More Strange Views Of The Bucs
March 18th, 2024
“I don’t care if they drop their subscription price again to 99 cents a month.”
Joe can only imagine the look on Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht’s face when he heard about the recent Bucs analysis from the Tampa Bay region’s twice-weekly newspaper that also lives behind a paywall.
Tampa Bay Times columnist John Romano wrote all about how while the Bucs did important things in free agency this month, the team hasn’t moved the needle.
(Check the depth chart. Refresh the screen. Check again. Mutter quietly.)
Um, the Bucs are kinda in the same place they were last year.
Joe lives on a different planet. Joe sees a Bucs team bringing back at a least a dozen rookies from last season, several of whom contributed and should be significantly better players. Front offices across the NFL fantasize of that kind of opportunity.
Romano also proceeded to urinate on the Jordan Whitehead re-signing because Whithead’s contract size allegedly says he’s not a special NFL veteran.
Is that what the film says? Does Romano realize how strongly devalued safety has been across the NFL this year? Joe prefers to view Whitehead re-signing as Licht scoring great value, considering Whitehead will have no learning curve and should make Antoine Winfield a more versatile piece in Todd Bowles’ defense.
Romano also sees the Tampa Bay offense needing serious help, possibly to overcome another green offensive coordinator.
Because, the truth is, Tampa Bay’s offense has been less than mediocre the past two years. Over the last 12 seasons, there have been 96 division champs in the NFL. Only three averaged less than 20.5 points per game. The 2016 Texans were one. The ‘22 and ‘23 Bucs were the others.
Joe can’t argue with the overall data on the Bucs offense, but did Romano miss the improvement? The Bucs averaged 23.9 points per game over their final eight games, including two in the postseason. Do that for a full season and you’re a top-9 scoring team in the NFL, which has seen scoring drop in each of the past two seasons.
No matter how many dark clouds are manufactured out there, the Bucs are a young playoff team on the rise.
March 18th, 2024 at 11:24 am
Negativism and controversy sells. Perhaps he’s trying to get the subscription price up to $1.50 per month
March 18th, 2024 at 11:26 am
I see upgrades at safety and, hopefully, left guard. I don’t think those upgrades alone will get us to 10 wins.
To do that, Bucs need an improved pass rush from the edge and another RB1 to share carries with White. He’s going to break down with that kind of usage again.
March 18th, 2024 at 11:27 am
Really???
Do we have to continue to have to read through the JLROH intro tag….
Grow up !
March 18th, 2024 at 11:32 am
The roster isn’t complete yet so a comparison to last year is moot……we still have our draft.
I would agree that we haven’t brought in any FA game changers….but we haven’t lost any.
And, yes….our rookies from last year will be much improved with experience.
Our offense hasn’t had much attention with our higher draft picks…..4 of our last 6 top picks have been defese.
We desperately need to help our offense……need a C/G…….TE, RB & WR.
And, it’s hard to say our coaching staff has improved.
March 18th, 2024 at 11:37 am
Are you kidding me, Safety just got a major upgrade from last year. Also, we just signed pieces of the puzzle that with whoever we draft will form the 2024 team. We have a not “green” offensive play caller who has a very similar system than what we already had. Romano does not sound very knowledgeable about Football.
March 18th, 2024 at 11:50 am
Romano believes our cap is unlimited.
March 18th, 2024 at 11:50 am
“The Bucs are a young playoff team on the rise.” The only thing that gets me more excited than that is Sydney Sweeney. People forget how young this team is and how many rookies contributed last year. Get an edge rusher (easier said than done I know), LB depth, and someone to compliment White and watch us go to work.
March 18th, 2024 at 11:50 am
Right Joe!
March 18th, 2024 at 11:54 am
lol, before I was done reading this article I had a picture of a dude typing at his desk with a rain cloud over his head.
March 18th, 2024 at 11:57 am
Looking for major contributions from Britt & Zion……perhaps some from Payne Durham and an improved more-experienced Palmer.
March 18th, 2024 at 12:06 pm
It is sad what has happened to newspapers in general and the Tampa Bay papers in particular. Even writers who worked during the good times, like Romano, have become too bitter and angry to be decent at their jobs at this point.
