Well America, the NFL is back. Those of us who play fantasy football or are plain NFL junkies have been waiting like illegals for their food stamp credit card at the first of every month if our teams missed the playoffs since January.
Since I have the NFL Network, I have a few observations before we get to the meat of the Bucs first game.
Josh McDaniels took over as head coach in Denver and shipped out Pro Bowl QB Jay Cutler to Chicago and got Kyle Orton in return. After watching Denver last night, It will be painful to be a Broncos fan this year. They will miss Shanhan.
Is the Apocalypse near? Detroit won today against Atlanta. Then again after some research, the revamped uniform wearing Lions won all 4 preseason games last year as well, but I doubt these "new" Lions will go winless this season, I predict 4 wins.
Are the Buffalo Bills home, blue on blue uniforms not the most hideous uniforms you've ever seen? No wonder they are going to play some home games in Canada this season, they look like they already belong in the CFL.
Alright, let's get to the master observation of the Bucs.
Raheem Morris is 32 years old. I've rooted for the Bucs since Junior was a fetus. I'm not sold on his ability to coach a team, but I'll relate my comments of what I saw tonight watching the Bucs loss to Tennessee.
TheGood
The defense was sharp in the first half. Stlyz had a sack and an int. Sabby had a pick. It was a swarming defense, and there was pressure on the opposing quarterback.
Not so much in the Good category, but, I'd have to say that Byron Leftwich will be the starting quarterback for the Bucs this year. In 1979 the Bucs made it to the NFC Championship game with a big, strong armed quarterback. Leftwich has a gun but he has the slowest windup I've seen in a quarterback.
Clifton Smith- Our undrafted free agent running back last season which finally broke the curse of never returning a kickoff for a touchdown, and made it all the way to the Pro Bowl. He ran the ball very well, averaging 5 yards a carry.
Josh Johnson- This young man needs to be retained by the Bucs, he is an athletic talent. I have a feeling that Junior will release him since Gruden drafted him. He's a playmaker and was evident tonight.
The Bad
Luke McCown. If you want to remain on this team, suck it up.
D-Jax, aka "skids" Jackson- you limped off the field with an ankle injury, I hope it's nothing serious but please collect your injury settlement with the Bucs and go away. You don't have the talent to play in the NFL. Go be a spokesman for Morgan and Morgan, slip and fall, call.........
Stovall, Hankton, with Bryant and Clayton out with injuries, all they did was drop balls, about 8 times.
Josh "The Messiah" Freeman, number 17 pick in the 2009 NFL draft, skipped balls to receivers, and then quickly threw a Brian Griese-esque pick 6 interception. Freeman is no where near ready to play.
Junior is well over his head going into this year. Bucs fans have just seen this team sink to where it was in the 1990's. After watching the first pre-season game tonight, tons of single season game tickets. Junior isn't helping. I believe Junior is a stop gap coach as the Glazers are trying to sell the team. The Glazers made their money. They bought a cheap team. Got a new stadium, extorted the stadium on season ticket holders, collected revenue on every non football related event in Ray Jay. Interesting tonight, the announcers kept talking about how fan friendly the Bucs stadium is. The Bucs were 60 million under the salary cap going into the free agent season and didnt spend shit. Bucs ownership wonders why no one wants season tickets?
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