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Maybe the Bucs dont sell out games because they suck. Who'd want to go see that garbage.
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Monte leaving surely had an effect on the team but I simply wont accept that as a viable reason to lose our last 4 games when we were 9-3. If anything it just goes to show me that Monte was a much bigger part of the puzzle than Grudens ass. Monte fielded a top 5-10 defense routinely while Mr. Offensive Guru struggled to field a respectable offense.
Also, I never questioned your credibility, that isnt the issue, its you jumping ship because Grudens ass is no longer our head coach. Fuck him, Im glad he is gone. It was hard to sit back a watch games knowing that our offense had no shot at doing anything week in and week out. We fall behind but 2 possessions and shit was all but over unless the defense scored or created a turnover that resulted in about a 30 yd TD drive.
Im glad Gruden is gone. He had my full support while he was a Buc but I havent shed any tears for his ass regardless how his firing went down, it worked out for the better. If Raheem is as shitty of a coach as Gruden was over the course or nearly a decade then he can kick rocks too. I dont understand the unwavering support of such a dismal head coach. To many excuses for him.
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NFL fines three teams for contact during lockout
During the lockout, NFL coaches, front office executives and other team officials were strictly prohibited from contacting players. Now three teams are being punished by the league for violating that prohibition.
PFT’s Mike Florio is reporting that the league has handed down six-figure fines to three different teams for contact with players during the lockout. Two of those teams are the Titans and Buccaneers.
That the Titans and Bucs were fined isn’t a surprise. We’ve previously noted that Titans receiver Kenny Britt said in August that he and receivers coach Dave Ragone were in contact all summer long. And we’ve also noted that Bucs coach Raheem Morris has admitted he called players during the lockout.
Everyone NFL team and coach knew the rules during the lockout, so there’s no reason teams that violated the league shouldn’t be fined. And now the Titans and Bucs have been.
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Buccaneers WR Preston Parker last night talking about his transfer to North Alabama and what helped keep him focused to get to the league:
”Just being in Florence, Alabama. There’s one KFC there, and there’s two workers that work there 24/7. They only have two workers, and they don’t have no barbecue sauce. So it gave me time to get my thoughts together and see where I wanted to go in life. I knew I wanted to go to the league, so it let me know what I had to do to get here.”
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There u have it folks, no BBQ sauce = reflection on life and hard work :D
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Survs Post-Game Thoughts:
- A win is a win is a win, but our offense looked like shit. I am at the point where even if we have a winning season I want Greg Olson gone.. unless we are going shotgun on the majority of 3rd and shorts because our offensive line is that bad.
- Grimm getting hurt would concern me, but I have always thought Lynch was an admirable back-up. Plus, this opens it up for Tanard to be reinstated and start from Day 1.
- Our pass rush looked goooooooood tonight. Price looks to be playing better than McCoy IMO, and Clayborn is lights out. Our linebacking corpes of Watson and Hayward looked alright with Foster leading them... and Barber looks as good as he has in a long time. You can tell he was fired up.
- Freeman almost seems to have regressed. I love the guy but we should have won by at least 21 pts had we capitalized on all of the Falcons mistakes. No 5 won't make excuses and will continue to improve.
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- A win is a win is a win, but our offense looked like shit. I am at the point where even if we have a winning season I want Greg Olson gone.. unless we are going shotgun on the majority of 3rd and shorts because our offensive line is that bad.
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I agree with everything minus Price outperforming McCoy. Gerald was lights out today just that Price made a few more slash plays but McCoy was almost unblockable today.
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when is Freeman going to have a good game, all I care about is his Fantasy numbers and 180 and Pick isnt going to do it for me.Comment
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Week 3 Atlanta Falcons @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
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Barber Adds to Player-of-the-Week Haul
CB Ronde Barber was named the NFC Defensive Player of the Week for the eighth time in his incredible career after his all-around impactful performance against Atlanta on Sunday
Fifteen seasons, 212 games, a Super Bowl title, five Pro Bowls, 41 interceptions, 26 sacks, more consecutive starts than any other cornerback in NFL history and a spot on the most recent NFL All-Decade Team…there isn’t much new for Ronde Barber to accomplish in his professional career.
