The Lone Sackmeister Is Now Gone
March 14th, 2018
Signed.
The Bucs picked the absolute worst time to be hunting for a defensive end.
The Bucs, drying of thirst for any sort of an edge rush, had limited choices in free agency due to many factors including most teams actually draft and develop and keep guys that can rush the passer, and the rare times one does pop up on the open market, they attack like a shark in a feeding frenzy.
Yeah, potentially a month ago, there were a few good pass rushers potentially on the market, but their teams weren’t dumb enough to let them go for no good reason.
The last one, proven pass rusher was Julius Peppers. Yes, was. He re-signed with the Stinking Panthers per Joe Person of the Charlotte Observer.
Now, if the Bucs are past the point of desperation, your best pass rushing defensive end on the market is loafing Adrian Clayborn.
But he has a motor!
March 14th, 2018 at 1:32 pm
Joe you are stupid if you thought Peppers was signing here. He said he was only going back to Carolina.
March 14th, 2018 at 1:32 pm
I was a Clayborn defender when he was here…as the intro says….high motor…too bad he was banged up the whole time….not saying sign him however
March 14th, 2018 at 1:33 pm
Actually….it’s Vinny Curry, IMO, who regardless of classification of “on the market” or not, will be likely after 4:00 pm.
Go Bucs!
March 14th, 2018 at 1:33 pm
Sign the Honey Badger stat.
March 14th, 2018 at 1:34 pm
Sign Suh…..no brainer at this point
March 14th, 2018 at 1:35 pm
@Dooshlarue,
Maybe the Honey Badger is indeed worth a look.
Go Bucs!
March 14th, 2018 at 1:35 pm
He was never coming here, he said he’d retire if Carolina didn’t want him back.
March 14th, 2018 at 1:36 pm
Sign Suh!!!!!!!! It’s so crazy…. it just might work.
March 14th, 2018 at 1:39 pm
It is being reported the Bucs are one of five teams looking to sign Clayborn
March 14th, 2018 at 1:41 pm
Honey Badger? Licht? Come on. Bring some one in please!!!!
March 14th, 2018 at 1:42 pm
Yah. No one had chance with peppers
March 14th, 2018 at 1:43 pm
If you can find a direct quote of Peppers actually saying that, Joe wants to see it.
Joe never, ever read that quote. His agent hinted at it, but Peppers, to the best of Joe’s knowledge and research, never said that.
March 14th, 2018 at 1:44 pm
The Bucs started the we need guys good in the “locker room” talk, which means they won’t go after Suh and will instead target “high character” guys, ie scrubs who lack the tools to make a good teams, but hey they practice hard and play a good clean game and isn’t that what it’s all about!
March 14th, 2018 at 1:44 pm
Nobody on NFL Network is even considering the Bucs for the Honey Badger… yet we have the cap space… I need some more Zantac.
March 14th, 2018 at 1:44 pm
Murphy/Curry/Okafor/and others are all better than Clayborn…
March 14th, 2018 at 1:46 pm
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http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2018/03/14/does-carlos-hyde-take-browns-out-of-saquon-barkley-business/
🙂
Go Bucs! Go Barkley! Go Bold! Go Primetime!
March 14th, 2018 at 1:48 pm
“will instead target “high character” guys”……..translation : high tolerance for losing
sign Suh !
and I never thought I’d say that but it needs to be done now !
March 14th, 2018 at 1:48 pm
No one cares anymore!
March 14th, 2018 at 1:49 pm
hopefully we can sign kony ealy and Sheldon Richardson along with Jensen this year and have them apart of the team next year for the new regime……
no urgency….no excuse
#NOEXCUSESIN2018!!!!!…..GO BUCS!!!!!
March 14th, 2018 at 1:53 pm
AGREE!
March 14th, 2018 at 1:54 pm
Oh ye of little faith. Not saying this will happen but imagine the conversation on this blog if the Buc’s used their entire draft capital and perhaps a trade to move up in the first round to get BOTH Chubb…and Vea. Would those two be worth our entire draft? I say yes.
Then get lucky…a healthy Spence! Then imagine Licht eats too much ingestible pot, gets high as a kite and signs Suh to an FA contract.
Again I’m not laying book on this but as of this moment all of this is possible and we would end up with Suh/GMC Spence/Chubb and Vea fixing his major weakness…a lack of real experience….he needs seasoning…Suh and GMC would certainly present Vea with two DIFFERENT viewpoints.
Again not saying it will happen…but if it did…what would the conversation be like at JBF?
March 14th, 2018 at 1:58 pm
Another 4th place in the NFC South for the Bucs
Welcome to Sucksville, USA
March 14th, 2018 at 1:59 pm
I can’t wait for the glazers to sell this team and for someone who actually cares about football actually buys the bucs
March 14th, 2018 at 2:00 pm
I’m sure Licht sees these high prices being thrown around and thinks it is better to wait.
The problem with the Bucs is they have so many holes(new starting RB, OG, DEx2, DT, CB and SS) and that does not allow them to have the luxury of bargain shopping or just waiting on the draft.
