ASJ Cut
September 23rd, 2016
It appears the days of tweety Austin Seferian-Jenkins are over with the Bucs.
Moments after the high-drama, high-maintenance tight end Twittered “Thanks TB. Next Chapter,” Rick Stroud of Tampa Bay Times twittered ASJ is done with the Bucs.
Joe has been able to independently confirm that ASJ has been cut. Joe will have more later.
What a waste ASJ was. The guy won back trust from Dirk Koetter, who actually called his number on the first third-down play of this season. Then ASJ flushed that all away.
September 23rd, 2016 at 2:19 pm
Let’s see who picks him up?
September 23rd, 2016 at 2:23 pm
Like Joe wrote earlier, he’s likely going to get more chances. I’m fine with that. I don’t need a bunch of choir boys on the team, but I’d prefer that the head cases we have on the team at least be driven to win and productive. This guy was neither of those things.
September 23rd, 2016 at 2:23 pm
What a moron.
September 23rd, 2016 at 2:24 pm
Good riddance. Go star with the Patriots, I don’t care. A**hole!
September 23rd, 2016 at 2:25 pm
Sets a helluva precedent for bucs however he must have been an ahole, he did noshow for a kids n cancer event, so character is not high with him, all I know is bucs won 9 games in 3 years with him so, good riddance, seems like a jackass who didnt respect playing in NFL to call uber or use players card ride
September 23rd, 2016 at 2:25 pm
He will be picked up by another team and have a very successful career..My guess is Raiders..
September 23rd, 2016 at 2:26 pm
saints
September 23rd, 2016 at 2:26 pm
Bad move!!! We’ll pay for this one.
September 23rd, 2016 at 2:27 pm
Saints or Panthers..
September 23rd, 2016 at 2:28 pm
See U in Seattle
September 23rd, 2016 at 2:29 pm
If you only knew. Some things Joe cannot discuss. Just a little surprised he lasted this long.
September 23rd, 2016 at 2:30 pm
Let’s see, who was the guy on here last week that declared he would be the Bucs greatest tight end ever???
What a joke……this guy came did nothing then did nothing, made one big catch in two years and now they finally found that they can’t trust him…..selfish guy who betrayed his teammates.
September 23rd, 2016 at 2:31 pm
Well, this is officially a Licht miss. I don’t agree with cutting him but I’m guessing there has been other issues within One Buc that made this decision easy for the Buccaneers to make.
He’ll likely get picked up by another team and find success. It’s how these things usually go.
September 23rd, 2016 at 2:31 pm
and then the dude tweets…Thanks TB Next Chapter like it was no big deal Please go grow up young man!
September 23rd, 2016 at 2:32 pm
The radio just announced ASJ was released. What a waste of a 2nd round pick. I don’t believe he will be any better elsewhere.
September 23rd, 2016 at 2:33 pm
He will be destined to be a successful ex Buc like Talib, Blount, Bennett and others. This franchise has the Gruden curse on it
September 23rd, 2016 at 2:33 pm
Joe: you should put up a poll on where he’ll land next. My guess is the pats.
September 23rd, 2016 at 2:34 pm
@37 – I doubt that he will either. A lot of people just default to thinking that it’s a systemic thing and people don’t perform here because we don’t know how to use players. This dude was just a bad apple all on his own. That’s not going to change anywhere else he goes. But, if he does find success somewhere else, I’ll still be happy that we cut ties.
September 23rd, 2016 at 2:34 pm
Bucs Nfl Draft 2017 WR, TE, Safety!!!!
September 23rd, 2016 at 2:35 pm
Time to call Cleveland – and make a trade for TE Gary Barnidge
Licht – Handle that
September 23rd, 2016 at 2:35 pm
He must have done something else along the way like showing up intoxicated to practice, games or meetings because this would be a bad precedent without additional bad behavior.
There will be other Bucs charged with DUI’s in the future who won’t be cut, I’m sure.
September 23rd, 2016 at 2:37 pm
Looking at his mugshot I’m left wondering why his clothes look so shabby.
September 23rd, 2016 at 2:37 pm
Stop setting on your thumbs – make a trade for a TE.
This group won’t cut it.