But even repeated honors can say a lot about a player’s career, and the one Barber received on Wednesday says this: Even at the age of 36, relatively advanced in NFL circles, the Buccaneers’ Hall of Fame-bound cornerback remains one of the most productive defenders in the league.
On Wednesday, the NFL named Barber the NFC Defensive Player of the Week for Week Three. It is the eighth time, including the postseason, that Barber has won the award, and the first since Week 12 of the 2008 season. Barber also own one NFC Special Teams Player of the Week award and has received more weekly awards from the league than any other player in franchise history.
Barber was honored for his stat page-filling performance in the Buccaneers’ impressive 16-13 win over division-rival Atlanta on Sunday at Raymond James Stadium. It was a gratifying turn of events not only for the franchise icon but also for a coaching staff that had purposely placed a heavy burden on Barber’s shoulders in order to execute a specific game plan.
Barber’s contributions included four solo tackles, one tackle for loss, one fumble recovery, one interception and an incredible five passes defensed, just one short of his personal single-game high. That all-around work helped the Buccaneers hold Atlanta’s high-powered offense to just one touchdown, and only three points heading into the fourth quarter.
Tampa Bay’s defensive game plan heading into the key divisional showdown was to bring extra defenders into the box near the line of scrimmage and focus on the dual goal of stopping running back Michael Turner and pressuring quarterback Matt Ryan. Those objectives were accomplished to the tune of four sacks of Ryan and a total of 30 Falcon rushing yards, 20 for Turner. On the back end, that strategy forced Barber and fellow cornerbacks Aqib Talib and E.J. Biggers into frequent one-on-one coverage situations, and they made it work by denying Atlanta entry into the end zone for more than three quarters.
Barber was especially proficient with his five pass break-ups, and that included several occasions on which he was matched up with a veteran of equal stature and accomplishment, tight end Tony Gonzalez. The 6-5, 247-pound Gonzalez did score Atlanta’s one touchdown on a 10-yard catch, but he recorded only one other reception for eight yards.
Barber’s impact on the game was felt just one minute into the first quarter. LB Dekoda Watson sacked Ryan and forced a fumble on the third play from scrimmage and Barber, playing the slot in the nickel package and making a delayed invasion into the backfield, alertly jumped on the loose ball. At the other end of the half, with only 10 seconds left in the second period, Barber ended a scoring threat in Buccaneers territory by diving to intercept a pass tipped by Biggers.
Late in the game, with the Bucs clinging to a 16-10 lead and the Falcons closing in on their goal line, Barber foiled Ryan’s attempt to get the ball to Gonzalez inside the 10-yard line with a critical pass break-up. As it turned out, defensive tackle Gerald McCoy would be called for roughing the passer on the play, giving the Falcons a first-and-goal at the five-yard line.
Things looked a bit grim for the Buccaneers at that moment, but 22-year-old defensive tackle immediately turned the tide with his burst through the line for a 10-yard sack. Two plays later, 22-year-old linebacker Mason Foster chased Ryan relentlessly in the backfield, forcing a third-down throwaway and a Falcon field goal that would ultimately prove insufficient. Shutting down the Falcons was undoubtedly a team effort, and several other Buccaneer defenders came up big for the Buccaneers on that particular afternoon, many of them in the first half of their 20s.
Still, no one was bigger than Ronde Barber, once again the top defensive player in the conference. Here’s hoping he can find room on his mantle.
Atlanta Falcons safety fined for illegal hit on Josh Freeman
Atlanta Falcons safety William Moore said today he was fined $7,500 for a helmet-to-helmet hit on Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Josh Freeman.
In the closing moments of Sunday's victory over Atlanta, Freeman escaped the pocket and ran for 13 yards to the Tampa Bay 33. That's where he was met by the oncoming Moore, who plowed into Freeman with a head-first hit to Freeman's helmet.
No flag was thrown on the play, but Freeman got up and protested the hit while teammates rushed to his defense. The Raymond James Stadium crowd roared with its disapproval, too.
Moore, in comments to Atlanta reporters, seemed surprised.
"I didn't get a flag on the play, so I thought it was a legal hit," he said, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "I was just playing football. I'm a physical player and I like to play between the rules. That play right there, I don't agree with it, but I've got to suffer the consequences as far as following the rules.
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Week 4 Indianapolis Colts @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
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