Well, well, well.............

In the Bucs post game presser last night, Junior stood by his decision to start Byron "The Human Windmill" at quarterback and he would be the starter next Sunday against the Washington Crackheads. Well, I've long thought that the regime over at One Buc Place reads my blog, and today, Junior has named Josh Johnson the starter for Sunday's game. Thank God! Never again do I want to see The Human Windmill under center overthrowing open receivers and moving in the pocket with his sloth-like speed.

No. I've not changed my opinion on where this season is heading, but Josh Johnson brings a new dynamic to the Bucs which has sadly been lacking. Johnson, (6'3" 215) is a product of the University of San Diego. During his senior year, Johnson passed for 2988 yards, rushed for 726 yards and produced 46 passing touchdowns and 1, yes 1, interception. That interception was a result of a ball which bounced off of his tight end's shoulder pads.

Johnson was pretty impressive in the preseason games which he appeared this year. He's a very accurate passer, with a quick delivery and very mobile. I believe this decision gives the Bucs the best chance to finally crack the win column this season. If it doesn't happen this week, the next favorable matchup is two weeks away when the Carolina Panthers come to town.

Hey Junior, Get the Hell out of Town

Last week when I wrote my pregame blog about this weeks game with the New York Football Giants, I referenced former coaches, Leeman Bennett, Sam Wyche and Richard Williamson. After watching this piss poor offering at Ray Jay this afternoon, I have to apologize to the aforementioned head coaches because they never fielded a team which was as pathetic as what I watched today. The Bucs have to go back to 1986 to have allowed 2 back to back 200 yard rushing games. Get the grocery bags ready Bucs fans, and when they ask you at Publix if you want paper or plastic, you might suggest paper, although when we are 0-12, plastic might be a better option.

5 first downs, 28 total yards rushing, 58 yards passing. I think Armwood High School could give this squad a run for it's money. Byron Sandwich, "the human windmill", was stellar. When he was finally pulled late in the 4th quarter, his stat line was 7-16-22yds and an int. SWEET! If Junior wants to shelter his man crush Josh Freeman from the brutal next 4 defenses, sit Windmill and start Josh Johnson next week against Washington, it isn't going to make a difference, but atleast Johnson is athletic. Sandwich stands in the pocket like Jabba the Hut.

After watching this piece of shit game on tv today, the fault has got to finally be laid at the feet of Junior Morris, he's the head coach and this team is miserable. The Bucs rushed for 174 yards against Dallas in week 1, 57 yards last week against Buffalo, and only mustered 28 yards today.
A head coach is supposed to make sure that his team is sound in fundamentals, blocking, tackling and catching. This afternoon, the Giants rushed 4 against 5 offensive linemen and caused constant pressure on Byron Sammy without having to blitz. Last week, the Bucs missed 24 tackles in Buffalo and after reviewing the tape this week, atleast 12 were missed. And finally, the receivers are not catching the balls that somehow end up in their hands. And speaking of fundamentals, why do the long snapper and punter need to be practicing snaps on the sideline in the second quarter of the third game? The defense just seems out of the game from the start. A defense we've become accustomed to watching flying to the ball with vicious hits has become a simple mass of humanity simply milling around. There is talent on this team, but it comes down to coaching and it stops on Junior's desk.

The Giants were depleted on the defensive side of the ball today and only dressed 44 players for the game. During the game, the Giants lost one of their offensive lineman, but that didn't matter either. By the start of the 4th quarter, Eli Manning was texting his brother on the sideline and David Carr was under center.

It took until 3 minutes remaining in the 3rd quarter until the Bucs converted a first down. I'm sick and tired of the comparisons of Junior Morris to Tony Dungy and Mike Tomlin. This guy has no clue and this team has no direction. If this team finishes 2-14, as I predict, Morris must be fired, especially with all of the talented, unemployed head coaches who are watching football on Sundays with the rest of us. Come on Glazers, put a decent product on the field, you pulled the trigger on the Gruden trade, how can you sit by and watch this SHIT? Jon Gruden sits in the booth on Monday Night Football and chuckles as he gets paid from both the Bucs and MNF.

Week 3 picks

Wow, week 3 already. I've got a 25-7 record straight up after two weeks, but this week poses a few matchup questions. It just gets more difficult from here on out.

Washington Crackheads over the Lions. Last week the paltry Crackhead offense managed only 9 points over a terrible St Louis squad on the road. But these are the Lions.

Green Bay over St Louis. Aaron Rodgers bounces back after a home loss to Cincy last week.

Minnesota over San Fran. This game will be much closer than anticipated. SF is playing great defense and the last last time these two teams met, Adrian Petersen was held to 17 yards. Favre isn't scaring any secondaries this season. I believe Minnesota wins but by 3 points or less at home.

