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<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cWhen I first started coaching, one of the worst things that I think I heard was \u2018It will be OK.\u2019 I would wonder, \u2018How the hell is it going to be OK?\u2019 The worst word in the English language is \u2018hope.’\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014 Bob Knight<\/p>\n
Joe hears the word \u201chope\u201d all the time about the Bucs and it drives Joe crazy. \u201cLet\u2019s hope Chris Braswell gets three sacks. \u2026 Let\u2019s hope SirVocea Dennis can play like a starting linebacker. \u2026 Let\u2019s hope Zyon McCollum shakes off the cobwebs and plays like a rising star.\u201d<\/p>\n
How about, \u201cLet\u2019s make sure we have players that we know will produce so we don\u2019t have to hope to win lotteries.\u201d<\/p>\n
But Matt Verderame of SI.com apparently is in the hope business. He typed up a column why every NFL team can have hope. Even the Jets!<\/p>\n
Verderame thinks Bucs fans have reason for hope because the Bucs have the manpower<\/a> to put points on the board.<\/p>\n Hope: Tampa Bay has one of the league\u2019s most talented offenses, helmed by Baker Mayfield and populated by Mike Evans, Chris Godwin, Jalen McMillan, Emeka Egbuka and Bucky Irving as his weapons.<\/p>\n Yes, Joe is thinking Mike Evans returns to the Bucs. Now if Baker Mayfield and Emeka Egbuka can figure out why they both went into hiding the second half of the season, and get Bucky Irving back on the right track, the Bucs really could be dangerous on offense.<\/p>\n