, 2018 at 4:49 pm
@JimmyJack,
There’s plenty of reason for hope. They ovrehauled the D-line (our biggest weakness) and the draft is coming up. The only team that matters right now is the one they’re building for 2018. Holding on to negativity so overwhelmingly is just dumb. There’s plenty of reason for hope.
April 19th, 2018 at 4:51 pm
But I’m done. You guys can hold on to your negativity all you want… knock yourselves out. I’m not convincing you of anything… Just sound like a bunch of butthurt crybabies.
April 19th, 2018 at 4:51 pm
The Bucs are going to win the Super Bowl
April 19th, 2018 at 4:56 pm
@StPeteBucsFan….
Thanks! And yeah, I am generally pretty optimistic about the Bucs in general, and in Licht’s ability to select quality picks in the draft, and his ability to wheel and deal there when needed. I am not optimistic however, about a lot of the hacks on JBF, the noisemakers who want to sit in draft slots belligerently as if aggregation of players is the answer by itself to….success.
And I would be VERY OPTIMISTIC if the Bucs got Saquon, absolutely! I just have a very resolute sense that HE will be a perpetual absolute difference-maker for this organization ON ALL SIDES. For many years to come.
Here’s to hoping that Licht strikes a deal with Elway at #5 (or anyone necessary) while on the clock for SAQUON.
Go Bucs! Go Bold! Go Barkley! Go Primetime!
April 19th, 2018 at 5:02 pm
Get Pittsburg and Philly (northern teams) in our HOT September weather. GO BUCS!!
April 19th, 2018 at 5:04 pm
^^^^
WITH McIceCream leading the way. Even DB is now seeing the licht…
April 19th, 2018 at 5:10 pm
All bulls–t with all those 1 pm games, the POS’S who make that schedule has never sat in that stadium at 1’O-freak’n clock…….TOTAL BS
April 19th, 2018 at 5:14 pm
Pick
My sarcasm is off the charts bruh 🤣😂😂😂
April 19th, 2018 at 5:16 pm
If the NFL drops a suspension on Jameis then it may be better that our toughest opponents are at the start of the season.
Say it’s a two game suspension. Saints in NOLA followed by World Champ Eagles.
Jameis comes back and we go 10-4 remainder of the season. We finish 10-6 and make the playoffs.
PS-Let me dream. Go Bucs.
April 19th, 2018 at 5:22 pm
What hoover said in every one of his posts!!!
April 19th, 2018 at 5:22 pm
813
Oh noes! You’re my original “no excuses” guy then you give Nut a bunch. See you’re simply trying to be pragmatic.
As Ringo Starr once sang….”It Don’t Come Easy”. He could have been singing about the NFL!
@Nut
Take all of your points unless your final prediction comes true. I think if we get Saquon we SHOULD win ten or more. He would simply be a major injection to the team at a position of need and a position that has a chance to really contribute bigtime from year one…unlike DL’s or OL’s or most other positions.
April 19th, 2018 at 5:23 pm
Most of the people complaining really do love this team imo. There are a few posts here and there that can be taken the wrong way but I see that as passion not necessarily hate. I’m very optimistic about where this team could be but I’ll never be ignorant enough to say “your not a fan” because the comment might be controversial. If you don’t like it, don’t read it and move on. One poster on here was a special case because they made some pretty F’d comments about Dungys family(for which i will never repeat)and they’re in the cooler for a while but that was warranted. Besides that let people say what they feel about this team, maybe look up the definition of a fan/fanatic.
April 19th, 2018 at 5:25 pm
JJ
Not to nitpick but it’s 2018 and you do not get to say the Bucs suck…yet.
You can say they sucked in 2017….mediocre in 16 But they haven’t done anything in ’18…the CURRENT year. You certainly could say that in your opinion they WILL suck.
April 19th, 2018 at 5:28 pm
@DB55
“Pick
My sarcasm is off the charts bruh 🤣😂😂😂”
You and Pick remind me of the Spectrum Cable commercial with the grim reaper, zombie…evil puppet…where it has to be explained to the creature with the big ears…that the first guy was being sarcastic and then the second guy was sarcastic and so you have double sarcasm. LOL
April 19th, 2018 at 5:31 pm
I can agree with that statement StPete bevause we’ve yet to see the product but that’s how we feel. Whoever is saying that, that’s how they feel and that’s fine too, doesn’t make them less of a fan than you and me.
