State Of The Roster
February 12th, 2026
Aging roster.
Unless a team has arguably the best coach in NFL history and finds ways to keep salaries down and squeeze the most out of everyone on the field, sooner or later a team will tumble from its former championship ways.
Joe’s good friend and longtime NFL writer and humorist Mike Tanier seems to get whiff that the Bucs are about to pay the piper. The men who were the backbone of the Bucs’ Super Bowl season in 2020 are either gone, retired or looking at condos in The Villages.
The Bucs simply are not your Bucco Bruce Arians’ Bucs and what they showed last year could be the norm around these parts until the roster is fully restocked, Tanier typed on his Substack, “Too Deep Zone.”
You could see the Bucs veterans aging in real time as the season wore on. Lavonte David is crispy. Mike Evans’ fuel light is blinking. Chris Godwin can’t stay healthy. Not everyone is ready for retirement, but the Bucs nucleus as a whole has passed its peak.
Emeka Egbuka and Bucky Irving are outstanding young players. The Bucs could use at least a half dozen more of them.
Joe would argue the Bucs need four of that half-dozen on the defense.
And if the Bucs are going to let Jamel Dean out the door, that’s another hole to fill. Unless Bucs coach Todd Bowles wants to move Jacob Parrish to full-time corner to replace Dean (which would be a solid move), Joe doesn’t see Dean’s replacement on the roster.
At least, not a viable replacement.
February 12th, 2026 at 9:15 am
So many holes to fill on defense. Makes signing Evans really difficult. Time for LVD to say goodbye and draft all defense.
February 12th, 2026 at 9:18 am
We are probably in for a reboot. We already hit the Bowles ceiling at 10-7 with Liam Coen in charge of one side of the ball. I hate to say it but the window closed bc of the staff, but hey, let fire everyone except the HC and see what happens and remember we had to hire an in game coach for things like clock management and timeouts because our HC wasn’t capable of that, meanwhile we had a 5 year run of having the luxury of playing in the worst division in the NFL and that won’t last much longer.
February 12th, 2026 at 9:27 am
Vita has hung on remarkably well, but at 31 he’s past his prime. Kancey can’t stay on the field while Hall is a weak pass rusher. Bowles loves to stop the run, but the NFL is a passing league and the Bucs need interior pass rushers that scare the opposition. Time to pick up some DT talent beginning in rd 3. Edge and ILB in rds 1-2.
February 12th, 2026 at 9:33 am
Always shifting blame away from Todd Bowles
February 12th, 2026 at 9:33 am
The Bucs have a lot of question marks
They have major issues with the roster, staff, front office
But, EVERY team in the NFC South has the same issues
We have time to completely rebuild this team
While winning the division at the same time
February 12th, 2026 at 9:36 am
This has all the makings of a draft where Tampa trades back to get extra picks.
When you are 4-6 players away, you shouldn’t be talking about winning Championships.
This team shouldn’t trade for Crosby either, I wish it was different.
Look at what happens when you try to plug key players into a coaching cycle window. Atlanta is the prime example of Trading up for a player to become “Good” now and that player is James Pearce!! Now the next coach is strapped with no 1st round pick and you lose that player.
Tampa can’t afford to go backwards like that.
We need to draft well and hope David Walker is That Guy!!
Maybe we are better than we think, but the true SB window won’t happen until Todd is gone I think!!
February 12th, 2026 at 9:43 am
What happened to the “Super Bowl ready” roster? Pretty clear as the season wore on that was simply not the case. Could be called gross negligence by journalists who brought that up. A championship team would have 6-7 different starters on defense and probably a couple of new starters on offense. Simple as that.
February 12th, 2026 at 10:02 am
With coaching this questionable, how can you tell if the players are any good?
The persistent coaching issues – overly complex scheme, bad game management, lack of player development – undermine roster evaluation. Maybe the roster is terrible, maybe it is good, but how can you tell?
