Comments on: Raheem Morris on Pro Bowl snubs: “Slap in the face”

By: armchairgm9

armchairgm9 — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 19:08:22 +0000

Bucs have lost to Falcons, Saints, Steelers, Ravens. Who has your favorite team lost to?

By: tyelee

tyelee — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 17:58:36 +0000

zam1104 says:
Dec 29, 2010 9:08 PM
No one will take this team seriously until they can beat a team with a winning record.

That’s when people take notice and select you for a Pro Bowl.

They’ve had five shots, and lost all five of them.

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raideralex99 says:
Dec 30, 2010 1:36 AM
The Bucs only played 5 teams above .500 and YES they LOST all 5 games … enough said!

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This is the COLD, HARD FACTS!
When your opponents play such a grand role in making your players look good then they are not quite PRO Bowl material! Play well against quality opponents and it is all you!!!

By: tbf22

tbf22 — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 17:49:53 +0000

ok we all get the Bucs had an easy schedule. SO DID THE PANTHERS, and they got 2 crappy players put in the prow bowl. the Cats haven’t had a good season in 10 years.

Donald Penn for sure should have been in the Pro bowl. You can make arguments for others, but Donald Penn is a Pro Bowl Caliber LT. 1 sack given up all season!

By: armchairgm9

armchairgm9 — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 15:49:49 +0000

You can only play who you’re scheduled. And there’s not enough emphasis on beating the teams you’re supposed to beat (save the Lions). See: Packers and Giants.

Donald Penn is the only guy that I think was snubbed. He’s been great this year. I don’t think it’s a snub for the other guys. They’re young and paying dues, and getting solid recognition. Maybe even more recognition for getting left out. They’ll have plenty of opportunities to make the Pro Bowl in the future.

By: tombradyswig

tombradyswig — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 15:15:47 +0000

Mike Williams should’ve made it!! AT least as an ALT…. He’s a great Rookie!

By: simplesimon1

simplesimon1 — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 14:34:24 +0000

The ProBowl is a farce. I noticed that a few years ago when Calvin Johnson missed out while having the 2nd best stats in the NFL in receiving while playing on an 0-16 team. That being said, however, the facts are straight forward on this one. Look at all the Bucs that people think warrant being in the ProBowl. From Freeman, Williams and Blount to Winslow and Talib. Well, first, like so many have pointed out, the Bucs played a terribly weak schedule and lost to every team with a winning record. This isn’t as much of a knock on the Bucs as many fans would think it is. It’s simply the truth. If they had the same schedule as my Lions they’d have a near similar 3-13 record as they had last year. Secondly, all of these players, while good this year, are not good enough to overtake the players ahead of them. Williams-who you going to take out? Calvin Johnson? See the dilemma?

By: golfol

golfol — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 13:35:46 +0000

The Pro Bowl is a farce. It’s nothing more than a popularity contest. It should be based on performance, not on who likes who better. The League should set up a panel of judges who could select who is worthy on that year’s play, and then let the players select who should play. As it is right now, it’s nothing more than a beauty pagent. Three quarters of the players in the league are “Pro Bowlers”, because the elected people don’t go, and the 4th and 5th alternates have to play. This exercise is nothing more than the NFL patting itself on the back, and trying to make as much money as it can from the season.

By: acal83

acal83 — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 12:40:10 +0000

The pro bowl is definitely a popularity contest. However, to all the people talking about how good josh freeman, mike williams, (insert player name here): how many wins do the bucs have over teams with winning records? They arent good, they are an illusion created with a lame schedule due to the fact that they were one of the worst teams in the league last year.

By: raideralex99

raideralex99 — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 06:36:48 +0000

The Bucs only played 5 teams above .500 and YES they LOST all 5 games … enough said!

By: pftrumors

pftrumors — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 06:21:08 +0000

Quite similar to London Fletcher’s outburst last season. When I first got the chance to check out the released rosters I had an outburst myself…

ANDRE GURODE?

Seriously

ANDRE GURODE!

This IS a slap in the face. Gurode can’t even SNAP THE BALL. This is why the ProBowl is dying. Fans have too much of a say. This is disgusting.

By: zaggs

zaggs — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 05:04:09 +0000

Raheem needs to realise names matter. Sure Bucs were deserving to go.
Though I don’t see the reason to pick on Houston. Their record has more to do with the crappy defense then Johnson, Foster (no one can argue he shouldn’t go) and Leach.

By: areffd

areffd — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 03:55:10 +0000

ampats says:
Dec 29, 2010 10:01 PM

It was a nice season on a 4th place schedule.

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Which accounted for all of two games on their schedule. There’s no such thing as “a last place schedule” anymore.

By: jaggedmark

jaggedmark — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 03:51:32 +0000

yeah, and who would Morris leave out so his losers can play?

By: ballotpull

ballotpull — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 03:37:10 +0000

evan bringing up raiders? …nah not silva….what a hack!

By: ampats

ampats — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 03:01:56 +0000

Glad to see Raheem understands what is important as a HC.

It was a nice season on a 4th place schedule.

By: scra22

scra22 — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 02:41:56 +0000

“Freeman posted a better passer rating than Pro Bowl invitee Drew Brees.”

Why do you single out Brees with this comment?

