Time Is Right To Bounce Bowers
November 4th, 2014
Back in July, Da’Quan Bowers was the only current Buccaneer who landed on Joe’s “20 Worst Buccaneers of the Past 10 Years” list.
So it was no surprise when Bowers proved unimpressive this season, got hurt and was suspended for using a banned substance.
Bowers is due to return to the roster this week, and Joe thinks this is a great time to bounce Bowers. Heck, the Bucs defense has improved the past two weeks while Bowers was suspended.
Also, given that Bowers backhandedly and publicly took a shot at Gerald McCoy on Sunday, Joe can’t think of what value Bowers adds at this point.
Jaqueis Smith is coming on fast as an edge rusher. When he’s not jumping offsides, Will Gholston is improving as an inside rusher. Akeem Spence just played his best game, and there are plenty of hungry, healthy defensive linemen on practice squads around the league that the Bucs could sign tomorrow.
Bowers contract is up after the season. An exit now would speed up the inevitable.
November 4th, 2014 at 10:02 am
He and Gaines Adams were actually best bro’s
November 4th, 2014 at 10:08 am
Too bad for this guy, he had possibilities of being pretty good.
Attitude seems to be in the way of being good though.
Probably bounce around a few more teams for a while then nothing unless he figures it out
Common thing in this league
Some figure it out
Some don’t
November 4th, 2014 at 10:08 am
Given this regime’s (in)ability to judge veteran talent, they probably think this guy is the next J.J. Watt!!
November 4th, 2014 at 10:21 am
New England will pick him up.
November 4th, 2014 at 10:35 am
Seems like all we ever hear from him is complaining and excuses. Not the kind of guy you need on your team.
November 4th, 2014 at 10:49 am
bowers = soft. Will never be anything at the nfl level.
November 4th, 2014 at 10:51 am
Can’t blame the Bucs for this draft choice. He was ranked in the Top 10 prior to the college knee issues. We all thought he was great value at #51. Some guys are good, others stink.
November 4th, 2014 at 10:54 am
I’m not blaming them for picking him. I blame them for keeping him
November 4th, 2014 at 10:59 am
Have we learned our lesson yet? Do not draft Clemson players. They are soft and overrated. Bowers is just the latest example.
November 4th, 2014 at 11:01 am
Bowers was always injured or had some other excuse. Don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out. He sucks!
November 4th, 2014 at 11:01 am
weak lazy dumbarse!!! see ya
November 4th, 2014 at 11:05 am
“Bowers contract is up after the season. An exit now would speed up the inevitable.”
He should have never made the team, but unless we need the roster spot for a signing, no point in cutting him. At worse, he’s a body. At best, he can spot 1-3 plays a game to give someone a rest (when he’s healthy).
UNLESS…cutting him now means not paying him anything more. He’s been milking the team finances for too long.
November 4th, 2014 at 11:07 am
Buccfan37 Says
“Bowers was always injured…”
Mark Dominick knew that when he drafted him. Bowers was always a big gamble. Was it worth it? In hindsight, no. But at the time, it was…simply because if he had shown the same ability in college while in the pros, it would have paid off big.
But…he should have been cut as soon as the cap hit was minimal. When he is released, he’ll be out of the league, because every team knows he is unreliable.
November 4th, 2014 at 11:26 am
NewTampaChris Says:
Can’t blame the Bucs for this draft choice. He was ranked in the Top 10 prior to the college knee issues.
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The problem is that so many 1 and 2’s have busted here. Someone has to own it eventually.
Good teams maybe hit on half the picks made.
The Bucs? The current standings says it all.
November 4th, 2014 at 11:26 am
what a terrible draft, Pick 2 DE’s and no one works?? the worst part was that there were so many DE that were productive in that draft!!!
November 4th, 2014 at 11:31 am
Damn you DOMINIK!!!!
November 4th, 2014 at 11:35 am
Bowers should have never of been here.
November 4th, 2014 at 11:36 am
why cut him. play the crap out of him and let him show how terrible he is or let him get hurt. you can guarantee someones going to pick him up.
November 4th, 2014 at 11:45 am
Typical Clemson defensive player.
Soft. And lazy.
November 4th, 2014 at 11:54 am
I say keep him. It doesn’t hurt us one iota to have him on the inactive list. We get nothing, but self satisfaction, if we just release him. Personally I think this is what he wants anyway, too hook up with a team making a post season run. I’m getting tired of seeing ex-Bucs helping other teams get there. Put Bowers in a position where he has to earn a spot at the beginning of the season, not just gifted a spot because he appears to have some upside in the eyes of a franchise making a playoff berth.
November 4th, 2014 at 12:01 pm
Wherever Da’quan Bowers goes, I just hope that he car pools with Adrian Clayborn.
You remember, the other bust that was drafted a full round ahead of Bowers!!!
November 4th, 2014 at 12:06 pm
I’m just going to take this opportunity to take a nice big dump on Mark Dominik.
ESPN is so fortunate to have your amazing insight.
Hahahahahahaha!
You suck!!!
