Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Sun Dec 18, 2011 4:18 pm  

Yeah he has forced a few passes but come on, did you see what he had to work with last night? He was also given the ball 5 times in the 1st half... 5 times!! And as for the who scripts the no huddles... Obviously the OC, but who calls the plays? Freeman. That's what's so annoying. Obviously Olsen has the plays there that can work but uses them sparingly. We had the ball for 10 minutes dead in the first half and threw the ball 5 times, made 55 yards. Somethings not right there.

This team is currently the worst in the NFL because they aren't bothered. Take Clayborn, Haynesworth and Ronde out of it and no one else seems to be putting 110% in.

When you have guys like Mack, Miller, Jones and especially Biggers on D though you are going to struggle to stop points. These guys have no place in the NFL and need to be cut.

Major weaknesses are the O line, LB's, we need an out and out Speedster WR and a good CB and S.

If Ronde finishes this year then were stuck with Talib (who might be in jail), Biggers and Myron Lewis. This scares me. Biggers gets beat what seems like 9 times out of 10 and he's ahead of Lewis on the DC! T Jack and Lynch at S next year aren't too bad, we just need a bit of depth. The O line is allowing Freeman to be pressured/sacked way too many times. Penn regressed lmmassibely this year and this is a lot to do with Freemans poorer decisions. Last year Penn was shutting down everyone and Freeman had time to make the decision. This year he seems to be stinking the place up meaning Freeman has no time at all, hence a lot of the forces.

Freeman is the guy for this team though, nothing has changed my mind on that. He just needs some pieces added to help his a** out and maybe a change in leadership.

Raheem is as good as gone and whoever comes in will surely start adding FAs. We as a franchise have spent the least amount of Money since 2004 on FAs and with the massive chunk of the SC were not spending the only way the Glazers are going to fill Ray Jay again is with a new coach and some named signings.

All this though will go un noticed by you guys because you never comment on anything negative I say about the Bucs. You love to pull up the positives I mention though.

Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Sun Dec 18, 2011 5:22 pm  

Who do I start Michael Bush, Ahmad Bradshaw or Chris Johnson?

Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Sun Dec 18, 2011 5:59 pm  

Harrigan we love to pull you up on the positives because you go ridiculously OTT with them. As for your lot been the worst in the NFL, try tuning into the Rams game tonight. Clemens, who joined the team 2 weeks ago is starting behind a non-existant offensive line. We have you beat all ends up on shitness.

Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Sun Dec 18, 2011 6:10 pm  

Ndamukong wrote:

Harrigan we love to pull you up on the positives because you go ridiculously OTT with them. As for your lot been the worst in the NFL, try tuning into the Rams game tonight. Clemens, who joined the team 2 weeks ago is starting behind a non-existant offensive line. We have you beat all ends up on shitness.

Don't forget the 10 cornerbacks on injured reserve!

Decent looking start so far. Clemens' mobility might be a good thing tonight - we know how bad the offensive line's been this season and the roll outs could help. Bradford's not been able to move out of the pocket like he usually does this year because he's been injured most of the time.

Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Sun Dec 18, 2011 6:19 pm  

Hope Knox is ok. It looked horrible on the replay.

Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Sun Dec 18, 2011 6:19 pm  

ST_CONROY wrote:

Hope Knox is ok. It looked horrible on the replay.

Yeah hope it's not as bad as it looked. Looked like it could be a career ender.

Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Sun Dec 18, 2011 6:31 pm  

Ndamukong wrote:

Harrigan we love to pull you up on the positives because you go ridiculously OTT with them. As for your lot been the worst in the NFL, try tuning into the Rams game tonight. Clemens, who joined the team 2 weeks ago is starting behind a non-existant offensive line. We have you beat all ends up on shitness.

You lot seemed to confuse my excitement for this season with me being OTT when it comes to the team. I never said we were superbowl contenders. All I said was that I expected to see an improvement on last season and I did say I expected a 9/10 win season. I didnt think that was over the top and I still think that this team should have been somewhere close to that mark. Sadly, Raheem seems to have lost the locker room and the fans and no one is bothered about playing any more.

As for us being the worst team in the league at the moment.., would the Rams lose consecutive games to 3 win teams in total blow outs?

If we were to play the Colts tonight we would get beat, quite comfortably IMO. This isn't over the top either. I have not missed a snap in 3 years since I got Game pass and this is the worst we have been in that time. A lot of Bucs fans are even comparing them to the team of the late 70's. Thats a bit OTT but closer to the mark than what you might think. We have won 4 games this year. A last minute win against the Vikes which we were very lucky to do after trailing by 20 at half time. 2 divisional wins against the Saints and ATL which again, they are Divisional games so they dont count and against whats now the 0-13 Colts. We have had a few close games thrown in there but all have been after late comebacks to make the score respectable. The last 3 have been blowouts though and you are only as good as your current form.

Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Sun Dec 18, 2011 6:50 pm  

We are making the Chiefs look good. It's embarrassing how easily Hali is beating Newhouse

Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Sun Dec 18, 2011 7:17 pm  

Should see the play for the Panthers thats taken them to 21-0!! Brilliant stuff

Re: The All new NFL Chat thread including playoff talk : Sun Dec 18, 2011 8:17 pm  

It might be finally happening, 17-6 up going into the 4th and finding all sorts of holes in the Titans defence.

I'm fully expecting an amazing comeback and another loss, once Polian realises we're winning....