Loading ...After being waived on Friday, it took running back D.J. Ware only 24 hours to find a new home. The former New York Giants running back and two-time Super Bowl champion signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Saturday, reuniting with former Big Blue quarterback coach Mike Sullivan – now the offensive coordinator in Tampa.
"Its official I am Tampa Bay Buccaneer – GO BUCS!" Ware tweeted. "Keepin my #28."
Mike Garafolo of The Star-Ledger reports that upwards of five teams were immediately interested in signing Ware, but he whittled it down to the Bucs, Oakland Raiders and Seattle Seahawks before ultimately signing with Tampa Bay. The lower tax rate in Florida allegedly factored into his decision.
In addition to Ware and Sullivan, the Buccaneers also signed former Giants offensive tackle Jamon Meredith this offseason.
The trio will find their way back to East Rutherford in week two, as the Giants host the Buccaneers on Sunday, September 16th at MetLife Stadium.
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Interesting..After the Giants Pounded the Bucs in early 09, Raheem Morris in his Post game Press conference went on and on about what a great team and great organization the New York Giants were, reffering to them as a “Big Boy Football Team” several times. He also made it a point to say how much the Tampa Organization wanted to be like the the NYG and how the were going to model themselves after The Giants. Since then they have signed several of our players and targeted a few coaches too. As soon as Ware was cut I Knew he would get a call from the Bucs.. I think he is like the 8th or 9th Giant player or coach they have signed in the last 3-4 years.
IDK that signing our cuts will help them too much . Having a lot of faith in the Giants management , I feel that when our cuts are signed by another team it doesnt say too much about their talent pool . Its been a rare occurrence that a player that gets cut here will blossom elsewhere and I think we saw enough of Ware that he is going to help keep the Bucs mediocrity level where it is now
IDK if its as much about talent as it is about bringing in players and coaches from a winning organization to change the mindset of a perrenial loser.
Happy birthday. See previous thread
Alright, as for G101′s on going soap opera starring Kujo, titled As The Biatch Whines.. i never said you were wrong about the OLine, I said it is clearly the weakest unit on a team where every other Unit is fantastic. Unfortunately this is not the salary capless NFL of the 80′s where you can have blue chippers on every unit and as back ups. Every team in the NFL is going to have weaknesses, most are going to have multiple, but our NYG has only one. Again JR and Co have won 2 Lombardi’s in the last 5 years and have always been a top 10 Offense in that time span, so crazy as it sounds, that may actually lead them to believe that what they are doing may, I say may actually be working…Crazy isn’t it??? I know doom and gloomers like you and Stoll always need something to cry about no matter how good things are in Big blue Nation, but when you said a few days ago that you were going to start the Fire Jerry Reese Wagon, you crossed the line of idiocy that was unbelievable even for you my friend.. Its worse than your 48 hour menstrual fest crying over the JPP Pick a few years ago
“…Ware tweeted.”
Who the hell would follow D.J. Ware on Twitter?
You’ve got to be kidding me.
I think something like 14,000 people. Kind of our job to follow all of the athletes on Twitter.
Now let me be clear so everyone understands what I am saying now matter how Kujo tries twisting my words when he wakes up from his Appletini and Cosmo induced stupor. I am concerned about the O Line. Beatty’s health along with Baas’ adjustment to our blocking Scheme and the seeming declining play of Diehl and Snee is cause for concern, it just isn’t the end of the world some on here make it out to be. I’ve got faith in our front office and in our coaching staff to make it work. I think the additions of Bennett and Wilson will help the run game a ton. I also look at the 3 other NFC East Teams and I’m not sure that we don’t have the best or 2nd best OLine in our Division. Phillies is god awful without Peters, Washingtons has been a dumpster fire for ever and Dallas while improved is still suspect. In fact how many really dominant OLines are there in the NFL nowadays? The Saints were one but they lost the premier G in the NFL to the Bucs. The Texans were one but they lost a stud T to KC. The Jets 2 years ago had the best line in the league and now they cant block a good D1 team.
Interesting (and timely) column on the state of offensive lines in the NFL:
http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/NFP-Sunday-Blitz-3466.html
“As I went through my tour of training camps, it struck me how one theme was constant wherever I went: offensive line play is a concern. Every team had some sort of issue up front on offense. I don’t believe there is a coaching staff in the league that is completely comfortable with its offensive line.
There is no question line play has deteriorated in recent years. Neither individual linemen nor offensive line units are what they used to be. So I started to ask people what they thought the reasons were. Here are some of the theories I heard.”
yep…..
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000056955/article/san-francisco-49ers-new-york-giants-among-five-deepest-teams?module=HP11_hot_topics
Demo , proof of the pudding I think .
I see that the Giants tried to make waiver claims but were beaten out by other teams . Just proof that although we think its quiet , management is scouring the cut lists trying to incrementally improve the quality of play WITHOUT spending any more money . This is one of the the secrets of the Giants success , always looking for ways to improve
indeed.. When every team has the same amount of money to spend it comes down to finding diamonds in the rough (or eclairs on top of the trash for our boy Costanza) to separate the great teams from the good ones.. Look at the talent JR has bought in here the last 5 years via wavers or UDFA’s… Hixon, Hedgecock, Cruz, Herzlick, Hill, Tryon, Ballard
Serby interviews the Black Unicorn:
http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/giants/serby_sunday_with_martellus_bennett_8lFmVDCcTLVmMTOmTOAL2J
Q: How much of an impact do you think you can make with Eli Manning as your quarterback?
A: I think we can be huge. I gotta keep growing though. I’m still learning the offense. I’m still learning some different things that he likes. It’s like when you first start a relationship with somebody, like you’re dating somebody, you don’t really know her that well. The more you go to dinner, the more time you spend, you start to know their likes, their dislikes, what makes them comfortable and uncomfortable, so I think we’re still at the first stages of our relationship as if we were dating.
Thanks that was great!!! Sounds like a bad rap in Dallas n thank god!!!
What if Bradshaw becomes the third down back n Wilson is the featured back??? Then his goals sound attainable!!! Bradshaw is good a blitz pickups n it wood save on wear n tear on his fragile feet, as long as Wilson holds onto the ball!!! It was my first thought when I saw Ware was cut…
not a bad idea and could be the case by the end of the season… We all know TC though, so we know Braddie will be the featured back until Wilson proves beyond the shadow of a doubt he is ready to replace him..
See Nicks, Hakeem and Hixon Dominick-2009