February 12th, 2026 at 10:07 am
You move Parrish and it works until there’s ONE injury in the secondary and then the entire scheme is suddenly ineffective. That’s the “genius” behind Bowles, his entire defense is designed so that it’s only effective as long as every single starter remains healthy. The moment a backup is forced to play, the scheme must be dumbed down to zone coverage due to it’s complexity being to overwhelming for the inexperienced backup.
February 12th, 2026 at 10:17 am
Mike Tanier is one million percent correct. Time to move one
February 12th, 2026 at 10:18 am
I think we’d make things easier for ourselves this offseason by keeping Dean & Otton.
2024 we were one of the younger teams in the league with an average age at about 25yrs old. Which was a drop 2 years after having one of the older teams in the league in 2022. 2025 we were somewhere around the league avg at about 26yrs old.
Considering guys like LVD, Sterling Shepard, Reddick and a few others may not be back, we could very well get younger depending on how we go about filling the holes left by their respective departures. We’ll see how the picture start coming together that first week or so of the new league year.
February 12th, 2026 at 10:26 am
BillyBucco … ‘This has all the makings of a draft where Tampa trades back to get extra picks.’
Our biggest problem for the past several years (and right now) in terms of getting high quality draft beasts is that we’re drafting too far down during BA/Bowles years.
o 2025 (pick #19): WR Egbuka (3rd WR taken).
o 2024 (pick #26): OL Barton (8th OL taken).
o 2023 (pick #19): DT Kancey (4th DL taken).
o 2022 (pick #33): DE Logan Hall (7th DL taken).
o 2021 (pick #32): DE JTS (1st OLB taken).
o 2020 (pick #13): OL Wirfs (4th Tackle taken).
o 2019 (pick #5): LB Devin White (1st LB taken).
Of those 7 draft picks, I’d say that Egbuka, Barton & Wirfs will be long-term Bucs (almost 50%). Starting in 2020, Bucs were picking well down the draft order, and many of the high quality draft beasts are gone by that point. Moving down further in the draft only exacerbates that problem. Moving up is very costly and I think that’s why JL doesn’t do it (except for 1 or 2 places to grab a player he really wants as the draft progresses).
February 12th, 2026 at 10:27 am
Egbuka is wildly overrated.. in 2 years, everyone will consider him a bust.. another Vernon Hargreaves
February 12th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Warren Brooks Lynch … ‘I think we’d make things easier for ourselves this offseason by keeping Dean & Otton.’
I’d gladly second that one, providing the costs are reasonable. Neither is really the long-term answer at their positions, but as 2-3 year ‘bandaids’ both are perfectly functional.
Of course, what are our chances of drafting a Revis or a Gronk to replace them? An optimist would say ‘less than 1%’.
February 12th, 2026 at 10:45 am
Bobby M … ‘That’s the “genius” behind Bowles, his entire defense is designed so that it’s only effective as long as every single starter remains healthy.’
We all know what the Bucs’ salary CAP situation has been since Bowles became HC in 2022. We have real NO DEPTH. We’ve also had the situation that Licht has been overpaying a number of veterans who haven’t been producing at anywhere near what they cost us.
When our starters are healthy, we can compete with just about anyone. For instance, we stayed fairly healthy during 2020, and most of the players we did lose to injury weren’t starters. Last year in comparison was a disaster in terms of losing starters to injury.
But the reality of the NFL is that you MUST have quality DEPTH to make it through a 17-game season PLUS the playoffs. I agree that Todd’s defense is too ‘complicated’ and I for one wish that we’d go back to the 4-3 and limit all this blitzing. But hey, that’s who he is. Licht needs to find the players to make it work, and thus far he’s had issues in that area.
February 12th, 2026 at 10:46 am
You can tell the roster is bad because not one player takes over a game with pure athleticism, will and determination…consistently. Who’s the best player on the team? Evans? Wirfs? Vea?
Smh…tank year loading. There’s too many holes to fill with no leadership on offense or defense to get the best out of players. But it’s not all doom and gloom, the Bucs will have a new HC and QB in 18 months.