March 18th, 2024 at 12:07 pm
This team needs a Center, LG,DT, DE or two, and it is very close to competing for another championship. I also have to believe the play calling is going to be a lot better than last season.
March 18th, 2024 at 12:13 pm
Bucs want ro see what they have with Britt/Russell at LB and Durham at TE, so I don’t expect anything above a 4th rd pick on these positions — unless a trade produces more picks.
Bucs will focus on the trenches first — Edge, G and C. Hopefully they also look for a day 2 power RB. I expect a CB in the 3rd or 4th rd also.
March 18th, 2024 at 12:13 pm
We’ll have a better team than last year. I have no doubt about that. But it won’t be reflected in our record due to the first place schedule. In fact we’ll probably end up with a worse record. That safety spot has been our biggest upgrade at any position thus far (bless Neal’s heart, he suuuucked), and remember Joe just got done saying safety has been devalued. While I like our moves given our cap situation, let’s not act like absent that this would be an off-season to write home about. I’m glad we re-signed our guys, it was the right thing to do (due to production, not just sentiment). But how excited is that really supposed to make us for a team that went 8-9 in the worst division the NFL has seen in a good while? It’s not like we’re the Chiefs and we just re-signed Chris Jones here.
March 18th, 2024 at 12:17 pm
yall keep twisting the numbers to make an average team with above average talent look good. same team who barley beat the kitties and broken iggles.
then they reward with contracts. this organization is not interested in championships. they do just enough to keep the sheep happy.
March 18th, 2024 at 12:17 pm
My preferences
1 – BPA Edge
2 – Guard Mahogoney BC
3 – Center Van Pran UGA
3 – RB Estime ND
4 – CB Melton Rutgers
6 and 7 – BPA LB and WR or TE
March 18th, 2024 at 12:17 pm
The Bucs have benefitted greatly from a weak division over the past couple of years. Shipping Davis was a good move, especially coupled with the Whitehead signing. Still need to address depth at corner, a pass rush, and the running game. There has been a lot of positive momentum in free agency so far, and there’s no reason why the Bucs can’t continue to compete for the division title, especially if they have another good draft.
March 18th, 2024 at 12:19 pm
we NEED edge…..but we already spent that cash on an average qb and aging WR.
and had to sell a top shelf CB.
we went backwards
March 18th, 2024 at 12:21 pm
Truth is, Jason Licht hasn’t been wheeling & dealing like many other panic ridden or “New Sheriff in Town” GM’s across the league…But that doesn’t mean he hasn’t targeted exactly what he was looking for in FA.
The Bucs FO resigned who they needed, found a few low risk FA’s to add to the mix & I’m sure have a set of NEED based evaluations in hand for the up-coming draft…(IE…The pass-rusher Joe has identified as a huge priority that is yet unfulfilled.)
If Licht & Co don’t come out of the late April draft with a quality OLB-Edge, ILB, #3WR, 3-4 DE, TE & S/CB depth…Then maybe there’s a reason to bitch…But I expect the FO to fill in the blanks & execute their draft plans to get what is needed to stay in the NFC South hunt.
March 18th, 2024 at 12:21 pm
Like Wisco Joe said we have a really young team so there is a lot to be excited for. There are still moves to be made in FA and the draft. JL didn’t restructure MEs new contract for the fun of it. They were already going to have enough room to sign their draft class.
March 18th, 2024 at 12:26 pm
Same planet Joe just looking at it through the Rose Colored Glasses.
Last years Rookies got 17 games experience if they playing in them all. At seasons end they were rookies with 17 games experience. Now they are second year guys with 17 games experience. Farther ahead from where they started week 1 but the exact place where they ended.
As far as where the team ended and those last 8 games? Imagine what their PPG would have been had they not scored a combined 22 points on teams that were 11-23 collectively.
Some guys are a little more likely to under sensational things when they are not pining for access.
