“Worst Predictions Of My Career”
January 22nd, 2024NBC Sports super insider Peter King loudly and proudly said the Bucs would suck this season.
He even got annoyed that fans were annoyed by his take.
Joe is confident King’s take was rooted in Baker Mayfield hate, little respect for Todd Bowles and perhaps even less for the roster built by general manager Jason Licht.
So King thought the Bucs would end up with the second overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. Instead, they’re picking 26th and looked liked a real playoff team.
At least King owned up to his miscalculation in a big way this morning, per his Football Morning In America column.
It may be a typo, but King seems to think his assessment of the Bucs was the biggest mistake of his career.
You too, Tampa Bay. Great run for the men of Todd Bowles. My call on the Bucs as the league’s 31st team back in the spring, by the way, is in the top one of worst predictions of my career. Mea, mea, mea culpa
Joe is glad King owned up.
Joe suspects King will try to make up for this slight by slobbering up to Licht this offseason and at 2024 training camp. In response, Joe would love to see Licht hand King Devin White’s key card to One Buc Palace –along with a few other useless trinkets — and tell King to jump in the Bay with one of King’s beloved overpriced coffees.
January 22nd, 2024 at 12:34 pm
Great timing Joe, I just commented on this in another thread. How about experts who picked the Bucs to go 9-8 and win the division? Who was right on this? Did any ‘expert’ pick the Bucs over the Eagles in the playoff game? Which local experts were right too?
January 22nd, 2024 at 12:35 pm
Nice for the mea culpa. Many won’t be so forthright. Great season 😊
January 22nd, 2024 at 12:36 pm
Hahaha awesome Joe! Looking forward to reading an article of Cameron Jordan putting some respect on our name 🙂
January 22nd, 2024 at 12:39 pm
This is not the first time neither the second he was VERY wrong tih the Bucs, same as your beloved Florio Joe…..
And then they think they are ¨specialists¨
They are a couple of dorks….
January 22nd, 2024 at 12:40 pm
Go Bucs
January 22nd, 2024 at 12:49 pm
Fugem, King is no sharper than the drunk at tge end of the bar. He picks and goes with the teams in big markets. I’m fine with him and all the others like him overlooking the Bucs.
January 22nd, 2024 at 12:52 pm
King like so many “fake football experts” is a buffoon. Not sure why anyone pays attention to these guys. Do your own research and thinking. Never rely on clowns like King.
January 22nd, 2024 at 12:57 pm
King is paid to be provocative, not accurate. He’s basically Colin Cowherd on a blog.
January 22nd, 2024 at 1:11 pm
Eh well, have another donut and it will all be better, talking head
January 22nd, 2024 at 1:12 pm
If I was that wrong in my job, I would be fired.
January 22nd, 2024 at 1:31 pm
He just a Little Fat man with a big stomach filled with Cowboy dreams .
January 22nd, 2024 at 1:38 pm
I would much rather get NFL predictions from my pool guy from Honduras or from my wife’s nail tech than from Peter King. Dudes a blowhard.
January 22nd, 2024 at 1:44 pm
Even here there was talk of #collapseforcaleb
January 22nd, 2024 at 1:46 pm
Peter King is my least favorite pundit. IDK why he continues to think his football opinions are worth more than snot.
January 22nd, 2024 at 2:04 pm
One of the Joes, Stroud, someone from Pewter Report and a few other local podcasts ad media picked in the 8 or 9 win category but most national media clowns picked the Bucs to have a top 5 or 10 draft pick.
January 22nd, 2024 at 2:05 pm
One of the Joes, Stroud, someone from P e w t r Report and a few other local podcasts ad media picked in the 8 or 9 win category but most national media clowns picked the Bucs to have a top 5 or 10 draft pick.
January 22nd, 2024 at 2:17 pm
Huzzah!!!
Devin White is TRASH!!!’
January 22nd, 2024 at 2:24 pm
Devin getting seriuos piece of humble pie, watching from the sideline in the biggest game of the season. I know he played some, but everyone saw him watching from the sideline. He said trade me, ok at least they trade Brit playing time for yours. See ya Devin, it was sometimes nice knowing you. (Playoffs and Super Bowl 2020)
January 22nd, 2024 at 3:04 pm
Peter King is a DBag!
January 22nd, 2024 at 3:22 pm
He is a journalist – a pretty good one.
I know this may shock people – but journalists suck at predictions.
In fact pretty much everyone sucks at predictions.
Until I see someone post their draftkings winnings I assume everyone is just talking out of their butt.
Good for him for admitting it – which is more than 99% of human beings ever do.
January 22nd, 2024 at 3:53 pm
Gotta love reading the comments from those old posts that show the usual bozos agreeing with him. Check the receipts yall.
January 22nd, 2024 at 4:14 pm
King is following the same faint as SI.
January 22nd, 2024 at 4:22 pm
Happy and surprised by Bucs year.
I do not know if there was ever a year where our offensive had as few as injuries as this year since I have been watching.
For everyone just suggesting that Canales – Baker combo will be successful again next year. We will see if they actually have to deal with some more adversity than they had this year on offense.
January 22nd, 2024 at 4:58 pm
He has made a career out of such sh$t predictions
January 22nd, 2024 at 5:43 pm
This actually earns respect from me. Better late than never!
I do not watch or read most of the guys who are famous ‘sports analysts”.
Many of them impress me as much as “influencers” on social media which is to say not at all. But I do not recall any of them like Cowherd, Rome, Steven A or others ever admitting a mistake. Feel free to correct me since again I confess I’m aware of these guys but do not view them regularly.
January 22nd, 2024 at 6:19 pm
F Peter King!
January 22nd, 2024 at 6:46 pm
stpetebucfan Says
“This actually earns respect from me.”
Me too. As a fellow eater of crow, it’s nice to see a talking head dining too.
January 22nd, 2024 at 6:47 pm
King gets paid for his opinions. More than I can say!
January 22nd, 2024 at 7:40 pm
Yeah Bonzai I hoped you saw the post where I gave you major props for the same reason.
Anybody can be right. Anybody can be wrong. Virtually every human I’ve ever know is both at different times. But few can admit that.
I mess up all the time. You’re a fellow writer…how many times do we have to rewrite and rewrite…at least I do. LOL
January 23rd, 2024 at 8:40 am
LOL Joe!
But I think you are being kind to King and the huge bandwagon of media who all piled on!
Go Bucs!
January 23rd, 2024 at 10:36 am
Not forgiven until he literally eats some crow….
January 23rd, 2024 at 12:34 pm
Peter King can choke on his next wet burrito. What a useless fat tub of lard d-bag.