Hang in there!
February 12th, 2026 at 10:48 am
I agree wholeheartedly that this is the year that if Sonny Styles is not there when we pick we must trade down!
At that point there will be no more first inside linebackers worth picking at 15. The inside linebackers that I would like for us to draft can easily be had late in the first or in the second round or later. This includes Anthony Hill Jr from Texas, Allen from Georgia, Deonte Walker, Rodriguez.
Hill could likely be gotten late first, and Rodriguez in the 2nd (my preferences after styles)
The only edge rusher that might make sense at that point would be Howell. But TJ Parker, Derrick Moore, Gabe Jacas, Mesidor, Johnson from Tennessee Zion Young are still there. So trading back would still allow us to get one of these guys and perhaps get an additional second third or at worst and early fourth round pick.
There are a few very good corners in this draft and there is a good possibility one of them may fall to us at 15 if all the good inside linebackers go before we pick. All that to be said I feel we have invested a lot at the corner position in the last several drafts and would only take one if it meant trading down to get an additional pick in the second day.
If trading down to the 20s can let us an extra second round pick that allows us to get a good interior defensive lineman and still get Rodriguez at linebacker and say Parker at edge I am very happy with that.
February 12th, 2026 at 10:55 am
DR
Sir, you cant compare this Bucs roster to the 2020 roster that had how many HoFers on that team? Cmon man. Plus the 2025 team was mostly healthy during the 2-7 slide. Health wasn’t the problem late last season, it’s talent, ability and coaching.
The HC isnt good and is months too slow at making adjustments and many players on this team don’t have the talent to get the job done. As you so succinctly pointed out in another thread, the defense and offense got 4 points worse after the bye.
And I dont care about the cap situation because Bowles knew that before he took the job. So I’m assuming he thought he’d be successful anyway, despite the cap. Not an excuse. The drafting and personnel choices have been terrible. If you can’t build quality depth in 4 seasons thats tell me the GM and HC are bad or not on the same page.
February 12th, 2026 at 10:55 am
You’ve got a great franchise QB that plays with heart! Now build the god damn team! Jason!
February 12th, 2026 at 10:56 am
Paying for past memories in the NFL is a good way to find yourself picking in the top 10. We all love Evans. We all love LVD. Every team that has had great players around for a long time understands the conundrum, but romanticizing them and paying them top dollar well past their prime is a roster construction killer.
We have players on the roster to replace Evans and/or Godwin. You don’t draft a WR in the 1st round only to extend an old player at the same position the very next year. Im sorry, byt thats the basic economics of that situation. Evans can still play, obviously, but youre essentially paying for half a season from here on out with his soft tissue injury history. Can’t keep sending a 6’5 30+ year old reciever on 9-routes and expect him not to pull a hammy.
David doesnt have a replacement on the roster, but given the performance of the defense when he’s on the field anyway, whats the upside other than trying to keep an icon on the roster?
Our contract construction on some of these guys has the franchise completely upside down on the value of those players. It was understandable when Brady was here and they were legit chasing a Super Bowl. This roster isnt winning a Super Bowl until some of these contracts are off the books and the anchors on the roster are replaced.
February 12th, 2026 at 11:03 am
“Of course, what are our chances of drafting a Revis or a Gronk to replace them? An optimist would say ‘less than 1%’.”
Eh, I think those odds would go for all 32 teams IF the criteria were to be the “next” of either of those players.
My thinking says, you bring Otten back we don’t have to worry about committing resources to the TE position. We’d move forward with the young guys we drafted, which makes the most sense in my opinion.
As far as Dean goes, I’m seeing it projected that he could command 3yr/$45M for a deal which I wouldn’t be mad at because it’s cheap in comparison to the top earners at the position. I think with/without Dean we’d be on the market for a Vildor replacement anyway. So, imo letting Dean walk we’d just have to spend more $/draft capital just to replace him.
