just654 Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 So much for the Byron Leftwich era in Tampa. It's already over. The Buccaneers will start start second-year pro Josh Johnson on Sunday at Washington. Rookie Josh Freeman will move up to No. 2 on the depth chart and Leftwich will be the third quarterback. Coach Raheem Morris announced the move Monday, a day after the Bucs fell to 0-3 while gaining just 86 yards total offense in a 24-0 loss to the New York Giants. Leftwich completed 7 of 16 passes for 22 yards and one interception http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4511636 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeen80 Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Leftwich is horrible. He's just not that great a QB. Johnson's first start will be against an angry Redskins team. This should be interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tr1 Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Leftwich didn't look too bad against the pukes...he must have stunk it up since then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Blue Joe Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 JC is the only QB to have a passer rating over 30 against the Giants. And they are still missing their #2 and #3 corners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjfootballer Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 The Bucs know what to do. We just lost to a rookie, so they are throwing the 2nd year player for his first start to slice our defense up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiro Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Johnson's first start will be against an angry Redskins team. This should be interesting. Sadly ... this is exactly what I said to my friend before the Lions game. :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom [Giants fan] Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 JC is the only QB to have a passer rating over 30 against the Giants. And they are still missing their #2 and #3 corners. What was Romo sits to pee's rating against the Giants? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Blue Joe Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 ;6818482']What was Romo sits to pee's rating against the Giants?29.6:excited: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinalBeast Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Leftwich was terrible when he was with Jacksonville. Tampa was dumb even signing him, much less giving him the starting job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brdawk20 Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Man, if you guys lose to the Succs ES will be on suicide watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba9497 Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Leftwich has always played well against the Skins, curious time to make a move at QB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartacus87 Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 This is humorous news considering some people swore up and down that Leftwich was a solid QB after he came in for the Steelers and beat us last year, and he could have easily been our starter if he signed here in the off-season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger.Staubach Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Not sure if this is good news or bad news for the Skins... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostofSparta Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Leftwich usually does well against us (just look at the Pittsburgh game last year for an easy example), so this is a curious move by the Bucs. Especially since they're not switching to Freeman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixcuincle Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 Not sure if this is good news or bad news for the Skins... Well at least he'll be away from home if that means anything Hopefully things are straightened out for at least 1 week, and the team ends up .500. Things will REALLY get irate if the Skins are 1-3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommanderDOOM Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 after letting Stafford make plays on us I don't know what to think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sknsrk24 Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 My fantasy is effed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xandtar Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Bucs fans are generally happy with the change. Against New York, Leftwich went 7-16 for 22 yards including one interception and zero first downs in the first half. Over half of the total yards given up by the Giants for the entire game was in the last drive by JJ, in spite of heavy pressure and multiple blitz packages. The move is largely perceived as owner-driven, as Coach Morris had previously declared JJ to be his "career backup" and his OC called 11 passing plays and 0 running plays in the one drive JJ did run, against a Giants D that wanted to preserve a shutout. The feeling in Bucs country is that JJ couldn't do any worse than leftover, and the first round pick's not ready yet. Some fans are circling this game and the home game against the Panthers as the only two games left on the schedule where the Bucs have a chance to win, and then only because JJ is starting. So don't expect a lot of smack from us Bucs fans this week, we know we stink. Apparently so do you but I haven't listened to the Field Pass for the Skins-Lions game yet so I can't say for sure. Anyway that's the take from the Bucs board in general. Personally, I'm predicting a Bucs win, score 28-13. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiro Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Man, if you guys lose to the Succs ES will be on suicide watch. We already had the support operators on standby after the Lions game ... :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartacus87 Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Some fans are circling this game and the home game against the Panthers as the only two games left on the schedule where the Bucs have a chance to win, and then only because JJ is starting.Personally, I'm predicting a Bucs win, score 28-13. 1- I have a lot of good friends who are Bucs fans, and initially they had this game as a blowout in favor of the Redskins (back as late as Week 1 anyway), and now they all think this could be one of their lone wins this year. So yeah, what you're saying isn't surprising about the optimism from the Tampa crowd, and it's hard to say they're foolish for thinking that way.2- If the Bucs, starting Johnson for the first time ever, put up 28 on our D, then Blache really needs to head out the door along with Zorn ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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