Official 2022 Tompa Bay Gronkaneers Thread

[foxboroughfraser]

How about the Titans? Are they sticking with Tannehill? They have a good enough coach in a pretty weak division. Jags are still an unknown and who knows how consistent they're gonna be.

 

[foxboroughfraser]

With about 32 million in cap space to fix the defense after resigning and signing Brady, Gronk, and jacobs

they also have to worry about the division. I don't see the Chiefs falling off soon

 

[Guts]

He was more inaccurate than any year I've seen and even though he's still better than alot of QBs I just don't see the need to continue to go down this way unless you end up on the 49ers. LV has no OL and that's a problem. Miami would be fools to not pick up Tua's 5th year despite new age medias attempt to retire him.

At this point of his career he needs an excellent Oline to be effective. Ironically I still think Tampa would be his best landing spot to play if they go all In again. Get a new LT, improved the defense and go from there. They have a lot of FAs though.

 

[RicoG]

He was more inaccurate than any year I've seen and even though he's still better than alot of QBs I just don't see the need to continue to go down this way unless you end up on the 49ers. LV has no OL and that's a problem. Miami would be fools to not pick up Tua's 5th year despite new age medias attempt to retire him.

Bucs didn't have a good OL either but the OL always suddenly looks better and good enough when Brady takes control in the 3rd or 4th quarter of games.

The OL can be improved in the offseason and made better with a good OC/QB.

 

[VectorPrime]

I just want him to retire. He can still play but he's 46 guys just hang it up.

If he can still play why retire? You personally don't have to watch.

 

[RicoG]

they also have to worry about the division. I don't see the Chiefs falling off soon

Definitely tougher but winning half their division game is doable and then they just have to win 2/3 of their remaining games. With the 7th playoff team, you only need a 10-7 or 9-8 record to get in. I can see Vegas making the playoffs as a 2nd place team.

 

[bigballas]

The announcer said that was Daks best game. I don't know about that but it was his easiest game.

Out of his 4 TDs, 2 TDs were uncontested wide open catches, 1 TD should have been a pick by Davis, and only 1 TD was difficult.

also no one is mentioning it was against the Tampa defense.....an unit that made Sam Darnold and Desmond Ridder look elite the previous two weeks

 

[RicoG]

At this point of his career he needs an excellent Oline to be effective. Ironically I still think Tampa would be his best landing spot to play if they go all In again. Get a new LT, improved the defense and go from there. They have a lot of FAs though.

I'm sour on the Bucs. There are just too many signs that they are on the downswing.

Start with the young players. The draft class of the last 2 years have underperformed.

Their older core players, are well older and guys just can't elevate their game.

Leftwhich is a goner. But the remaining anchor weighing the team down is Bowles.

 

[VectorPrime]

I'm sour on the Bucs. There are just too many signs that they are on the downswing.

Start with the young players. The draft class of the last 2 years have underperformed.

Their older core players, are well older and guys just can't elevate their game.

Leftwhich is a goner. But the remaining anchor weighing the team down is Bowles.

Their key offensive players are all young though. So idk.

 

[VectorPrime]

OH MY GOD THOSE MORONS



They kept him even though he was a dead man walking. Wow.

 

[Guts]

OH MY GOD THOSE MORONS



They kept him even though he was a dead man walking. Wow.

Let's see a Fournette run up the middle for no gain or a loss one last time.

 

[The Brandon Five]

OH MY GOD THOSE MORONS



They kept him even though he was a dead man walking. Wow.

Bowles should be fired for that decision as well. Just a poorly coached team.

 

[crawhammer]

Boy were we in a different place. I picked the Bucs as the lowest scoring team this weekend in spite of multiple teams playing without their QBs. At first I thought that I had made a big mistake not taking the Ratbirds, but I was wrong and I won the bet.

Obviously I a big believer in Brady. I don't see much decline in his game overall, he can still make most of the throws. Things really unraveled around him in Tampa Bay this season, so he had a down season, which we've see before (2006, 2013, 2019, and now 2022). It seems as obvious to me now as it did at the end of the 2019 season that Brady is heading to a new team.

