The SKY is FALLING!!! Or is it?

We are a good team. We just need more discipline

and I agree with everything you’ve said Bruce. (usually do). 4-4 and our losses have come against good teams, and we play in a strong division. Also, we have beaten BOTH the Saints and Falcons atleast ONCE which we couldn’t do last year. So while everyone feels that we have degressed, I actually feel we are pretty much the same if not (dare I say this without getting hated on) slightly better in some ways. Unlike last yr we HAVE taken the step into proving we CAN beat good teams. Our next step, is beating them consistently. I think we are right where we are supposed to be and what everyone at the begining thought we would be….1 year and 1 more solid draft class away from being a really tough team in the NFC. The sky is not falling…..it’s just covered in gray clouds. lol

But I believe the wheels are coming off this thing. After half a season we dont have an offense nor a defense. In my eyes the dallas game doesnt look top easy and you never know what titan team will show up. Right now we cant overlook anybody, even the “easy” teams.

And the chargers didnt make too many moves in free agency because they are a more complete team, they can afford not to do that we cant. They went toe to toe in a shootout with the packers, can we? Plus the eagles are on the rise and will most likely see postseason play

It is how we’re playing. We needed big comebacks against two terrible teams, Minny and Indy, after playing horrible football for most of the game. That’s half our wins right there. And when we lose, we’ve been getting absolutely crushed for most of the game. The play is sloppy, poorly planned, poorly executed. Penalties are sky high. Discipline is terrible. The defense is horrible. The offensive playcalling is just plain offensive. The team is never prepared.

We have some pieces with a LOT of potential, but the fact is they are being squandered nearly every week. That other teams are also having bad seasons isn’t much of a comfort.

Coaching, play on the field, playcalling, execution etc. The Chargers may just be mediocre, but guess what, maybe we are too. The Bears rely on their weapons, i.e. Forte and Hester, we don’t use our weapons. And the Eagles have no identity which is about where we are.

Is 4-4 acceptable to you? It’s not to me, particularly the way we’ve gotten there. Our schedule was not 4-4 tough, we should be 5-3 at worst. We havent performed, we are getting out coached, out executed, and out hustled. They sky is falling right now because its year 3 of rebuilding and we are going backwards. This is Freeman’s 3rd (2.5th) season). Morris has had the D for 3 years now. Steps should be taken forward, not backwards.

I defended the 3-13 year as part of the process. The 10-6 year was a huge leap but maybe it was an abberration, but year 3 was supposed to be 10 wins and/or the playoffs. Year 3 is when the payoff should be here from our “Build through the draft” mentality. I can’t defend this slide.

but if he doesn’t have the heart to fire his buddy than I will also soon turn on Raheem also. I’ve put my hard earned and very frugally spent money into going to support the team but I really don’t see the point in buying another ticket until we hire a new offensive coordinator.

Besides that Tampa fans have been so disloyal to the team that it doesn’t surprise me that we’re treated as a second or even third rate team. I see it like this… Either get on board and take the ups with the downs of watching a young team grow or get off the wagon completely and support someone else. If we want this team to lay it on the line for us every week how does it help to berate and bash them ridiculously. This half in and half out crap is garbage. No other teams except maybe Jacksonville have such a weak home field advantage.

I expected a good year also but realistically knew how young the team is. 10 wins playing the NFC West made it look like the rebuild was farther along, but give them time to grow as a team. By 2014 the Bucs should be an elite roster, especially with a few more losses this year as that would in turn bring us in more impact players.

Its alot of teams that have higher expectations, but are underachieving We are 4-4. And we havent played our best football yet. But will we this year? I dont know. But we need to asap. We still can catch the last wild card spot or the division if we stop BS’ing and play like we want to get to the playoffs. Im tired of the dink and dunk offense. At least take some shots down field. Geez louise. I think we will be ok inside on defense but hopefully Okam comes back fast.

I am looking forward to our game next week! Obviously I hope Houston wins, but the smarter fans at BRB are not chalking up a W yet. You guys have a tough, young team that, if Freeman is the real deal, is 2 or 3 years from a serious championship run IMO. So that being said, I pose 3 questions this week:

1. What about the Texans do you guys believe is the biggest threat?
2. How good is Freeman?
3. What is the trademark of the Bucs that Houston should watch out for?

 Good luck. Heres to no injuries!

You honestly just calmed me down. I thank you. Great points.

and we are still so young.

There’s a lot of valid points (pro and con) for not giving up on the season that i’m not going to repeat here.
But as i stated to Sander sunday. We need a quaility LB, i never believed that our current set was of elite quality to begin with, and you need at least one to have a superior defense lb. (see bears, ravens, prior Bucs teams.)

I’m very concerned over the lack of discipline however, penalties has been a nightmare, The playcalling on offense. so ineffective, the pass rush…man….

SMH

and will likely get better. LBs Quincy Black and Geno Hayes have been in the league a while, and are probably as good as they will ever get – which is inconsistent at best. We need 2 quality OLBs – so draft one and sign one (F/A) and we are there. The DL would now seem to be set and the focus can then turn to our DBs.