Buccaneers GM Jason Licht Needs To Stop Dragging His Feet

By James Yarcho | Apr 6, 2017

Dec 6, 2015; Tampa, FL, USA; Tampa Bay Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht works out prior to the game at Raymond James Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports /

Enough speculation, enough “smoke screens” – it’s time for Jason Licht to make a franchise changing move for the Buccaneers.

Okay, I’m going all in on this one. The Buccaneers are in a position unfamiliar to their fans for well over a decade. A position to not only win, but truly contend – and to do it now. There’s no need to drag it out any more. So with that, I’m diving in head first.

Mr. Licht,

You’ve made some serious moves in your tenure that have resulted in the discussion of you being arguably the best General Manager in this team’s history. There’s still more to be done, but you’re on your way. That being said, you need to quit dragging your feet and get Adrian Peterson in One Buc Place asap.

I know some fans believe he’s too old or he’s an injury risk – or they’re just too in love with the idea of Dalvin Cook to give in before April 27. I get it. I love Cook and think he’d be a great asset to the offense. However, you have an opportunity sitting in front of you on a silver platter so gorgeous it would make the Glazers blush.

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Adrian Peterson helps this team become an immediate Super Bowl contender. Period. He was the leading rusher in the NFL just two seasons ago before suffering an injury at the hands of a sieve Minnesota calls an offensive line. Even with his injury history – and I use that term loosely considering backs like Jamaal Charles and our own Doug Martin have far thicker medical folders – he’s still far and away better than any running back on this roster.

No, he won’t be here for the long term. We know that. We understand it. That doesn’t mean in the next two years he doesn’t get this team to that spectacle every team strives for the first Sunday of February. We know you’ll draft a running back in this draft. Why not pair a young guy like Marlon Mack, Kareem Hunt or even Joe Mixon with a future first ballot Hall of Famer?

That frees up your first round pick for a guy like Budda Baker to put in the back end of your defense. Or what about John Ross or David Njoku? I mean, are you kidding? An offense lining up with Mike Evans, DeSean Jackson, Adrian Peterson, and Ross or Njoku? I can hear defensive coordinators crying from here.

The name of the game this off-season has been accumulating weapons on offense for Jameis. There’s no better weapon than the threat Adrian Peterson provides out of the backfield.

Your key offensive players already worked out with the guy! I bet if you asked each one of them – if you already haven’t – they’d tell you how great it would be to add him to this team. Hell, Chris Baker already did:

https://twitter.com/cbakerswaggy/status/847455787551031296

So please, Jason, I’m begging you. Get this done. Bring in the guy that will put this team over the top and allow him to groom whichever back you draft to be our back of the future. Peterson is going to play this year with a vengeance. He’s going to be on a mission to prove he’s still go it and to quiet all the doubters, the haters, the cynics.

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