I had a long conversation with a friend about the Bucs lack of effort in trying to trade for Kerry Rhodes or Anquan Boldin.  He said, hes glad that we didn’t move a fourth round pick for Rhodes or a 3rd and a 4th for Boldin and a 5th, but that he doesn’t mind the 6th round pick for Brown. REALLY? His reasoning was that Morris and Dominik won’t be here regardless, and that it’s just a 6th round pick. So the fact that they know they won’t be around justifies moving future picks when they won’t be here?  Trading a 4th for a proven SS is not ok, but trading a 6th round pick for a guy who had 9 catches last year is.

Brown is a solid route runner with decent hands, but lacks any real breakaway ability.  Sounds a lot like Brian Clark whom we could have just tendered with a restricted free agency tender does it not?  He has 27 receptions in 17 games the past two seasons.  Pretty similar receiving numbers to that bum Michael Clayton.

After the season I was disenchanted.  Now I’m just fed up with this garbage.

Aaron Kampman, Tony Pashos, Kassim Osgood, Artis Hicks, Kerry Rhodes, Kevin Walter, Anquan Boldin, Dunta Robinson, Karlos Dansby, Antrel Rolle and Antonio Cromartie all would have been players who would have really helped the Buccaneers in the areas of our greatest need, DE, T, WR, S, CB, LB.

The Bucs apparently were high on Aaron Kampman, calling him our “#1 free agent priority” but obviously that priority was pretty low.  The fact that Anquan Boldin and Kerry Rhodes were traded for 3rd and 4th round picks respectively and the Bucs were not involved in either of those negotiations not only irks me, but more succintly, pisses me off.

I’m disenchanted with this franchise, their lack of spending on a team capable of winning, and the rhetoric coming from management and the front office, trying to dupe people into believing that this all part of our “rebuilding” process.

I received my third late notice for my season tickets yesterday, and once again, I will not respond.

While Eric Berry would be a great addition for the Bucs, would trading a 3rd round pick for Rhodes and taking a LT, DE, DT or CB players who generally influence the outcomes of games much more than SS’s at the 3 spot be a more prudent choice?

LT Russell Okung, DE Carlos Dunlap or Derrick Morgan, CB Joe Haden, or LB Rolando McClain all might be players more justified of the big dollars that come with being a top 3 pick.  Listen, I love Eric Berry, I think the guy has a big future in the NFL.  Let’s face it though, paying a SS that kind of money just seems ridiculous to me.  If this were a slotted NBA or NHL style system, I say draft Berry.

In 5 years, Rhodes has 15 INT, 6 FF and 327 Tackles.

Would you rather have Berry, than be dealing with a weaker set of DE’s, DT’s and LB’s, or would you rather take a Derrick  Morgan or Carlos Dunlap (who will shoot back up the boards after the Combine) take CB Patrick Robinson and WR Arrelious Benn in Round 2  and then move that third for Kerry Rhodes?

There are a bevy of possibilities that the Bucs have at their disposal, and while I love Berry, I’m just not sure that I could justify drafting a SS at the number 3 pick.