Official Buccaneers Discussion Thread

[Tyrion Lannister]

Silverstein had a very confusing Tweet about it, and I think he stll has it wrong (he does say what TL reports). I think the first reports out this week were based on a bad press release from the League.

GREEN BAY PACKERS (at Tampa Bay)
Green Bay clinches a playoff spot with:

GB win + PHI loss or tie OR
GB win + DAL win or tie OR
GB tie + PHI loss OR
GB tie + PHI tie + DAL win or tie OR
PHI loss + DAL win or tie

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/286012091.html

But NFL.com disagrees on its NFL Week 15 Playoff Scenario page: http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300...ffpicture_news

The Packers clinch a playoff spot with:
1) a win plus an Eagles loss or tie
2) a win plus a Cowboys loss or tie
3) a tie plus an Eagles loss
4) a tie plus an Eagles tie and a Cowboys win or tie
5) an Eagles loss plus a Cowboys win or tie.

If the NFL.com source is true, looks like Demovsky at ESPN is also incorrect - reported the same thing as Silverstein.

In a nutshell, if the Packers win their last two fucking games and everything will take care of itself.

[Striker]

Why would a Dallas win over Indy mean anything? Indy is an AFC team.

Three way tie doesn't help the Packers.

[Fritz]

Just win, baby. The playoff picture will clear itself up.

And yes, it's possible that an 11-5 team will miss the playoffs, so the pressure's on, which I think is good for GB. Might as well start acting like it's the playoffs now.

[Harlan Huckleby]

I think the wish to have Dallas win is too pussified. Ya, through some strange math it guarantees a packer playoff spot. But then that assumes the peckers will lose to lions. Are we not men? Go for the homefield against Dallas. Lose 'boys, lose.

[mraynrand]

Just win, baby. The playoff picture will clear itself up.

And yes, it's possible that an 11-5 team will miss the playoffs, so the pressure's on, which I think is good for GB. Might as well start acting like it's the playoffs now.

Kinda worked in 2010

[Rutnstrut]

Just win, baby. The playoff picture will clear itself up.

And yes, it's possible that an 11-5 team will miss the playoffs, so the pressure's on, which I think is good for GB. Might as well start acting like it's the playoffs now.

Well then the whole team, coaches included better show a hell of a lot more urgency than they did against the Bills.

[mraynrand]

Well then the whole team, coaches included better show a hell of a lot more urgency than they did against the Bills.

Sure, but the urgency didn't start in 2010 until the Giants game, which was the penultimate regular season game. Also, Capers stopped taking his Avodart.

[woodbuck27]

Well then the whole team, coaches included better show a hell of a lot more urgency than they did against the Bills.

I'm reviewing the game slowly now over two days and Buffalo's Offense played as bad as the Packers up and until the score turned Bills 13 and Packers 10. To that point the best player on the field for both sides was the Bills Mario Williams.

In the next series a complacent Aaron Rodgers returned and with 3:09 remaining in the third quarter he give up his first pick in 203 passing attempts. That was the pass to Randall Cobb where Rodgers forces it with a wide open Jordy Nelson on Rodgers RHS. It's strange why Rodgers doesn't check down to Nelson for a relatively easy pass reception and a sure TD.

That result would have put the Packers up 17-13 and all things the same give the team a huge win.

So Rodgers got picked...his first of two and he walks off the field not showing any of his normal fire. To this point in the game Rodgers had no 'piss and vinegar' in him. He appeared complacent and somehow not in the game as I'm seeing usually.

Something was wrong with Aaron Rodgers. He simply didn't look himself. He put the loss on himself and he was correct to do so.

Come On Aaron. The team dies without 'YOU'.

[pbmax]

Packer Report @PackerReport 2h2 hours ago
Bulaga and House DNP, Lacy limited, Lang limited, Matthews limited, Neal limited, Perry limited, Sitton DNP. #Packers injury report

[woodbuck27]

The Packer pass defense has a couple of fellas to watch out for this week:

Receiving ........... Rec..... Yds .....Avg...... TDs

Mike Evans.......... 59...... 948.... 16.1....... 11

Vincent Jackson... 66...... 931.... 14.1........ 2

others:

Louis Murphy...... 31...... 380..... 12.3........ 2
Bobby Rainey......33.......315...... 9.5......... 1


GO PACK GO !

[woodbuck27]

http://www.nfl.com/teams/profile?team=TB

The Tampa Bay BUCS

http://www.buccaneers.com/news/article-smith/Series-History-Bucs-Packers/41f2956c-ba31-4a76-bbde-424f1fc66c15

Series History: Bucs - Packers

Posted 1 hour ago

Scott Smith ... Senior Writer/Editor

PACKERS !

[woodbuck27]

http://www.buccaneers.com/multimedia/videos/Foster_on_Stopping_GB_Offense/618bb046-2066-4e86-bf6b-26d35770195c

Foster on Stopping GB Offense

Buccaneers LB Mason Foster speaks with the media talks about going out and stopping the Green Bay offense and how that would show how much the defense has progressed throughout the year.


P A C K E R S !

[Freak Out]

If the Packers lose to TB they deserve no playoff spot. Especially after last Sundays performance.

[Joemailman]

If the Packers lose to TB they deserve no playoff spot. Especially after last Sundays performance.

I feel this way about the last 2 games. If they can't win these, does it really matter if they make the playoffs?

[woodbuck27]

http://www.buccaneers.com/news/article-smith/Replacements-Pulled-from-Practice-Squad/6bb8c6ca-dfe2-4ded-b7f4-10af125f655c

Tampa Bay News:

Three Regulars assigned to IR......

Replacements Pulled from Practice Squad

Posted Dec 16, 2014

Scott Smith ... Senior Writer/Editor