He’s right, of course, but looking in retrospect at the pursuit of Farve: why? At what cost? Were the Bucs really that imminently close to Super Bowl contention? or was the acquisition of Brett going to lead to a one-and-done playoff appearance at a cost of the teams future (trading away draft picks and young players to acquire Farve)?

The QB dating is the constant crux of this team under Gruden. No one is ever good enough and to hell with the tools the QB has to work with – it’s the Quarterback himself that has to pass Jon’s test.

Now the what-if: What if the Bucs do get their flavor-of-the-month in McNabb or Cassell… And waste resources on trying to obtain another arm, as they have the past several seasons? When is someone above Gruden/Bruce “Enabler” Allen going to step in and say “Not again”?

were old enough in defense, wide receiver, running back and already had a 38 year old quarterback . with this comment your tellin me you wanted to risk our future as a competitve team for one year of the most interceptions in the league ? take this down your not a true fan of the sport even garcia said its part of the game move on you wining person that was august ! screw espn too !!

just thought id make that clear , would not attack you .. your great with all the new buc reports and i thank you !!

Pat’s premise is correct: You don’t delve into the idea of bringing in a Hall of Fame Quarterback, so much so that local reports declared you’ve signed the guy, when you already have a QB (who’s fragile ego-wise) already on the roster. The Bucs did that, lost out, and immediately felt the effects by Garcia not looking into it in Week 1 against the Saints. The result? Gruden benches him…

As for not wanting Favre for draft picks, the Jets gave up a third round pick for Brett Favre and for a shot at the Playoffs. They improved from (4-12) to (9-7) thats a hell of a leap considering where they were the previous season.

Bar none, Favre would have taken this club farther. He takes the necessary chances to make his team a winner. He would have sat in the pocket and delivered passes. Thats something Jeff Garcia refused to do.

Regardless of the talent, the Bucs flirted with making their team better, at the detriment of their own signal caller and paid the price for it… Like Pat said, hopefully they don’t do that again, otherwise they will be left with egg on their face again.

Since Brett Favre did SO well for the Jets!

Brett Favre is old and he is SEVERELY over rated! MUCH rather have Jeff than Brett at this point. That guy is an IDIOT! lol

Does anyone honestly think this is what messed Garcia up? Do you think when Garcia was throwing all of those late game interceptions it was because he wasn’t mentally all there because Brett Favre talked about coming here?

I don’t. I think Garcia is who he is. An OLD veteran who is best as a backup. However, Gruden’s incompetence put him as a starter, and put nobody behind him for relief (Griese? Give me a break).

I don’t want Cassell and certainly not McNabb (who is much of the same as Garcia… old whiner who makes costly mistakes.