Demps Dumped From Practice Squad
October 13th, 2014
The fastest man in the NFL has made a quick exit from One Buc Palace.
Former Florida Gators running back/returner and former Lovie Smith obsession, Jeff Demps, was cut from the Bucs this afternoon.
Lovie expressed very high hopes for Demps in the offseason, but Demps proved to have Michael Clayton hands and subpar returning skills.
Demps landed on the practice squad after the team’s final preseason cuts. And now he’s gone. It’ll be interesting to see if Demps catches on with another team. Joe suspects he will. That much speed is too tempting for every team to pass up.
October 13th, 2014 at 4:36 pm
It’s evident we don’t know how to develop players. Good luck Demps
October 13th, 2014 at 4:40 pm
Lucky man…can’t get away fast enough…..he’ll go to a team that that knows how to use him …we’ll be seeing him post season as a role player
October 13th, 2014 at 4:42 pm
Given the expertise that the Bucs have shown in evaluating talent you just know that Demps is going to return a touchdown against this team at some point and probably rush for 200 yards as well.
October 13th, 2014 at 4:43 pm
So these were tge roater changes we were expecting from lovie??? Cutting a player that has nothing to do with Sundays…Thanks lovie
October 13th, 2014 at 4:46 pm
Heads sure rolled there.
“Lappy Licht, shuffle up the roster”, show em who’s boss.
October 13th, 2014 at 4:48 pm
yes he was the problem, we should start winning now that his sorry ass is gone….. sheesh!!! (all in blue)
October 13th, 2014 at 4:50 pm
Big move coming from L&L…someone from the 53 is going to the practice squad….and Practice Squad players on the other 31 teams are cowering in fear their Caller ID will show the Bucs are calling……
October 13th, 2014 at 4:59 pm
good for him.
now trade glennon to miami so i can watch him for free.
October 13th, 2014 at 5:09 pm
Good, because it was evident on Sunday that the Bucs had just too much speed on offense.
October 13th, 2014 at 5:09 pm
Probably the one guy that we COULD have used to create big gains in space just got released. HOW much you wanna bet Seattle picks him up and uses him as they’re Percy Harvin backup or another team for the same role. Our team has become LAME!!! No swagger, no style, NO BALLS!!!!!!! Fans would not be reacting this way just over any old loss the players and coaches deserve to catch hell for that. They deserve half my salary for that performance but yet they all are livin large laughing all the way to the bank. They deserve to play in an empty stadium. I hope they all felt like crap when it was nothing but red plastic seats with no butts there to watch. You could build a 53 man roster mad dup of commenters on this site to play a better game than that!!!
October 13th, 2014 at 5:19 pm
Kevin
I’ll play, broken finger and all. Count me in.
October 13th, 2014 at 5:48 pm
It’s about time.
Lightning speed, good for two reverses a game but can’t catch the football at the pro level.
Speed doesn’t help if you don’t have the ball. Too bad.though, he has game changing wheels
October 13th, 2014 at 5:59 pm
You guys realize that belichek had him first and couldn’t use him either, right? You act like the Bucs not being able to fit him in was the fault of the coaching staff. Maybe the guy is just fast and nothing else
October 13th, 2014 at 6:02 pm
Great, maybe we can get another 5 million dollar note book holder!
October 13th, 2014 at 6:13 pm
Big deal. He never was or will be a NFL player. Nuff said.
October 13th, 2014 at 6:21 pm
Just Fire Lovie Smith.
Too much of a Coward to do his radio show today.
Just fire lovie smith.
October 13th, 2014 at 6:35 pm
gee williekers….Demps dropped passes were SO much worse …than anyone elses…
October 13th, 2014 at 6:47 pm
We are overlooking one thing, Demps straight sucked. Period. Hate the front office for other reasons, just not all reasons.
October 13th, 2014 at 6:50 pm
@joe
Do you plan to write an article about Geraldine apologizing to the Twitter verse f*ing hilarious. Not only does he pick up opponents off the ground but he soothes random souls as well, what a great guy!
October 13th, 2014 at 7:06 pm
Maybe on a track in shorts, but he didn’t look blazing fast on a field in pads. The fastest football guys like Mike Vick back in the day could change direction without losing speed.
