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Bucs offseason Must-Do's

Management: First off, give Rah and Dom long extensions. I've believed in both of them from day one despite all the haters, and they havent let me down yet. They've been dealt krap for cards when they both showed up here and now just look at what they have assembled for the 2011 season which will be greatness. Not to mention being a KSU student myself, I couldnt be happier with seeing Freeman develop into the youngest/best QB in the league was a great move by Rah and Dom. Also get a new DL coach (which i hear may actually be underway) because we were horrendous on that line.

To the should we resign the players or not discussion.

DO NOT Re-sign: Barrett Ruud, Tim Crowder, Mo Stovall, and Jeremy Trueblood. Barrett is the not the type of MLB we need and hes gonna have a high asking price. This tyrone kid that we have could be another great find by Dominik and put him in there and see what he can do, if hes a fail then put one of our young lbs in there and see what they can do. I think we have plenty of talented LBs so i dont see the need to draft one unless its a stud to replace ruud. Crowder didn't do jack for us on the line kinda like every other DE. Mo underproduced despite his prototypical size, and Trueblood never really improved despite having the reins on the T position a couple years, plus James Lee was a great find and he did great in my mind.

RE-SIGN: Caddy, Ronde, Black, Joseph, Gilmore, Hayward, Niko, Spurlock, Stylez, Barth, Lee, Okam, and Lynch I believe we should have caddy as the #3 back for one or two more years. Blount will learn the pass protection coverages and Huggy will be the younger scar back we need so theres no need to overpay for an old no knee'd caddy either. If he resigns somewhere else, then go out and sign a veteran RB. Ronde was above average and has just one more year in him tops. Joseph has pro bowl talent and needs to dominate more but hes a beast so you gotta resign him. Gilmore is the blocking TE we need behind K2. Hayward is one of those talented young LB's i believe we have. Niko will be used as ST only. Spurlock showed hes an actual WR and not just a KR. Stylez is the only DE to produce (which aint saying much but still) so resign him if not for competition only. Barth is a young talented kicker we found and believes we found a guy for the next 10 years. Lee was a great plugin for the season and should start in front of JT. Okam impressed me during the short time he had to pickup the D, and same goes with lynch while his fill in time for our slew of Safetys. Also give Blount at least a 5 year deal if hes continiuing his greatness midway through the season, because he could be the steal of year out-stealing (not a word) Mike Williams.

Draft: I dont care if we have to reach for a DE with our first pick, but our first round pick better be a D end or no playoffs for us again. That position killed us every pass play! we need a major upgrade at both ends position. Heck i wouldn't even mind doing what we did last year with out first two picks and draft DE's with the 1st and 2nd round. It will provide divedends just like our two young DTs will. With the third round i wouldnt mind grabing a young O linemen somewhere along the line, any position will help our depth. 4th round if we can find a steal with a ball hawk cornerback, we only had 2 or 3 cbs that were really solid during the year. After that i believe we draft a young MLB or jsut draft at the best talent available no matter the position.

Free Agency: The only positions I would approve a sign in the FA pool would be: Oline, DE, MLB, CB, or P

Do not sign Nmanda or however you spell it, he will be asking for bookoo money and even though we have the money, go sign somewhere else. The only players i would look at would be young players who still have upside left in them. I believe in singing the younger players who have more potential than signing a player who may be a little more better but is old. I just wouldnt wanna see much activity in Free agency unless we can find young players or we have to replace some players who we could not resign.



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