September 23rd, 2016 at 2:37 pm
I honestly don’t think that this should alter our draft needs at all or signal a need for a trade. Dude was a 3rd string TE who made one decent catch this year. We’ll be fine without him. Brate is a solid TE and Stocker pairs well with him. No need for a knee jerk reaction.
September 23rd, 2016 at 2:37 pm
If you only knew.
September 23rd, 2016 at 2:38 pm
Apparently has a moth issue at home.
That smirk on his mug shot may have been the ticket out of here.
September 23rd, 2016 at 2:39 pm
safeflt1 Says:
September 23rd, 2016 at 2:31 pm
and then the dude tweets…Thanks TB Next Chapter like it was no big deal Please go grow up young man!
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What else can he say?? Do you want an essay?..I am sure he will say more but this all happened within hours! Jesus flucken Christ..this is his life, his career, give him time to adjust to life without football for now.
And honestly, he doesn’t owe us anything at all..Nothing, not a damn thing. He just owes his teammates, family and the Bucs organisation..
September 23rd, 2016 at 2:40 pm
we passed on so many guys to draft this a hole
September 23rd, 2016 at 2:41 pm
ACCOUNTABILITY!!!!!!
Simple as that!!!!!!!!
September 23rd, 2016 at 2:42 pm
Licht’s drafts aren’t looking so good now, huh?
September 23rd, 2016 at 2:43 pm
Patrick in VA
In this offensive – if you don’t have at least ONE tightend that can block & catch.
You won’t be able to disquise sh!t.
Teams will double high Jameis – and its a wrap.
Plus giving Up a conditional 4th round pick shouldn’t hurt our draft stragety.
September 23rd, 2016 at 2:45 pm
He will get scooped up quickly by another team willing to take a chance on him and his possible upside. It’s a shame. Talented guy, just couldn’t get his s*&^ together.
September 23rd, 2016 at 2:47 pm
nobody is bigger than the team…he didn’t get that, obviously
September 23rd, 2016 at 2:47 pm
ASJ proved he is a me first Piece of human waste. he let his team and teammates down over a few cocktails. dumb arse… he does not deserve a second chance but will no doubt receive one. I’ll gladly wager the mental midget will fail again. FLUSH and Repeat!
September 23rd, 2016 at 2:50 pm
ASJ may not have a great life. Hate to say that, but this is what usually happens with these dudes. Hopefully he’ll get himself straight and improve himself. His NFL Career however may have come to an end.
September 23rd, 2016 at 2:52 pm
Joe… now that he is gone fill us Buc fans in on the if you only knew stuff. I knew he never wanted to play for the Bucs. He thought it was below him. His goal is to absorb a bigger spotlight. Beware all interested parties.
September 23rd, 2016 at 2:53 pm
“Draft strategy?” Jason gump
September 23rd, 2016 at 2:59 pm
His lawyer would’ve got them to postpone anything till season end but ASJ would’ve had that on his mind all season and play like crap so they did the right thing.
September 23rd, 2016 at 3:04 pm
They didn’t cut him for the D.U.I. They cut him for stealing a shirt off a homeless dude.
September 23rd, 2016 at 3:07 pm
Damn, he was pretty good on Madden 17 . lol
September 23rd, 2016 at 3:12 pm
This team cut black player’s but let front office and white player’s slide. The word is out among N.FL. Player’s about this G.M. and raciest view point on players. This is the reason black football player’s do not sign with this team. If they do sign they are at the end of their careers. Player’s make mistakes, other player’s are looking at how you treat your black player. Win some games and then,you would be looked at different and you can afford to cut players. Tell me one reason the safety on this team is still starting.
September 23rd, 2016 at 3:12 pm
I’m guessing that he and Michael Sam had a lot in common.
September 23rd, 2016 at 3:14 pm
Don’t let the door hit you on the way out, dip sh!t.
September 23rd, 2016 at 3:19 pm
Anotha playmaker released by us 2 win with anotha team why we continue to lose..smh…Blount, talib, revis, Barron, Michael bennett , ect…whatever happened to player delevopment …obviously this team has no real connect with there players. i prey 4 jameis, lords knows we lack playmakers and lets not talk about speed which we havent had since the days of Galloway..smfh. This is Ridiculous and then we keep wearing these all white uniforms. About 2 the roll the fattest blunt ever 2 c if i can get out this den of depression bc i can see now that this going to b anotha season up in Smoke
September 23rd, 2016 at 3:21 pm
@ Ed
I’m guessing the Bucs have close to the least amount of white players on the team in the entire NFL.