October 13th, 2014 at 7:14 pm
Nah.
October 13th, 2014 at 7:22 pm
Anyone catch the report about glennon being pressured more times in the Baltimore game than any other quarterback in the last five years!! Crazy stat.
October 13th, 2014 at 7:24 pm
Linkage, please.
October 13th, 2014 at 7:27 pm
http://www.bucsnation.com/2014/10/13/6968571/mike-glennon-was-pressured-more-than-any-quarterback-the-past-five
October 13th, 2014 at 7:32 pm
& here’s the original source i think … http://m.espn.go.com/general/blogs/blogpost?blogname=tampa-bay-buccaneers&id=6736&src=desktop&rand=ref~%7B%22ref%22%3A%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bucsnation.com%2F2014%2F10%2F13%2F6968571%2Fmike-glennon-was-pressured-more-than-any-quarterback-the-past-five%22%7D
October 13th, 2014 at 7:36 pm
It is worse…when reading it…and Large Canine began his rant yipping at Glennons heels…I tuned in for about 3 minutes before going FM…mutt …don’t bite the hand that feeds you..
October 13th, 2014 at 7:48 pm
“but coach i didn’t participate in the blow
Out’s why am i being cut”?????
October 13th, 2014 at 7:49 pm
And on the other side of the line, their QB also set a record. Quickest, by far, to have 5 TD passes at the start of a game. In NFL history also. So both QBs made history.
October 13th, 2014 at 8:20 pm
Funny how all of Glennon’s pressures/mistakes was not his fault or the result of him holding on to the ball to long or making a bad read or panicing etc yet McCown’s pressures was his fault. News flash Glennon Mob, this team sucks period. It does not matter if McCown or Glennon is under center. Neither one of them has what it takes to mask the ills of the rest of the team like a true franchise qb. Draft a first round qb in the next draft please Lovie!!! (Preferably Winston).
Glennon/McCown are good if and only if the team plays well around them every sunday. That is not the case for a true franchise qb.
October 13th, 2014 at 8:38 pm
@ Tiniy Tim
No Christmas Turkey for you and your family…..trying to figure out how Bucs cutting Demps sparks a post from you about Glennon and bringing in a francise QB…..
Ebenezer Scrooge
October 13th, 2014 at 8:45 pm
As fast as he is why did it take so long to figure out what to do with him, patriots tried blount at kick return how smart was that but had no clue what to do with the fastest man in the league playing on a team with one of the best quarterbacks. This was his 3rd or 4th team, he can’t break tackles so it’ll be his last.
October 13th, 2014 at 9:06 pm
Joe start open threads for Sunday, Monday and Thursday night games.
This play calling for St. Louis is awesome.
October 13th, 2014 at 9:09 pm
Rams Defense swarms to the ball.
bucs should just copy what other teams do.
Or make a decision and then do the opposite.
October 13th, 2014 at 9:48 pm
Is all this really happening?
October 13th, 2014 at 10:56 pm
Demps was and is overrated. Why fans are so fascinated with this guy, I’ll never know. He was a track star playing football, not a football player running track. Even when he was at Florida, his counterpart Rainy, was a better football player than him and he was slower.
Same goes for Mike James. I dont expect him to be around in the near future either.
October 13th, 2014 at 11:02 pm
And no, its not the same Rainy currently on our team.
October 13th, 2014 at 11:12 pm
He sucked anyway
October 14th, 2014 at 1:10 am
Thank you. Speed does not mean one is a good football player.
October 14th, 2014 at 5:54 am
DB55 Says:
October 13th, 2014 at 5:19 pm
Kevin
I’ll play, broken finger and all. Count me in.
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Somebody punch you in the nose?
October 14th, 2014 at 8:42 am
Knowing the Bucs luck, he’ll come back to burn them for a couple of punt or kickoff return TDs in 2015….
October 14th, 2014 at 1:41 pm
Can we cut the entire roster and coaching staff except lvd gmc and mg? If we filled the rest of our ranks with the kids from plant highschool we couldn’t do worse than we did vs the crows and chickens.
October 14th, 2014 at 7:41 pm
Wow we just found out what the problem was. Jeff Demps .these guys are a a joke L&L