Put the ball in the hand facing the sidelines. It is not only for bettering the odds of fumbling out of bounds, but also frees up your other arm to stiff arm the defender and strecth the ball ove the goal line. Other than that…heck of a game!

…and sow can anyone say the Bucs have taken a huge step on offense!?! Through the first 6 games here’s how the opponents defense stacked up in total defense. Compare that against the Bucs offense and it makes sense that they look good…

Giants – 24th
Cowboys – 5th
Panthers – 21st
Redskins – 29th
Chiefs – 15th
Saints – 32nd

The only place this team has taken a huge step forward is on rush defense and that’s not enough. The Vikings defense is 8th in total yards and points. How we do in that game offensively will be a good offensive measuring stick. Also note that Adrian Peterson is third in overall rushing yards, how the Bucs do at containing him is another good measuring stick for the rush defense

I’m not a neighsayer, just a realist.

Then, when he got to about the 50, it looked like he wasn’t at full stride anymore and the next thing i thought was, “man, i hope that calf injury over the week doesn’t affect him.” you could see him get slower and slower. Its funny how you think an injury might be miniscule until you’re put in a situation like that. I have no doubt that Jackson would’ve scored had he been 100%. the main reson we got him was for his speed.

all that being said, i absolutely LOVED watching that game. most people said that the only way we have a chance to beat Brees is for Freeman to put up some numbers. He did just that yesterday. Its the type of game that hopefully will quiet some of the people that have no faith in Free.

Like i said, Jackson is going to be a beast in the NFC South. I don’t see anyone that can cover him in our division. Its going to be nice watching him help Freeman grow. you can already see it throughout the course of this short season.

Could it be that we’re seeing how much we actually needed Talib? Granted, he has his share of mental lapses in coverage, but to say that he’s clearly our best CB and i might even say the gap between him and free agent Eric Wright might be bigger than initially thought. i didn’t have a view from in the stadium, obviously, but it sure seemed as if he got beat on EVERY pump fake/double move.

Respectfully: Unlike Pete, i have no issues speaking about the draft. Just because you speak of it doesn’t mean you are giving up on the season. speaking about it will at least let you know where your current weaknesses are and can help you prepare for the inevitable.

with that being said, i don’t think there is any doubt in anyone’s mind that we should be drafting a CB in the first round. Personally, i would like that to be the case AND resign Talib. Our division is full of prolific passers and pass catchers and we’re going to need the DB help to at least slow them down and give Free a chance.

Looking forward to the Vikings in primetime. gonna be a tought one. as was mentioned earlier, road teams haven’t done so well on the short week.

GO BUCS!!!!

NFL games are usually close, look at the Bills/Titans, Pats/jets, Giants/Skins etc. They usually are decided by one or two key plays.

“If only this” “if only that”"we almost did it”………….just excuses really. In reality were 2-4 with victories only over one win teams.

Better, but a longgggggggg way to go to rebuild the rebuild.

Let me put this out there. This is such a good attitude for the team to have. THIS is character building. When they get it together they will have a “stomp on throats” attitude because of this sort of thing.

It’s a recipe for a hard-hitting, dominating team. It just has to cook a little longer. Everything they go through right now will mold them in the future.

Even the Jenkins play…that showed how not quitting on a play can pay off.

To me the tackle of Jackson wasn’t the breaking point, but what occurred thereafter, not getting it in. That totally sucked. Especially against a horrific Saints defense. Even that Chiefs team rolled up 30 + points on them…..

Holy Moley! After a game like that Joe is ready to quit for the season????

Well…it is “Emotional Monday”.

The way I see it is that the Saints finally got things together and the Bucs still hung with them. Period.

I don’t care that 4 running plays were called and stopped. Sometimes defenses get it done and the Saints defense did that time.

What I care about is we saw the Bucs take a huge leap forward in offense overall. How can any true fan NOT be exited after a game like that?? Shoot…that was playoff quality football!

Yes…some mistakes were made on offense…the players are not the only ones learning. Sullivan called a fantastic game for the most part.

And I don’t want to hear anymore of this “draft” crap or “road teams on Thursday night games struggle mightly” junk. ANY GIVEN SUNDAY…OR THURSDAY.

The fans showed up for the team…great job everyone that went. Really great job! Everyone that went got good bang for their buck.

On a side note…I think Schiano yelling at the refs ended up hurting us at the end. At one point he had 4 refs standing in front of him and he was yelling at them. He’s going to have to reign himself in. The last thing we need is for the refs to hate us.