I'm gonna make this brief.
1) The Bucs need to lose now. The only thing to fight for is a draft spot for next April. And to the people whining that the fans are giving up on the team, no we are not. We want the team to get better, but right now that means praying for high draft picks and more brains in the draft room.
1a) We need to sit our good players before they injure themselves. Dammit, Gerald McCoy should NOT have been out there busting his knee again.
1b) This might be the worst offensive line the Bucs have had since, what, 1984... 1986?
2) I am in agreement with people who think a losing team - even one that wins the division - should not host a playoff game. A team like that MIGHT deserve a playoff spot - although an 11-5 team sitting at home will beg to differ - but they certainly don't deserve home field advantage for the playoff. So whoever wins the NFC South... suck it.
3) Marcus Mariota may not be a Peyton Manning, but he might be an Aaron Rodgers. And Aaron Rodgers is not someone to laugh at as a QB. So drafting Mariota makes sense.
3a) Jameis Winston may be a Peyton Manning on the field, but off the field he's a Ryan Leaf. And a bad attitude off the field trumps whatever the player can do on the field because the Real World will kick that player into a jail cell or worse.
3b) Ergo. SUCK FOR THE DUCK.
4) In other NFL news, meh who cares, it's December and I'm too distracted by Saturnalia shopping right now to give a crap.
5) Next up: Green Bay comes to Tampa Bay. It's the Bay of Pigs all over again! Bring in Chris Berman as the TV color commentator! And with any luck the Bucs' orange throwback jerseys - it IS throwback jersey game, right? - won't have that hideous alarm clock font on them.
We'll still lose like 56 - 16 though.
SUCK FOR THE DUCK!!!
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