NOW THIS DRAFT DOESNT SEEM SO FARFETCHED! I WAS WATCHING THE USF BULLS ALL SEASON LONG AND WAS WONDERING WHERE JACKSON WOULD END UP. I KNOW WE DIDNT DRAFT HIM BUT HE MADE THE TEAM ALREADY IN PRACTIST AND WILL WIN HIS STARTING JOB. I SAW HIM SEVERAL TIMES LIVE AND HE`S A TALL FAST GUY WITH BETTER HANDS THEN EVERYONE GIVES HIM CREDIT FOR. HE`S A GREAT SIGNING I`M TELLING YOU NOW. HE WILL MAKE THE BUCS A BIGGER THREAT. OUR FIRST PICK WASNT THE USF CORNER I THOUGHT WE`D PICK. WE WENT WITH AGIB. WHY? WELL A COUPLE REASONS. AGIB IS FASTER...MUCH FASTER AND BIGGER AND HAS THE BUCCANEER SWAGGER WE LIKE HERE IN RAYJAY. I SAW SOME SOME CLIPS OF THE LINEMAN WE PICKED AND HE CAN FLATOUT HUSTLE AND BE AN AWESOME PULLING GUARD OR TACKLE. AND HE CAN APPARENTLY CATCH THE BALL TOO! OUR LINEBACKER PICK IS A HEADHUNTER THAT REMINDS ME OF BROOKES BUT IS TWICE AS QUICK. HE WILL START ONE DAY IF HE STAYS OUTTA TROUBLE. SO ALL IN ALL I CANT WAIT TO THE SEASON STARTS . WE WILL WIN THE NFC SOUTH FOR SURE AND GO DEEPER IN THE PLAYOFFS. OUR QB PICK MR. JACKSON IS SO MUCH LIKE DOUG WILLIAMS ITS SCARY! I BELIEVE DOUG WILLIAMS LOBBIED FOR THE KID AND I`M GLAD GRUDEN AND ALLEN LISTENED. THIS IS NOT A WASTED PICK PEOPLE. JOHNSON HAS A RIFLE ARM AND IS VERY ACCURATE AND CAN RUN LIKE A GAZELLE. HE WILL OPEN EYES AND AMAZE US ALL IN PRE-SEASON. MAN WHAT A GREAT DRAFT THUS FAR. I`M ALSO WAITING FOR SABBY TO SHOW UP AGAIN. HE`S GAINED 25 POUNDS AND HAS BEEN A GYM RAT AT THE WEIGHT ROOM AND HAS BEEN STUDYING THE PLAYBOOK ON HIS DOWN TIME. HE SHOULD PROSPER FOR US ALSO. WILL GUYS AND GALS GOTTA GO BUT LETS REMEMBER THESE OUR OUR BUCS AND THEY ARE MUCH BETTER IMPROVED NOW. GRUDEN AND ALLEN MAY GET UNDER ALOT OF PEOPLES SKIN SOMETIMES BUT THEY ARE REALLY GOOD AT THEIR JOB AND KNOW WHAT WHAT THEY`RE DOING. LET THEM DO THEIR JOB AND WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER CHAMPIONSHIP SOON...REAL SOON! GO BUCS!

This is may be a long shot, but from reading his brief Q&A from the combines, some of the answers to his questions seem to demonstrate a bit of what is known as concrete thinking - which is another way of saying taking things too literally:

Q: What are the five most-played songs in your iPod? What's the one song you hope nobody ever finds out is in your iPod?
A: I don't own an iPod, but I've always wanted one.

Q: When you play Madden, what team do you use? Do you put yourself on the team?
A: I don't play Madden. I don't have a Playstation, but I do want one when I get some money.

Again, I may be reaching here however, concrete thinking is characteristic of schizophrenia - a disease more difficult to treat then anxiety/depression and makes things for our defensive hopeful a lot more difficult to overcome.

I don't know if you know this but there's a buc fan site in England. I can't believe how fanatical these guys are. It's pretty amazing.

Anyhow, they've been running down top 100 plays in buc's history (video and box scores) over the summer. Currently they've counted down to number 10 (first buc's touchdown ever-you'll be surprised!) and the rest are lined up for easy access.

www.bucpower.com

Check it out! I just think it'd be fun to do something with these guys this upcoming season.

JC

If rumors are true... the Buc's are going to run first (I guess old dog's -Gruden - can learn new tricks). If true, I am so very excited about the upcoming year.

Think about it...Graham, Dunn, Bennett, Williams (later in the year) running behind that o-line and Askew 45 times a game.

Also, why hasn't the passing game been improved? If you think A. Bryant is the answer...

Anyhow, I'm really excited excited about the upcoming year (although I've been saying that for the past 30 years! 

To anybody that can help,

I am a Bucs fan out of the big D in TX. I coach my son's youth football team and they are entering thier 1st yr of tackle and was wanting to get them in the Pewter pants. Does anybody know of any Sporting good store that would sell them. I need  the one's you can put the pads in, not the uniforms you get at NFLSHOP.

Thanks

J

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 Did anyone see what the skins did to address there WR issues? Im not saying we needed to do the exact same, butt a small school deshaun jackson morph is the answer? I know he will do his part on special teams, butt really that's about it. At least washington tryed on two WR projects early. We did so good last year and we followed up with this crap, damn. Another year another tear. GO BUCS!!!

How about this one:

Bucs get DE Jason Taylor

Dolphins get DE Greg White and QB Chris Simms

Both teams would be able to fill needs and get rid of players that don't want to be with their current teams. Bill Parcells is smoking something if he thinks ANYONE would trade a 1st round pick for Taylor. Hee's 34 and is only signed through 2009. After that he's to become the next Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson in Hollywood.

I know it's a rarity in the NFL that there is ever a player for player trade, but if there ever were.....this is a good one.

Who would you pick if both were available?

CB Mike Jenkins or WR DeSean Jackson?

Personally, I feel the need for an impact CB is more of a need than a WR at this point. IMO I believe we can still land a pretty good WR in the 2nd or 3rd round. Sad but true, reports have the Bucs drafting yet another QB. Gruden is gaga for San Diego product Josh Johnson and maybe even Delaware's Joe Flacco. I'm sure somebody will take a gamble on Chris Simms will for a late pick. Gradkowski will be cut by the end of camp. This will leave us with Garcia and Griese/McCown fighting for the backup spots. Don't be suprised if another young QB is drafted in pewter and red.

Come here to play a fun MMORPG Fantasy Football game! You can own a team or create a player and join a team. Right now I am myself at CB. What will you do? You can make your guy better by training. It's really fun. I'm just writing more becuase it's saying One - line diaries are prohibited yet I think this is more than one line so blah blah blah blah. Play the game! :D

http://goallineblitz.com/game/signup.pl?ref=7044456