April 19th, 2018 at 5:34 pm
Spbf
That’s great I just caught on. Smh. Lmao.
April 19th, 2018 at 5:42 pm
Wait – is DB the grim reaper, the evil puppet or the big eared naive dude who needs the ‘splaining?? LOL
April 19th, 2018 at 6:04 pm
Can I be the mummy. He cool
April 19th, 2018 at 6:31 pm
Man this popcorn tastes good! 🙂
April 19th, 2018 at 6:50 pm
My plastic Ouija board has the Bucks winning 2 out of the first 3. A win in the opener at the Saints and over the Steelers on MNF. I agree.
April 19th, 2018 at 7:04 pm
Some very interesting predictions. You’re ALL probably wrong, but interesting predictions nonetheless. Answer 3 questions then make your predictions over again:
1 – Who will the Bucs AND each of our opponents draft, and how well will each of them perform this year?
2 – How many injuries to key players will the Bucs AND each of our opponents sustain this year, and for how long each?
3 – How will Jameis perform this year in key areas such as TDs, turnovers, etc, etc?
Could throw in several other questions for kicks, but the point is none of us are Nostradamus. Every year is different, and the team’s success depends on so many factors that none of us have any clue about in April. It’s PROBABLY a bear of a schedule (based on each opponent’s recent performances), but again, we’re all just speculating. Not the time to jump ship … and oh BTW Joe, FREE TMAX. (If in fact he’s in the doghouse … may just be an assumption on our part).
April 19th, 2018 at 7:05 pm
All the season ticket holders can buy up to 8 additional tickets per game starting at 8;00pm. Let’s buy up the Philly and Pittsburg games tonight!
April 19th, 2018 at 7:08 pm
JimmyJack Says:
April 19th, 2018 at 3:58 pm
DB55……I was sitting by the tunnel that game. I was directly in line with th3 goalpost that Bryant kicked it through.
One of the greatest moments I’d seen. That was the loudest I had ever heard that stadium. And it stayed loud for a good 5-10 mins after the game was over.
If you remember Bryant didn’t really have that strong of a leg back then. He had something special going that day. I remember him booming kicks pregame and then when he was kicking off everything was going through the end zone which was abnormal for him.
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I recall it being fairly windy that day…
April 19th, 2018 at 7:09 pm
Lol 0 and 3 to start with Mike Smith’s soft zone defense getting shredded!!!!!
April 19th, 2018 at 7:16 pm
Strength of schedule is dictated by a number of factors: weather, where the bye is located, are you playing at home after a bye or road, are opponents coming off a bye, how much rest between games does each team has, are any of the teams travelling to East or west coast’s from the opposite coast, injuries, when do you play that team (for instance Philly comes down and will play in the heat the second week), etc.
April 19th, 2018 at 7:19 pm
With a home opener in the loud Superdome, and then two home games against the Eagles and Steelers, I think this bodes well, and is probably imperative, for us to do whatever we have to do to get Saquan Barkley in the first round.
Have a back that helps us control the time of possession, blunt crowd momentum, hold those defenses on their toes, and give our defense some rest. To start the season, we need to have something besides an obvious passing attack (where early season timing will probably not be optimal) if we can’t run. What do you think?
April 19th, 2018 at 7:20 pm
We had a Thursday night home game last year. The league will usually rotate those. So I expected the Thursday game to be away.
April 19th, 2018 at 7:42 pm
***Opening Weekend New Orleans Saints (2006-2017)
Under Head Coach Sean Payton
• Total (W/L): 6-12
• At Home: 4-2 ←
• Away: 1-5
One-By-One.
Line-Up & Knock’em Down.
Now Lets Beat the Dog Sh!t – out of the Saints.
#NOEXCUSES2018
April 19th, 2018 at 7:43 pm
Note: 1-0 against the Bucs on Opening Weekend (2008).
April 19th, 2018 at 7:58 pm
Total (W/L): 5-7
April 19th, 2018 at 11:08 pm
No Thursday night game?
April 19th, 2018 at 11:17 pm
No. Bucs dodged a bullet.