Winslow on Sirius

[trollslayer]

maybe the Bears will reconsider and trade kellen davis straight up for kellen winslow?  gotta have a dream.

sure would love to hear why we didnt make a play for another TE over the offseason.  i dont see this release being a surprise to the front office.  maybe they really like stocker, pianalto and coffman...but i cant believe that.  really odd that we didnt make a play for guys like martellus bennett or kellen davis. both big athletic young guys that block.  bennetts twitter i have to assume kept him away.

we did draft drake dunsmore as well who looks like a hybrid TE/RB lets wait and see how he pans out too

[YReceiver14]

I think we should get rid of Winslow because he is not worth his contract anymore.

If he can re-do his contract let him stay but we are dumb for paying him top 5 TE money.

According to Rotoworld, all guarantees have been paid already.

Also per Rotoworld:

2012: $3.3 million, 2013: $4.5 million, 2014: $5.5 million, 2015: Free Agent

Overpaying, to be sure.  And it's not like I was a Winslow fan, but a weak TE group seems to be getting weaker from this move.

[NotDeadYet]

     I kinda saw this coming, as Winslow never practiced or really seemed to learn the playbook LAST season, so why would he be interested in learning a new one this year?
     Going forward, having ALL his receivers running the right routes while NOT drawing penalties should keep our offense on the field longer and accelerate Josh Freeman's development...
     

[magicbuc]

He will be hard to trade now though.

[Biggs3535]

Well it's the right move, but the team isn't handling it very well.  Their leverage to trade the player is gone, and they don't have a viable replacement.

Sunny, Boid, and Tatman won't be happy.

[Dolorous Jason]

You are next Briscoe !!! Bums who don't show up to practice are not Buccaneer men.

[GameTime]

we did draft drake dunsmore as well who looks like a hybrid TE/RB lets wait and see how he pans out too

im all about giving him a chance, but 7th rounder is more of a PS guy or ST's early in his career.  im not holding my breath on him.

[GameTime]

Well it's the right move, but the team isn't handling it very well.  Their leverage to trade the player is gone, and they don't have a viable replacement.

i wonder if KW2 was supposed to keep his lid shut?  or possibly the Bucs gauged interest in KW2 during the draft and came away with very little interest.  it happens, but its odd the team let the player break the news. 

my guess is they wanted to be upfront and honest with him and he wanted to break the news.

[Hate]

I HOPE SO

LMAO......someone is standing outside my office wondering what the hell i'm laughing at. GREAT stuff!!

[Bradspace]

I'm definitely happy with this move.  His on field demeanor was unacceptable last season.  We don't need this guy around the young players, especially Freeman. 

[MarineBuc]

No tears from me on this one. A few quick ramblings:

Seems to me that Schiano was very stand up about...called him personally and told him.

K2 has ZERO trade value now that the cat is out of the bag...although I doubt he much trade value even before this came out.

TE is now a position of need rather than an asset now...Dallas Clark may be the answer for a year...two at best...the Bucs had better get serious in either developing Stocker or draft a long term solution in the very near future.

There truly is a "New World Order" at One Buc

[bucs4eva]

I'm surprised a little, but after the talks of the Bucs trying to trade him to the Bears, I always felt it was a possibility. I've always said it would be dumb to get rid of him if we didnt have a better TE than him to replace him. We still don't. However, I would love the Dallas Clark signing.

[YReceiver14]

Per PFT:

In a move that could spark a fight under the CBA, a league source tells PFT that the Buccaneers have instructed tight end Kellen Winslow not to show up for Organized Team Activities as the team tries to trade him.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/05/21/bucs-tell-winslow-not-to-come-to-otas/

[Spoolios]

I'm a Kellen Winslow fan, but if the team wants to move in a different direction, wish him well, hope the Niners want to trade Patrick Willis for him and move on.

[SunnyD]

Completely mishandled.

If Schiano was planning on moving on from K2 he should have cut him in February and pursued a FA TE or drafted one.

Replacing a slowing K2 with a 100% washed up Dallas Clark would be a mistake as well.