Atlanta over New England. This is another game which is up in the air to me, however, I've watched both of New Englands games so far this season and the defense looks tired and the offense looks out of snyc, especially if Wes Welker won't be playing this weekend again.

J-E-T-S, jets jets jets over Tennessee. Tennessee is desperate for a win after starting 0-2 but I don't see it happening on the road this weekend. Rex Ryan has the defense playing tremendous football, the D-Line is causing havoc. I don't expect a letdown after last weeks win over the Patriots. What the hell is up with the air raid siren in the stadium?

Philly over Kansas City. It's the return of Mike Vick to the NFL this week, so hide your beagle, Vick's an Eagle. This game is a no brainer.

New York Football Giants destroy the Tampa Bay Bucs. New York puts atleast 34 points up on the Bucs defense which causes longtime Bucs fans to remember the glory days of Leeman Bennett, Richard Williamson and Sam Wyche.

Baltimore over Cleveland. Baltimore might rush for 300 yards as a team on Cleveland this Sunday.

Houston over Jacksonville. Both teams have horrible secondaries but Houston has Andre Johnson who should post another big week.

New Orleans over Buffalo. Drew Brees passes for 3 scores and 350 yards. (hope you are following along at home with my printable forecast on how Brees wins the passing records this season)

Chicago over Seattle. Yes, it's tough to win in Seattle, but Hasslebeck isn't playing, the defense is giving up nearly 6 yards a carry and Senaca Wallace is going to be under center. Please.

San Diego over Miami. San Diego has some issues. The lost their center for several weeks, LT is finally showing his age, but Phillip Rivers can heave the ball 50 times a game against this porous secondary of Miami and they win at home.

Pittsburgh over Cincinnati. Enough said.

Denver over Oakland. Denver is playing some really great defense right now and going up against JaMarcus Russel at quarterback for the Raiders doesn't hurt. This could be the lowest scoring game of the weekend.

Indy over Arizona. Wild over the top prediction for this game, Kurt Warner gets knocked out in the first half and Matt Leinart comes in and makes this game close at the end. Perhaps the highest scoring game of the weekend.

Dallas over Carolina (Monday Night) Dallas score 38 points and finally gets a win at the North Texas Football Cathedral Jerry Jones built for 1 Billion dollars. Then again these days with Congress spending out of control, how much do you REALLY get for a billion dollars?

Week 2 pick results

The results of my selections this week, straight up, no points.

Oakland over Kansas City
Tennessee over Houston (but if Houston get 7 or more at kickoff- take the points)
Jets over Patriots.
Packers over Cincy
Minnesota over Detroit (by 9 points? How about 19?)
New Orleans over Philadelphia. (this could be the highest scoring game of the week)
Atlanta over Carolina
Washington Crackheads over the St Louis Rams
Arizona over Jacksonville
Seattle over the 49'ers
Buffalo over the Tampa Bay Bucs
Denver over Cleveland, tough pick, they both suck, matters who sucks less on Sunday
Baltimore over San Diego
Pittsburgh over Chicago
NY Giants over Dallas

Monday night,
Indy over the Miami Mullets, 27-16.
Indy won 27-23.


Google has caused many issues with my blog and my email account and I am no longer able to use my toolbar to switch off bold for text.
Anyway, Philly/New Orleans were the highest scoring game.
Houston did go off at +7 at both Las Vegas Hilton and the sportsbook.com, if you got in, BONUS.

Week 1 13-3
week 2 12-4

Drew Brees breaks some records this year

Regular readers of my blog know I have already stated that Drew Brees will break the 5,084 single season passing yardage record set by Dandy Dan Marino of the Miami Mullets back in 1984. Last year, Marino watched as Brees fell 17 yards short of his single season record while he was filming his Nutra-System weight loss commercials. Well, in the now famous words of Terrell Owens, Dan better get his popcorn ready. (without butter of course)

I have the Saints as my favorite from the NFC to go to the Super Bowl this year and Drew Brees, if he stays healthy, should re-write the record books. In two games already this season, he has thrown for 669 yards and 9 touchdowns. Sure, 6 of those touchdowns were against the Detroit Lions, but he threw 3 yesterday against the Philadelphia secondary and he does have two games upcoming with the Bucs. I've broken down the remaining games for the Saints and how I feel Brees will break not only the single season passing yardage record of Dan Marino but will eclipse Tom Brady's record of 50 touchdown passes. In order to eclipse Marino's record, Bree's needs to throw for an average of 316 yards per game. I've broken down the remaining games, indicated my passing td predictions and the games where he will throw for more than 320 yards passing are indicated by an asterisk(*) baseball fans are familiar with the asterisk.

