Can Tampa Repeat-- Article

BillyCarpenter1 · 08-04-2003, 01:12 PM

[quote:26be038f0f]Can they repeat? Sure. Will it be hard? Duh.

You can slice it any way you want to, but the fact is it will be harder for the Bucs to repeat for a number of reasons. The biggest being they have a much tougher schedule this year.

You also look at the schedule as being hard because of last years results of those teams. You also have said in other threads that last year was last year and means nothing now. So which is it?

Nothing has changed. I still stand by my statement that what the Bucs did last year will not mean anything this year. I also stand by my statement that the Bucs play a much tougher schedule this year.

My point is the teams you list as \'tough\' all lost on thier quest to win it all except the Bucs. But you repeadidly say the Bucs will struggle so wouldn\'t it be just as viable to say all those tough teams may struggle?

Sure all teams could struggle, but looking at the Bucs, which is who we\'re talking about, with the schedule they have, IMO, will struggle if the offense doesn\'t play like they did in the playoffs.

As far as the offense being improved for the Bucs, that is practically a no-brainer. They are pretty much intact and are now going into a second year of a great system something they have not had the luxury of doing the prior 6 years.

Intact isn\'t saying a whole lot considering all the role players you have on offense. I know everyone considers Gruden \"the boy genius\", but given all the question marks on offense, it defintely isn\'t a lock that the offense is going to be great. In fact, they might do worse than last year, when you consider the problems at running back.

08-04-2003, 01:12 PM	#1
BillyCarpenter1 Banned Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 2,209	Can Tampa Repeat-- Article [quote:26be038f0f]Can they repeat? Sure. Will it be hard? Duh. You can slice it any way you want to, but the fact is it will be harder for the Bucs to repeat for a number of reasons. The biggest being they have a much tougher schedule this year. You also look at the schedule as being hard because of last years results of those teams. You also have said in other threads that last year was last year and means nothing now. So which is it? Nothing has changed. I still stand by my statement that what the Bucs did last year will not mean anything this year. I also stand by my statement that the Bucs play a much tougher schedule this year. My point is the teams you list as \'tough\' all lost on thier quest to win it all except the Bucs. But you repeadidly say the Bucs will struggle so wouldn\'t it be just as viable to say all those tough teams may struggle? Sure all teams could struggle, but looking at the Bucs, which is who we\'re talking about, with the schedule they have, IMO, will struggle if the offense doesn\'t play like they did in the playoffs. As far as the offense being improved for the Bucs, that is practically a no-brainer. They are pretty much intact and are now going into a second year of a great system something they have not had the luxury of doing the prior 6 years. Intact isn\'t saying a whole lot considering all the role players you have on offense. I know everyone considers Gruden \"the boy genius\", but given all the question marks on offense, it defintely isn\'t a lock that the offense is going to be great. In fact, they might do worse than last year, when you consider the problems at running back.
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