Is Keyshawn a scapegoat?

[NaMeaHou]

Mike Ditka seems to think so, and though I have a lot of respect for Ditka, this may actually turn out to be a positive action on the part of the Buccaneers.

http://www.nfl.com/nflnetwork/story/6847011

What do you think? Has Tampa Bay just lost the will to win, or is it a case of "one bad apple" making the whole bushel smell?

[burythehatchet]

1. I don't know what's wrong with the Bucs

But Keyshawn is DEFINITELY NOT a scapegoat. The Jets players warned the Bucs about his locker room demeanor...

[trotsky]

5. What's wrong with the Bucs is the same thing that happens to all NFL teams

Everybody else eventually figures you out. With the salary cap, you can't have superstars at every position, so EVERY team has weak spots. As time goes by, other teams figure out those weak spots. Hopefully before everyone figures you out, you can win a championship (Bucs).

Formula for beating the Bucs: run at 'em, hard, even if it doesn't work at first. Eventually you wear down the front four and frustrate them. You start breaking runs, so the secondary cheats up to stop you. Then you hit 'em with the pass. Oh, and as with every NFL game, don't turn the ball over.

Rams of 99-2000: unstoppable! Uh, not quite. Tennesse came within a foot of sending the Super Bowl into overtime against them, and the next year they went 10-6 for a wildcard. Last year they had a losing record. Just goes to show, nothing lasts for long in the NFL. (= Not For Long?)

[fishnfla]

2. There really is no precedent for this

IMO, this is a first for the NFL. They couldnt trade the guy, it was pass the deadline. They didnt bench him, they just didnt want him around. At all. McKay is notoriously cheap, yet he is paying someone to stay home.

[THUNDER HANDS]

3. all I know is, I hope the Jets get him back

It already is one hell of a lopsided trade.

The Jets traded Keyshawn and got 4 first round picks that year. Those picks became:

Shawn Ellis - 10 sacks this season
John Abraham - 2-time ProBowler DE
Chad Pennington - Led NFL in quarterback rating last year
Anthony Becht - A great blocking TE and valuable goal-line player.

A coup. It was an absolute coup.

And now we might get Keyshawn back. Wow.

[NaMeaHou]

4. I say he puts a star on his helmet next year

Pa Parcells will take him to the woodshed, and find a way to get him.

[THUNDER HANDS]

6. maybe

But I saw he wants to play in New York more than he wants to play with Parcells.

Keyshawn is all ego. And nothing feeds a big ego like playing in New York.

[NaMeaHou]

7. You got that right

but since the boys with the star are on the rise.............

btw - Chad Pennington is phenomenal.

[rustydog]

8. A man is paid too much money because he can catch a friggin'

football. Because he can, the man thinks his fecal matter is rose-scented and believes he has the right to treat people like shit..simply because he can catch a friggin football. and he is paid an unGodly amount of money for that retarded talent.
Keyshawn needs to be slapped, told to sit down then try to get priorities straight...422 soldiers are dead in iraq, they won't get the chance to play a goddamn game ever again. But his feelings are hurt, oh no, the coach didn't kiss his ass when he threw a fit, oh my Gawd, his world is in a twirl....boo hoo.

hey Keyshawn, it is a friggin GAME... in which you get paid way too much money for a hyper-inflated easily bruised ego. Who truly gives a rats ass how good you are at catching a goddamn ball? it is a GAME like checkers, tag, trivial pursuit. some people are better at it than others, but they are still people, not one whit better than I am and certainly not deserving of undying attention and servile behavior. Get a life you spoiled punk.

Of course, that is my opinion, I could be wrong. But I am not.