I guess this is good news, looking forward to camp again this year!! JJ definetely needs his shot at the job and if he gets it done, then we might have a decent if not good starter this year!!! Mccown has been ready and if he doesn’t get the starting job then expect another decent 2nd string QB, Griese is 3rd or 4th, depends on who we pick up!!!

we might as well have gruden back if they are going to throw the qb situation up to an open compettition. i would rather suffer under a long term solution than have brian griese try to manage the situation until maybe next year we get a qb. if its luke than name luke, give him the support. griese should be shipped away, he’s useless, im not buying the veteran qb standard line from the front office. there are plenty of other veteran qbs that are better than brian griese.

If Raheem wants to emulate Tomlin by getting a veteran defensive coordinator, an innovative offensive cooridnator thats a fantastic plan but he needs to remember the final reason for all of Tomlin’s success: that’s right Big Ben! If Raheem doesn’t have that, then he has nothing but a dismal season ahead of him and a lot of irate fans. I hope Raheem succeeds, but he needs to be aware.

you make some good points jscott but i don’t have a problem naming mccown number one on the depth chart unitl someone knocks him off. nothing is handed to him, but give him the vote of confidence going in and if he doesn’t outperform the others, than so be it. it’s a business. as far as griese being a mentor i understand but id rather have jags mentor the qbs and jettison griese (get rid of remnants of gruden). as far as josh johnson, i think we have to ask would jags, raheem, and mark have drafted him if it had been their choice last year? im speculating but i think they wouldnt have. so where does that leave us? luke mccown and then this scenario which i think the bucs have to consider if they want the fan base to support them:

A suggestion to Mark Dominik:

Trade for Cleveland’s fifth pick in the first round. Offer to them our pick at 19, and whatever else will get the team up to the fifth pick overall. Cleveland wants to trade down from the fifth pick overall from what I’ve read, so I think the 19th pick overall will look good to them. We’ll have to give up a second round next year or maybe a third that can lead to a second. Regardless, at the fifth pick overall the Bucs are in the driver’s seat.

Let me explain: Offer the Broncos the fifth pick for Jay Cutler and now the Broncos can get their quarterback of the future having bungled the Cutler mess beyond repair. I think Stafford will be there for them if they want him at #5. All of the analysts say we don’t have a qb to offer the Broncos which might make it difficult to make a trade with us without involving a third team. Three way deals are disastrous affairs, as we have already seen. This move keeps us dealing just with the Broncos once we’ve secured the pick from the Browns.

If the Broncos want nothing to do with trading Cutler, all is not lost. I’m not convinced that the Lions want Stafford at #1. They seem to be leaning towards an OT. With that, Stafford drops to us at #5 since the teams at 2,3,4 really arent in the market for a QB as far as I can tell.

Okay, so the Lions throw a curveball and pick Stafford at #1, then we still can take Sanchez. Not sold on Sanchez? Okay, take Crabtree, maybe Curry, or Raji with the fifth pick. Either way you get an elite athlete with the pick while satisfying the fan base with a real effort at getting Cutler or Stafford. Its a win win situation all around. The Bucs have been playing catch up the entire free agency period, here is a real chance to make a mark on the league and get the fans excited. That is really what its all about in the long run. what are your thoughts?

jscott, im sorry i don’t think griese will ever get my vote of confidence. in the pivotal atlanta game he drops back to pass, gets flushed runs back even further and gets sacked. thats when i knew the bucs season was over. he does find ways to win at times, but his decision making process in my mind is questionable. he’s short, and cant throw the deep ball.

anyways, i digress, griese always gets me riled up.sorry.

i have no problem giving up those picks, maybe you just give up our 1st round this year and a second rounder that could elevate to a first if the team finishes with 10 wins or something. im not worried about giving up picks, the team is so far under the cap they can pick up some talent through free agency. generally i am against this philosophy but in the bucs case they are so far under the cap i dont think its a big deal.

in regards to my proposal, sorry another cutler trade scenario, i see it as an opportunity for the bucs to obtain some exciting talent rather than getting cutler. it allows dominik to save face with fans and get them excited about the future. currently, i dont know what the front office is doing. i dont think they have a coherent plan for the future of the bucs. they were outmanuvered throughout free agency. I feel like the whole cutler scenario was hatched because they botched haynesworth, vilma, and others. They never contacted the patriots/broncos about cassel/cutler until the last minute when they could have laid the groundwork for the deal that week. the only reason the pats sent cassel to the chiefs was because no other deal was presented until the last minute. what a massive gaff by the front office! if i did my job the way they did theirs, i be fired. its almost as if they didnt have a backup plan in case they didnt get haynesworth.

so, i think trading up just to possible get stafford is worth a shot. if you don’t get him, then take crabtree who would make the offense even more explosive and give mccown even more weapons. i think fans would applaud that effort.