One thing to consider, and I’d have to look it up Deans’ vet status pertaining to the rule would be putting a transition on him. If I’m not mistaken it’d fully guarantee Deans’ pay for a year, but the math is worked out as the average of the top 10 contracts at the position opposed to the “franchise” tag figure being used off the average of top 5 CB contracts. Cheaper alternative, but something to keep an eye on.
We’d get first right of refusal, but would allow teams to bid on Dean to lure him away, while also allowing us to match. Only thing that stinks, is if Dean did take a deal elsewhere we wouldn’t get draft comp like we would if he were an RFA.
February 12th, 2026 at 11:03 am
Dean is always needing to be replaced because of injury anyway, like last years DB draft anyway, if he will stay cheap great, if not… BYE
February 12th, 2026 at 11:06 am
Joe’s good friend Mike Tanier needs to get a call from Joe. Tell him that Mike Evans and Chris aren’t chopped beef just yet, and that you wouldn’t be surprised if they were our top receivers this season. And remind him that JMac looked possessed when coming back last year, and, yeah, we have a rookie who may be an all pro in Egbuka. And for good measure, an acrobatic rookie, Tez, who scored 5 TDS in his virgin year. Tell him that we may keep the famous defensive playmaker Lavonte one more year to oversee the overhaul of our linebackers corps, with driven youngsters covering the flats and and the savage sounds of shoulder pads and helmets popping will be wafting in our wake. Let Mike Tanier know that we were as injured as any team in the league last season and that when our team takes the field next year they will be expecting to win. Mike Tanier seems like a nice guy, Joe. Tell him what we’ve got going on down here in Tampa, him saying Mike and Chris are washed means he doesn’t know as much as you know.
February 12th, 2026 at 11:11 am
All teams must deal with injuries during a season, the top tier coaches find ways to adapt and utilize the strengths of the players available. Bowles conveniently can’t sign or trade for anyone mid season because his scheme is too complex for existing veterans to decipher much less practice squad players, rookies or FAs. It’s simply to convenient that every year we face a meltdown mid season and it’s because we had to adjust aka dumb down the defense due to back ups having to play. Sorry but McCollum and Winfield declining in their play isn’t a “depth” issue. It’s Bowles….his scheme is conveniently built with complexity so he can always point to a break down by a player or a back up that’s inexperienced….it’s genius job preservation for him but ultimately ineffective when measured with results. His ceiling is 10 wins and nearly everyone would give credit to Coen for that feat. Reality is he’s a .500 HC with 1-3 record in the playoffs in the absolute weakest division in football. His scheme will never work unless he’s got 11 hall of famers on the defense, which at that point you could run any scheme and win convincingly.
February 12th, 2026 at 11:26 am
If I’m not mistaken, both Seattle and NE loaded up on FAs last year. Where were our FAs…Riddick and vapor. The wonderful, talented and much praised by posters here GM needs to get off his azz and find decent plug and play guys. SF went to the playoffs with more injuries than we did. Watch what they do this year. Their papers are full of possible FA additions.
Look at years ’21, ’22, and ’23. Our picks were JTS (bad pick but constantly on the field), Hall (ugh), and the never seen Kancy. that is 100% on JL.
With that performance it means the other than the draft, they need to utilize the FA market more. So far……
February 12th, 2026 at 11:53 am
Dean staying relatively healthy for a season is the outlier for his career. The odds are he’s not going to do that next season.
Dean is soft.
February 12th, 2026 at 11:56 am
A player personnel reboot merely gives Bowles yet another excuse for mediocre or worse results.
A good coach can ‘coach up’ those depth players as well as adjusting the game plan to put them in position to at least do well if they can’t excel.
These are not strong suits of coach “MY Way” Bowles who continuously insists that a square peg will fit in a round hole.
I know it’s been asked here before but… What’s the term for doing the same thing over and over and over again expecting different results?
