I doubt the Bucs begin with the belief that 2022 was really a SB year
Lolz, this dipshit is completely clueless.
Scouring the net is working out really well for you. Keep it up.
im pretty sure 90% of fans thought it was in reach, as well as the players and mainly Tom Brady. He wouldn’t have come back to the team otherwise
sure we have had slot of bad omens - Marpet, Bruce and gronk all retiring, Brady having some off field issues, Jensen injury, etc but no way anyone but Bowles leg Humpers thought we wouldn’t have a winning record
lol. You’re falling victim to Buggsys editing
I posted the full quote… “but for Bowles”
talking about looking back on the year, the thing that would make Bowles a lame duck
#Bucs are expected to release tight end Cam Brate in the coming days, per source. Brate, who played nine seasons in Tampa, has a cap hit of around $5 million. A good run with 273 catches and 33 touchdowns
No brainer. On the golf course a lot last year lol
trading D White would be a great idea. Would coup a couple mid round picks + save money down the line. Could probably find a LB in the draft that would thrive next to David.
The thought sounds good but you have Bowles who "thinks the world of him" and you have to accept reality. The HC isn't going to rid of someone he thinks that highly of - and who has made up excuses for in the past. Its going to take a whole new regime for us to get out this D White contract situation. If White has a dominant year this fall the guy is going to be demanding a lot. But as of now, he can't say with a straight face he deserves to be paid as a top LB.
Brate should have been cut 3 years ago
Two impressive individual stats from the #Bucs 2022 regular season:
Per PFF, CB Jamel Dean missed zero tackles in run defense (340 run defense snaps).
S Mike Edwards drew zero flags in coverage (520 coverage snaps).
Can the Bucs afford to trade White if LVD leaves via free agency? That would leave the Bucs mighty thin at the LB position. Shaq is coming off a bad injury and JTS has been a disappointment.
1. I have a disdain for Jensen because he's not that good, plays an unimportant position if you were going to rank them 1-22, and he has a contract that does not match his skill level nor his position.
2. Jensen's contract expired at the end of 2021. He was a UFA this time last year. So I never said the Bucs should cut him, I said they should have let him walk which brings me to...
3. The Bucs drafted Jensen's replacement in the 3rd round in 2021. Appropriate pick and salary for the talent level and position.
4. For some senseless reason the Bucs gave Jensen a ridiculous contract.
5. Instead of giving Jensen that contract they could have signed Haason Reddick to replace JPP. Better player, much more important position, scheme fit and played for Arians.
Licht blew the 2022 off-season with these stupid ass signings.
Stop with your disingenuous bullshit.
You and I both know Brady had a say in that.
Bad on Brady to force their hands.
But, cut the crap like you'd say no to Brady as if you were the GM in an imaginary situation (which is the closest you have even been, or ever will be, to making "big bucks to make big football decisions, as you used to claim before you deleted your Twitter account).
"which is the closest you have even been, or ever will be, to making "big bucks to make big football decisions, as you used to claim"
wut? wut?
no way?
:-)
If Brady heavily influenced the Bucs to re-sign Jensen then he got exactly what he deserved in the playoffs. But Brady didn't have any influence on Licht giving him a 4 year, $42M contract in 2018. Either way it was a terrible misuse of limited 2022 cap space and it is a contract the Bucs have to get out of immediately. Same with Gage.
If Brady heavily influenced the Bucs to re-sign Jensen then he got exactly what he deserved in the playoffs. But Brady didn't have any influence on Licht giving him a 4 year, $42M contract in 2018. Either way it was a terrible misuse of limited 2022 cap space and it is a contract the Bucs have to get out of immediately. Same with Gage.
JC shows his hand.
Letting Brady run this team (assuming this is true) is WHY we were bad.
The dude got divorced and lost 15 pounds from it and we knew it during OTAs.
So if we let someone going through a divorce run this team, that is asinine and bad leadership.
Brady came back late, missed camp, and was clearly distracted... yet he was managing our front office too?
I'm not buying that. Licht went with what he knew... it's what he's always done. Jensen is a known commodity so he took that instead of rolling the dice on something else.
Licht has a bunch of niche type moves that he loves to make. 2.5 out of 10 years it has worked out. The rest of the time he's flopped.
Jensen signing was bad. Let him walk, grab a 3rd rd comp pick, and play Hainsey.
That was a bad signing along with Fournette...
I don't mind signing Gage or Julio, I just hate that we did that yet the offense was designed to be run heavy?
Where was our direction and leadership?
We expected Brady to fill 3 roles in our organization yet he skipped camp? Ridiculous
Ha, I don’t think Brady was running the front office. I just don’t think you let your SB center walk and put a rookie in front of Brady
as for running the offense, definitely Brady and Leftwich and they clearly thought win the weak division and turn it on in the playoffs
if you’re Bowles and the job is dropped in your lap no way you change “the best offense in football”
You focus on the d
Brady running the team worked out well in 2020 and 2021 - AB, Gronk, Fournette all being here as a result and contributors to our success
where shit went sideways is the elimination of checks and balances. Brady didn't like Arians oversight so had him fired. Brady knew he could bully around Leftwich who was drafted after him as a QB as well as Bowles who probably just yesterday worked up the courage to speak up on Brady skipping the Saturday pre-Pitt game to attend Krafts wedding.
the team did the admirable thing in 2021 and brought everyone back. You very rather see a team do that and it worked out great. We had a franchise high in wins and were pretty much unbeatable sans the teams that had our kryptonite those two years - Saints, Rams.
we got away from that in 2022 and made some moves in getting Gage, Hicks, Julio (i liked this move but didnt work out).
Also The drafting from 2018, 2019, and 2020 were A drafts yielding key contributors - Vita Vea, Carlton Davis, Alex Cappa, Jordan Whitehead, Devin White, SMB, Jamel Dean, Mike Edwards, Anthony Nelson, Scotty Miller (that packers catch!), Tristian Wirfs, and Antoine Winfield Jr.
compare this to the 2021 and 2022 drafts - Joe Tryon-Shoyinka, Kyle Trask, Robert Hainsey, Jaelon Darden, Logan Hall, Luke Goedeke, Rachaad White, and Cade Otton. it's only been a year or two but other than Hainsey and Cade Otton so far, really havent' seen much.
