Forget 13!... 14, 15, 16 Are Unlucky Numbers for Buccs!

What's significant about numbers 14, 15 and 16? They are draft positions where the Buccs have drafted some of their worst busts. In 1997 the Buccs drafted Florida wide receiver Reidel Anthony at the sixteenth overall spot. Two years later the Buccs drafted LSU defensive tackle Anthony "Booger" McFarland at the fifteenth spot. Another interesting pattern developing here, that's 1 Florida Gator and 1 LSU Tiger. 2001 came rolling in and and GM Dick McKay traded away our 2nd round pick to the Buffalo Bills for the right move up to the fourteenth spot and draft Florida offensive tackle Kenyatta Walker. In the most recent story of failed expectations, the Buccs drafted at the fifteenth spot overall, LSU wide receiver Michael Clayton.

What is significant about this? Maybe nothing, but I'm a superstitious fellow. The thing that is already bugging me with the draft more than eight months away is, most pre season predictions have the Tampa Bay Buccaneers finishing second or third in the NFC South with a 7-9 record. Guess where a 7-9 or 8-8 record usually lands you in the next year's NFL College Player Selection Meeting? You guessed it, somewhere right around 14, 15 or 16. If I see any pre draft rankings that have any Florida Gators or LSU Tigers ranked around those spots, I may just have to puke!!!
...JJC/ABuccsFan