Official Tampa Bay Buccaneers Thread

Since nobody is showing love down south, I guess i gotta take matters into my own hands.
In this thread,Bucs fans will talk about what goin on in the bay area with players, coaches, management, and etc.

who is going to be the starting HB for the bucs this year?

Hell with that question fudgy...Who is going to be the starting QB with all the QBs they have stocked up?! A week ago or so on ESPN Insider, they said Freeman had the slight advantage over Leftwich at the moment. Personally, I'd love to see Leftwich get the nod for the starting job.

20-philaDAWKINS-20 wrote:

who is going to be the starting HB for the bucs this year?

For the moment being its a 2 way race between Derrick Ward and Earnest Graham with Cadillac Williams not far behind. IMO i hope Ward is the starter when the season starts, hes had 1000 season in a three back system last year with the giants but for now its a race for the starting position

Ketcham while theyre Kobe wrote:

Hell with that question fudgy...Who is going to be the starting QB with all the QBs they have stocked up?! A week ago or so on ESPN Insider, they said Freeman had the slight advantage over Leftwich at the moment. Personally, I'd love to see Leftwich get the nod for the starting job.

Yea your right its either Freeman or Leftwich, and right now its looking like Freeman is the starter, but Leftwich is the proven NFL qb. Remember he did have a effective run in Jacksonville while he was their starter.

tuki94 wrote:

Ketcham while theyre Kobe wrote:

Hell with that question fudgy...Who is going to be the starting QB with all the QBs they have stocked up?! A week ago or so on ESPN Insider, they said Freeman had the slight advantage over Leftwich at the moment. Personally, I'd love to see Leftwich get the nod for the starting job.

Yea your right its either Freeman or Leftwich, and right now its looking like Freeman is the starter, but Leftwich is the proven NFL qb. Remember he did have a effective run in Jacksonville while he was their starter.

I definitely remember his effectiveness in Jacksonville, but the most recent memories remind me of how well he did as a back up in Pittsburgh. When Big Ben got knocked around, Leftwich came in and flat out beasted it. To me, he showed that he still has the big arm, the talent and the leadership to be a starting QB in the NFL. Still, when rookies get paid like Freeman will, it's almost essential to get them on the field right away.

Ketcham while theyre Kobe wrote:

tuki94 wrote:

Ketcham while theyre Kobe wrote:

Hell with that question fudgy...Who is going to be the starting QB with all the QBs they have stocked up?! A week ago or so on ESPN Insider, they said Freeman had the slight advantage over Leftwich at the moment. Personally, I'd love to see Leftwich get the nod for the starting job.

Yea your right its either Freeman or Leftwich, and right now its looking like Freeman is the starter, but Leftwich is the proven NFL qb. Remember he did have a effective run in Jacksonville while he was their starter.

I definitely remember his effectiveness in Jacksonville, but the most recent memories remind me of how well he did as a back up in Pittsburgh. When Big Ben got knocked around, Leftwich came in and flat out beasted it. To me, he showed that he still has the big arm, the talent and the leadership to be a starting QB in the NFL. Still, when rookies get paid like Freeman will, it's almost essential to get them on the field right away.

i think when u have a veteran like leftwich u have to let freeman get in a year on the bench.. dont throw him to the wolves when u have a viable vet that can keep u competitive and teach the youngster the ropes in the NFL..

who are the bucs recievers besides bryant? anyone with any talent?

[FAMB] beeman999 wrote:

who are the bucs recievers besides bryant? anyone with any talent?

naw the reciever position is lacking talent. Michael Clayton has shown shines of his ability in his rookie season but since then has not done anything. Maurice Stovall is a little bit above average as a slot reciever, and watch out for Dexter Jackson people compare him to a young and coming steve smith with the right work ethic. And the bucs may be interested in either Marvin Harrison or Plaxico Burress.

its would be crazy if tampa did in fact sign plaxico or traded for marshall

i'm wondering how the D will play now since they lost all those veterans in free agency.

Jake wrote:

i'm wondering how the D will play now since they lost all those veterans in free agency.

its gonna look weird cause the bucs will now be running a 4-3, witch means that middle LB won't be dropping into a deep zone. but i expect the bucs to still be a top 15 defense even with the defensive changes

i think freeman is going to be big time for us!! i like the rest of our qbs too! i caint wait for the season!! 8)

Hey kareem will freeman start wk 1 or will they go with luke

its more of a pre season thing, who ever performs best will probably get the nob

Yeah what I hear is that all the qbs have looked good but luke mccown has looked extremely sharp. I think ward starts at hb spelled by graham and cadillac. Oh and for wrs u also gotta add in our te kellen winslow. Could def see him split out in the slot at times. I think hell have a big yr this yr. The bucs new off is gonna go downfield a lot more now.

i hope we get dez bryant or taylor mays in the draft because their both realy big play makers even though were 0 an 6 were still not the worst team were just not performing the way we should be i cant wait until raheem morris gets fired im already sick of him

yeah i agree with that ^

HYDRO XFACTOR wrote:

i hope we get dez bryant..

dez is raw as (f)uck and would be insane with antonio on the other side

the Bucs got a real potent offense if they can get good QB play.

if the Bucs can mold Josh Freeman into smarter QB play we would be nasty b/c Caddilac has finnaly turned it around and the recievers will get bettter with time and the defense has stepped it up

im not sure the bucs D "stepped it up" but the offense got some nice receivers kellen winslow,antonio bryant. both some really dangerous players and the bucs also got some good RB's that can run caddilac,Derrick ward.

they have a really nice offense.

The bucs "new" D in the begining of the year was soft because they got cov2 D personel trying to run a completley diff style i was so glad when they switched D's there so much better with the tampa 2

And freeman showed so much potential as a qb ya vs the panthers he threw 5 picks but he also racked up like 400yds passing to and beat the packers and they shulda beat mia

One thing i didnt like was the fact that we couldnt run the ball consistently what so ever thats one big reason why i think tampa did so bad like the game vs car i think freeman threw the ball close to 50 times as a rookie lmao nice running game

Alright im done im just kinda bored and decided to share a few of my thoughts about my team

i think bucs are headed into the right direction on getting a good team back in tampa. There offense is fairly young. They have a good line. There d is old but is getting younger and if they get Eric Berry in the draft it would help them alot. But i think if Freeman can manage games next year they have a chance to do decent