Hats off to the New Orleans Saints for winning Super Bowl 44. They have come a long way since the days of the New Orleans Aints. The Saints franchise has struggled for most of its existence, and seeing Drew Brees proudly holding the Vince Lombardi Trophy last night shows just how far that franchise has come. The sight of the Saints players celebrating victory reminded me of another team that came from the bowels of the NFL to ultimately win the sport's richest prize; the 2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers. For years, the Buccaneers were THE biggest joke in the NFL. This was the first team to finish a season winless; in fact the team started off 0-26 until they beat (you guessed it) the Saints. After a few playoff runs in the late 70s and early 80s, the team became the poster child [...] Continue reading →

Josh Freeman didn't exactly break any rookie records during his nine starts this year. In fact if you were to compare his numbers to that of a 16 game season, you would see he was on pace to throw over 30 interceptions and fumble almost 20 times. So why in the world would anyone expect Freeman to make any sort of significant improvement next year? As someone (for better or for worse) who followed the Tampa Bay Buccaneers through all 16 games this year, specifically the nine started by Freeman; there were many positives to take away. Let's start with the obvious. The Buccaneers were not a very good team to begin with, and if you throw a rookie quarterback into the fire, no one should really expect big things immediately. In his first ever start against the Green Bay [...] Continue reading →

The Buccaneers have just finished their 2009 campaign with a record of 3-13 under rookie head coach Raheem Morris. There were rumors swirling around that the Bucs we're going to try to convince Bill Cowher to be the head coach for the 2010 season. Those rumors were quickly put to bed when it was announced earlier this week that Morris would indeed be returning for his 2nd season as head coach. Some fans were disappointed and annoyed that Morris was coming back because they fell he is not qualified to be a successful head coach. While there is no debating that Morris had some issues during his first season, I have no problem bringing him back next year. Yes, at the beginning of the season he had that "'deer in the headlights" look and appeared to be in over his head. When [...] Continue reading →