2022 Offseason Thread

[King Bootz]

Buccaneers tight end Rob Gronkowski remains undecided on his NFL future. But if the Bucs want the four-time Super Bowl champion back in the fold, they have one clear route to take: sign Julian Edelman.

“If Julian signs with the Bucs right now, I’m coming back for a whole year,” Gronkowski said on Sunday. “I was just with him last night, and he needs to sign with the Bucs.”

In what “Entertainment Tonight” crowed was an exclusive, a breathless Rachel Smith....sat down with Brady.

But Smith...got in a couple of Bucs questions... The first was about unretiring with the Bucs after 40 days of retirement and Brady made a comment how much he enjoys his Bucs teammates and looks forward to joining the gang again at One Buc Palace (it doesn’t appear soon).

Then Smith, with Geraldo Rivera-like acumen, pounced asking if those teammates are “going to include Gronk and Edelman?”

Brady replied, “I’m trying!”

https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2022/0 ... an-edelman
https://www.joebucsfan.com/2022/05/tom- ... elman-too/

Or...they are bringing the band back together?

We don't need a 36 year old WR who was forced into retirement because of a failed physical. He's done.

[acmillis]

https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2022/0 ... an-edelman
https://www.joebucsfan.com/2022/05/tom- ... elman-too/

Or...they are bringing the band back together?

We don't need a 36 year old WR who was forced into retirement because of a failed physical. He's done.

Yeah, this. It'd be like signing Richard Sherman off the street when nobody else wants him just because we have a roster spot and he's a "name"...oh.....wait.

[MJW]

https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2022/0 ... an-edelman
https://www.joebucsfan.com/2022/05/tom- ... elman-too/

Or...they are bringing the band back together?

We don't need a 36 year old WR who was forced into retirement because of a failed physical. He's done.

Yeah, I'd love to be a contrarian, but he's washed.

That said, It'd still be really nice if one of the WR soup we have behind the top three would step up and seize a job.

[_MB_]

[mdb1958]

Howz the weight loss coming MB, you able to slow the spoon down any?

[_MB_]

Howz the weight loss coming MB, you able to slow the spoon down any?

Redesigning the warehouse system in the middle of a software conversion which is essentially performing a de facto full parts inventory has me on my feet a lot. Thanks for asking.

[kaimaru]

I say no to Edelman. He wasn’t good when he last played so I doubt sitting out a year made him better.

Gronk was bad when he last played too. How did that turn out?

[Primeminister]

I say no to Edelman. He wasn’t good when he last played so I doubt sitting out a year made him better.

Gronk was bad when he last played too. How did that turn out?

Gronk wasn’t done. Edelman is done. Go back & look at Edelman. I’m fine admitting if I’m wrong on this, but fuck no to Edelman. Also Gronk doesn’t rely on speed or quickness to be great while Edelman needs quickness. Small slot receivers generally don’t age gracefully.

[Snake]

A year off, another year older, a year away from the game. But don’t underestimate good steroids and the year off from being beat up. Edelman might be toast. But I’m still taking him over Tyler Johnson for chemistry alone.

[Backside]

I don’t see any way Edelman would crack the WR depth chart. And he ain’t coming here to fight for that last spot.

It’s a non starter imo.

[_MB_]

I'm a Bucs fan. Literally anything is possible.

[Tnbandwagoner]

That’s a good example to be sure. However, Tomlin had Big Ben in his prime - the latter made the Pro Bowl that year. I’ll go out on a pretty sturdy limb (roughly as sturdy as the Golden Gate Bridge) and venture that Jaboo ain’t sniffing the Pro Bowl next year.

Half the QBs in the league "make" the Pro Bowl. Jameis has previously.

If you can’t see the difference between Big Ben, who will make the HOF, and Winston, who won’t make so much as a team’s HOF, you might want to sit out discussions involving QB play.

[Snake]

Decent Bowles interview.

“You’re not a yeller. When was the last time you lit a guy up?”

“Probably Dean. Playing Philadelphia, didn’t get his head around and got a PI call. The time before that? Probably Dean. Let a 7 route get behind him because he didn’t sink.”

Lol freaking Dean. Once in a generation body, 10 cent football brain.

[Tnbandwagoner]

A year off, another year older, a year away from the game. But don’t underestimate good steroids and the year off from being beat up. Edelman might be toast. But I’m still taking him over Tyler Johnson for chemistry alone.

I was in the camp that Edelman is burnt toast until I read your last sentence, which is inarguable. Edelman on crutches would still trump Tyler Johnson.

Also like your points about the year off and what good steroids can do. Get him on the Lance Armstrong plan. What have we got to lose? The league suspends him for four games after we win the SB? They're not taking away our Lombardi because a 5'8" over-the-hill WR juiced up.

[mdb1958]

Never the hint, that Buc fans, want it to be that it took Pats South to make us good enough to win a Superbowl

[mdb1958]

14 players on the practice squad this year?

[uscbucsfan]

Half the QBs in the league "make" the Pro Bowl. Jameis has previously.

If you can’t see the difference between Big Ben, who will make the HOF, and Winston, who won’t make so much as a team’s HOF, you might want to sit out discussions involving QB play.

