09-03-2020, 11:53 AM
(09-03-2020, 10:27 AM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: Outside of the Bengals, there is no team I'm more excited to see than Tampa Bay. That's going to be interesting, to say the least. It could either go really well or it could completely blow up in their face.
They added Fournette and Leseason McCoy, when they already have a decent Jones (semi-recent 2nd rounder).
Their tight end group consists of 3 guys who all could probably start somewhere. (Gronk, Howard, Brate)
Their WR duo of Evans and Godwin is maybe the best in the league.
Their QB is 64 years old.
It's such an odd approach. Talking about going all in for one season. And how do you keep all of these guys happy? What does this team look like a year or two from now?
Like I said, interesting stuff. And yeah, you're right. The one spot on offense that they haven't addressed is their #3 receiver. I have a feeling Sanu is better than Scotty Miller.
I can't blame TB for going all-in on the big name free agents considering they haven't won a playoff game since they won the 2002 SB, they haven't made the playoffs since 2007, they've had 1 winning season in the past decade, and they just rid themselves of an exceedingly unpopular 1st overall pick QB bust.
Add in that they went 7-9 last year and weren't in a spot to take an instant replacement and I think they made the right move to turn the team on a dime. Does it pan out? Maybe, maybe not but they had to do something. It'll be interesting to see how the Arians/Brady pairing goes. Arians did some good work with Manning/Luck/Ben/Palmer but their first years in his system did lead to high INT stats so it's no wonder Winston went super INT crazy. I think Brady avoids that, but hey the Bucs are interesting for the first time in almost 20 years...kudos to them for that.
FUN FACT! Winton's 30 INTs last year wasn't even the most in Bucs history. In 1983 Vinny Testaverde (bonus fun fact, Testaverde is Spanish for Green Testicle) thew 35 of em!