When it comes to Orange uniforms and excellence, we dont really have much to choose from as Bucs fans! We can pick up a clip from 1978 to 1982 and watch Williams, Giles, Bell, etc…but when we want to watch a different era of players, statistically speaking, no other exists in Orange that was on the upswing in talent.
Save 1996, the last year in Bucco Bruce land. Tony Dungy took over the team and got them pointed in the right direction, so by the end of the season, or at least the last 6 weeks of the year, we can watch a clip and enjoy the Orange…
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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers defense had already scored in three straight games going into Atlanta, and they would not leave us empty handed. Jon Gruden told them to score on Defense, and score they did!
Who knows, maybe McCoy/Suh to Hayes will be the 10’s version of this awesome duo?
When it came, John Lynch and Hardy Nickerson were on the team. So was Brad Culpepper.
Then it came, the 1995 draft and Warren Sapp fell to the Bucs, and Derrick Brooks would join not much later.
The two became the cornerstones of the Franchise, and probably will represent the Bucs in the Hall of Fame one day. If so, only the Steelers draft of 1974 would have had such an impact on any one american football team. 4 HOFers would come in that lottery.
And while Defensive Tackle is the one need the Bucs hope they can recreate, the Offense may find itself on the receiving end of a franchise player like it did last year, something not too many fans in this area know what to do with.
The Bucs would have had no luck at all if it weren’t for their bad luck! Nathan Wonsley was a speedster and he was tough too. But Wonsley would end up getting injured, a serious neck injury. He posted a couple 100 yard games that year, but the injury would be the end for him. He made a serious attempt at a comeback in 1989, but wasnt the same again.
One can only wonder what he would have done for the Bucs of the last 80s with Testeverde.
If you wait long enough, you will hear that he was given a TD on this run. They had a limited reply system back in 1986.
How will we know when the Bucs are going to be a winning team? When we can convert a 3rd and 28 like this! No, it wont happen all the time, but when you have a player like Warrick Dunn, you can do things like convert a 3rd and long like that.
While Dunn had a great night, he had his coming out party the week before in Detroit. This was Trent Dilfer’s night. He was 18 of 24 for 248 yards and 4 touchdowns, including this gem. The Bucs sailed to 4-0, and I was kicking myself to make sure I wasnt dreaming. The Bucs were going to go back to the playoffs after 15 years!