3. @Buffalo-3tds *
4. New York Jets- 2tds
5. Bye
6. NY Giants-3tds *
7. @Miami-3tds *
8. Atlanta-3 tds*
9. Carolina -4tds* ( by the halfway mark of the season-27 tds)
10. @St Louis- 4 tds *
11. @ Tampa- 4 tds *
12. New England- 3tds
13. @ Washington- 2 tds
14. @Atlanta- 4tds
15. Dallas- 3tds*
16. Tampa-4tds*
17. Carolina- 1 td. (Brees sits after the first series to rest for the playoffs)

You can print this blog post out and stick it on your fridge to follow along as the season progresses. I've watched alot of football in my life and I've never seen a quarterback who is as dialed in as Brees is right now. I'm sure he's more concerned with getting the Saints to their first ever Super Bowl, but I believe this year he'll shatter some NFL benchmark records but only if he and has receivers remain healthy.

This Sunday, clean the garage, play golf, anything but watching this train wreck.

I usually wait until later in the week to make my prediction on the upcoming Bucs game. This week and for the next three weeks atleast, why bother. The upcoming schedule see The NY Football Giants visiting this coming Sunday, a trip to DC for a game with the Washington Crackheads and then a trip to Philadelphia for a matchup with the Felons.

I watched last night's post game presser and the Monday morning briefing from Junior this am. The arrogance of this head coach oozes through. Sure, the hoodie in New England is arrogant, but he has a tad more on his resume than Junior. He throws out the stat that defensive players missed 24 tackles and then he calls the players out. He threw Gaines Adams under the bus. I believe Adams is a bust myself, but he played better last year. Could the defense be playing poorer this season because there has been a significant loss in coaching ability? Hmmmm? After all Junior, the buck stops on your desk. If this is how you manage the team, in my opinion even if Jon Gruden had been retained as head coach, and you would have been the so named defensive coordinator, we'd be in the same position. The final touch of arrogance is shown in how you simply walk away from the podium at the end of your press conferences. No acknowledgement to the media, no goodbye, no thanks, no anymore questions, no nothing. Even during the biggest beatdowns of of the Gruden era, he was atleast respectful to the media who raked him over the coals and was cordial, you sir are not. Gruden won a Super Bowl, and I know you believe you won a Super Bowl (and have said as much) as well, because you were a quality control coach on that squad, but you had no part of the decision making processes which created that World Championship. Quality control coaches are people who help out the equipment folks and fetch coffee. Get over yourself Junior.

Now for the review of the this coming weekend's beatdown.

I normally breakdown each position versus position, but this week I'll sum it up this way.
Giants running backs Brandon Jacobs and Ahmad Bradshaw and the roadgrader offensive line of the Giants. Eli Manning and receivers Steve Smith and Mario Manningham versus the Bucs secondary. Enough said.
This week, Jacobs scores 2, Bradshaw 1 and Manningham 1
Bucs score 1 touchdown from Jeramy Stevens

Bucs lose 34-13.

When is it time to throw in the towel?
Junior fell into a huge man crush with Kansas State quarterback Josh Freeman that he traded up in the first round to select the man who looks like a combination of Tito Jackson and Linc from the old Mod Squad. Freeman didn't show me much in preseason. Actually, Josh Johnson, drafted last year, showed me more talent. But, the wise folks over at One Buc Place invested millions of dollars in Josh Freeman and he will be the golden boy soon enough. The question is when? I say throw in him now. Starting quarterback, Byron Sandwich has attempted nearly 100 passes in the past 2 games, and does the coaching staff really believe that Gary Coleman's younger brother is actually going to lead this team to a victory in the next three weeks? If they do, they should be drug tested. This season is lost, this team was never going to win more than 4 games, why not trot Tito out and let him face the music if he's the future? I've heard the argument that, we can't let him face the NFC East opponents as a rookie. BULLSHIT! Eli Manning was a rookie for the Giants and he had to face the Cowboys, Crackheads and Felons two times a year. Oh, then we face the Patriots in London in week 7, the Pats defense is nothing special. Throw this kid out there this week and let him play this year and see what the Bucs have. Mark Sanchez of this years draft is doing pretty well, oops, he has a defense.

Ray Jay will be so empty by the NY Jets game on December 13th, the Glazers will probably allow folks to bring their own food.

Hey, Junior, got crunk now? LOSER

Junior Morris, who is in WAAAAAAY over his head as the coach of the Bucs, made noise when he was named the head coach and said he can give some defensive back love because he was the DB coach, but also identifies with the players because he's got Crunk.
Well, Junior, at 33 years of age, hows that DB love and Crunk working out for ya? Sort of like that hope and change for the Nation? It's not and you're not. I hope you are a rental coach and we have an actual coach and staff in place come next season. I've suffered through worse than you, but when this team went 9-7 last year, the dropoff we are experiencing is sickening and it's at your expense. And what the hell are you doing bringing Josh Johnson in to line up at wideout for the first few plays of the game? Please.

