My goal of this post was to provide a distinguishable amount of research on why the bucs are 0-5. The million dollar question, is it Raheem Morris, Mark Dominik, the players, the Glazers, Gruden/Allen? Even though I have no real conclusion, I spent too long to post nothing.

2008 Last 5 games-Offense

Pts/G           Yd/G        RushYds/G           PassYds/G         Turnovers         PYds/G

20.8               337              114                      223                       6                        44.6

2009 First 5 games-Offense

Pts/G          Yds/G          RushYds/G            PassYds/G      Turnovers        PYds/G

13.6          284              94                              189                       9                        45.4

2008 Last 5 games-Defense

Pts/G             Yd/G                RushYds/G          PassYds/G T      Turnovers

28.6              375                   160                            215                  9

2009 First 5 games-Defense

Pts/G            Yds/G            RushYds/G              PassYds/G          Turnovers

28                    379                    152                            227                      7

The Defense looks like it was in a decline, but the offense is much better...Did Morris/Dominik receive a terrible team and make it worse, or did they start the rebuilding process?IDK...

Are they stuck with a terrible team becuase the Glazers are cheap? IDK...

"A lot of our mind-set is that we still have players on this team that we don't want to see become free agents one day," Dominik said. "That's important, but I think what the public and the fans need to know is that there are players on this team we don't ever want to become the free agent for somebody else, and you have to budget that accordingly".

"Dominik says - much like Bruce Allen before him - that the Bucs need cap space so they can tie up core players. Except they rarely do that. Barrett Ruud is their best player on defense, and he's annoyed because he doesn't have a long-term deal. Antonio Bryant was the team MVP, and he's ticked because he's on a one-year deal."

"The Bucs have spent the least amount of money on player costs between 2004 and 2008 than any other NFL team, according to a recent article on NFL.com."



"It's never been stated like that, nor have I been under that impression my last six or seven months on the job, or the years prior as director of pro [personnel]," Dominik said. "It's been, 'Lets spend our money smart.' Although he didn't dispute published reports that the Bucs lead the NFL with more than $35 million in cap space, Dominik said there's more to the story."

"People that say the Glazers are cheap don't realize they fired Jon Gruden with three years left on his contract, along with Bruce Allen. They could have tried to ride that out."

"Albert Haynesworth recently said Tampa Bay offered him more money than Washington during a recent interview on Sirius NFL Radio, but he wanted to play in a bigger market. He settled for a seven-year contract with the Redskins worth $100 million."




Here are some things Morris/Dominik has done that make you question this dynamic rookie duo.

-After spending the entire camp with Mcnown and Leftwich battling for the #1 spot and stated JJ is a career back up, but then named him the starter a couple weeks later. Career backup starts over franchise QB.

- Dared the media to question the signing of Michael Clayton to a long term deal. Becuase of his intangibles.

- Made Kellen Winslow the highest paid TE in the NFL.

- Let Jeff Garcia go and end up starting Bryon Leftwich to start the season.

- Morris says theres no difference between losing by 3 or 10, but kicks a FG on the 4 yard line when down by 6 with 4min left.

- Lets Clifton Smith handle the rock in crunch time instead of Cadillac. Resulting in a fumble.

- Fired OC 10 days before the season started.

Gruden/Allen left the Bucs terrible...

Glazers are cheap...

If the 2 statements above are indeed true surely we cant put all the blame on Morris/Dominik. Although Dominik thinks the Glazers arnt cheap, and the offense was cleary better last season. With the QB issues and firing of the OC abruptly, and debatable play calling...Did the dynamic rookie duo with the intentions to start a rebuilding season make them worse...? HAHA i STILL DONT HAVE A FREKIN CLUE.

ps. those are all quotes from various websites.