First, most healthy NFL sophomores with good attitudes and work ethics take a significant jump. Second, Joe doesn’t pine for access. If the Bucs don’t want to talk to Joe, that wouldn’t change Joe’s world. This site was built and thrived with no access. –Joe
March 18th, 2024 at 12:26 pm
Boss, always complaining about that half full glass. Another fan could have easily written your earlier post. Except it might have said we won the division. Again. And beat the eagles in the playoffs. And were very competitive with the Lions. Barely winning means nothing in the NFL. Well it doesn’t mean nothing, it means…winning. four straight years in the playoffs and one super bowl victory in that time period. That’s how I choose to look at it. And no, it’s not because your standards are higher than mine. I’m just realistic. In a 32 team league, you’re very rarely going to be on the verge of a super bowl every year. Would I prefer a mahomes over Mayfield? Of course. So would close to 31 other teams. We are supposed to not reward our good players with new contracts? What are you even talking about? With the constraints in place with the cap or brain trust has done a very good job. But… You can certainly change your fandom to another team that has all the elements that satisfy you. Have fun.
March 18th, 2024 at 12:27 pm
Romano is wrong in one sense … The team is the same .500 team from 2023, only 2024 brings a much more difficult schedule … Chase McLaughlin (1-0) better get extra practice.
March 18th, 2024 at 12:31 pm
Romano wins
Look at all the traction the “story “ has gotten
Controversy sells
March 18th, 2024 at 12:35 pm
What’s new? Same naysayers pretending they have some insight. I prefer to rely on Licht than a bunch of frauds. We saw last year how well things worked out for the fraudsters who projected Bucs with 5 W’s.
March 18th, 2024 at 12:36 pm
Joe, does that makes you a Tampa Bay Times Hater?
March 18th, 2024 at 12:38 pm
Joe i agree with you Romano seems a little lazy in his analysis…
March 18th, 2024 at 12:40 pm
It seems we are struggling , trying to maintain the performance level of last years team, last year is gone, We now are facing an improved conference and a much tougher schedule, not good, We should throw away the rear view mirror and face what lies ahead.
March 18th, 2024 at 12:48 pm
I disagree with Romano.
Bucs got rid of the overpaid dead weight – Gage, Shaq, Davis and White.
All will be replaced by inexpensive, younger draft picks.
The 12 rookies we had last season will hopefully all improve like most 2nd year players do.
The Bucs will be fine.
March 18th, 2024 at 12:55 pm
I see a lot of wishful thinking that everything goes right for the Bucs. Being a realist, how often does everything going right actually happen? Not often. Boss has a good point. We’ve maintained the status quo on a barely .500 team. Nailing the draft is not a given. Lets not forget we need pass rush and we lots our best blitzing LB. Thats a problem. This offseason doesnt look as good as some of you think. It could/might/possibly of been a lot better if we werent so obsessed with a mediocre QB. Just my opinion. And no im not changing my fandom because my opinion hurts your lil feelings.
March 18th, 2024 at 12:57 pm
Boss Says:
March 18th, 2024 at 12:19 pm
we NEED edge…..but we already spent that cash on an average qb and aging WR.
and had to sell a top shelf CB.
we went backwards
^^^^^^^^
Yes, there’s NOTHING THE BUCS CAN DO, THEY’RE DOOMED FOREVER!!!!!!
Seriously, is this your first week following the NFL? The Bucs can restructure contracts (Vea, Dean) extend guys (Wirfs & Winfield) to create cap space. There’s still time, look at the date of when the Bucs traded for JPP.
March 18th, 2024 at 1:03 pm
Tampa Bay Times columnist John Romano is one of a long list of incompetent sports writers who fall under the same category of White who had a no vote of confidence with the Bucs and fans.
March 18th, 2024 at 1:03 pm
Seems odd to me that Falcons are favored to win NFC South at -114????
March 18th, 2024 at 1:03 pm
@ Couch
“obsessed with a mediocre QB.”
Besides over paying for Cousins or flipping a coin with Wilson – there really weren’t too many other options for the Bucs.
Our first pick is #26 so drafting a QB will be a challenge and I don’t want the Bucs to trade away our next two drafts just to gamble on Williams, Maye or Daniels.
Is Baker top ten? – No.
Is Baker bottom 10? – No.
The Bucs won a Super Bowl with Brad Johnson. The Ravens won a SB with Trent Dilfer.