Did not just about nail this game right on the head in my review last Thursday?

My blog post from Thursday:

Bucs versus Bills game 2

This week the Bucs travel to Western New York to take on the soon to be Ontario Bills. I saw this game as one of the three games which the Bucs could win this season. Yes, they could win, but, we'll discuss some matchup issues here.

Before we get into the meat of the discussion, I want to let Bud Light know, your new advertising campaign with the "Tailgate approved" crap, sucks. Anheiser-Busch is foreign owned now, and the advertising budget went overseas as well. Stupid, stupid campaign.

I see three keys to this weeks game.

Buffalo OL versus Bucs DL
Buffalo has assembled an offensive line which was on the field for the first time last week against the New England Patriots. Buffalo ran on the Patriots defense fairly well on Monday night, but the Bills, only have two roster players at running back, Fred Jackson and Xavier Omar, while Lynch is on his suspension.
Tampa made no real push on Tony Romo last week when the Cowboys visited Ray Jay. The expansion of stats, initiated by sports agents, i.e, quarterback hits, count for nothing. The Bucs D Line, is not putting pressure on quarterbacks. Not last year, and not so far, this year. And, not in this game.

The Bucs had 2 sacks and they were in the 4th quarter when the Bills were already ahead in this game. Once again, Gaines Adams was absent. And to think the Bucs chose him over Adrian Petersen sickens me.

Tampa TE's vs Buffalo LB
On Sunday night after the Bills/Pats game, it looked like the upcoming matchup would be a slamdunk for the Bucs. After all, the Buccos have Jeramey Stevens and Kellen Winslow and if they could get them in the game at the same time, PHEW~! However, the Pats go Benjamin Watson open down the middle because they can put Wes Welker and Randy Moss on the field at the same time. With Antionio Bryant out with a knee injury and the possible starting lineup of Mike Clayton and Maurice Stovall as wideouts, that strikes no fear in any defensive backs in the league. Winslow or Stevens and one of the rotational backs will score a touchdown.
News broke this afternoon that Bill's MLB Paul Posluzny will be out indefinitely with a broken arm.
Well, a situational back, Cadillac Willams scored and Winslow scored on a deep pass. The middle was open most all game and Junior decided to go another route once the Bucs got within 6 points. Kudos on the play calling.
Buffalo Offense v Bucs D

Fred Jackson had a good showing on Monday night against what looked like an aging, tired defense. Trent Edwards looked fairly mobile and with the sorry situation at the safety positions for the Bucs, Lee Evans and TO should light it up this week.

Well, I guess Fred Jackson wasn't a poser last week against New England. All he did today against, a young, poorly coached defense, is paste them for 28 carries and a career high 168 yards. After than beatdown, Evans and Owens didn't need a stellar day, but as predicted, they both scored.

Bills 33 Bucs 20 final score

Bills 30 Bucs 21 prediction

Week 2 picks

Well, my straight up NFL picks last week were 13-3. My selections on the Lee Roy Selmon picks including NCAA games went 18-2. Free food for me this week!

Once again, here are my selections, straight up, no points.

Oakland over Kansas City
Tennessee over Houston (but if Houston get 7 or more at kickoff- take the points)
Jets over Patriots.
Packers over Cincy
Minnesota over Detroit (by 9 points? How about 19?)
New Orleans over Philadelphia. (this could be the highest scoring game of the week)
Atlanta over Carolina
Washington Crackheads over the St Louis Rams
Arizona over Jacksonville
Seattle over the 49'ers
Buffalo over the Tampa Bay Bucs
Denver over Cleveland, tough pick, they both suck, matters who sucks less on Sunday
Baltimore over San Diego
Pittsburgh over Chicago
NY Giants over Dallas

Monday night,
Indy over the Miami Mullets, 27-16.

Bucs versus Bills game 2

This week the Bucs travel to Western New York to take on the soon to be Ontario Bills. I saw this game as one of the three games which the Bucs could win this season. Yes, they could win, but, we'll discuss some matchup issues here.

Before we get into the meat of the discussion, I want to let Bud Light know, your new advertising campaign with the "Tailgate approved" crap, sucks. Anheiser-Busch is foreign owned now, and the advertising budget went overseas as well. Stupid, stupid campaign.

I see three keys to this weeks game.

Buffalo OL versus Bucs DL
Buffalo has assembled an offensive line which was on the field for the first time last week against the New England Patriots. Buffalo ran on the Patriots defense fairly well on Monday night, but the Bills, only have two roster players at running back, Fred Jackson and Xavier Omar, while Lynch is on his suspension.
Tampa made no real push on Tony Romo last week when the Cowboys visited Ray Jay. The expansion of stats, initiated by sports agents, i.e, quarterback hits, count for nothing. The Bucs D Line, is not putting pressure on quarterbacks. Not last year, and not so far, this year. And, not in this game.

