OT: Official 2021 Tompa Bay Gronkaneers Thread

[sb1]

Gronk is back but this piece of news is less optimistic:

 

[Ice_Ice_Brady]

Gronk is back but this piece of news is less optimistic:

Oh damn.

 

[sb1]

Oh damn.

Oof. Well no need to rush him back I guess.

 

[amfootball]

Gronk is back but this piece of news is less optimistic:

Does that mean Achilles?

 

[Ice_Ice_Brady]

Oof. Well no need to rush him back I guess.

Concern is will he be healthy for playoffs. Hope he doesn’t need surgery.

 

[Ice_Ice_Brady]

Does that mean Achilles?

Doubt it because he’d probably be IR’d.

 

[amfootball]

Concern is will he be healthy for playoffs. Hope he doesn’t need surgery.

He is 33. As great as he has played, injuries creep up.

 

[carmelo15]

I feel sorry for whoever hires Leftwich as a head coach

 

[Ice_Ice_Brady]

Why was everyone pumping up Adam Gase circa 2013? He was “a bright young coordinator” while Leftwich is supposedly some puppet. Eric Bienemy? Josh McDaniels? Leftwich played QB and knows the game well…players seem to like him. Whatever he’s doing, he‘s not getting in the way.

As a head coach, it would depend on the roster and especially the QB. If the roster sucks, every coach sucks. If he took over a good team/QB, I see no reason why he’d fail more than others. I still think Bowles is an excellent head coaching candidate; he handled the NY media well and clearly has natural leadership skills. But which coach would win with Mark Sanchez and Geno Smith? After he left, we saw rock bottom was actually a few miles below what it appeared to be.

 

[amfootball]

Why was everyone pumping up Adam Gase circa 2013? He was “a bright young coordinator” while Leftwich is supposedly some puppet. Eric Bienemy? Josh McDaniels? Leftwich played QB and knows the game well…players seem to like him. Whatever he’s doing, he‘s not getting in the way.

As a head coach, it would depend on the roster and especially the QB. If the roster sucks, every coach sucks. If he took over a good team/QB, I see no reason why he’d fail more than others. I still think Bowles is an excellent head coaching candidate; he handled the NY media well and clearly has natural leadership skills. But which coach would win with Mark Sanchez and Geno Smith? After he left, we saw rock bottom was actually a few miles below what it appeared to be.

McVay got a chance after one good season and he's been great. It can happen for sure but it's rare.

 

[VectorPrime]

So AB is ANOTHER Bucs play who has an injury that doesn’t seem that bad and might be day to day only to suddenly be on life support. The hell are they doing.

 

[CantonJester]

Apparently AB has a sprained heel. Ouch.

 

[Ice_Ice_Brady]

 

[VectorPrime]

JJ Watt out for the season. Big blow to that Cards defense.

 

[Tottie]

JJ Watt out for the season. Big blow to that Cards defense.

Poor guy can't stay on the field.

 

[Ice_Ice_Brady]

Looking at Vegas odds, the Bucs are probably better off with the Packers winning. The Cardinals are quite close for #1 seed (Bucs +175, Cardinals +225.) The Packers have a brutal second half schedule and are unlikely to win 14+ games.

 

[Haterproof]

Looking at Vegas odds, the Bucs are probably better off with the Packers winning. The Cardinals are quite close for #1 seed (Bucs +175, Cardinals +225.) The Packers have a brutal second half schedule and are unlikely to win 14+ games.

We can also root for a tie! The Cards will drop a couple games along the way

 

[Tottie]

I think you'd rather go in to Arizona in the playoffs than a colder city like GB but I agree that GB winning would be the best outcome.

 

[VectorPrime]

I think you'd rather go in to Arizona in the playoffs than a colder city like GB but I agree that GB winning would be the best outcome.

Rodgers choke factor is big though.

 

[Tottie]

Rodgers choke factor is big though.

Yes this is true. Lets see what he does tonight. This is a game with Adams out that no one would blink at if it was Brady and he'd be expected to win. Maybe Rodgers will surprise us and find a way to win.