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Boid Fink:
Davin is slated for a comeback versus the Saints.
Between having a rook QB, and having a rook RG, is that officially gonna be the bullet that puts the Bucs out of their misery this year?
Or is it a saving grace?
And with all the hype on Terry, how come a crappy Mahan gets the nod over him? Is he banged up, because I haven't heard anything about that?
LT Davis (now responsible for protecting a blind side, and was never an A1 pass blocker to begin with)
LG Buenning Decent guard, IMO
C Wade Outmuscled, outquicked, overmatched game in and game out
RG Joseph ??? We all know he has never taken a snap when the real bullets fly...
RT Walker :'( Mediocrity at its finest
And to top it all off, the Bucs have NO run game. A rookie QB drafted out of Toledo in the sixth round.
And Becht is a 270 pound chipper.
With all that said, seeing as how the Bucs can only go up from here, I think a groove will be made, and the season will be a loss...but as long as a rythmn gets established, and some confidence builds, I wouldn't call the season a total wash, I guess. Irritating, but not a total wash. The schedule is downright nasty, with some very cold weather games coming up. If the Bucs can even keep it close when the snow and wind blows, I will be a happy camper.
And if Simms gets healthy rapidly, say week 11 or so, and the Bucs are out of the run (they are now in my book :-), would they bother even putting him back in the action? What purpose would it serve, espescially with all the speculation that he is gone after this season? Wouldn't just keeping in a struggling Grads (if he is struggling, which I assume he will) serve more purpose?
Just some rambling.
karen anderson:
I don't understand the neverending search for the perfect QB to fit Gruden's system--why not fit the system to your players' strengths? Chris could be so great if he'd bend some on the "system." I'd rather knock somebody on their ass with a 40 yd pass then 4 or 5 passes here & there.
creekchub00:
Simms will not see action this season period, if he is ready late in the year, our record will either be so bad, we are out like you said and no point in risking it brining him back into the action, or good enough to keep us close, and then Grads has to get the nod..because it would mean he went somthing like 5-2 to even have us at .500 in week 11. You don't mess with success at the point.
Sadly I am not sure if I agree with your assesment of the Buccaneers only being able to go up. Davis is in charge of Grads blind side. I think this may be a very very long year for Bruce Gradkowski, especially having to face some of the above average front 7 we have to face. It is a scary time in Bucs football, but I have faith that Grads may get it done, by done I mean win 3 of the next 6 games, yeah we are still 3-6, but it would be momentum for a rookie QB, and a VERY YOUNG offense, minus Galloway, Alstott, and Becht.
Rusty:
It's going to be a loooooooooooong season.
calehawkins:
Not neccessarily. We only got a quick snapshot at Gradkowski during the Baltimore game- he could be really good (not in the statistics column, but the wins column) like Kyle Orton. Orton took the Bears to a divisional game, yet he was drafted on day 2 of the Draft. Grads could do the same- he might not have a QB rating of 100, or throw more than 20 TDs, or run for more than 3, or pass for over 2500 yards, but he could win for us and that's all that matters. If our defense shapes up, we could be like the 2005 Bears.
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