Tampa TE's vs Buffalo LB
On Sunday night after the Bills/Pats game, it looked like the upcoming matchup would be a slamdunk for the Bucs. After all, the Buccos have Jeramey Stevens and Kellen Winslow and if they could get them in the game at the same time, PHEW~! However, the Pats go Benjamin Watson open down the middle because they can put Wes Welker and Randy Moss on the field at the same time. With Antionio Bryant out with a knee injury and the possible starting lineup of Mike Clayton and Maurice Stovall as wideouts, that strikes no fear in any defensive backs in the league. Winslow or Stevens and one of the rotational backs will score a touchdown.

News broke this afternoon that Bill's MLB Paul Posluzny will be out indefinitely with a broken arm.

Buffalo Offense v Bucs D

Fred Jackson had a good showing on Monday night against what looked like an aging, tired defense. Trent Edwards looked fairly mobile and with the sorry situation at the safety positions for the Bucs, Lee Evans and TO should light it up this week.

Bills 30 Bucs 21

Hannah and James, a new direction

Hannah Giles, 20, and James O'Keefe, 25, have made news on at least one news outlet over the past 10 days, by releasing videos which were made while going into ACORN offices trying to get help in securing a loan for a brothel using teenage illegal alien girls and funneling the possible proceeds into a make believe congressional campaign.

They had responses from burying the money in the back yard, to you can't be honest, to a woman in California who seemingly outlined how she shot her abusive husband. WOW. All on the taxpayers dime. And none of this has been picked up and won't be picked up by the so called Mainstream Media. Charlie Gibson on Chicago's AM-WLA laughed everything off this morning.

Ms. Giles and Mr. O'Keefe have perhaps exposed the largest government corruption scandal in the last 20 years and have nothing to show for it. They simply went about it all the wrong way in today's culture.

In order to get maximum exposure before releasing the videos,

Hannah and James should have posed as a couple who caused problems and got to be the first voted out on CBS's Big Brother. Then somehow gotten worked onto the Amazing Race and found their way into the final 4 couples before losing. TMZ would have been all over their story.

Without a doubt, a stint on Dancing with the Stars would have been in order. Since Hannah portrayed a hooker, she could have done a pole dance for Elliot Spitzer, but then again, Barney Frank might have wanted a James O'Keefe pole dance as well. We will never know exactly what went on in Frank's basement, nor do we really ever want to.

So after making the rounds on the so called reality shows, Hannah and James head up to the great northwest and star in the Deadliest Catch. At the start of the first episode for the season, Hannah and James turn at the camera and say, You've just been caught in the Deadliest Catch.

Most likely would have had a hell of alot more media coverage. Any single one of those reality shows, showing Hannah Giles wearing what she wore in the the ACORN videos, would have been TMZ quality nearly streaming videos. It is sick what's happening to this country and it's time to stand up. Why did 7 US Senators today vote to continue funding for ACORN?

You've got to help to stop this insanity. My great grandfather immigrated to this country and was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor twice, one of 9 people to ever be awarded the Medal twice. I feel as I am letting him down as well as every member of my family who served this Nation by doing nothing. Enough of this shit already. Enough of this out of control radicalism.
If you don't stand up right now, you might not get a chance with this current administration and the czars which are in place. 30 Czars in place in the United States of America, my great grandfather is rolling over in his grave.

WAKE UP. Citizenship is not a spectator sport. Please do your part to do research. The Internet is simply not the place to find the latest Vegas line on a football game, recipe or coupons, but a fantastic research tool. Use it.

We are on the cusp America, it is up to you to become involved in these very difficult times. We all have jobs, commitments, responsibilities, but the next 14 months will require just a bit extra from all of you. If your wish is for the government to control every aspect of your life, then pay no attention. If you are a true American Patriot, and you believe in the freedom provided us by the Constitution, then get involved and work as hard as you can.

Regardless of your occupation, it is time for all of us who believe in the concept of Liberty and the founding principals of this Nation to rally around each other and show the elected officials who do not support our ideals that they are out of a job. Plain and simple.

Philly signs Garcia

The Philadelphia Felons today made a move which signals they have very little confidence in backup Kevin Kolb. The 40 year old (married to former Playboy Playmate of the year Carmella Garcia) Jeff Garcia was signed today. It appears that the league is now adopting the injury reports in the manner of the New England Patriots. Loose lips sink ships.

Obviously, Andy Reid is comfortable bringing back Garcia, who went 6-1 in backup duty leading the Eagles to the playoffs two years ago. Garcia, however has some issues with Philly, as he left after the 2006 season when Reid and the front office declined to offer Garcia a contract. Garcia found his way to Tampa (along with his former Playboy Playmate of the year wife) where his career basically went flat.

