What up, Colts fans?  Gearing up for a big Monday Night showdown in Tampa and both of our teams have some issues at the moment.

From what I've read on you site, there are questions as to who's calling the shots in the Indianapolis front office and of course major concerns about the QB position.  On our side we're struggling to find an identity on offense, and many fans (myself included) are unhappy with the offensive play-calling courtesy of our Offensive Mastermind renowned the world over (drumroll please.....  Greg Olson!).  Both of these teams have something to prove and I'm looking forward to the game.

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So I was farting around different SBN sites, trying to read up on other teams needs so as to determine who might be willing to offer Ruud a long-term deal. Then I came across this at Pride of Detroit, which, while utterly irrelevant in regards to Ruud and his future, IS relevant to us as Bucs fans.

It's a clip of 3 downs of play from Madden 12. I guess there was an EA sports expo of sorts and they took a fan request to show off the new defensive line for the Lions (now that Fairley is there). Doesn't start off well for the Bucs but keep watching to see how it turns out.



Now granted, it's just a video game, but I liked how a clip designed to show a defensive line's strength actually turned out well for the offense opposing it.

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Clearly I have far too much time on my hands.  If you had told me at the beginning of the season that I would be creating spreadsheets trying to gauge the likelihood of the Bucs reaching the playoffs come November 30th I would have had a nice chuckle.  Yet here it is November 30th and look what we have here.

I was reading Craig T’s post (Bucs Just on the Outside, Looking In at Playoff Picture After Week 12) and I started wondering about the strengths of schedules for all the various teams in the NFC playoff picture.  Not only how tough will their collective competition be down the final stretch but also which games would be the most winnable, which opponents will have the most to be playing for, and possibly which opponents will be sitting their starters in preparation for the games that REALLY  count.   

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Hey Steelers fans,

So in week 3 there's a big question mark concerning who will start at QB for your team when you come down to Tampa.  It wasn't long ago we at Buc Nation were worried that we might face Leftwich in this game and have him come back to bite us for letting him go.  Turns out we needn't have worried about him at all.  Instead someone else will be pulling the trigger and you'll be facing a Bucs team that is undefeated so far.  Granted we faced two teams that are working through lots of issues of their own at quarterback, but it seems things may be turning around down in Tampa.  Now we're set to face a real contender in your Steelers team with a sick defense.  The only sure thing about this game is one team will move up to 3-0 while another will fall to 2-1.

This is your chance to ask some questions and get some of our perspectives/opinions about our team.  Fire away... 

P.S.  This thread isn't about talking smack, just exchanging ideas. 

So I was messing around on yahoo sports when I came across salary info for our Bucs in the 2009 season.  Normally I don't think about players' salaries so much but some of the numbers were surprising to me.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/teams/tam/roster

I checked these against another page and they seem to match up.  Not sure how it all breaks down, if there are bonuses included and whatnot.  I'm sure some of you can supply that information if it's relevant...

Below I've listed the highest paid player (still on our roster) based on position.

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So I was surfing the net last night and somehow got sucked into a vortex of Suh highlights.  I'd watched some before but not to the extent I did last night.  Then, with reality being that we'll probably end up with McCoy, I tried to watch as many highlights of McCoy but I just couldn't find many. 

Anyway, it left me really wanting to see Suh in pewter and red over McCoy.  I've read in several places however (sorry no links) that McCoy is supposed to be a better fit for our defense.  And I've even seen in some Mocks that we select McCoy with Suh still on the board (obviously with the Rams taking Bradford and the Lions taking Okung). 

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Poll

If the Rams take Bradford and the Lions take Okung, who would you rather see the Bucs select? If the answer is McCoy, PLEASE explain your reasoning so the rest of us can try to come to terms with reality...

77%

Ndamukong Suh

54 votes

21%

Gerald McCoy

15 votes

1%

other please explain via comment

1 votes

70 votes | Poll has closed

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Anyone see this?  Just read an article that I hope was a cruel joke.  I found it through the Bucs team page on yahoo, believe it was a Tampa Tribune article, but the gist of it was that Bryant is being allowed to test the free agency waters and that the Bucs are not going to make him an offer.  Listed reasons were that he struggled with knee injuries and that FO wants Freeman to grow with a group of young recievers.

That alone is bad enough (taking away Freeman's best reciever) but it was added that they are electing to keep Clayton on!!!  Are they taking crazy pills or am I?  How does this make any sense?  Say what you will about Bryant's injuries, at least he catches the ball....

Does this mean they are gonna go after another reciever in free agency?  If so, who?  Or would it change our draft strategy, as in trading down from #3 to pick up a WR at a more reasonable spot? 

Please confirm or refute this story as news comes out.  I hope that today is in fact April 1st and that I fell into a time warp...

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/feb/25/251529/bucs-part-ways-receiver-antonio-bryant/