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Bucs should not draft Trent Richardson

Joe Soriano — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 20:03:32 +0000

With the fifth pick in the 2012 NFL Draft, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers must make the most prudent decision for their future. Last season was as disappointing as it gets for a team that was nearly in the playoffs the previous year, and the Bucs need to use that pick on a player who can help be a building block for a specific unit. The decision comes down to either LSU cornerback Morris Clairborne or Alabama running back Trent Richardson, and the Bucs need to take the former instead of the latter of the SEC stars.

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Give Van Pelt A Chance

Dustin Staggers — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:18:58 +0000

Yesterday, the Bucs hired former Bills offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt to be their QB coach. If the Bucs don’t fire him during the season or before the season even starts, I actually like the hire.

Van Pelt has been a rising name in the coaching ranks for a few seasons now. Before truly dismantling his last year with the Bills, take a look at the circumstances. First, people complain about the talent on our offensive roster, take a look at the Bills. Washed up TO, Trent Edwards, Ryan Fitzpatrick, ugh. Just like Greg Olson, Van Pelt was thrown into the fire before the start of the season.

Maybe Greg Olson felt a bond with Van Pelt, as both guys got thrown to the wolves in 2009.

As I said in the title, before crushing the hire because of the offense the Bills put on the field last season, consider the quality of product he had to work with. Teams like the Giants and the Steelers also reportedly were interested in Van Pelt and he chose the Bucs, so it’s not like we were the only team after him.

Byron Leftwich Is Now Sluggo

Dustin Staggers — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:03:01 +0000

I don’t have much to this post other than just reading something that had me cracking up. I’m out of town in Louisville so this was said the other day by QB coach Greg Olson, but I had to put it up for everyone’s amusement.

“Byron (Leftwich) has great experience, and he throws a great deep ball,” said Olson. “He sees the field very, very well. But he’s an awful athlete. He claims he scored 59 points in a basketball game, but I want to see the boxscore. We call him the slug. He’s got slow feet, a slow delivery … all those things you beat him up on.”