The final insult to Garcia was the fact the Oakland Raiders named Bruce Gradkowski the #2 quarterback. (Simply look up reviews of that man on this blog) and asked for his release. Now in the ultimate case of irony, it appears Garcia might be under center on October 11th, when the hapless Bucs waltz into Philly on October 11th, and I might just have to be rooting for one of the toughest SOB's for his size to ever play the game.

What's that smell????

Oh. It's the tire treads on Sabby Pisscitelli's back. Great start to the long campaign known as Buc ball 2009 folks. Stand by, because it's going to get better. Next week the Buccos will trek up to Buffalo, and in one of the three games I believed the Bucs had a shot to win, I must now revamp my estimates. Lee Evans and TO will score at will on the deep ball against this secondary.

A few observations from Sunday's game.

Cadillac Williams ran hard and what a comeback story for a great kid from Auburn who has undergone some much adversity. I never thought I'd see him take another snap in the NFL and wrote as much on this blog last December.

Note to Raheem "Junior" Morris, Derrick Ward was one of the first free agents signed by this team back in February. He participated in all the OTA's and traning camp, and played well yesterday. As head coach, don't you think you could get his name right? It's Derrick Ward, not Steve Ward, as you said in the post game presser last night. I remember Jon Gruden referring to Mike Alstott as Mark Alstott once at a press conference and the media crushing him, but not one mention of the Steve Ward reference last night. Hmmm.

Tanard Jackson. You sir, are an idiot to be suspended for 4 games. 93.999% of the males in this country would love to have the ability to get paid to play football on Sundays', yet you find it more important to roll a joint and burn one. Idiot. And since you were suspended, this was your second offense.

Michael Clayton. The most receiving yards since week 14 of your rookie season. Can I say, IT'S ABOUT DAMN TIME? All the mouth running the past few years, the Keyshawn Johnson attitude, the TO persona and the Alvin Harper numbers. I wanted you gone after last year, but Junior wanted you back. Lets see what the year end totals look like this year.

Defensive Line. I was at Publix this afternoon, and I saw Adams, White, Hovan and Petersen on the side of a milk carton. There was no upgrade in the offseason for this unit and I see no reason to think this unit will produce more than 30 sacks this coming year. Adams is a bust. And to think with that pick the Bucs could have selected Adrian Petersen. (Chills, then I throw up just a bit)

Byron Sandwich, I mean Leftwich. In the words of Bob Uecker in the movie, Major League, after Charlie Sheen fires his first pitch 6 feet wide, That ball is jusssssssssssssst a little bit outside. Byron threw some balls downfield yesterday which his recievers couldn't have caught with a freaking 10 foot net. Byron, who is the taller twin of actor Gary Coleman, (Google up the photos, I don't lie about these things) attempted 41 passes yesterday. The Bucs weren't out of the game until late in the 4th quarter and averaging nearly 6 yards a carry on the ground, so why is Sandwich attempting 41 passes? Watching this cat throw the ball is like watching a NCAA women's softball game in reverse. His windup resembles a wind turbine, perhaps the Glazers are just wanting to reduce their carbon footprint and went green at the quarterback position.

Nugent V. Bryant. How's the change at kicker workin out for ya Junior? Sure. Bryant had shorter kickoffs last year, but we had good coverage on special teams. Nugent missed 2 kicks yesterday.

Yes, one game does not make a season, but Bucs fans had a glimpse into this years season yesterday. Oh, the good old days, with Richard Williamson, Sam Wyche and Leeman Bennett. The glory days of the 10 loss seasons back to back for 11 years. Don't be fooled by what you saw on offense yesterday Bucs fans, because the stock market rallied to set highs even in the midst of the Great Depression. The Bucs had some of the best offensive teams in the losing years, all the while being offensive. The best chance for a win by this team is against Carolina in week 6 at home, then again I read today that Jeff Garcia might be signing with them after injuries yesterday. Oh, the irony.

And I can't even bring my fingers to the keyboard to write about how the Rays have dropped 11 straight games. That team lost their drive right after trading Kazmir. I might write about it after the season ends, and my disgust wanes.

As it's kickoff.............

A few musings.

Terry Bradshaw dumped on Brett Favre for the repeated retiring/coming back episodes over the past few years.

Ray Jay Stadium looks pretty empty at kickoff.

Fox did a pregame story on the heat and humidity in Tampa today. A Tampa home game on September 13th and there is heat and humidity? REALLY?????? Tired story boys.

A note to Coors, (AGAIN) stop with these faux press conferences, even Bud abandoned the frogs after a few years.

Kudos to Burger King. That Tony Stewart commercial with Erik Estrada and Carrot Top was fantastic. Nice to see a break from the creepy "King".

