hoping4ASuperBowl Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Buccaneers | Negotiating with Leftwich Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:47:20 -0700 Stephen Holder, of the St. Petersburg Times, reports the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are in serious talks with unrestricted free-agent QB Byron Leftwich and could reach an agreement soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetscode1 Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Let's hope he quickly makes the deal... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Good fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillerPaul Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 I gotta be honest. B4 he played for the Steelers i didn't much care for him. But he did alright for us last year when Ben was out so i was hoping no one would offer him a shot at starting so we could re-sign him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachTsurfing Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 He started out real well with the Jags. Sucked it up there in the end. Played real well for Pit. I think we should have brought him in to compete. After him, there is no one else out there that has a chance of starting for us. Which means we really are going into the draft with Kellen I can't be noodle arm Penny Clemens, Brett 2.0 I look great against 3rd string pre-season fodder Ratliff, and Eric how did I even get drafted and not cut Ainge. So we are either going to stay put and consider drafting which ever of the top three qb's that fall to us, move up to get one that excites, or not drafting any of the qb's in the first round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbia Jet Fan Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 FWIW, Leftwich has handled a lot of this really professionally and seems like a legit good guy...I hope it works, the fact that he hasn't had the opportunity to start in a few years, and that its taken this long to sign him is kind of strange IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelticwizard Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 and that its taken this long to sign him is kind of strange IMO I agree. Even if you don't like him much as a starter, he has won plenty of games in the NFL and you would think plenty of teams would want him as a backup, at least. Yet he was unsigned for most of a year. Plus, he's still young enough to possibly turn out to be a late bloomer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelticwizard Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 PS: Just checking his stats. Lifetime, he has 54 TD's, only 38 INTs and a QB rating of 80.8. Yet after Garrard got the job at Jacksonville, nobody wanted him for anything for a long, long time. Hard to believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish Jet Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Wherever he goes, better have a VERY good offensive line, which is why I was kind of hoping we'd bring him in. Give him time (He needs it with that release) and he's got as strong an arm as anyone in the league. He's very accurate too. Don't think he'll fit well in Tampa though. He'll be injured by week 3 probably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackout Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 not a bad move for him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klecko73isGod Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 FWIW, Leftwich has handled a lot of this really professionally and seems like a legit good guy...I hope it works, the fact that he hasn't had the opportunity to start in a few years, and that its taken this long to sign him is kind of strange IMO I would love to see Leftwich go to Tampa and blossom into a ProBowler while Garrard continues to decline in Jacksonville. It would serve the 2nd most pathetic fanbase in the NFL right to suffer that fate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afosomf Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 JETS should have signed Leftwich Big mistake going into season with just KC and Rat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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