Posted by  Pat, Port Toilet on 03/06  at  12:16 PM

Hey Joe…When you have $40 million to spend under the cap, you don’t finish 2nd or “almost” bring players in. You sign them. Dominot-Pioli doesn’t know what he’s doing. If they have thrown in the towel for the year, then they need to just tell us that. They would look a lot less….unqualified. I don’t know a lot about anything, but I know football. By the way , Hankton won’t be with the team when the real games start in Sept., barring injury to one of our other mediocre receivers. You heard it here, Joe.

Posted by  flajoe491, port charlotte on 03/06  at  10:55 AM

Maybe we will get Lucky and Hankton will beat out Clayton for the starting WR and we can recoop some of the 25 million waste of money. How fast is Hankton ? Sure wish the Bucs whould ‘ve pursued Henderson or N Washington a little harder.

Posted by  ATL Rick, Atlanta, GA on 03/06  at  07:26 AM

hahahahahaha….the most brilliant words ever spoken on these forums.

“...shut up and stop acting like your a football analyst, cause you wouldn’t be posting here if you were.”

Thank you for that

Posted by  JoE, Tallahassee on 03/05  at  10:27 PM

None of you are true Bucs fans if you jump ship a week into FA. The Bucs have tried to bring in big names, but they have come short. Haynesworth, IMO, is not worth 100 mil. We got Ward and Winslow, two real good offensive players. Bates has turned every defense into a top 10, so I’m not too worried. The only cut from black Wednesday that I didn’t understand was Cato June, but the other guys were past their prime. True, it wasn’t nice how they did it, but its time to move on. Now if your a real Bucs fan, then shut up and stop acting like your a football analyst, cause you wouldn’t be posting here if you were. Give it time, and I think the Bucs wil be better than before.

Posted by  tsab, lakeland, fl on 03/05  at  08:09 PM

man first of all, all you bus fan in here bashing domin. and raheem needs to get a grip, ever since the start of FA, all you people just been wanting big names, theres a team call the cowboys for people like ya, jump on there band wagon, now its fair that some people are angry and frustrated by the decisions that the bucs been making, but give some of these guys a shot at showing all of us what they can do, when the season starts if the team play good all you same people that are bashing those guys well be the same one cheering for them, people are so fake, only cheer when there good, and dnt know who they are when there bad…true bucs fan for life…i see the bucs winning at least 10 games this year.

Posted by  Erik, Chester,Pa on 03/05  at  08:00 PM

Put the dented cans back Dominik! My patience has ran out. Time for new owners. Please sell the team and get out of Tampa and England. These owners have wrecked the BEST soccer franchise Ever and now its our turn. Thanks Glazers for being the best ever! I am embarressed to call myself a Bucs fan.

Posted by  Erik, Chester,Pa on 03/05  at  07:43 PM

Cortez Hankton? 310 yds 2 tds in 5 years! Hey Dominik, 310 YDS 2 TD’s in 5 YEARS!! E.T. phone home. And T.O. has how many TD’s and YARDS? From Allen to This? Bring Allen and Gruden back. This is amatuer hour at its finest. What a waste!

Posted by  Donald Ellis, Mobile on 03/05  at  05:50 PM

Brent Carver is exactly right, but it doesn’t stop there.  I heard Joseph has really soft hands for a OG and Talib is ambidextrious.  He can throw with either hand while standing on water OR land!

This team is a J O K E.

Posted by  ref813, memphis on 03/05  at  05:00 PM

When this headline popped up this morning, I never thought it would be our big splash for the day.  I guess I need to learn to lower my expectations everyday.  Didn’t they say they would get to work on the D?  Let’s see it.  You already missed out on all of the WRs-other than the mighty Cortez-so get to work on CB while there’s a good one left and DT while there are still two possibilities.  I bet Henderson is making less than Clayton.  They need to get their priorities straight.  A fast WR without great hands or a slow WR without great hands?  I guess we’re the one team that values blocking in a WR over most anything else.  They need to value it a bit more in TEs.

Posted by  ATL Rick, Atlanta, GA on 03/05  at  04:29 PM

Hahahahahaha.  Ahem….errrr…..

One of the following is true.

A. The Bucs are not getting interest from the big names in free agency even though they are trying.

B. The Bucs are cheap.

C. The Bucs are clueless and have no PR understanding at all.

D.  They still expect to make a splash.

Three of the four options are bad.  Fingers crossed, but cynicism is setting in.

Posted by  mike h., bolton mass. on 03/05  at  03:47 PM

this is bulls**t i understand get younger! get tougher! but what the f**k sit there do nothing. they are not trying to hard.they want to stink i guess.slim pickings f/a everybody else is sighning players morons!!!!!

Posted by  greg, Bradenton on 03/05  at  03:34 PM

Bucs still have Clarke, Warren and now Hankton as reserves. Warren would make a great possession receiver if he is recovered from his ankle injury. Both Clarke and Hankton showed ability to catch the football but were never able to start. We need a WR at no. 19 provide Harvin or Heyward-Bey are available. Bucs may need to move up to 16 or lower to get a blue-chip. DL, Bucs should have signed Tank Johnson. Duminik what is wrong with you?

