Photo Credit: Cliff Welch / Pewter ReportCan you believe training camp is right around the corner? Typically for football fans, particularly ones that follow a team that doesn’t qualify for the postseason, the off-season can be one long dragged out trek back to the comfort zone of seeing that pigskin flying and Drew Brees get knocked on his backside. Sure, there …Read More
The next installment of my “Welcome Aboard” series includes an impressive story of determination. The story of a man chasing a dream and doing whatever it takes to achieve it. Stevie Tu’ikolovatu (pronounced TOO-E-KOLO-VAH-TOO) is now living his dream of being an NFL player and even though he still has some fighting left to do in training camp, it …Read More
Next up in my “Welcome Aboard” series is another standout from the Canadian Football League in wide receiver Derel Walker. The 6’1″/190lb speedster is a former teammate of Bucs superstar wide receiver Mike Evans at Texas A&M and will be in training camp fighting for one of the receiver positions on the team. Walker transferred to A&M from Trinity Valley …Read More
My next “Welcome Aboard” installment will feature another lesser known addition to the Bucs but one that could make just as much of an impact, if not more than the player in my first segment. He’s well kept Canadian secret, tight end Antony Auclair. With the exception of the butthurt FSU homers still ranting about the Bucs NOT taking …Read More
Now that the Bucs 90-man camp roster is pretty much set (there will always be little tweaks here and there, but for the most part it’s set), I decided to take a closer look at this group and see where the interesting position battles will be during training camp. There are a ton of them! …Read More
During one of his post draft press conferences, head coach Dirk Koetter was asked how he wanted this year’s Buccaneers football team to be known. His answer, “As a badass football team!”. Now I realize that this is extremely premature. I mean, the draft just ended less than a week ago. However, on paper this …Read More
If you have not read my post on the Defense go do that first! Here we go on the new offense along with the average number of roster spots designated for each position.. QUARTERBACKS (2-3 spots) The Bucs currently have four QB’s on the roster. Franchise quarterback Jameis Winston (6’4″/230lbs) is going into his third season and …Read More
Now that free agency has calmed down and the NFL Draft is in the books, we can take a step back and look at the makeup of this team and what we as fans can look forward to going into training camp: position battles. The Bucs feature a new look for the offensive line, new weapons …Read More
Let’s admit it, the Bucs had an important draft in front of them. They had a plethora of needs with safety and tight end being two of the biggest ones. Did I forget to mention weapons for Winston? All of the above was accomplished in this year’s NFL draft. Let’s take a look at some …Read More
One thing that I’ve realized over my 35 years or so of being a Bucs fan is that most Bucs fans, and maybe most NFL fans in general, can be fickle. This is no more evident than during and right after the NFL Draft. Football fans have their versions of their “perceived needs” for the …Read More