November 4th, 2014 at 12:11 pm
“Put Bowers in a position where he has to earn a spot at the beginning of the season”
SAMCRO…his contract is up at the end of this season. Thank GAWD!
November 4th, 2014 at 12:53 pm
Amazing that so many players- generally perceived as talented- have come here and been absolutely invisible.
Sigh.
Giving Lovie another draft/season. It’s easy( and understandable) to only see. Negative things about this team- when it’s playing this bad.
But Lovie has shown he hated 98% of the roster he inherited. He drafted some good players( that’s new), and is tying to find more. The problem with free agents- many are absolute slime balls! They play hard, to sign a big contract.
Once they sign it- they quit.
How many of the FAs we signed are actually playing hard? Verner and Goldsen.
Collins- half hearted effort. Johnson- ghost.
So many of these guys have no moral character- hard to build anything, when you have to gamble on “people like that”
If only everyone was like Gerald McCoy or Vincent Jackson!
Im disgusted how much some of thee losers have bilked out out of. Soooo damn overpaid.
I’m losing passion for the team, and the sport.
A friend of mine from Europe trying watching the game Sunday. He couldn’t.
” there is a penalty every single play!! How can watch that- it’s like watching a Zoning committee meeting!”
Godells NFL.
Yeah, I’ll take the UFC and time on the boat.
Just can’t get that excited about the NFL anymore. Every wife /Beater/Child beater/ drug user just makes it easyier to stop giving my money to lousy people.
Money I spend on tickets this year, is in Johnson’s pocket right now.
Makes me wanna puke
November 4th, 2014 at 1:05 pm
The number of bad draft picks has to say something about the GM and player management, but when so many players who are traded away or given up without ANY compensation go to other teams and play lights out, someone has to ask the hard questions about Coaching & Player development??
Michael Bennett walked for no compensation…Legarrate Blount (is smokin) in Pittsburg, Tim Wright with the Patriots….Darrel Revis with the Patriots…so he did not fit the system….seems like only a couple of guys do!
Tebow…Tebow…Tebow…let the boy fill the stands and smack someone running down the field! The running game (when used) is serviceable….just need someone who DESIRES to play the game…not just collect a pay check on offense!
Every operation is run by the Captain (coach) and if it is not going well, the Captain is reponsible. I know Chip Kelly could come into the Bucs and have this team winning games….with the players we have!
Ole Sanchize (Mark Sanchez) is not a good QB, just the difference between a coach (Kelly) and a buffoon (Rex Ryan)!
Greg Schiano
November 4th, 2014 at 1:56 pm
wannabe…
November 4th, 2014 at 3:22 pm
The Buc Realist Says:
November 4th, 2014 at 11:26 am
what a terrible draft, Pick 2 DE’s and no one works?? the worst part was that there were so many DE that were productive in that draft!!!
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Yeah, Cameron Jordan was one of my faves and he was still on the board when we picked burstless RDE only Clayborn and Justin Houston was still on board (I picked him in a you be the GM mock draft on draftcountdown.com when all my other DEs were taken) when we took Bowers.
November 4th, 2014 at 3:24 pm
Capt.Tim Says:
November 4th, 2014 at 12:53 pm
Amazing that so many players- generally perceived as talented- have come here and been absolutely invisible.
Sigh.
Giving Lovie another draft/season. It’s easy( and understandable) to only see. Negative things about this team- when it’s playing this bad.
But Lovie has shown he hated 98% of the roster he inherited. He drafted some good players( that’s new), and is tying to find more. The problem with free agents- many are absolute slime balls! They play hard, to sign a big contract.
Once they sign it- they quit.
How many of the FAs we signed are actually playing hard? Verner and Goldsen.
Collins- half hearted effort. Johnson- ghost.
So many of these guys have no moral character- hard to build anything, when you have to gamble on “people like that”
If only everyone was like Gerald McCoy or Vincent Jackson!
Im disgusted how much some of thee losers have bilked out out of. Soooo damn overpaid.
I’m losing passion for the team, and the sport.
A friend of mine from Europe trying watching the game Sunday. He couldn’t.
” there is a penalty every single play!! How can watch that- it’s like watching a Zoning committee meeting!”
Godells NFL.
Yeah, I’ll take the UFC and time on the boat.
Just can’t get that excited about the NFL anymore. Every wife /Beater/Child beater/ drug user just makes it easyier to stop giving my money to lousy people.
Money I spend on tickets this year, is in Johnson’s pocket right now.
Makes me wanna puke
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Ciao, fella. The Bucs will still be here when you realize that the UFC has more of the same as the NFL and they make a turn around.
November 4th, 2014 at 3:36 pm
Once again the Bucs over leveraged for the below average talent and then kept him on the roster hoping he would somehow magically change into a pro bowler. Bowers is bad locker room material. Sapp would have run this joker off years ago.
November 4th, 2014 at 6:36 pm
We let Michael Jenkins go, who, incidentally I understand is ‘t having that great of a year after signing a big contract, because someone thought he was going to fill that slot.
I can only believe it was Dominick who was the one responsible for drafting him.