With Ye and Monday Night Football in Champa Bay last Monday, the homies at REACH had to pull up to Ray Jay for another 1 of 1 Buccaneer Capsule, featuring pieces hand picked and dyed in REACH.
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All of theses pieces are essential for any Bucs fan but with the colder months on the way I had my eye on a few of the long sleeves or even the one pair of sweats available. The tie dye long sleeve might be my favorite piece of the whole drop. I just love the almost burning sun color vibes on it.
Some of these pieces take it way back, honoring the NFC and Super Bowl Champions from before the GOAT came to town. It was nice to see the brand add in some grey pieces to switch it up from a majority of the red and black Bucs gear.
Double R
At the time of this article I am sure a majority of these pieces are sold out, but take a chance and head over to the shop I am sure they have 1 or 2 still available on the rack, making the perfect gift for any REACH and Buccaneers fan. Everything Is Made In REACH.
Just in time to kick off the season, the homies at REACH have unveiled a small REACH Buccaneers capsule featuring 1 of 1 pieces all hand picked, washed, screen sized, and tagged in REACH.
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As a Buccaneers Season Ticket Holder you know Jit is gonna have to pull up and pick up a few of these pieces. One stand out for me is the dyed long sleeve with REACH in white font right on the top. A majority of these pieces pay homage to the historic 2002 Championship season.
Grey Gang
For those hot game days I’m probably looking more towards the tees so if available any of the grey pieces will do so I can still rep the krewe and the gang. That grey practice tee esque shirt with the black font is a banger. Really love the fact the homies went the extra mile and tag all their pieces, really does make a difference.
The REACH Way
Hands down my favorite piece in the collection has got to be the dyed tee. Not sure what size it is but if I can get my hands on it, it’s mine. The dyed look just hits different on a Bucs championship tee.
With the season gearing up and these all being 1 of 1 pieces I would recommend not sleeping on this drop, because once they gone they gone my friends. Everything is made in REACH!
After reaching the NFC Championship game in the 1979 and again making a playoff run in the 1982 playoffs, the Buccaneers potentially left some titles on the table.
After three straight seasons the Bucs were able to pick up some key pieces that eventually would bring Coach John McKay to fruition. Although he would receive flack for taking Ricky Bell RB out of USC over Tony Dorsett, I still feel injuries and his illness hampered Bell’s success later in his career. During the 79 season Bell was able to pass the 1,000 yard mark which says a lot for what Tampa Bay was at the time. If Bell would have stayed healthy who knows how he could have impacted the Bucs offense going into the early eighties.
Doug Williams fell into the teams lap in the first round of the 78 Draft, even leading the team to a 5-11 record, which I’ll state again was pretty solid for a team that almost didn’t win a game for two straight seasons. After putting the organization on his back, the Buccaneers ownership had Williams under a contract for $120,000 which at the time was less than several back ups. Williams asked the Culverhouse ownership to bump him up to $600,000 which was solid at the time especially after bringing the fledgling franchise to the playoffs twice. Culverhouse was only willing to offer Williams $400,000, resulting in Williams leaving the team for the USFL’s Oklahoma Outlaws. Five years later Williams would lead the Washington Redskins to a Super Bowl, the Bucs however would go on to have 12 consecutive seasons with 10 or more losses.
You would think if the team was so bad why didn’t they draft any good players? Under the Culverhouse regime the Bucs had one of the lowest salaries in the league which hindered free agents from joining the team, thus not helping an aging Lee Roy Selmon on defense resulted in the teams decline. The mishandling of Bo Jackson prior to drafting him was a franchise crushing blow for the team, and something I don’t think the Bucs have recovered from until recently. The trading of future Super Bowl winning QB Steve Young in favor of mediocre Vinny Testaverde was also a blunder for the team.
It was not until the death of Hugh Culverhouse in 1994 and Sam Wyche coming on board as coach that the tide would turn for the franchise after drafting John Lynch in 93 and both Warren Sapp and Derrick Brooks. All three would later become the cornerstones of Tony Dungy and Monte Kiffin’s Tampa 2 defense that ultimately would bring championship gold to Tampa Bay.
