Ok, I’m joking about Barth! Just made me laugh to think about a kicker as an “evil instigator”.

Well said

Defense has real bright spots. McCoy is devastating.clayborne, Bowers , and Bennett will be spectacular in time. Foster and David are great!

Both areas need Depth. And a nose tackle. And a Strong side LBer.

The secondary is a mess. And I’m not sold on Barron. Great in run stopping, struggles badly in coverage. We have a couple CBs, who will be great backups. We have no one who is a starter.

But to turn the corner- gotta get rid of remaining “quitters”. Talib was a great start, but still more to deposit curbside, before this team really jells!

YOU, ME, JOE, AND EVERYONE ELSE DON’T HAVE A CLUE WHOM WE WILL DRAFT.

WE COULD TAKE A QB WITH EACH PICK, AND HOPE JUST ONE CAN MAKE A 5 YARD DUMP OFF WKTH SOME TOUCH, *CONSISTENTLY*.

I LAUGH OUT LOUD AT YOUR ABSOLUTE KNOW-HOW FOR BUCS DRAFT DECISONS.

COME ON MAN?

That’s funny. On your first post you’re talking about CBs that may or may not be there… and after Milner, it is debatable who the #2 CB is. Then on your second post you ask if somebody else has inside info into what Schiano and Co. are thinking… it applies to you too, you know?

No chance in hell the Bucs will draft a QB… no shot.. period.

Here’s why: Josh Freeman is under contract through next season. Next season is make or break for him and his second year, and first full offseason, under the new offensive system. If he does extremely well and they’re convinced, they re-sign him to a big deal, if he does well or extremely well and they’re not convinced, they slap him with the franchise tag and tell him to do it again. If he just does okay, they still try to re-sign him and bring in competition. If he’s lousy, they let him walk. At no point in time do you use a high draft pick to replace another young high draft pick that hasn’t completely underperformed or injured. That’s bad business sense. Those draft picks are valuable resources and those resources can’t help your team if they’re doubled up at a position that can only have one see the field.

As for draft talk. I think a ton of what the Bucs do in the draft and free agency depends on who the Bucs bring in as defensive coordinator. Bill Sheridan has proven again that he will NEVER be a good DC. In 2009, in his one season as DC with the Giants, that team was historically bad (30th in NFL), just one season after the team was 3rd in the league. The following year, the Giants D rebounded to 13th under Fewell.

Considering Schiano was quoted in one of his first press conferences that he is a “4-3 defensive fundalmentalist”, and the team has been built for the 4-3, it’s safe to assume that whomever takes over (that is if Schiano truly believes in TBA, trust, belief, accountability, and fires Sheridan), will be running the 4-3. Considering what Schiano has said about the T-2, it wouldn’t be a surprise if he took a swing at some of the better available DCs that run the T-2 (rRon Meeks, Rod Marinelli, Monte Kiffin), or perhaps goes a slightly different route with a DC (McDermott, Rivera, or promotes from within-LB coach Bill Fraser). Regardless, the Bucs DBs aren’t nearly as bad as they’ve looked, as like it was when Sheridan was with the Giants, a simple change in the DC will make all the difference in the world in how the defense plays and looks.

Carolina came on late last year and this year again but it means jack , playoffs or lose out for draft position.