The rumors are swirling that Bill Cowher and the Bucs are chatting each other up. EPSN’s Mortensen and Schefter states Bucs may make run at Cowher. As the neighborhood kid likes to say, “Ah mamacita”, which is a good thing, sometimes. Here’s the rub; Cowher may just be talking up the fat girl (Bucs), so he can get the hottie (Bills, not Cali hot, but NFL hot) to put out more than they are offering. For those of you not following this analogy, when you go to a bar or any social gathering the best way to get the chick you really want to fuck and put out more than she’s willing to, is to find an inferior looking girl that will do anything for you. Once she thinks you’re willing to pass her up for someone not as hot, she will be more willing to do pretty much whatever you want. If you’re still confused, I’m sorry. The point is if the Bills think the Bucs are going to move in and take him, the Bills may pony up even more cash.

Bill Cowher and Mike Shanahan are the 2 top free agent coaches available in the off season. Mike Shanahan is looking more and more like a Redskin. So that pretty much leaves Cowher as the hottest commodity on the market. I think Bill Cowher and his jaw would be an awesome fit for the Buccaneers. Cowher is a proven winner and if the Bucs gave him control I think they could be in the playoffs within 2 seasons. Even though the Bucs may finish with only 3 wins, I think with 2 more solid drafts and some key free agents they could be in the wild card mix. I say wild card, because they Saints are going to own the NFC South for a while.

The Glazer ownership have been known to pull the trigger before. They let Dungy go and brought in Gruden at a hefty price and compensation. This time though, I don’t think the Bucs do it. I think they stick with Raheem Morris and it’s not that I think the Glazer ownership are hot on Raheem, but it’s more of a cost saving measure. From all accounts the Glazer ownership is cash strapped and the cost to bring in Cowher would be in the 9 million range, which is just too much to pay right now. The fact is the Bucs are still one more season away from doing anything and 9 million could be spent or free agents or more than likely not spent at all. I think the corporate spin will be something like, “we want to rebuild through the draft”, which really means, “we don’t want to spend any money on free agents, because we know we can’t compete with the Saints or Falcons and even the shitty Panthers cram the ball down our throat right now.”

This is just my opinion, but the Bucs haven’t shown me any reason to think otherwise.