February 12th, 2026 at 12:22 pm
LVD should retire and ME13 should seek a contract with a SB contender next season. I would unload GW and reallocate the money to other FAs. I love all these guys, but this is the honest state of things now. We had our chances and Bowles blew it. I see the Glazers holding on to Bowles one more year to avoid paying two HCs right now. JL is going to start building the roster again with youth, unless they decide to go all in with FAs. FA is going to determine a lot going forward for this franchise, but we’ve seen this cycle before many times.
February 12th, 2026 at 12:24 pm
Excuses, excuses. Good teams led by good coaches and a wise front office restock on the fly. Do we really need examples. Okay … Ravens, Steelers, Patriots for 20 years, Chiefs, 49ers, Eagles (who even changed coaches), Packers. A weak coach and mediocre “Wrong of Honor” GM will cause the Bucs to reset.
February 12th, 2026 at 12:30 pm
If Morrison isn’t Deans repalcement, he was a wasted pick. I’m sure Licht will waste another pick on a corner, can’t have too many of them, instead of loading up at DT. Ask Seattle what wins championships corners, or beastly DTs, and a fearsome pass rush that puts the QB on the ground? Licht won’t pick what we really need, and Bowles will make them worse with his pathedic scheme.
February 12th, 2026 at 12:42 pm
Hey Joe,
Could you and Bill Currie Ford GM/Bucs draft guru Sean Sullivan do an article about next season’s salary cap? What will it be? What commitments do the Bucs have? Make some assumptions on who will likely walk, or who the Bucs will drop, who will retire etc and then what amount is left? Then who are the core players up for contract renewal and if they are signed what amount is left for outside free agent signings? We would all like to know (approximately of course with a lot of best guesses thrown in) just what Jason Licht has to work with when pursuing new additions to the team.
Not high on Joe’s to-dolist considering teams can manipuate the cap and the Bucs have many guys with mulitiple years left on big deals, meaning the Bucs have options for restructures. The big key is whether they plan to extend Mayfield’s contract soon. That will drive a lot of money decisions. Joe suggests just looking at all free agent options now. –Joe
That would give us an idea of what positions make sense to try to fill in free agency vs what positions to target in the draft.
Thank you.
February 12th, 2026 at 12:52 pm
Would it surprise anyone if Morrison doesn’t develop? After Devin White, SMB, Hall, and Braswell (all taken with premium draft capital) I don’t expect Bowles to develop anybody.
February 12th, 2026 at 12:59 pm
Over the hill
and
Underperforming
Fan base in denial
Ownership like the 4 year old at a 7 year old birthday party playing musical chairs.
Jason Lite the mother of the 4 year old
Todd Bowels somehow able to keep a straight face each week when he checks his direct deposit
Me singing the same old tune to a fan base left holding the bag and that keeps looking into it not believing that it is actually empty…. Still
February 12th, 2026 at 1:58 pm
DR SAYS:Our biggest problem for the past several years (and right now) in terms of getting high quality draft beasts is that we’re drafting too far down during BA/Bowles years.
I disagree…
its not about where you draft but how you develop your draft picks….
i’d say since bowles has been HC, we havent seen many player developed…
-Devin White came in hot but regressed…
-Logan Hall never developed
-Tryon never developed…
-C.Davis regressed under Todd….look at him since he’s been with DET & NE
-Wirfs regressed last year…maybe due to injury so we’ll see if he bouces back
-Barton regressed…maybe missing Cody and Bredenson hurt his development..we’ll see
-Winfield regressed….
-Dennis only progressed in staying healthy..still hasnt developed into a starting LB
-Braswell hasnt developed
players arent being developed under bowles….maybe that will suddenly change with his new coaching staff but idk
GO BUCS!!!!
February 12th, 2026 at 2:26 pm
We had a nice 5 year run. Couldn’t be happier.
February 12th, 2026 at 2:34 pm
Trust Jason and Todd to keep this team as mediocre as they’ve been.
February 12th, 2026 at 2:35 pm
We’re in a wash year folks….sorry.
