“Bucs Fans Should Get Just As Excited”
August 16th, 2016
Bullish on Bucs.
If the Bucs were a stock, Pat Kirwan would be laying lots of cash on the franchise.
The co-host of “Movin’ the Chains,” heard exclusively on SiriusXM NFL Radio, was in Tampa on Saturday along with his co-host Jim Miller for their annual training camp tour. They hung out with coaches and management and, more importantly, watched practice before their entire three-hour show was about the Bucs.
Kirwan came away impressed and believes it is Tampa Bay, and not the Raiders, that is due to break through.
“Everybody in the world loves the Raiders,” Kirwan said. “They say the Raiders are ready. They were a 7-9 team. This was a 6-10 team. They are so much farther along right now than they were a year ago.
“They injected five players onto the defense. Robert Ayers, Noah Spence, who I think will have a nice role to play, Daryl Smith, short-term answer to a long-term problem, Brent Grimes and Vernon Hargreaves.
“This defense will be better under the direction of Mike Smith and on offense, we sat down with the quarterback and there is something I love about the guy right now. I wasn’t really sure about him when he first got into the league but I am now. This is a star in the making. So I will make an analogy to the Raiders. Bucs fans should get just as excited as Raiders fans.”
Those are bold words right there. Joe sees Kirwan’s point. The Bucs are in a lot of ways, the Raiders of the NFC. Stud young quarterback and a fine nucleus of young talent mixed with old.
And, as Kirwan pointed out, folks are jumping up and down about a team like the Raiders who only won one more game than the Bucs last year.
August 16th, 2016 at 6:06 am
Love it! Can’t wait for the season to start.
August 16th, 2016 at 6:12 am
Maybe it’s just me, but I see a deja vu here. Two teams about to ‘Break through’: the Raiders and the Bucs. Two teams coached by ex-Jags coaches: Jack Del Rio and Dirk Koetter … the teacher and the student. And oh ya, the 2 teams that met in the 2002 Super Bowl. Deja vu all over again? I think not.
August 16th, 2016 at 7:06 am
I heard the whole segment, What brought this up was that he talked to a couple of fans and some media that are excited but are not “in” on the Bucs. That they are in a “show me” state with the Bucs. And he Kirwan and Miller totally disagreed with this, And they said that after all the camps they have been at and watching the Bucs that we as fans should be in!!! That there are very good reasons to be excited for this team, and the stuff they are doing out at practice!!!
Go Bucs!!!!!!!!!
August 16th, 2016 at 7:15 am
Is there anywhere this lowly non-Sirius subscribing Bucs fan can hear this 3 hour segment?
August 16th, 2016 at 7:40 am
Buccs fans.. I hope the poster’s of this site don’t speak for the entire fan base.
August 16th, 2016 at 8:01 am
They don’t.
August 16th, 2016 at 8:05 am
@Realist
Nice addition. I’m in. Let’s go!
August 16th, 2016 at 8:14 am
Funny nobody is buzzing about vh3
I think u will find that we could have gotten similar talent in the 3rd round
August 16th, 2016 at 10:10 am
Kirwan keeps pumping out the good hot air, I’m about to experience liftoff, all systems go, up up and away.
August 16th, 2016 at 10:55 am
Not legally.
August 16th, 2016 at 11:38 am
@Bucsfan
there should be a 3 or 30 day trial period for online!!! It is worth it!!! Not a ton of Bucs talk!!! And Callers that are from Tampa always ask about the big market teams!!!!!!
August 16th, 2016 at 1:44 pm
We gonna make so much noise this season
August 16th, 2016 at 4:07 pm
The Raiders have Khalil Mack though…
But I still love my Bucs to make a move in the NFC this year.
August 16th, 2016 at 4:42 pm
I refuse to buy into any hype..to eat the..yellow snow! Been there before. Lets see the final product on the field first. Don’t drink the Tea..just yet. At least I’m not.
August 16th, 2016 at 5:04 pm
All sounds great. I look forward to every season but I’m wait and see guy.