If the Bucs want to win with Baker we will need a top 3 defense, top 5 running game, a top 5 O-line and a top 5 kicker…
March 18th, 2024 at 1:10 pm
If the Bucs want to win with Baker we will need a top 3 defense, top 5 running game, a top 5 O-line and a top 5 kicker…
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This is exactly my point. If we need a top 5 everything with Baker, then we dont need Baker at all. Use the money we save to upgrade the team and then you only need a serviceable QB that to me is a much better way to build a team. And we might even get lucky at some point and draft/trade for a good QB. Or there might be one already on the team.
March 18th, 2024 at 1:13 pm
>>> Negativism and controversy sells. <<<
Given their financials, not selling near enough.
March 18th, 2024 at 1:15 pm
@ Couch
“you only need a serviceable QB”
Here is the problem – “serviceable” NFL QBs now cost @ $30M per season which is what we are paying Baker.
March 18th, 2024 at 1:17 pm
Wilson at 1.21 million is a coin flip I would have gladly taken. Wilson has the 4th highest career passer rating in the NFL at 100.
March 18th, 2024 at 1:19 pm
Boss says – boss of what BS
March 18th, 2024 at 1:21 pm
@ BucsFan
I agree.
However there was never any news of the Bucs meeting or speaking with Wilson or his people.
So I don’t believe he was ever in serious consideration…
March 18th, 2024 at 1:22 pm
Who cares what a knuckle head like Romano says. I think people like him don’t get enough attention in the media so he have to throw some exaggerated story out there to get that 5 minutes in the light and most of the times it works. Is Romano for New York?
March 18th, 2024 at 1:29 pm
Jacoby Brisett $8 mil
Gardner Minshew $12.5 Mil
Tyrod Taylor $9 Mil
These are guys who I define as serviceable. They arent going to go to pro bowls but with a talented team around them they wont lose you many games.
You already mentioned Wilson. Given a 17 game season I dont think there stats would be to far off from Bakers for half the price. The cheerleaders will probably laugh at this suggestion because Baker is ooohhhh soooo irreplaceable. But I’d take a shot on these guys then would of went after Derrick Henry real hard. It would of been a long shot but you at least try to make the attempt. But we were handcuffed before Free agency even started because of the obsession with the mediocre QB.
March 18th, 2024 at 1:31 pm
It’s the fantasy football effect on simpleton’s.
Teams with good rosters typically don’t have the extra cash to blow on expensive free agents. If you draft well, you’re payroll gets expensive.
March 18th, 2024 at 1:35 pm
@ Couch
Jacoby Brisett $8 mil
Gardner Minshew $12.5 Mil
Tyrod Taylor $9 Mil
This list just turned my stomach… lol.
I’m not a huge Baker fan either but he is better than those cats. Baker can win games but the Bucs need a stronger supporting cast.
Hopefully our GM has another stellar draft and we remain a competitive team this season.
March 18th, 2024 at 1:35 pm
Next years schedule is tough, but to be an optimist, there is hope: 6 winnable games: Wash/Den/LV/Carolina Twice/Giants. 4 games we need to go 2-2 against: Nola/Atl. That puts us at 8-2, go 2-5 or 3-4 against Cowboys/Ravens/49ers/Chiefs/Eagles/Lions/Chargers gets us to 10 or 11 wins and should be in the playoffs…again! This team will be more playoff ready than last years.
March 18th, 2024 at 1:39 pm
@Marine Buc
Aye, im not saying they are better than Baker. Just that If you sign Baker it then becomes very hard to upgrade the supporting cast. Its one or the other. I’d go with the other. But I guess thats just me.
March 18th, 2024 at 1:47 pm
The only people her obsessed with a mediocre QB is the Baker hater crowd and their incessant whining…I for one wish they would just quietly go complain about a different team….I love my bucs and I am perfectly content with my mediocre QB and aging wr
March 18th, 2024 at 1:54 pm
Upgrade at S. Bigly. Upgrade at G. Upgrade at OC, WR and ST coaches.
A less stressed over money Mike Evans and Baker Mayfield.
This team was young so keeping those important players and upgrading at position coaches and the OC is a definite move of the needle.
