Goldson to Bucs

[Herbert The Love Bug]

lol god almighty I hate know-it-alls that don't know poo but think they are so much smarter than everyone else.

[TylerDurden]

Really? Already forgot your page one whimper?

I was referring to the original quote you used of mine. I didn't refer to Hurney in that one.

As for Hurney, he absolutely has something to do with who the Bucs sign. You don't think Goldson would add a much needed toughness in our secondary and step in immediately and be the best safety of that style that we've had since Minter? Godfrey has improved, but IMO, his job shouldn't be guaranteed because he hasn't proven enough to this point over the life of his career. I was proud of what he did last year, but safety has been the worst position on our defense for years now and it's been ignored. That was Hurney. Put Godfrey with Goldson and that's a much different defense than Godfrey and whatever scrub we have available week-to-week.

Now, we're strapped for cash and get to watch the Bucs add guys that we have an absolute immediate need for and we're supposed to be cool with that because we re-sign glue guys like Hartsock and Florence? That's why Hurney has something to do with who our division rivals sign and who we do and don't.

And people can keep railing about how "they still finished last in the division," well, guess how many times we beat them last year? Exactly. They might've finished last in the division, but they also had more meaningful wins than we did and won early. All they're doing is improving, meanwhile, we've released tenured and successful starters and key role players and have not replaced them. But, we're going to be better as-is?

I know FA isn't over, but I'm just saying, they are progressing and as of now, we're standing pat. All of this is a result of Hurney's flippant attitude with our cap numbers and poor personnel decisions.

[TylerDurden]

No doubt he was overpaid, but we could use a hardnosed safety.

I'm not complaining, just saying we are where we are because of what we did in years prior. We could always bring in a guy like Rhodes or Pollard to fill the same type of role for significantly less money. Did they overpay? Yes. But, we need to match what they and our other rivals do defensively with the same type of smashmouth philosophy IMO, in order to get to the top of our division.

[Jackofalltrades]

Wow, scary secondary behind a pretty good front 7, Schiano may be on to something in Tampa.

[rayzor]

Wow, scary secondary behind a pretty good front 7, Schiano may be on to something in Tampa.

their front 7 is rather shaky, esp. the DL, and their secondary is weak in coverage.

it's a team built to stop the run...not the pass.

he would have been on to something 10 years ago.

[TylerDurden]

For all the talk about their front 7 though, they certainly didn't have trouble getting pressure on us the last 2 years.

[R0CKnR0LLA]

I was expecting something in the 35-40 million range. They overpaid but not by a crazy amount. Solid move for them though they probably still need help on their DLine.

[Guest BlueBoyRamses_E1b1a]

Sorry to say, but with our current roster we're not beating the bucs next year. Hopefully we can manhandle the Saints since they're doing nothing either in free agency. For now, I see third place in the division.