Tommie Harris And The Bucs
July 23rd, 2013
In a move that may signal the Bucs are not all that happy with depth at defensive tackle, the Bucs gave former Bears defensive tackle Tommie Harris a spin around the block this morning, so reports Pat Yasinskas of ESPN.com.
Why does this tell Joe the Bucs may not be happy with defensive tackle depth? Harris has been out of the league since 2011.
Most NFL teams don’t normally bring veterans out of mothballs unless they are borderline desperate.
In 2011, Harris played his one and only season with San Diego racking up 13 tackles, all solo. Previous to 2011, the former 2004 first-round pick played seven seasons with the Bears.
July 23rd, 2013 at 6:22 pm
Doesn’t mean they are not happy..they bring guys in for a tryout all the time…..ie: shiancoe and hillis …..Because Hillis was here doesn’t mean they are not happy with the RBs …
July 23rd, 2013 at 6:31 pm
Okay, so a tryout of Hillis isn’t anything beyond a favor to an agent, “even if he gets signed to the 90 man roster” . . . but a tryout of Harris means that the Bucs aren’t happy with their DTs, because “Most NFL teams don’t normally bring veterans out of mothballs unless they are borderline desperate.”
This site would be a lot better if you just linked to other peoples’ work and kept your idiotic “analysis” in your cakehole.
July 23rd, 2013 at 6:35 pm
^^^^ agreed.
July 23rd, 2013 at 6:37 pm
Not necessarily, Joe…as you said it could be Dom simply stroking an agent. After all, I don’t think we have to few RBs & we brought in Hillis.
A tryout is one thing, especially if Bucs don’t pay travel expenses…..making the team is another matter.
July 23rd, 2013 at 6:41 pm
at the same time though I would like to see the bucs sign this guy if he is as good as he was during his playing days in chicago. we are not desperate at the DT position just yet, but lets not wait around for that to happen before we do something about it.
July 23rd, 2013 at 6:43 pm
Dallas Clark
July 23rd, 2013 at 6:53 pm
Joe doesn’t this post contradict your earlier post Joe
July 23rd, 2013 at 6:54 pm
I think the Bucs want to rotate a lot of bodies in and out during the preseason. It was just a couple years ago Tommy Harris was a household name in Chicago. So why not kick the tires. Just another possible reclamation project. Or, it could be, they want more of a veteran’s presence, to help transition the younger fellas to the NFL. Chances are, if they sign him today, old Tommy Harris won’t be here on opening day.
July 23rd, 2013 at 6:56 pm
I think the Bucs want to rotate a lot of bodies in and out during the preseason. It was just a couple years ago he was a household name in Chicago. So why not kick the tires. Just another possible reclamation project. Or, it could be, they just want more of a veteran’s presence, to help transition the younger fellas to the NFL. Chances are, if they sign him today, he won’t be here on opening day. Hell, with Dominik here today, gone tomorrow, back the day after. lol
July 23rd, 2013 at 6:57 pm
I think the Bucs want to rotate a lot of bodies in and out during the preseason. It was just a couple years ago he was a household name in Chicago. So why not kick the tires. Just another possible reclamation project. Or, it could be, they just want more of a veteran’s presence, to help transition the younger fellas to the NFL. Chances are, if they sign him today, he won’t be here on opening day. Heck, with Dominik it’s here today, gone tomorrow, back the day after. lol
July 23rd, 2013 at 6:59 pm
I think the Bucs want to rotate a lot of bodies in and out during the preseason. It was just a couple years ago he was a household name in Chi-town. So why not kick the tires. Just another possible reclamation project. Or, it could be, they just want more of a veteran’s leadership, to help transition the younger fellas to the NFL. Chances are, if they sign him today, he won’t be here on opening day. Heck, with Dominik it’s here today, gone tomorrow, back the day after. lol
July 23rd, 2013 at 7:03 pm
No it doesn’t, Solaire. It just means the Bucs want a longer look at Hillis to give him a fair shot. No way does he make the final roster. Not a Buccaneer Man.
William Powell was just waved. He might be worth looking at. The Cards have the worse oline in the nfl. Their answer to the running game was more RBs. Powell might actually turn into something decent with a good oline.
July 23rd, 2013 at 7:04 pm
‘Season’ should be ‘game’
July 23rd, 2013 at 7:07 pm
@BuccaneerBonzai
He wasn’t talking about Hillis.
Not even close.
July 23rd, 2013 at 7:21 pm
@ Buc’n Junkie
heh…forgot what article I was in, lol.
July 23rd, 2013 at 8:55 pm
I say Hillis does make the roster
The bets on Bonzai 🙂
I don’t think he would have even gotten as far as he did if they didn’t think he could be a Buccaneer man.
But you may be right, we shall see
July 23rd, 2013 at 9:06 pm
@Joe
Gotta scratch my head on this one. So why in the hell you don’t sign Israel Idonije; when he was available. He’s a versatile/productive(DE/DT) lineman on the field. And an amazing human being off the field. It’s all water under the bridge now. Just makes you wonder some times
July 23rd, 2013 at 9:41 pm
Bit of a stretch off the scrap heap…was very good back in the day.
July 23rd, 2013 at 9:50 pm
Luvmybucs,
Schiano was on 620 today.
He was pretty straight up. Its clear to me the Bucs hold the current guys in much higher regard than we do.
We’ll see.
Regarding Hillis, if we go with Lorig, Leonard and him, it’s clear the OC is looking to bust a lot of heads Brandon Jacobs style.
Cool. Saves DMart too.
Can’t think of a better way to beat the Saints and Falcons.
July 23rd, 2013 at 10:00 pm
Part time… Down filler when needed. And insurance….
July 23rd, 2013 at 10:02 pm
also mentor..
July 23rd, 2013 at 10:23 pm
Harris and McCoy are pretty close. Probably just seeing if there’s anything left in the tank. Could be a mid season bandaid if someone has to miss a little time.
July 23rd, 2013 at 10:55 pm
What about Richard Seymour at DT and Abraham at DE?
July 23rd, 2013 at 10:57 pm
Maybe they are lookin at hillis to play some fullback as well something like dunn and alstott
July 23rd, 2013 at 11:55 pm
Puck:
Not sure about Seymour but from every thing Joe has heard from the Bucs, barring injuries to Clayborn, Bowers, Means and Gholston, you can forget about John Abraham ever wearing a Bucs jersey.
Personally, Joe is skeptical about guys walking the streets as camps are opening. Seems fishy as hell to Joe.