March 18th, 2024 at 1:57 pm
I used to use that newspaper as a “mullet rap”, it’s not even any good, for that anymore
March 18th, 2024 at 1:58 pm
Wrap
March 18th, 2024 at 2:03 pm
” I am perfectly content with my mediocre QB and aging wr”
that’s the fanbase in a nutshell.
personally, I value my Sundays! The only time this team was actually worthy of my complete Sunday was 2 years under brady and about 2-3 years ubder chucky.
getting too old to wait another 15 years lol
I wish the dolphins would change their uni’s and song.
March 18th, 2024 at 2:04 pm
This is the wrost, most dreaded time of the football calendar: between FA and the draft when every scribe or podcaster feels like they have to create news.
March 18th, 2024 at 2:27 pm
There was definite improvement as the year went on. One more good interior 0L and I think this team can make a big jump forward with the new OC.
March 18th, 2024 at 2:33 pm
Read the article itself and it was nowhere near as negative as advertised here. I am guessing some new media vs old media feud going on. Fact is if Kirk is recovered fully from his injury then Atlanta is a better team than last year.
We do need to improve not just reup.
another receiver needs to either step up or be drafted
the running game as in run blocking needs to be worlds better
pass protection too needs improvement
and as has been cited we need an edge.
March 18th, 2024 at 2:34 pm
Boss: How are Mayfield and Evans “mediocre” and Carlton Davis is “top shelf”? The only really good year Davis had was his contract year. He had 4 interceptions that year, 5 in his other 5 years. Oh, and he missed 15 games in the last 3 years. You call that “top shelf”? 😳
March 18th, 2024 at 2:45 pm
SB LV are you new here? The nicknames are a JoeBucsFan staple! The Jameis ones were hilarious
March 18th, 2024 at 2:50 pm
Weeb…. Since the beginning
March 18th, 2024 at 2:54 pm
Romano is absolutely the most negative “sports writer” that has ever covered the BUCS. He comes across as a miserable know-it-all!
March 18th, 2024 at 3:03 pm
Until I see the Bucs begin to dominate the line of scrimmage(on both sides of the ball) game in and game out, I’d have to agree with Romano. I see the Bucs as a team that needs lucky breaks and poor play from their opponents to win games. They’re really nothing more than a mediocre team right now. They need to have the ability to dominate other players one on one before they can get over that hump and right now, I don’t think they do.
March 18th, 2024 at 3:06 pm
Romano is a grumpy d-bag who has been negative about everything Bucs since before Dungy. He makes Rick Stroud seem like a legitimate journalist.
March 18th, 2024 at 3:12 pm
Couch Fan you are probably the same guy that said we would win 4 games last year. Stay on the Couch where you belong.
March 18th, 2024 at 3:15 pm
@ Bucs Guy. Do you think Van Pran will be there towards end of 3rd round?
March 18th, 2024 at 3:17 pm
Let’s use common sense here………
Bucs running game has been practically the worst in the league the last 2 years…
We’ve had different starting RB’s….
Fournette then White….
Nobody had a decent YPC..
What changed????
RYAN JENSEN gets hurt and ROBERT HAINSEY becomes the center…..
You go from dominant interior push to a player that gets shoved back constantly……
Just fix THAT ONE PIECE and get the center right…
Suddenly your run game starts to pick up!!
Then PLAY ACTION starts to work more….
Then points scored starts to increase….
See where I’m going??
NOOOOO MOREEEEEE ROBERT HAINSEY !!!!
March 18th, 2024 at 3:37 pm
This team was overlooked and dangerous last season. There are needs to fill on every team. Since Bradys arrival, we have slowly crushed the life of the other three franchises in the division, and we have a decent chance of doing it again this season. It wasnt pretty, but every one of those teams overcame adversity to polish off the other teams in the nfc south. If the talking heads want to set the table yet again, let them go for it. Save the talk about a weak division. The NFC Least looked particularly weak in the post season.
March 18th, 2024 at 3:46 pm
I’m not a Baker hater (tho I must say, I didn’t really understand just how divisive this guy is until he came here), but I preferred for us to sign Minshew before last season. Not that I think he’s some world beater, just thought he was good for where we were as a team. But switching to him this off-season would’ve lost us ME for sure. I know he’s had a rogue’s gallery of QBs during his career, but he’s older and ready for stability. Probably wouldn’t have taken as long to sign if DC would’ve stayed.