Seems like you got confused, again. I was specifically talking about your Pro Bowl comment, nothing to do with Ben, HOF, or Winston's career.

[Tnbandwagoner]

If you can’t see the difference between Big Ben, who will make the HOF, and Winston, who won’t make so much as a team’s HOF, you might want to sit out discussions involving QB play.

Seems like you got confused, again. I was specifically talking about your Pro Bowl comment, nothing to do with Ben, HOF, or Winston's career.

I think maybe you need to work on reading comprehension, or basic writing skills, since you neither understood my post nor what yours connoted. Your reply to my post implied, unmistakably, that Roethlisberger's making the Pro Bowl meant nothing, which further implied that having Roethlisberger as his quarterback did not play a significant factor in Tomlin's success his first year as head coach.

[uscbucsfan]

Seems like you got confused, again. I was specifically talking about your Pro Bowl comment, nothing to do with Ben, HOF, or Winston's career.

I think maybe you need to work on reading comprehension, or basic writing skills, since you neither understood my post nor what yours connoted. Your reply to my post implied, unmistakably, that Roethlisberger's making the Pro Bowl meant nothing, which further implied that having Roethlisberger as his quarterback did not play a significant factor in Tomlin's success his first year as head coach.

I’ll go out on a pretty sturdy limb (roughly as sturdy as the Golden Gate Bridge) and venture that Jaboo ain’t sniffing the Pro Bowl next year.

I replied that Jaboo could make the Pro Bowl, because it seems like all QBs make it and he's made it before.

Again, nothing about Ben...in any way. Just about Jameis and how easy it is to make the Pro Bowl for a QB now.

[Miller4Prez64]

Most of the top QBs in the league have no interest in actually showing up to the Pro Bowl, so they get replaced by undeserving QBs because someone has to throw the ball in these pointless games I guess.

[13F11B]

Most of the top QBs in the league have no interest in actually showing up to the Pro Bowl, so they get replaced by undeserving QBs because someone has to throw the ball in these pointless games I guess.

After watching this years game I think it would be better to televise two kids playing Madden.

[King Bootz]

Most of the top QBs in the league have no interest in actually showing up to the Pro Bowl, so they get replaced by undeserving QBs because someone has to throw the ball in these pointless games I guess.

That's fiction. Top QBs play in the Pro Bowl each year.

[Dread]

Most of the top QBs in the league have no interest in actually showing up to the Pro Bowl, so they get replaced by undeserving QBs because someone has to throw the ball in these pointless games I guess.

That's fiction. Top QBs play in the Pro Bowl each year.

Certainly not all of them.

For various reasons top QBs who get voted into the pro-bowl don't play in the game.

As an example that applies to Jameis, his lone pro-bowl appearance was in 2015 when he was a replacement. Tyrod Taylor and Teddy Bridgewater were also replacement QBs that were "pro-bowlers" that some year b/c top QBs like Brady, Rodgers, Cam, BigBen, etc elected not to play.

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/ ... robowl.htm

[accidentw8ing2happen]

Russell Wilson played in the Winston pro bowl that you are using as an example. Lots of top QBs don't play but some still do.

[mdb1958]

Most of the top QBs in the league have no interest in actually showing up to the Pro Bowl, so they get replaced by undeserving QBs because someone has to throw the ball in these pointless games I guess.

After watching this years game I think it would be better to televise two kids playing Madden.

Watch six ladies shopping for a purse!

[King Bootz]

Russell Wilson played in the Winston pro bowl that you are using as an example. Lots of top QBs don't play but some still do.

Mahomes played this year.

[MJW]

What even is this thread anymore?

[MJW]

Giants release James Bradberry for zero compensation. Garbage organization. Dude is an excellent corner and they couldn't figure out a way to keep him under their cap.

[Primeminister]

Giants release James Bradberry for zero compensation. Garbage organization. Dude is an excellent corner and they couldn't figure out a way to keep him under their cap.

Or at least get something for him

[MJW]

Giants release James Bradberry for zero compensation. Garbage organization. Dude is an excellent corner and they couldn't figure out a way to keep him under their cap.

Or at least get something for him

Right? The guy is a borderline #1 corner in the league. 28 years old. Contract isn't great, but far from unreasonable. In a league where good cover corners are one of the hottest commodities, you really couldn't wrangle a pick for him? Bleh.

[Primeminister]

He will go to a good organization that’s contending for the title.

[MJW]

He will go to a good organization that’s contending for the title.

I'd be here for it if we had the money. I admit it'd be a luxury. But imagine CD-Dean-Bradberry-SMB-McCollum. With Winfield, Edwards, Ryan, and Neal at safety.

[13F11B]

After watching this years game I think it would be better to televise two kids playing Madden.

Watch six ladies shopping for a purse!

How are they clothed?

[Miller4Prez64]

Trask is the worst pick Licht has made other than Aguayo and Hargreaves. It honestly never made sense.

[Backside]

That’s a huge whiff. A premium pick on a win now team. They only justification is if they absolutely loved the kid and knew for sure that he would hit and be able to backup Tom.

Not good.