Comments on: Jeff Faine passes on Bucs lockout workouts

By: brasho

brasho — Thu, 26 May 2011 23:15:37 +0000

Faine has been healthy as often as he has been injured the past few seasons, and hasn’t been all that impressive when he has been healthy.

He will not be an offensive team captain this season, he knows it, the team knows it, and at this point, at Faine’s age and injury problems, rookie (and the fact that former collegiate OC) Ted Larsen played well at LG last season, Faine is likely on the way out and rightfully so.

Faine is a Gruden guy, Gruden brought him in and greatly overpaid him to be an average, injury prone OC. Jeremy Zuttah is far more athletic, and if he can get more speed on his snaps, he is a major upgrade to Faine (not to forget Larsen).

By: chickenneck

chickenneck — Thu, 26 May 2011 15:13:25 +0000

I think he probably wants out of tampa so he can go back to new orleans.

By: killxswitch

killxswitch — Thu, 26 May 2011 13:54:23 +0000

I don’t blame him for not wanting to go. Linemen can’t participate like skill position players or defensive backs, you can’t simulate lineman contact safely. But his comments make him look like a d-bag and a bad teammate.

By: armchairgm9

armchairgm9 — Thu, 26 May 2011 12:37:01 +0000

There’s an old chinese proverb: The person who doesn’t want to do it, shouldn’t interrupt the person doing it.

And these things aren’t all about running routes and throwing passes. There’s some team building involved.

By: bananaballs

bananaballs — Thu, 26 May 2011 12:29:31 +0000

These players who are holding out need to understand it’s not about football practice it’s about coming together as a team. Them isolating themselves runs counter productive to that.

By: madenatewell

madenatewell — Thu, 26 May 2011 11:10:45 +0000

No wonder he’s a middle of the pack kinda player…

By: wryly1

wryly1 — Thu, 26 May 2011 11:02:02 +0000

Can’t entirely disagree with Faine’s position. Without coaches available for teaching and directing the specifics, the value of the workouts could have a counterproductive risk/reward ratio.

By: crabboil

crabboil — Thu, 26 May 2011 05:03:18 +0000

Jeff “the Human Turnstile” Faine…. That’s what I called him in during his last season with the Saints. I’m glad he got paid somewhere…

By: trbowman

trbowman — Thu, 26 May 2011 04:24:29 +0000

The one guy thumbing down these comments?

Mr. Jeff Faine himself

By: bucshorty

bucshorty — Thu, 26 May 2011 04:00:48 +0000

Just lost a healthy dose of respect for Jeff. A Johnson Jockey is not a good look for a TEAM CAPTAIN JEFFREY…

By: bucshorty

bucshorty — Thu, 26 May 2011 03:54:53 +0000

Sounds like a dude with a hot but, immature girlfriend, checking out what he thinks is an even hotter chick. Word to the wise, the grass isn’t always greener, and be careful what you covet, because you just might get it, and then some.

By: avanderlay

avanderlay — Thu, 26 May 2011 03:46:01 +0000

he played for N.O. prior to coming to Tampa as a F.A.

By: simplesimon1

simplesimon1 — Thu, 26 May 2011 03:43:34 +0000

What a tool… A young, up and coming team and people like him and Talib seem to get all the press…. Even if he’s good, get rid of him… don’t need people not interested in being there… What a loser

By: realitypolice

realitypolice — Thu, 26 May 2011 02:29:07 +0000

Kinda hard figuring out this guy’s motives, unless he’s trying to get out of town.

He ridicules his own QB’s efforts to lead workouts while praising the efforts of an opposing QB in his own division to do the same thing.

Strange.

By: bucx01

bucx01 — Thu, 26 May 2011 02:20:16 +0000

Um did he even play this year?

By: rjblitz02

rjblitz02 — Thu, 26 May 2011 02:20:07 +0000

The perfect captain, eh?

By: elmustardo

elmustardo — Thu, 26 May 2011 02:17:33 +0000

10-1 odds says Faine won’t be a captain again this year.

By: hobartbaker

hobartbaker — Thu, 26 May 2011 01:57:30 +0000

To Freeman, Faine’s comments are like water off a duck’s back. Or as they say in New Orleans, oil off a dead duck’s back.