Final 2009 NFL Predictions

AFC East
Patriots 11-5
Jets 8-8
Miami7-9
Buffalo 6-10
AFC North
Steelers 11-5
Baltimore 10-6
Cincy7-9
Cleveland5-11
AFC South
Houston 11-5
Indy 11-5
Tennessee 9-7
Jacksonville 6-10
AFC West
San Diego 12-4
Denver 6-10
Oakland 6-10
Kansas City 4-12

NFC East
Philly 11-5
New York Giants 10-6
Dallas 9-7
Crackheads 8-8
NFC North
Green Bay 13-3
Minnesota 11-5
Chicago 9-7
Detroit4-12
NFC South
New Orleans 12-4
Atlanta 7-9
Carolina 7-9
Tampa Bay 3-13
NFC West
Arizona 10-6
Seattle 8-8
49'er's 8-8
St. Louis 2-14


The AFC Championship game will be hosted in San Diego, between New England and San Diego. The NFC Championship game will be hosted in Green Bay, between Green Bay and New Orleans.

Opening Weekend

Tomorrow is the opening weekend of the NFL season. Every Sunday for the past decade, I couldn't wait for kickoff. The Bucs were always moving forward, or atleast had experience at the head coach position who we as fans believed were moving the team towards a playoff birth at the minimum.
This year, the Bucs have crossed over into another realm. Richard Williamson might make this team look good. I see none of the quality running backs crossing over the 1,000 yard mark, Antonio Bryant not repeating his breakout season last year, and TE's Stevens and Winslow will combine for 900 yards receiving and 5 touchdowns. Anything over 4 wins for the Bucs this year will be a surprise in my eyes.

Aside from the Bucs, here my my other predictions for the upcoming NFL season.

Tom Brady returns. He throws 38 touchdowns, 4200 yards. Contract year, new wife pregnant.........again. Posts big numbers.
Kurt Warner doesn't play the entire season, he goes down about week 10 after another 5 fumbles. Leinert fills in looking like the draft position he was taken.
Drew Brees wins the NFL MVP after throwing 45 touchdowns and 5500 passing yards.
Brett Favre finally sits a game and breaks his consecutive game streak this season.
Andre Johnson, WR HOU, will break the single season reception record.
Tony Gonzalez, TE ATL, will catch 15 touchdowns for 1000 yds.
Michael Turner, RB ATL, does not repeat last years production, ends up with 8 scores 1100 yards.

NFL Rookie of the Year- Mark Sanchez QB Jets
Comeback player of the Year- Carson Palmer QB Bengals
Defensive Player of the Year- Mario Williams DE Houston.
Offensive Player of the Year- Drew Brees QB New Orleans

Super Bowl 44
New Orleans 37 San Diego 28

WTF??????????

I'm watching the pregame show tonight for the first game of the NFL season between the Steelers and Titans. What the hell is up with the hat Tim McGraw is wearing? It looks like something a Mexican bean eater would have picked up on the trip across the border and picked up at the local flea market. I'm just sayin'

Week 1 picks

Well, the NFL season is finally upon us, and as I write, I am for the first time in a decade not very excited about the Bucs V.2009. For the past decade we had experience at the helm, Tony Dungy or Jon Gruden and the playoffs were always within sight, we even managed to sneak a Super Bowl win in there too. This years campaign though will be another story. A brutal schedule which sees the Bucs play all 4 teams in the NFC East within the first 6 weeks, a "home" game in London against the Patriots, a clueless head coach, fired offensive coordinator a week ago, and the possibility of blackouts for the first time since Ray Jay was built. It's possible that the Detroit Lions will win more games than the Bucs this year. Sad Bucs fans, very sad.

Enough of the downer, here's this weeks picks-
Pittsburgh over Tennessee tonight
Atlanta over the Miami Mullets
Baltimore over Kansas City
Philadelphia Felons over Carolina kitty cats
Cincy over Denver
Minnesota over Cleveland
Houston over the J-E-T-S jets jets jets
Indy over Jacksonville
New Orleans over Detroit (large I mean atleast 20 points)
Dallas over Tampa Bay
Arizona over Nancy Pelosi's hometown 49ers ( I hope the 49ers go winless)
NY G-Men over the Washington Crackheads
Seattle over St Louis
Chicago over Green Bay
New England over Buffalo
San Diego over Oakland

This is the most wonderful time of the year. Good luck to fans of all teams and to those of you I'm playing in fantasy football, God speed 'cause I'm gonna kick ass this year.

I do show prep for the media here on this blog

Joe Henderson wrote a column this afternoon which was a basic reflection of what I wrote earlier this afternoon about the Bucs and the future. Must I do all the show prep or media reports for the lazy newspaper reporters? Please. No one in the St Pete/Tampa media last year predicted a breakout season for Antonio Bryant, but I did, check the blog, I'm tired of doing all the work for the newspaper hacks.


