With the Buccaneers general manager position in the good hands of Jason Licht for at least one more season, the focus of the front office in a couple of weeks will be squarely on the head coaching position. The writing seems to be on the wall. It’s almost inevitable that Dirk Koetter will be receiving …Read More
Photo Credit: WTB StaffIn what will be my final post of 2017, I wanted to take the chance to talk about change. Change is a word that will be thrown around a lot when things are not going as you might like. Time to change the coach. Time to change the players. When the time does come for …Read More
Well, it’s over. Even though there are technically five games left in this 2017 season, it’s done. Finished. Time to move on and look towards next season. Free agency. The draft. Training camp. You know, the usual things that we Bucs fans get excited about before having our hearts broken during the regular season. After …Read More
Photo Credit: Cliff Welch / Pewter ReportEditor’s Note: I was very late in reviewing and approving this. I am sorry. Dear Buccaneers, My name is Jon, aka “Deez Bucz”, and I’ve been a die-hard Bucs fan for most of my life as I was born, raised and still live in the Tampa Bay area. I’m writing to you out of concern …Read More
I’m sure that I’ll catch some heat from some of you about this article, so I want to preface it by saying this: I’m a Buccaneers fan for life. Always have been, always will be. Even if this team moved to London, I’d be pewter & red til I’m cold & dead! That being said, …Read More
After the game on Sunday, I began to see quite a few posts on social media about “firing Mike Smith and Dirk Koetter”. Now given the way the team performed in that game, I can kind of see the frustration. The Cardinals only needed 3 minutes to score their first touchdown, then did it again …Read More
In the 2015 season, Bucs offensive coordinator Dirk Koetter and rookie quarterback Jameis Winston took an offense that was ranked 30th in the league in 2014 to the 5th ranked in the league. That improvement was enough to convince Jason Licht to hire him as the new head coach after firing Lovie Smith. In his first year as a head coach, …Read More
This Tampa Bay Buccaneers season has certainly been a rollercoaster ride for us fans. From the beginning of the year when Lovie Smith was fired and Dirk Koetter was hired right down to this last nailbiter of a game against the Panthers, it’s been an up and down, twisting and turning, thrilling and sometimes nauseating ride of …Read More
Sunday night, in front of 62,140 very loud Buccaneer fans, the Bucs defense made a statement to the Saints and the rest of the NFL that they’re back. While Jameis Winston and the injury plagued offense sputtered through 270 yards against a vulnerable New Orleans defense and the special teams miscues led to 5 of …Read More
Photo Credit: Cliff Welch / Pewter ReportIt’s been a long drought, hasn’t it Bucs fans? Tampa Bay hasn’t sniffed post season play since January 6th, 2008 – a 24-14 loss to the eventual Super Bowl Champion in the playoffs and team of destiny New York Giants (that was the 18-1 dethroning of the Patriots year). The closest the Bucs have gotten to …Read More
