Tune in tomorrow to see what moments in Buccaneers history made the ‘Nice’ list.

12. Buccaneers Trade Steve Young

In the 1984 Supplemental Draft the Buccaneers selected a young quarterback named Steve Young from the USFL. Young was a young prospect who showed a lot of  promise during his days at BYU as well as in his USFL career with the Los Angeles Express. But when he arrived in Tampa, the Bucs were hoping he could take them to the next level and develop into a franchise quarterback.

That didn’t happen.

In Young’s two seasons with the Buccaneers he posted a 3-16 as a starter and the Bucs went 2-14 in both years. In 1987, Tampa decided to move on from Young and drafted Vinnt Testaverde to try and be the new franchise guy, as Young was largely deemed a bust by everyone within the Bucs organization and around the NFL.

But Bill Walsh liked the tangibles he saw and traded for Young. The rest is history, as Young won multiple Super Bowls and was inducted into the Po Football Hall of fame within twenty years of being traded. The Bucs couldn’t string together anything respectable in terms of a team until the late nineties and still have just one Super Bowl. 

“I played for a coach who, you really didn’t know what you were getting. I didn’t know what I was getting in Jon…I didn’t know if I was going to be in the doghouse, or if I was going to be in the in-house, in the field house…You just didn’t know. You were on eggshells. You had to make the most out of the situation. We’ve never had any words, me and Jon….I’ve never been the No.1 receiver since my rookie year…But yet people evaluate me based on my rookie year. I had over 100 attempts (balls thrown to him) that year. That says a lot. It’s never been the same.”

WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.  What a tear fest.

The reason that you don’t have as many balls thrown to you anymore Mike is becase you can’t catch.

He went on to make complaints about Gruden only liking fast receivers, which is almost hilarious in itself.  His entire passing system was predicated on possession receivers who can catch anything thrown at them (Rice, Tim Brown, Antonio Bryant, Keyshawn Johnson, Keenan McCardle).

I’m still of the belief that Clayton was one of the players who helped get Gruden fired.  The Glazers let it be known that they spoke with “some players” who expressed their dislike for Gruden, and I’m sure this whiny baby was one of them.  The new coaching staff then rewarded him with a 24 million dollar contract since he essentially helped them get put “into office” so to say.  He clearly didn’t pay any dividends on that contract last year as he “rewarded” his new employers with a scintillating 16 catch season where he was one of the league leaders in dropped passes.

Go away Michael Clayton, I look forward to the day that you are cut.

One of the first moves that Mark Dominik and Raheem Morris made when they took over control of the team last year was to re-up Michael Clayton to a contract that he didn’t/doesn’t deserve.   He rewarded them with a stellar 16 catch season.   In fact, Clayton hasn’t had more than 32 catches since his rookie season.  His similar players box on Football Reference (a chart used to show comparable players based on stats and years) reads the baller names of Eddie Bell, Derek Russell, Derrick Faggney, Elbert Dubenion, Karl Noonan and a bunch of other jamokes who you undoubtedly have never heard of.

With the drafting of both Mike Williams and Arrellious Benn in the 2010 draft, coupled with the stellar play of rookie receiver Sammie Stroughter in 2009, the Bucs would seem to have their core group of receivers locked up. With the obvious look to the future for this organization from a roster standpoint, wouldn’t a guy who is overpaid and sucks on top of his bloated contract be a likely target for release?

“He will make me better,” Benn said, “and I will make him better.”

“This is the perfect situation for both of us,” Williams said. “Him on one side and me on the other? It sounds good.”

Funny how two rookies are talking about Clayton’s sorry ass like he is already gone.

“He’s amazing,” said Williams, talking about Benn. “I see a big, strong receiver who can go down the field and catch the ball in traffic. And he has hands. I shook his hand the other day, and I said, ‘Wow, he’s got big hands.’ ”

“I’ve seen his drive, and I think he has the same drive I have,” said Benn, talking about Williams. “He’s a big receiver who can stretch the field. He can get open and be a big-play guy.”

I was tired of Clayton’s poor production when Gruden was here, hated how he helped get Gruden get run out of town, hated him signing a new contract with the team and most of all hated how he rewarded the team for that lofty contract.  Go away Michael Clayton.  Your time with the Bucs has passed.

P.S. Mark Dominik – please cut this bum.