Hurrah For Friday
Yes its Friday and what a great thing that is, especially as its a THREE DAY WEEKEND. Its also NFL Conference Weekend, when the Bucs take on the Eagles and try to shake the We-Can't-Beat-Philly monkey off our back and get to the Superbowl for the first time in Franchise history. To say I'm excited and yet anxious is an understatement. Its easy to underestimate the job Gruden has done lifting this team out of the morale low that they had dropped to last year but the real credit has to go to one person - Brad Johnson. Brad has done the one thing that no QB has managed to consistently do since (possibly) Doug Johnson - he's given us hope. And yes, I do include Dilfer and King in that because, despite flashes of brilliance, both suffered from inconsistency - the bane of the franchise QB. Depsite whether we win or lose on Sunday (or indeed the Superbowl if we make it), we know that we now have a franchise QB that we can build our team around for the next few years. There is no doubt that Johnson can't do it on his own and that our defence, led by the self-styled QBKIlla, and the rest of our offense needs to elevate their game to another level, but with Johnson at the helm, at least we feel like we have a fighting chance (and I do mean fight).