Posted by  danny aviles, ybor city on 03/05  at  03:10 PM

The bucs need Roy Williams!Let jermaine phillips go and land a true playmaker in williams!Raheem could easily convince him to make the jump to the bucs,being a former db coach!

Posted by  Ron Hubbard, Tampa on 03/05  at  02:50 PM

Looks like the old buckos are shopping at the dollar store again….The Bucs have made a splash in free agency but unfortunately they dove head first into a mud hole. Maybe if we were to change the name to Manchester United we could spend some money. I suppose next thing is the players will have to bring their own beer and sandwiches for the plane ride…..

Posted by  :PapaJohn, Tampa on 03/05  at  02:47 PM

Pat Yasinskas responded to a blog question which provided this nice insight. I wish Roy, Ira, & Anwar could provide us with this info. Maybe that is why Pat is now at ESPN.

Yasinskas: Good question about the salary cap and a lot of people are wondering about that. First, let’s clear up one misconception that’s out there. I know a lot of people think the Bucs are being “cheap.” But I don’t think you truly can make that argument because, aside from there being a salary cap, there’s also a salary floor. The salary cap is $127 million, but every NFL team must use a minimum of $111 against the salary cap…It’s still early in the process and I anticipate the Bucs making some more significant moves that will eat into that cap money.

Posted by  Todd, PSJ on 03/05  at  02:45 PM

I believe our first draft pick at #19 should really be drafted in the 7th round instead like another long snapper…They are that stupid !!

Posted by  mooseknuckle, football he!! on 03/05  at  02:33 PM

Looks like with all these good blocking receivers the yucks will be running the wing t or wishbone—Maybe Brad Culpepper can quite chasing ambulances ,put back on 100 lbs and bolster that cheese cloth dline

Posted by  Todd, PSJ on 03/05  at  02:25 PM

Is that all they could come up with is Hankton..lol Even when Nate Washington and Laverneous Coles where avalibable at the time. Yep that comfirms it they are planning for the 1st pick of the draft next season. ” TIM TEBOW ” is the first that comes to mind.

Posted by  Phil,  on 03/05  at  02:06 PM

i know its really hard for you to understand right now, but this isnt as bad as you think. the bucs biggest problem last year was that we were too old, and our young players didnt step up enough. i still think we have a good young core group of players and arent that far from being good. there is still plenty of time to improve the depth and role players on this team. i strongly believe the most important thing is building through the draft, developing players, and coaching. its too early to tell so stop knocking these guys for not letting our cap situation burn a hole in our pockets for mediocre free agents. let them take their time and give them a chance to build. champions arent made over night. GO BUCS!

Posted by  RJ, Brandon on 03/05  at  01:55 PM

Heyward-Bey would be a good pick at 19 if he were there. At 6’2” running the fastest time at the combine I don’t think he’ll be there at pick 19. We’ll have to pick someone else and I don’t think Percy Harvin is the player we need either. We need a Defensive Tackle for the first pick. Use the thrid pick, because we traded awya #2, to pick a receiver. We really need to consider brining in Byron leftwich as insurance at QB.

Posted by  :PapaJohn, Tampa on 03/05  at  01:54 PM

The Glazers want “yes men” running the show and apparently they got them in Morris & Dominik.

The two newbies will do whatever is needed to keep their jobs. Their “plan” is simple - reduce operation costs.

Posted by  ref813, memphis on 03/05  at  01:36 PM

It’s getting hard to decide which is our bigger need, WR or DT.  They need to grab Tank or Igor so we can get Bey in the 1st.  When an older Holt is the best available WR, it’s time to fill other needs through FA and draft the fast WR we lack.  Bryant has decent speed.  I’d feel better about our O if we had more than one WR who could start for most teams. 
I’ve heard of this Hankton character, but I’ve never seen him in a uniform, let alone on the field.  2 WRs isn’t going to do it.  Unless Mo learns to play WR finally, we only have 2 who could start on the roster.  Wait, I almost forgot about the CFL star we signed a few weeks ago.  That should solve the problem.

Posted by  ref813, memphis on 03/05  at  01:29 PM

It’s off to the SB now.  It looks like our default formation may have to be a 3 TE set with Bryant and Graham.  They need to at least add Stevens to give us another big target at TE.
Pat, there are plenty of players who deserve some criticism on our team.  Ruud isn’t one of them.  The guy was 4th in the league in tackles last year, but you say he can’t be dominant force in the middle?  How is that?  He’s done a fine job thus far.  The only MLBs on his level are Willis and Beason in the NFC.  We have a few other good D players, too.

Posted by  GloboBall, The Press Box on 03/05  at  01:22 PM

Look out NFC South - Cortez Hankton is in Tampa Bay to stay!

Posted by  The B-man, Tampa on 03/05  at  01:16 PM

The best thing that will happen is we can go back to getting discount tickets before a game from ticket holder who no longer want to go,ah yes, remember the bad old days. But then again, we will not have sell-outs so the games will be blacked out and we won’t have to watch a bunch of losers for the next few years.
Here’s a rumor that’s worth starting… the Glazers will be selling the team to Eddie DeBartlo.