Respected by BSPNers.

Several Bucs are having outstanding seasons. But in the mind of one self-inflated analyst, only two Bucs players have reached the rarefied status of being on his second-team All-Pro list.

And this self-anointed football sophist is none other than follicly-challenged Billy Barnwell of BSPN.

No, the Bucs do not have a winning record. They are 3-6 and fighting for their playoff lives thanks to the rotten NFC South landfill. In just about any other division, Bucs fans would be fully involved in draft research and a new coach hunt.

(Should the Bucs win the division and should KitKat-eating Bucs coach Todd Bowles survive, he should send a gratuity check to the Dixie Chicks, slimy Saints and Stinking Panthers for being garbage?)

Barnwell typed up his All-Pro teams at midseason. No Tampa Bay player is a first-team All-Pro. But two Bucs did make his second-team.

Left tackle Tristan Wirfs got a second-team honor. He came in just shy of the first-team thanks to Barnwell’s analysis of the play of San Francisco left tackle Trent Williams, a sure Hall of Famer.

Also, Bucs corner Jacob Parrish was knighted by Billy for his second team.

Interestingly enough for Joe, a colleague of Billy’s, Ben Solack, who Joe likes and respects, had the same conclusion on his midseason All-Pro team. Here’s what Solak typed about Parrish:

Cornerback logjam: There were four players I heavily considered for the second-team cornerback spots: Jacob Parrish, Nohl Williams, Deonte Banks and Denzel Ward. The first three are all breakout players. Parrish and Williams are second-year standouts …

But this isn’t an official ballot, and I wanted to get some shine on younger and lesser-known players, so I split the hairs and picked Parrish and Williams. Parrish is the sixth-most targeted cornerback in the league, per NFL Next Gen Stats (53), and he has produced on the ball ridiculously (14 passes defensed, two interceptions) despite his lack of ideal height and length.

Parrish has balled out this year and has shocked Joe. Oh, Joe thought Parrish was a crafty nickel corner as a rookie last season, and Joe thought Parrish had the look of a solid full-time outside corner. But he’s been almost elite this season.

From Day 1, Bowles was absolutely right about the Kansas State product.