I didn’t see the report of anybody else regardless of race getting kicked out of practice and getting DUI’s at 4am. This has nothing to do with race, rather one idiot that doesn’t want to be a big boy yet.
September 23rd, 2016 at 3:21 pm
Joe I thought you commented he wasn’t a distraction, if he wasn’t then why did he get cut?
September 23rd, 2016 at 3:21 pm
I feel like Nostradamus………or like NOS -BOS, no wait, that’s wrong cause I’m actually right!
Called his demise after most were willing to give him way too many chances.
Bye bye loser.
I don’t care if you do land somewhere else and do well…… you were a cancer here.
September 23rd, 2016 at 3:24 pm
Why would any team want him he’s trash.
September 23rd, 2016 at 3:24 pm
We should trade Glennon to Cleveland for Gary Barnidge and maybe conditional draft pick.
September 23rd, 2016 at 3:34 pm
Asj winds up with gronk
September 23rd, 2016 at 3:35 pm
Now he gets his ring in New England.
September 23rd, 2016 at 3:37 pm
@Ed. Wow! If a white man said that Obismal would have him locked up on a hate crime. That is the definition of racism. Players come and go based on talent, work ethic, and character. No coach wanting to keep his 5 mil a year drops a player based on skin color.
Kind of like the idiot saying today “We need a white player to disrespect the flag!”
I agree anyone has the right to protest what you feel strongly about, but disrespecting the volunteers from 1975 until now who fight and die for that idiot to disrespect them is wrong. Protest….but either pick up a rifle and go do your 4 years or respect those who do!
September 23rd, 2016 at 3:39 pm
No no no, that’s just stupid. You guys sound like hypocrites as if you’ve never driven home drunk. Come’on you drink a 12 pack on game day. I can see benching him till after the bye week but cutting him is dumb. We are going to need him later in the season
September 23rd, 2016 at 3:40 pm
I’m not sure why everyone is saying that he will be great somewhere else like it’s a bad thing. I hope we see him during a playoff run when and Kwon and Lavante get revenge for leaving his team out to dry like this. Wait for it….
The Bucs are better off!
September 23rd, 2016 at 3:40 pm
ASJ wasn’t committed to the team or to winning, and I hope that he gets the help that he needs. Now, let’s move on. Who will fill his roster spot? A free agent TE? A promotion from the practice squad? So many questions…
September 23rd, 2016 at 3:42 pm
Lunchbox
September 23rd, 2016 at 3:42 pm
Hey Joe now that he’s not part of the team anymore why not let us in on some of those issues you’re aware of that you’ve had to keep under wraps? Should make for interesting reading!
September 23rd, 2016 at 3:42 pm
James Walker is correct…..AFS will end up at the Patriots or Cardinals winning the Super Bowl.
Glennon is a very competent backup. Bucs are one (1) hard hit away from needing him. Need to keep the backup.
Clarification: U.S. has a volunteer military from 1975 until present. Prior, you would be drafted whether you wanted to or not.
Want a real hero…read the story of Rocky Bleier started 3 games, drafted to fight in Vietnam, had part of his leg shot off, told he would never return to football, and did it anyway.
Just find a way to protest without disrespecting these great people.
September 23rd, 2016 at 3:44 pm
DS..Alan Cross is on the 53 man roster now.
September 23rd, 2016 at 3:45 pm
Good Riddance Captain A&!$@&!!!!
September 23rd, 2016 at 3:46 pm
[Noticed you are using two different usernames, in this thread alone. Might want to stick with this one. Using two different usernames is begging to get run. Just a word to the wise. — Joe]
September 23rd, 2016 at 3:50 pm
Oh, Brother..
The Bucs roster that looked so promising, albeit thin, after TC is now missing another key piece of their offense.
JUST, WOW…!!!
I am in LA visiting friends and relatives. I was so happy to discover the Bucs/Rams game would be broadcast while I’m here. After being blown out last week, I thought the game would be entertaining. Now, this may be a discouraging look at potential vs performance.