TAMPA - If firing his offensive coordinator 10 days before the first regular-season game is the right move, it's only because Raheem Morris made the wrong move to begin with in hiring Jeff Jagodzinski. And if one of Morris' two most important hires didn't even make to the first game, it does little to blunt the argument that he really is over his head.

However the rest of this discussion – and this season – evolves, let us not forget that.

Even by the standards of this volcanic off-season, Thursday was a remarkable day at One Buc Bunker. Morris, the rookie head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, stood before the cameras and said that the decision to send his offensive coordinator packing was "not a knock on Coach Jagodzinski."

It's sure not an endorsement.

He couched it in vague language – "We needed more direction … we needed more precision" – and even offered up that Jagodzinski "may be a better head coach, may be a better position coach" than an offensive coordinator.

Whatever that means.

For those not tuned into the language of football, that's called a misdirection play. Besides, the Bucs had spoken eloquently about the situation earlier in the morning with a news release that said "Offensive Coordinator Jagodzinski Dismissed."

If Jagodzinski wasn't a detail guy or wasn't precise, you'd think that would have come up in the job interview. If there were questions about his ability to run an offense and call plays during a game, maybe that should have been one of the talking points, too.

And if the man appointed to succeed him, quarterbacks coach Greg Olson, is as "highly intelligent" and has as brilliant a football mind as Morris said he has, then why wasn't Olson even interviewed when the job came open during the off-season?

"This is on Raheem Morris," Raheem Morris said, and on that point, at least, he is correct.

There was back-channel chatter Thursday that this move had been cooking for at least a month – and that it has nothing to do with the choice to start Byron Leftwich at quarterback. I'll buy that. You don't make a move like this on a whim, so if there were serious problems with Jagodzinski then perhaps it's best to lop his head off now. As University of Florida athletic director Jeremy Foley likes to say, whatever you're going to do inevitably you should immediately.

Problem is, you can't look at this move in a vacuum.

Not after Morris said the Bucs would only keep three quarterbacks, but now might keep four.

Not after he said he would name his starting quarterback after two games, but then waited through three games and a couple of days.

Not after Morris moved Jermaine Phillips from safety to linebacker, then back to safety.

Not after Tanard Jackson's four-game suspension for a substance violation, or for Aqib Talib's arrest. Morris was their position coach before he was promoted.

Now this.

Taken separately, you can perhaps explain each of those things.

Taken collectively, though, you can make the argument that this is a team in chaos.

"When you talk about being in chaos, you're talking about not having a plan. The plan has not changed," Morris said.

That plan includes zone blocking, an emphasis on the run, that sort of thing. Maybe it will all work better now under Greg Olson. If it does, perhaps Morris will be lauded for making a tough call and taking the heat.

Right now, though, it looks like they're just throwing stuff against the bunker walls to see what sticks.

Bucs fans, remember 1977, 1983? You will soon

This Thursday morning, word came from One Buc Place that offensive coordinator Jeff Jagodinski has been fired. Fired? What team fires their offensive coordinator 10 days before the opening game? Even the hapless Kansas City Chiefs fired their coordinator a week ago. This just shows how the wheels are coming off the bus in Tampa.

Junior Morris has no idea what he is doing, and I stand by my assertion that Morris is simply occupying space while the Glazers line up suitors to sell this team. Had Gruden and Allen stayed on, they would have wanted to spend more of that 65 million dollars of cap room. Forbes magazine this week came out with the rankings of NFL teams and the Bucs were the 8th most profitable, which I found surprising, but it is a lucrative stadium deal for the Glazers and the Bucs are the third highest priced tickets in the league.

But regardless of the future of the Bucs ownership, you do not fire coaches 10 days before the start of a season unless they have done something like DUI manslaughter. Who was responsible for the hiring of Jagodinski? Junior Morris. Jagodinski was fired from Boston College last season after violating his contract and speaking to the New York Jets without permission.

Week 8, the Bucs will be heading into their bye week. They should have a 1-6 record by then, and after the bye the gerry curl wearing, Tito Jackson look alike, Josh Freeman will be under center for the remainder of the season. It's sort of fitting that the Bucs will finally wear their throwback Creamsicle uniforms this season at the home game versus our old foe, the Green Bay Packers. By the time the throwback unis make their way onto the field, longtime fans will have flashbacks to 1977, 1983 and many other years.

Sad. Very sad that Oakland, Cleveland, Detroit and Kansas City might very well finish above the Bucs and right now, I will project they might very well have a pick in the first round of the draft next year in one of the top 3 spots, if not the first overall. A very painful year coming up for sure.