Comments on: Fixing The Secondary

By: Northend

Northend — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 01:16:14 +0000

Porter as a stop gap not bad either

By: Northend

Northend — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 01:11:51 +0000

It will be Sean Smith.6.3. 215 runs a 4.5.hard hitting man coverage corner(did great against elite talent like fitzy).he will be a buc.no doubt.and the minute we can trade foror scoop up one of the mcourty twins,they will join smith,xavier rhodes and gaitor/biggers in secondary.imo

By: Hawaiian Buc

Hawaiian Buc — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 01:05:32 +0000

“How come none of the teams with HC vacancies are interviewing Rah?”

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More importantly, why do you even care?

By: Mike J

Mike J — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 00:07:34 +0000

FunkYxMunkeY , I agree w/ you about Cox; when he is healthy, he can play, and his injury history may keep his asking price down.

By: FunkYxMunkeY

FunkYxMunkeY — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 23:56:40 +0000

I personally would like to see us get one or two of the following CB’s…

Sean Smith, Derek Cox, Chris Houston, or Tracy Porter.

I think Miami will franchise Smith. But, if somehow they did not, he would be a great pickup. I also like Derek Cox from Jacksonville. If healthy, he has talent, and would fit the kind of players Coach Schiano wants here in Tampa. Tracy Porter is really good if he can stay healthy. And Chris Houston would make a above average #2 CB on our team.

It is more than obvious that we need help in the secondary. Adding another Safety is much needed as well. Someone like Jairus Byrd would be my pick. He would compliment Barron and give us a great pair of Safetys.

Lastly, I think if he is still available…our 2nd round pick should be used for David Amerson. He is freakishly athletic and would fit our system perfectly. These are just some of my thoughts on some ways to improve our dreadful Secondary.

By: jarrett

jarrett — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 23:34:53 +0000

cary williams or toler would be good pickups, then mingo in first and amerson in second

By: BucFan20

BucFan20 — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 23:13:07 +0000

Don’t get your hopes to high . Just about anyone that is worth anything will resign with the team they are with. The field for good players will be slim pickings.

By: Mike J

Mike J — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 22:56:32 +0000

BTW–I was very encouraged by Barron’s improved coverage play in the last couple games of the season.

By: Mike J

Mike J — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 22:29:39 +0000

Grimes would be a nice pick-up, provided he is available; won’t come cheap, though.
There is some early thought that this will be a good safety class, with Texas’ Kenny Vaccaro topping the list.

By: Andrew 1

Andrew 1 — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 20:52:42 +0000

that is a pretty good free agency list for corners. Im sure we will be able to get some help from one of those players. I just dont want us to do what we did last off season when we got so desperate for a corner that we way overpaid for an average CB who turned out to be a headcase. lets learn from our mistakes, Dom, and not visit that road again.

There are 3 different ways to improve our pass defense imo.

1. Improve our pass rush- this can be done be finding a good pass rusher in either free agency, or the draft, or by finding a linebaker that can actually get to the QB on Blitzes.

2. Trusting linebackers in pass coverage more often- one reason why we struggled was because we felt the need to bring our linebackers down near the line of scrimmage for fear of being torn up in the running game. if we can just trust our LBs to hold up against the run while still keeping them back in pass coverage, that would make us a lot better in defending the intermediate passing routes. one scenario would be cutting Black, moving Foster to SAM, and drafting Teo to play the middle. there is no LB I would trust more to get this accomplished than Teo.

3. Get better CBs- the most obvious one that can be remedied through the draft of free agency. even if that happens this group will take a while to improve.

I doubt we will be able to accomplish this all in one off season, Rome wasn’t built in a day.

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 20:44:30 +0000

DRC not a Buccaneer Man.

By: PRBucFan

PRBucFan — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 20:32:31 +0000

Ive always said that we should go after Grimes, he is very very good at man coverage. Very physical. Im sure ATL will do whatever they can to keep him though.