Man, no Doug Martin, porous OL, D on a steep learning curve and Koetter driven to distraction by ASJ.
September 23rd, 2016 at 3:53 pm
idk bout this one….after watching blount and talib go and have success I wish dirk would’ve just had him inactive for a week or 2….obviously he was a bigger headache than we knew….good luck to you bro…hope you grow up….GO BUCS!!!!
September 23rd, 2016 at 3:53 pm
Good ridance! I really don’t care if ASJ goes to another team and succeeds. He did not want to be a part of this team. We don’t need that and us Buc fans don’t deserve that spit! No fan of any team desrrves that. It’s obvious he had zero respect for the team, the market or us fans.
September 23rd, 2016 at 3:55 pm
Is the homeless man he stole that sweater from planning to press charges?
September 23rd, 2016 at 3:56 pm
This season is over. Just sit back and see how bad it gets and focus on the draft.
Another year another losing season.
Just pathetic.
September 23rd, 2016 at 3:58 pm
Joe can’t say. I suspect ASJ has had an alcohol problem for awhile. I wouldn’t be surprised if Koetter ran him from practice because of alcohol on his breath.
They probably had a come to jeebus moment with him and gave him one final shot. He blew it and so bye bye.
September 23rd, 2016 at 4:00 pm
I would be stunned if Joe or anyone else in the local media did that. Some stories may leak out from sources but that’ll be it. As I’ve said before, I have to believe some media people locally know what really precipitated Josh Freeman’s downfall and we’re three years removed from that.
September 23rd, 2016 at 4:24 pm
Greg Schiano Says:
September 23rd, 2016 at 3:46 pm
[Noticed you are using two different usernames, in this thread alone. Might want to stick with this one. Using two different usernames is begging to get run. Just a word to the wise. — Joe]
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I have always wanted to know why posters use different names on the same post..Is it to answer yourself?
Hopefully one day Joe can post each poster and their aliases…that would be a heck of a thread!
September 23rd, 2016 at 4:36 pm
Moral to this story? Never draft/sign a tight end out of the University of Washington.
#JerramyStevens
#KingOfTurds
September 23rd, 2016 at 5:18 pm
Will go down as the Dumbest Move In Buc History!! Big Ben still with the team that drafted him!!
September 23rd, 2016 at 6:02 pm
Bye Felicia
September 23rd, 2016 at 6:04 pm
I’ll be we see him playing for the Redskins. :/
September 23rd, 2016 at 8:30 pm
ASJ is a waste. Good freakin’ riddance. He’s a cancer here.
Let him find eternal bliss and multiple Super Bowl rings with Bill Belicheat or go to Arena Football. Neither one makes any difference to me.
You can’t fix stupid.
September 23rd, 2016 at 8:43 pm
Reading these posts on here makes my stomach turn! Every damn one of you blasting him for his mistake leads me to believe you must live the ultimate life! He who is without sin, cast the first stone. The guy is young, he’s human, he has a little money and he lost control of his common sense. Which one of you hypocrites can say you’ve lived a perfect life? Waiting! Exactly, so STFU and stop know come ng a man while he was down. Give the guy a hand to help lift him up when he’s down. The reason Pro athletes treat fans like crap after a few years, because they see how fake they are!
September 23rd, 2016 at 8:59 pm
Ironic that a guy who got a penalty for posing like captain Morgan gets busted cut for dui.
September 23rd, 2016 at 10:48 pm
Jason Licht picked this dude over Allen Robinson, this don’t say much about the Bucs ” Golden Boy” GM. SMDH
September 23rd, 2016 at 11:00 pm
asj is the 2016 freeman and another udub piece of crap, licht stay in the southeast for the draft
September 24th, 2016 at 1:41 am
What was he doing drunk at 4am when they had practice coming up at 8am, anyway? What a damn loser. Slapping the organization in the face, slapping his teammates in the face and basically biting the hand that feeds him. This guy learned nothing, NOTHING, and was never going to learn how to be a true professional. What a waste of space.
September 24th, 2016 at 6:37 am
Big Hog Haynes, the dumbest move? booker reece, bo jackson, passing on arod, signing revis, hiring raheem, drafting freeman, letting steve young go, but this is the dumbest move? haha CMON MAN