Freeman – 93.6
Brees – 92.2
Matt Ryan – 89.8

Ryan is the 2nd QB, Brees is 3rd, Freeman and Rodgers didn’t make it, and Ryan has the worst passer rating of the 4.

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“nicalooch says: Dec 29, 2010 8:28 PM
I expected something like this. The pro bowl voting is done by fans around the league. Tampa is in no way a bandwagon team like the Cowboys and most recently the Saints. Of course Brees is getting in with more than double Freeman’s interceptions.”
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First of all, fan voting is only 1/3 of the voting, with players and coaches making up the rest.

Second, the Saints are 11-4 and only had 3 players get in. You can’t compare that to the 5-10 Cowboys having 5 players get in.

Third, Brees has 9 more TDs and 1200 more yards than Freeman, his completion percentage is 68.7 compared to Freeman’s 60.3, and when they played head to head the Saints won 31-6. INTs aren’t everything, there are other good reasons for Brees to have gotten in.

By: bbb82

bbb82 — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 02:36:54 +0000

Between injuries and the game being moved to before the Super Bowl, half the f’ing league makes the probowl. Like 10 or 11 QBs last year… 1 out of every 3.

By: propernig

propernig — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 02:30:51 +0000

This just goes to show how messed up Pro Bowl voting is. As a real Bucs fan(attended 6 blacked out games 4-2) I know how good the Bucs are. But no worries, when the Bucs are beating up teams left and right next year(in primetime) all the fans who slept on the Bucs this year will know who they are.

(P.S. : Looks like Freeman is already the best QB taken in the 2009 Draft. The Jets Sanchez and Lions Stafford look like a bunch of bums compared to Freeman. Here’s hoping one of the QB’s for the NFC drops out of the Pro Bowl)

By: ratedrsuperstar1331

ratedrsuperstar1331 — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 02:24:35 +0000

The Bucs have four or five guys that belong on the Pro Bowl roster. The good news is the team is young and all excluded will have plenty of chances to make the roster in the future.

By: FinFan68

FinFan68 — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 02:23:57 +0000

Freeman has been impressive this year and has progressed faster than expected. Raheem was doing his best to screw everything up last year and the early part of this year, but has stopped shooting himself in the foot lately. The Bucs (and Lions) will be contenders for much of the next decade…then the pro-bowl accolades will follow.

By: zam1104

zam1104 — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 02:08:14 +0000

No one will take this team seriously until they can beat a team with a winning record.

That’s when people take notice and select you for a Pro Bowl.

They’ve had five shots, and lost all five of them.

By: ppdoc13

ppdoc13 — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 02:08:13 +0000

win more than one year and you’ll get players in. hell morris is lucky he still has a job. if he had underachieved this year he would have been fired. he was a very hot seat guy by the end of last season. best thing he has going for him is Freeman. The guy can play.

By: gixrider

gixrider — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 01:49:32 +0000

You guys and your FANS comments???? You sound stupid!! Their 9 – 6!!!
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Try “they’re 9-6″. Not to be mr. correct-all, but if you’re going say others sound stupid……lol!

By: rraider

rraider — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 01:30:31 +0000

Leave the raiders out of your comments Silva. None of the young raiders made the pro bowl. Lechler, Nnamdi, Seymour are perennial pro bowlers who may or may not have deserved it. The reason the Raiders improved was because of mcfadden, ford, reece, huff, kelly,…and none of them probaly deserve it this year.

By: yellowcar2

yellowcar2 — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 01:29:59 +0000

This is why fans should not be allowed to vote the who goes to the PRO BOWL it becomes a popularity contest.

By: nicalooch

nicalooch — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 01:28:20 +0000

I expected something like this. The pro bowl voting is done by fans around the league. Tampa is in no way a bandwagon team like the Cowboys and most recently the Saints. Of course Brees is getting in with more than double Freeman’s interceptions. It’s criminal, but Tampa is a diverse NFL town because of transplant citizens from NY, PA, and the rest of the northern states. Tampa’s fan base is just not as large as others, and I’m alright with it. I voted for Freeman and Williams (Winslow caught fire toward the end of the season but had a slow start) because they are easily among the top in the NFC for their respective positions.
I am a diehard TB fan, but I realize that all blackouts and the idiots from the media that follow the “usual suspects” year in year out are putting up a huge smokescreen on this young team. Give us a few prime time games next year, Freeman’s in guaranteed. A deep playoff run will help next year also.

By: mean13

mean13 — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 01:22:09 +0000

Now I get it. It is the Buccaneers’ FANS’ fault that none are in the Pro Bowl. What idiocy. This isn’t American Idol.

By: Dynasty

Dynasty — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 00:53:09 +0000

You guys and your FANS comments???? You sound stupid!! Their 9 – 6!!! HELLO the players on the BUCS are better this YEAR then DALLAS players. Stats r better, Results are BETTTTTER. This and the (2 day Philly delay) make the NFL look like idiots.

By: slatetundra07

slatetundra07 — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 00:46:26 +0000

What did the five fingers say to the face?

SLAP!!

By: paulnoga

paulnoga — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 00:39:23 +0000

Right!
Not many votes from the Tampa fans. All the games blacked out? Why does anyone there care at all (answer:they don’t)
maybe LA would be better.