Look, the only time the offense got it together all season was with Brady calling the plays from the no huddle. We saw it again last night but by the time they went to it the score was 0-24. It's not a sustainable situation where the OC is completely inept and the offense only works when he's taken out of the question. Brady was getting virtually no support from the coaching staff this season.

That said, Brady was completely frazzled until the last possession of the 3rd quarter (he had 200+ passing yards and 2 TDs from that point forward) but it was too late by the time he get it together. The red zone pick was a killer, they had to come away with points there, and he got picked on a pass he said he was just throwing away, which can't happen.

I also think Dallas was the best version of themselves (excluding the K), and they're a very talented team, so they were able to easily control the game.

Then there's Toilet Bowles who is just an abomination. He clearly does not have the capacity to be even a marginally competent head coach in the NFL. I don't think Arians was exceptional but he was at least engaged, enthusiastic, and brought an accountability factor to the equation. In hindsight I think Arians had an important leadership role that was completely lost on Bowles.

 

[crawhammer]

Bowles should be fired for that decision as well. Just a poorly coached team.

It's beyond laughable if Toilet Bowles is brought back next season in any capacity. That team, with or without Brady, needs to get as far away from Bowles as possible ASAP.

 

[Guts]

Obviously I a big believer in Brady. I don't see much decline in his game overall, he can still make most of the throws. Things really unraveled around him in Tampa Bay this season, so he had a down season, which we've see before (2006, 2013, 2019, and now 2022). It seems as obvious to me now as it did at the end of the 2019 season that Brady is heading to a new team.

Look, the only time the offense got it together all season was with Brady calling the plays from the no huddle. We saw it again last night but by the time they went to it the score was 0-24. It's not a sustainable situation where the OC is completely inept

Then there's Toilet Bowles who is just an abomination. He clearly does not have the capacity to be even a marginally competent head coach in the NFL. I don't think Arians was exceptional but he was at least engaged, enthusiastic, and brought an accountability factor to the equation. In hindsight I think Arians had an important leadership role that was completely lost on Bowles.

Bowles looks like a mannequin on the sidelines. No emotions whatsoever

When the strength of your team; which is the defense this season, gets punched in the mouth at home you would think there would be some emotion.

 

[crawhammer]

Let's see a Fournette run up the middle for no gain or a loss one last time.

Belichick would have sat his fat ass in the doghouse where he belonged for the entire season after showing up completely out of shape for camp like he did. Fournette sabotaged himself by ignoring his workouts in the offseason. His nickname this season should have been Fast Food Lenny.

 

[RicoG]

OH MY GOD THOSE MORONS



They kept him even though he was a dead man walking. Wow.

It makes sense now why he BS and antagonize the media at the podium. He didn't care

 

[foxboroughfraser]

It's beyond laughable if Toilet Bowles is brought back next season in any capacity. That team, with or without Brady, needs to get as far away from Bowles as possible ASAP.

Unless they want to be the Jete

 

[VectorPrime]

That is a baffling organizational decision on every level.

 

[crawhammer]

In my opinion it will be either the Raiders or the Bucs.

I think at this time the most likely scenario is that the Bucs will hire BOB as OC and Brady will stay but we will see.

If Tampa Bay goes after O'Brien then it's an obvious desperate attempt to keep Brady. O'Brien probably won't consider it unless Brady commits to coming back. I don't think there's anyway chance Brady returns to Tampa Bay with Bowles returning as the HC. Plus the team has major personnel problems, they excelled at nothing this season. O-line needs upgrades at 3/5 of the positions. They need more speed and athleticism at the WR position. Their running game needs to be completed overhauled. The defense is mediocre at best. Brady's got 2 seasons left at most so he needs an ideal situation or it won't be worth it and Tampa Bay is nowhere near ideal.

If you really scrutinize the reported possibilities, and the likelihood of it happening, I see LVR as maybe the only spot right now.