But overall Boss is right. We’ve kept the status quo of a .500 team over the last 2 seasons. Hard to get too excited about that. Better at Safety, I think better at OC & ST coach, but those are the only “firm” improvements I’ve seen thus far. We can assume the rookies will be better in year two, we can hope we land a few stud starters in the draft (although 26 is low; hope we move up a few spots for Oregon C JPJ), but there’s just no way of counting on those things at this point. Meanwhile, forget the cap implications, Atlanta has gotten significantly better. New Orleans got better simply by letting Jameis go (lol). Not to mention our hellacious first place schedule. Despite me & others calling it out ALL season, the head coaching isn’t gonna get any better… People on here talking 10-11 wins 🤣💀. What are you smoking? We’re much more likely to have the 6-7 win season outsiders predicted we’d have this season than 10-11 wins next year.
March 18th, 2024 at 3:48 pm
Boss, couch fan,
Last year was a soft reboot, we were supposed to be a 5-6 win team bu we won the division, a playoff game and were competitive in our playoff loss, all the while doing so with a bunch of rookies, some dead player weight, some dead cap space, a new qb learning a new offense, a new offensive coordinator and a new scheme for all to learn.
Now we move to year two with a very similar scheme, the same core for a second year (which should be much improved in year 2), plenty of rookies that played well enough to warrant more play in 2024 (which should also make a jump), got rid of some dead weight and dead cap. I get that the schedule is harder this year but it isn’t like we hadn’t won the division in 2022 with regards to last years’ schedule.
If we can get a few more key pieces and draft competently, we are in a very good position to win the division again this year.
March 18th, 2024 at 3:50 pm
A terrible thing happened to sports journalist.
They realized that noone holds them accountable.
The idiots on BSPN can predict the Cowboys will win the Superbowl every year. It sells. And noone points out that they are ALWAYS wrong, on every prediction they make.
BSPN and NFL Nitwits ALL said the Bucs would finish in Last place in the division.
To the man, they all predicted we would be drafting a QB, with a top 3 pick.
They were every one completely wrong.
And noone cares. Calls them out. Replays their picks at the end of the.
Nothing.
So why even bother to do research.
Just talk about the teams with the biggest TV markets, and predict they will all be winners.
Why not? Itll get views. And THATS all that matters.
Sort of like our News, and politicians.
Welcome to the new America. Views count. Truth is irrelevant.
Thank you all for indulging my rant. Wish it made me feel better.
March 18th, 2024 at 4:03 pm
if he means we haven’t moved the needle from the Lions game, he’s mostly right. we have a better safety, less depth at corner, less pass rush, etc. but it’s too early to think about this. after the draft is a much better time to complain. Licht’s not even done creating cap space yet! maybe romano, who i know is a really smart and really good guy, wanted something in particular we’re not doing. maybe he wanted to keep stinnie or thinks we dumped the wrong corner. the stat thing is kinda bogus imo, since we have no idea what the new OC is gonna do. but like last year, we’re capable, and i’m hopeful
March 18th, 2024 at 4:12 pm
Here we go again with the sports media and columnists not believing in our Bucs. So much bashing before the new season even begins. It is tiring. And I agree, did they not see the improvement last season? We really should have won the Lions. They didn’t look that great. Yes, the Bucs made some mistakes but many other teams did too.
March 18th, 2024 at 4:16 pm
I keep hearing people say – go get Derrick Henry – who ran for 33 yards against the Bucs last season. 3 years ago – I would have been all for it.
Baker is a solid QB and I’m glad we have him. Maybe he isn’t top 5 but he is t paid that way either. I’m ok with Baker after what he showed last year.
March 18th, 2024 at 4:16 pm
Capt. Tim… you make me feel better, so I hope that counts for something to you.
You are spot-on with everything. I only read this board to see what you and Gipper have to say. (There’s other good guys, but I won’t name them all today) . It’s a sad state of America, and the media is to blame.
Getting back to Baker, to all he haters out there, check the youtube recap of the Texas Tech vs Oklahoma game a few years ago. Mahomes had a historic day, yet Baker was better.
