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.