Photo Credit: WTB StaffEDITOR’S NOTE: Steve Shute ran the original “The Crow’s Nest” website for 5 years between 1996-2001. This column is an ongoing ode to those halcyon days of his youth, and a chance to reconnect with generations of Bucs Fanatics. Feel free to post your thoughts – or criticisms – in the “Comments” section below, and …Read More
Photo Credit: Cliff Welch / Pewter ReportSo Dirk wanted a culture change? Well, it looks like the team is in the midst of just such a change. Winning is not hoped for, it is starting to be expected by the players and coaches. Next up, the fans need a culture change. The fans need confidence to replace fearful hope. The fans …Read More
How valuable is Jameis Winston to the Buccaneers? Most Bucs fans understand that he is incredibly valuable, but few realize just how valuable Jameis is. When you think about young quarterbacks that start in the NFL the first two that come to mind might be Carson Wentz and Dak Prescott. They are rookies right out …Read More
Photo Credit: Cliff Welch / Pewter ReportThe Buccaneers perennial losing ways are starting to take a toll on many longtime fans. I am talking about die-hard fans, not run-of-the-mill bandwagon fans. I am not talking about the casual fans that follow the Bucs when winning. I am talking about the hard-core believers and fanatics that will follow the team no matter …Read More
Well, the Bucs found themselves on the bad end of a beat down in Phoenix. It didn’t take long for the “Fire Dirk” chatter to begin. On national and local sports radio it has already started. One week removed from a complete Buccaneer love-fest after a win on the road against division rival Atlanta, the …Read More
Photo Credit: Cliff Welch / Pewter ReportThe Bucs had a great run for a while there. How fun would it be to have a great run like that again? Well, maybe….just maybe…here we go! It’s a lot of fun to win a Superbowl. Really not much can beat that, and winning a Lombardi Trophy just plain changes things. It just does. …Read More
Photo Credit: Cliff Welch / Pewter ReportImagine an NFL team with a solid and unquestioned young starting quarterback. Imagine that team has a backup quarterback with statistically solid numbers, but nothing overly impressive. Not great. Not bad. What you just imagined was the Bucs. Now imagine an NFL team with a solid and unquestioned young starting quarterback. Imagine that team has …Read More
As I write this I am amazed at how old I sound. You could probably read this in the most extreme old man voice you can muster. Unfortunately I think what I am saying is a very accurate observation. I have been a Buccaneer fan since April 24, 1974. On that fateful Wednesday my mother …Read More