Thats why we need to beef up that Oline with a 1st…Ioane, but im good with Styles too if he’s there but probably wont be (hopefully Licht signs a star LB)
2nd TE Trigg
3rd (if we get Ioane in the 1st, then LB Deontae Lawson) if not then next best G or C who can also play G in a pinch.
Then next draft 2027 we land a top end edge rush with a top 5 to 7 pick…..but who really knows. thats just what i think.
February 12th, 2026 at 2:58 pm
Dean took less money to be a guaranteed FA this season. We can’t tag him
February 12th, 2026 at 2:59 pm
Yep. Bud Licht isn’t a real GM.
February 12th, 2026 at 3:12 pm
“Dean took less money to be a guaranteed FA this season. We can’t tag him”
Transition tag can absolutely apply to Jamel Dean. Long-shot that we use it, but if the team felt like they wanted to at least compete for his services before he shops himself, we could place it on him without gaining a draft pick but also not losing Dean outright.
Not saying it will or won’t, just saying it could be used if the team felt it necessary .Deadline for the tagging period is March 3rd
February 12th, 2026 at 3:31 pm
“Godwin can’t stay healthy.”
It was his first major injury. Not really a fair assessment.
I had my doughts he’d return to form, but he did.
February 12th, 2026 at 3:32 pm
Dean needs to stay. Parrish can play corner in a pinch but he’s best used at nickel. Morrison will be our #3 corner unless he takes zyons spot.
LB and D-line are our most glaring issues on D. I think our secondary will be ok IF we can ever get consistent pressure from 4 (or even 5).
Offense needs another RB if RW walks. O-line depth could use more quality depth. Not sure about our backup @ QB. We’re pretty stocked on offense IF Zac can figure out how to use our talent 🤞🏼
February 12th, 2026 at 4:01 pm
This is not a championship team or even a playoff team. With Bowles still on the job we know exactly what we’ll get.
Considering that, I wouldn’t mind shedding salary by trading Godwin and letting Evans & Dean walk.
There will be a housecleaning in January 2027, clear the decks for a new group to quickly build a contender.
February 12th, 2026 at 4:24 pm
Godwin has only played in every game 3/9 seasons – wasted money
I am pretty sure that Dean and Licht made a handshake agreement that they wouldn’t tag him either as he gave up most of his salary this year so he could go to FA. It would be a rather poor move to then tag him after agreeing to the restructure. Make sense?
February 12th, 2026 at 5:09 pm
F’n LAZY work by Tanier!!! Offense is STOCKED when healthy,……Defense,…..well
maybe closer to correct.
February 12th, 2026 at 5:47 pm
The Bucs are sin the Doldrums. No wind in the sails.
February 12th, 2026 at 5:53 pm
New coaches =
Luke Smith – asst special teams coach
Todd Bolwes Jr – Defensive asst
Chad Wade – Head strength and conditioning coach
February 12th, 2026 at 6:02 pm
Bonzai
It was actually his second major injury. But who’s counting?
February 12th, 2026 at 6:03 pm
Todd Bowles Jr?
Is that accurate? JHC. Spawn of Guru.
February 12th, 2026 at 9:03 pm
With this coaching staff, does it matter? Todd’s coaching decisions (i.e., coaches) either means he can’t get quality coaches or doesn’t care as he’s just cashing in as long as he can. “ Run, Michael, run!”
February 12th, 2026 at 9:22 pm
@ gotbbucs, great post. But let’s not forget Licht’s other fortè, paying top dollar for guys who never hit their prime or who take an annual month-long injury vacation. Up next, Kancey, it would be right up Jason’s alley to pay him top 5 money before he’s ever played a full season.