Deep in your hearts you know and fear he will be MVP and SB winner. And for some reason, that sickens you.
My fear is, why do you fear him?
March 18th, 2024 at 4:18 pm
I can see where he is coming from to a degree…
While we upgraded at safety, we haven’t replaced Shaq and edge / OLB. Is our o-line improved? Maybe. Running backs are still the same for now…
Obviously everyone we signed is vitally important, but all that did was keep what we already had. So in that sense, I understand where this guy is coming from.
That said, if the offense can pick up where we left off more or less (obviously will be some new stuff and new terminology), then I like our chances.
Find some solid o-linemand and d-lineman / OLBs, and we should be improved over last year.
March 18th, 2024 at 4:29 pm
Romano is as Romano does. He’s wrong every time he types anything. I hope Jason keeps this receipt and gives Romano an enema with it.
March 18th, 2024 at 4:46 pm
Bucs reality show,
Thank you very much for your kind words. Very kind of you to take the time to respond to my post. Very much appreciated.
Now I feel better!
March 18th, 2024 at 4:59 pm
Bucs will need to avg ~25ppg this season to be competitive this season.
(On this website, redundancy will NOT be tolerated, on this website)
Can they?
Yes, with an improved run game. LY they averaged 89 yds/ game. They’ll need to bumb it up to ~100 yds/game.
If they simply run more 11 personnel they can up that by 5-10 yds. The rest can come from scheme & personnel upgrades.
^^mtn^^
Since ’76
March 18th, 2024 at 5:03 pm
The Bucs offseason…
Lose your OC.
Lose 3 starters on defense.
Add 1 starter on defense.
That’s your offseason so far. Not sure how you come to the conclusion that the needle has moved.
March 18th, 2024 at 5:11 pm
See previous post
March 18th, 2024 at 5:22 pm
What an ignorant & pathetic analysis from Romano. It’s only March 17th! There are 5 months or more before the first regular season game.
The Bucs had a bunch of rookies last season, some of whom will take a step forward. And there’s a good chance Licht will upgrade the O-line & RB positions, and hopefully TE as well. Baker has another offseason to practice with his WRs and TEs. The draft and another wave of free agency will be coming and Romano has no clue what the opening-day roster will look like or how they’ll play. But even a fifth grader should know that some of the rookies who played last season should play better this season. That by itself will lead to an improved offense. And Licht will surely upgrade some of the weaker positions.
March 18th, 2024 at 6:54 pm
@ Rod
Bucs had 12 rookies on the squad last year and more than a few got quite a bit of playing time.
You don’t believe those 12 rookies will improve at all?
What about the other young players who are developing? No improvement from them either?
I’m not saying the Bucs will improve on their 10 wins last season but I would hope to see some imrovement from our young developing players…
I don’t believe that is being too unrealistic.
March 18th, 2024 at 7:49 pm
@Couch Fan,
What you’re not understanding is that we have a team with talent, some are aging, the time to win is now and Baker’s numbers last year were more than anyone expected. He is not Tom Brady, but how much further down the trash heap do you want to go? You want to sign Tyrod Taylor because he’s cheap? With the flexibility that Jason Licht and team have given us with the cap numbers, they deserve to spend money where they see fit. The minute Tom Brady left the Patriots, how much did Belicheat’s dumpster diving save his job?
Come on. Even if Kyle Trask becomes a winner, he came into a situation where this team is a playoff contender. No vet, no management, no coach is going to put everything on an unproven QB. He unfortunately came into this situation at a bad time when all of a sudden we were 1 QB away from a SB victory.
Last year we had turnover at QB, OC, OL, and S. Corners were hurt throughout the season. This team needs consistency at key positions and that’s why they signed Baker back. He earned another shot and another contract.
March 18th, 2024 at 8:51 pm
Don’t yell this too loud Joe. The Bucs play best when everyone doubts them. They aren’t the best front runners. So maybe we should let everyone tell them they aren’t good enough. We see how that turned out last year.
March 18th, 2024 at 9:16 pm
romano has little or no skin in the game for the words he types, joe does have to be right, its not like his readers have a comics page etc as a draw in case the writing lacks substance