November 29th, 2004

Mr. “automatica” Gram­mat­ica has cost the Bucs another game - that’s the 3rd this season. 3 missed FGs yes­ter­day alone was the dif­fer­ence in a 21-14 loss to the Pan­thers. Martin is now 11-19 on the season, and will hope­fully be cut very soon, as he’s kept the Bucs from being a decent team in the play­off hunt. Now, they’re 4-7, and will basi­cally have to win their last 5 games to get into the playoffs.

On a pos­i­tive note, all of the teams ahead of TB in the wild card race also lost, so there IS hope - I just doubt TB could win 5 straight. Even if they DID make the play­offs, they’d get crushed in the first round. This team has a lot of great play­ers, but they’re still short in a few areas, and hope­fully next year will go much better for them. The first step, how­ever, should be to cut ties with “automatica” as soon as pos­si­ble. Rumor has it he won’t be kick­ing this Sunday.

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13 Responses to “Grammatical Error”

1. liz says:
   November 29th, 2004 at 5:40 pm

   True that… mr auto­mat­ica was cut from my fan­tasy foot­ball team weeks ago…
2. erik says:
   November 29th, 2004 at 7:00 pm

   ok, what the hell is fan­tasy foot­ball?
3. liz says:
   November 29th, 2004 at 11:32 pm

   its only the best thing that has ever hap­pened to the NFL! it makes watch­ing NFL sooooooo much better
4. Daniel says:
   November 29th, 2004 at 11:36 pm

   Like you don’t know …

   I bet you’re the champ at your office.
5. erik says:
   November 30th, 2004 at 9:46 am

   is there any money involved in this fan­tasy foot­ball?
6. Daniel says:
   November 30th, 2004 at 12:46 pm

   Indeed there is, if you join the right league.

   If you really don’t know what it is:

   Fan­tasy foot­ball is basi­cally a “draft” where each person (usu­ally any­where from 10-20 people) choose a player to be on their team. You usu­ally get a QB, a few RBs, some WRs, kick­ers, defenses, etc. Each person is rewarded for sta­tis­tics their play­ers put up.

   For instance, if I had Peyton Man­ning on my team, I’d be doing really well because he seems to throw 10 TDs every week. Who­ever has the most points at the end of the season, wins.

   Addi­tion­ally, there are “head to head” leagues, where every week you play a dif­fer­ent team, and you can win or lose these games based on your play­ers per­for­mances as well.

   It’s some­thing to do, and it makes you a much more informed NFL fan.
7. Daniel says:
   November 30th, 2004 at 4:10 pm

   And it’s offi­cial. Gram­mat­ica was released today by Tampa Bay. Thank you baby Jesus!
8. liz says:
   November 30th, 2004 at 11:03 pm

   its kinda sad to see that crazy guy go, but its obvi­ously for the best
9. Daniel says:
   November 30th, 2004 at 11:17 pm

   Eh … I’ve been wait­ing for that goofy bas­tard to hit the road for some time now. He signed a huge con­tract in 2000, and was vastly over­paid for what he was (or wasn’t depend­ing on how you look at it) doing.

   If I recall cor­rectly, he was due around 1.5 mil­lion. A lot of that will actu­ally come due today (as a pro­rated salary cap hit), but thems the breaks.
10. Liz says:
    December 1st, 2004 at 11:48 am

    well, I love all buc­ca­neers, and on that note, Im goint to the Out­back Bowl… and you know what that means… BUC­CA­NEER COVE, HERE I COME!!!!!! I CANT WAIT!!!
11. erik says:
    December 1st, 2004 at 2:04 pm

    Liz doesn’t like foot­ball, she just has a pirate fetish.
12. Daniel says:
    December 1st, 2004 at 2:18 pm

    Sounds like it.
13. Liz says:
    December 1st, 2004 at 3:09 pm

    See… thats whats so great about the Bucs.. its the best of both, foot­ball and pirates, and yes, pirates are freakin awe­some