• The Tampa Bay Buccaneers fired Jon Gruden after seven years of service

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers fired head coach Jon Gruden and general manager Bruce Allen today bringing Chucky’s seven year tenure to an end. Bucs co-chairman Joel Glazer offered the following:

“We will be forever grateful to Jon for bringing us the Super Bowl title, and we thank Bruce for his contributions to our franchise. However after careful consideration, we feel that this decision is in the best interest of our organization moving forward.”

Gruden delivered a Super Bowl victory for Tampa Bay, but his career record with the team was only 57-55. Tampa dropped their final four games of the season, missed the playoffs, and ultimately cost Gruden his job.

The move comes as a huge surprise to me, but I’m guessing the Bucs have something lined up if they’re willing to axe Jon Gruden. I wonder how Bill Cowher will look in the Tampa Bay colors.

Gruden Fired By Bucs-ESPN

Brett Favre is done with the Packers and likely headed to Tampa Bay, but it didn’t happen fast enough for former Dallas Cowboy Troy Aikman. Years of beating Brett Favre and the Green Bay Packers on the field apparently weren’t enough for Aikman who sacked Favre during an appearance with the 2 Live Stews radio program.

First Troy gave his opinion on Favre retiring and unretiring:

Then he sounded off on the job belonging to Aaron Rodgers:

In the second clip Troy says you might win the Super Bowl (if Brett Favre plays in Green Bay), but you might go 4-12 as if that’s a strike against Brett Favre. The Packers might go to the Super Bowl with Aaron Rodgers, but they’ve got a better chance of going 4-12 with him at the helm.

The Packers and Favre reached the point where working together is impossible so the only option is for Brett to move on. The Minnesota Vikings were Favre’s first choice and they could still come out pretty good in this mess. If Brett goes to Tampa Jeff Garcia is not gonna be his backup. So then Garcia can move on to Minnesota and that way the Green Bay Packers are happy, Aaron Rodgers is happy, Brett Favre is kinda happy, Jeff Garcia’s happy for a new opportunity, and Tarvaris Jackson is ass out.

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