February 13th, 2026 at 12:39 am
It’s what you get for having a WEAK GM who has reverted to his norm post Brady. After 5 (getting ready to be SIX) POOR Drafts, ZERO even good Free Agency moves (outside of maybe Baker), and HORRIFIC contracts such as Godwin’s and Reddick’s. Lazy. No Instincts. CanNOT evaluate TALENT. Just VERY unimpressive all around. And, oh yeah… Loses COEN, then decides to ‘double down’ on BOWLES. 93-104 even INCLUDING Brady. Responsible for 60% of the “Lost Decade.” Just HORRIBLE.
February 13th, 2026 at 12:57 am
Lakeland Says: “We have time to completely rebuild this team
While winning the division at the same time.”
I thought that was what we had already been doing for the last 3-YEARS!? It hasn’t worked. It’s NOT going to work. It’s an epic FAIL by this lazy, incompetent, incapable, and inept GM.
February 13th, 2026 at 1:15 am
@ Buccaneer Bonzai Says: “It was his first major injury. Not really a fair assessment.
I had my doughts he’d return to form, but he did.”
YOU are probably THE MOST delusional poster on here. Godwin has had all kinds of injuries that have forced him to miss major time throughout his career. So much so, that he did an entire interview about them all on WDAE just a few weeks ago, talking about how different and resilient he is. There was a thumb during Brady, that took him awhile when he did return. There were injuries before that, AND there was the major knee surgery at least once. All of THIS even before the foot/ankle. I swear, YOU live in some kind of weird fantasyland stuck inside of your own head. I mean, you’re never even CLOSE and have just THE WORST (most delusional) ‘takes’ EVER, that are nowhere near reality. And, you think HE “returned to form” last season Lmao. LoL well, I sure hope not. Just DELUSIONAL. On another planet.
February 13th, 2026 at 1:20 am
@ Davenport – Evans has value and can still play. Godwin’s salary makes him un-trade-able right now. Our best hope is that they both stay healthy and are looking good while putting up some good numbers. At least that way we can move them both at the deadline, and pick-up some extra 2027 Draft Capital, in an ‘all-time’ LOADED Draft-Class.
February 13th, 2026 at 1:29 am
Way too many holes to fill on D right now. Unless a couple of All Pro dudes appear at One Buc who want to play for free, Jason has to work some miiracles.
Go Bucs!
February 13th, 2026 at 1:36 am
Buccaneer Bonzai is just the worst type of person. One, who will just spew empty BS right outta his head, and will LIE straight to your face. And will do it over and over again, regardless of facts or anything else. Someone, NO ONE takes serious in life. 💯 I just saw the other post that responded to him about Godwin only playing THREE full-seasons out of NINE, as a Buc. But, “Buccaneer Bonzai” will literally go and repeat his SAME BS AGAIN, tomorrow. EVEN, while knowing this. And, that’s a FACT. Godwin is an beat up OLD 30. That’s for sure.
February 13th, 2026 at 5:52 am
The talent is on offense and our kicker.
Our Defense is a long way away from championship caliber. Vita is the lone star, but he’s 31, maybe final season. AWJ has been a shadow since he got his bag – trade him for draft capital and unload his salary. We’re stuck with McCollum and his $48m anchor, no answer there. Pray Kancey can finally play a full season, but no way we pick up his 5th year option. Let Dean move on, get the gold watch polished up for LVD.
It’s time for a roster overhaul on D, flush out the pretenders and free up as much cap money as possible. Restock with hungry young talent and FA’s. It’s been a while but Jason and Todd did it to get us a SB. Found Shaq. Let McCoy walk and brought in Suh. Got Gholston to be the consummate role player. Traded a RD3 pick for JPP. Drafted Vita, D White, Davis, Dean, Whitehead and AWJ. And got our next HOF’er on D, LVD to shine in his prime.
I know, tall order. But we’ve done it before.
February 14th, 2026 at 7:28 am
@Melvin Jr. I’m disappointed in you. To call @Buccaneer Bonzai “the MOST delusional poster on here” is a clear slap in @Rod ButtMunch’s face. In fact, even at Lakeland is upset he didn’t win silver. Buns-eye is at least a bronze medalist.