Comments on: Wes Welker To The Bucs Chatter

By: Hawaiian Buc

Hawaiian Buc — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 19:55:40 +0000

Joe,

So you really believe that we have better players than Baltimore? Better than Golden, Smith,Pita, and Jones? Are you high? That’s an absolute joke, and you would get laughed out of a room for suggesting that. You’d take our 2 guys Witten, Austin, and Bryant? Really? And no we don’t have Dallas Clark, because he’s not under contract and doesnt seem to be overly interested in coming back. But we do have Luke Stocker, who’s obviously much better than Jimmy Graham. Just because we have one guy who has ever caught 1000 yards doesn’t make us a team full of weapons.

By: BrianDorry55

BrianDorry55 — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:57:23 +0000

Not a chance. We already have the most expensive offense in the NFL. After hashing out a new contract with Mike Williams, are we really going to have three receivers making $7+ million a year? No way. There’s just no way. You don’t need to spend that kind of money to find a capable slot receiver.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 11:29:49 +0000

Joe,

Are you seriously openly wondering just how many good receivers a QB needs? How about five?

Other than Williams and Jackson, the Bucs had absolutely nothing last season… and considering the strengths of Williams and Jackson, they had no receivers that were adept at getting open and catching the ball on short and intermediate passes. Their TE couldn’t get separation from a shopping cart in a parking lot, Underwood was terrible in that role last season.

The team needs a standout in the slot, or at least somebody that is average.

The two previous seasons, Freeman had Preston Parker and Sammie Stroughter. Neither one of them are great, but they are/were far better than what we had last season, and Freeman didn’t have a problem finding them the two previous seasons.

I’m not so sure about paying for a season or two rental on an 32 year old WR like Welker. Amendola, Edelman, and others are available, for less and for longer.

Tavon Austin, if still around, could be a relevation in round 2, Texas’s Marqise Hill looked like a stud in the Senior Bowl and should be there in round 3. Both are the type of players that make long successful careers living in the slot in the NFL.

By: BigMacAttack

BigMacAttack — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 05:19:38 +0000

If worms had gun, Robincrats would ban them.

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 04:56:34 +0000

We have 2 WR’s and a RB. That’s it.

That's a lot more than most teams.

What if one of those receivers go down?

What if worms had guns? Robins wouldn't f' with them.

We have no slot WR and no TE.

Dallas Clark, though over the hill, is still OK. [The following answers are to be spoken in a Victor Drazen accent.]

Does he have better weapons than New Orleans?

Yes.

Atlanta?

No.

SF?

No.

Dallas?

Yes.

NY Giants?

Yes.

Denver?

Yes.

Houston?

No.

Baltimore?

Yes.

Should I go on?

Yes. Oh, and Joe will take Freeman's weapons over Tom Brady's as well.

If Jackson or Williams gets hurt.

Where would any of those teams above be if their stars went down? Since when did teams suddenly have Jerry Rice and Cris Carter sitting on the bench?

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 04:50:12 +0000

Trade our 1st for Revis, and trade our 3rd+ extra 4th for Harvin. These would be two guys worth paying.

Someone needs to lay off the bourbon.

By: Stevek

Stevek — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 04:22:17 +0000

Trade our 1st for Revis, and trade our 3rd+ extra 4th for Harvin.

These would be two guys worth paying.

By: Hawaiian Buc

Hawaiian Buc — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 03:14:48 +0000

I don’t know if Welker is the answer or not. Short term, I guarantee you he won’t hurt. However, I would rather take the chance on Percy Harvin. Even if we can just get a 2 year honeymoon period with Harvin, he would probably be more productive than the much older Welker. If we can get him for a third, I say go for it. If he ends up being nothing but trouble and somehow forgets how to run fast and score TD’s (not likely), then we threw away a third round pick. Then again, we’ve thrown away a few third round picks in our day anyway, so what’s the difference? But if he ends up being anywhere near as good as he has been during his time in Minnesota, then we are literally robbing them. Part of being a NFL coach is learning how to manage difficult, but highly productive, players. I think Schiano can deal with Harvin.

By: PRBucFan

PRBucFan — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 02:56:50 +0000

@ Hawaiian & 4ever : EXACTLY

@Stevek
You butchered those names lol

By: KWBucFan

KWBucFan — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 02:24:00 +0000

To many weapons? If we had someone to catch underneath we’d be unstoppable. Man people on here are funny.

Different note, Cary Williams and cox then draft a corner and we should be good. I want Amerson in 2nd rd and play him at free safety.

By: 4everBucsFan

4everBucsFan — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 02:02:22 +0000

The guy has averaged 96 catches in 8 years for an average of 1070 yards a year. That’s better than V-Jax’s career to this point. I don’t understand the dissing comments. He would help any team he goes to right away. Heck if he caught half that amount of balls for us next year it is more than what all our slot receivers combined did last year.

By: raphael

raphael — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:54:28 +0000

Welker dropped alot of passes, I would not mind him if he can hold onto the ball….i would love to see Ertz or Eifert in a buc uniform.