Even if the Bucs have a great draft they are not going to be able to fill all the holes from the draft alone.
March 14th, 2018 at 2:00 pm
Sign Suh ?!?!?! Come on guys, did you not learn anything from swaggy baker? Suh is of coarse surperior to baker talent wise, but stop with the Suh talk. It’s not gonna happen, he is so good, but is a punk and not a good teammate. Now if he could produce 10 + sacks id say go for it, but he can take his attitude and 5 sacks elsewhere, we are fine with McCoy and his 5-8 sacks at dt, and McCoy is a better person. And for the record im not against bringing in a few nasty players who are not model citizens, but id prefer to stay away from Suh. He was just quoted on espn that he will go to highest bidder, don’t care if he wins or not. So PASS on that punk.
March 14th, 2018 at 2:06 pm
Joe
You’re a funny guy joe. You make me laugh. Like the Bucs ever had a chance at signing Peppers. Aww man you’re a funny guy.
Same goes for Suh, honey badger or ANY tier 1 or 2 FAs.
March 14th, 2018 at 2:07 pm
DanBucsFan – no one, well no one that isn’t a yard, is saying dump McCoy for Suh, they’re saying have McCoy AND Suh. As for the Baker stuff give up on that fake news narrative that Baker tanked the season, if he was that bad they’d have cut him in the season. That’s all BS made-up after the season to try to justify being the worst defense in football. Baker didn’t cause that. Also Baker isn’t even close to the player Suh is. Suh and McCoy, playing side by side, make anyone the Bucs put at DE a lot better.
March 14th, 2018 at 2:07 pm
Jensen signing will help, shoot maybe we actually can land Chubb in the draft with all the possible qb needy yeams moving up. Have faith guys our Bucs will rebound and be better next year. Only player I am against getting is Suh, if people want to say Gmc is cancer, then Suh is stage 4 cancer imo.. Bucs gonna be back next year and all you against them will be back also. GO BUCS FIRE THE CANNONS !!
March 14th, 2018 at 2:08 pm
@StPeteBucsFan
I think for us to get both Chubb and Vea we would not only have to give up all 2018 draft picks, but most likely some future picks as well. Vea is flying up draft boards, I bet he’s taken top 15.
March 14th, 2018 at 2:10 pm
It was your dumb idea to sign him in the first place. He would never play for the rival of a team that will retire his jersey
March 14th, 2018 at 2:10 pm
Rod Munch Says:
March 14th, 2018 at 1:44 pm
The Bucs started the we need guys good in the “locker room” talk, which means they won’t go after Suh and will instead target “high character” guys, ie scrubs who lack the tools to make a good teams, but hey they practice hard and play a good clean game and isn’t that what it’s all about!
you left off LOSE QUIETLY
March 14th, 2018 at 2:11 pm
You people are ridiculous. We knew going in that DE was not going to come in free agency.
Or at least that the chances were low.
So stop acting like the world is burning
March 14th, 2018 at 2:11 pm
@ Rod Munch
Good point sir. No way I can deny that logic, Suh and McCoy would be outstanding. I just dont like Suh, dirty player imo. But I understand your comment. I also agree about Baker, i just feel he was more into himself than team, but of coarse just my opinion my good man.
March 14th, 2018 at 2:12 pm
The only one I wouldwant over Vea is Chubb.
March 14th, 2018 at 2:19 pm
We never had a shot to get him.
March 14th, 2018 at 2:21 pm
Suh don’t wanna play next to no darn McIceCream! Although Suh is all about his money so if numb nuts overpays Then #93 will say Suh on the back. Lolololol
March 14th, 2018 at 2:40 pm
So the Bucs will invest $25-30 million a year in two 30 year old DTs?
Sucksville, USA
March 14th, 2018 at 2:40 pm
~~~Copied from an earlier thread~~~
Is Adrian Clayborn better than Will Gholston and Robert Ayers Jr? If yes, then get him. Will we have to pay him more than he is worth? Yeah but when our DE’s are so terrible and Chubb won’t fall to us in the draft barring a crazy trade then you have to get guys like Clayborn. In the two seasons for the Bucs when he was healthy he had 7.5 sacks and 3 FF in his rookie 2011 season and 5.5 sacks and 2 FF in 2013. Let’s see what what coach Buckner can squeeze out of him it’s not like he is talentless.
Doing nothing at DE would be the more worse than overpaying for Clayborn in my opinion. The Bucs are just that bad at DE currently.
March 14th, 2018 at 2:49 pm
And they raised ticket prices? LOL
March 14th, 2018 at 2:59 pm
Trent Murphy to Buffalo and overpaid…..whewww, we avoided that one!
Go Bucs!
March 14th, 2018 at 4:05 pm
This is all part of the “Bucs plan”……
to be 5-11 again.
March 14th, 2018 at 5:10 pm
Suh and the honey badger on the market let get them on the team
March 15th, 2018 at 12:08 am
The Bucs picked the absolute worst time to be a football team.