The Buccaneers will have an announcer stationed on the infamous Raymond James Stadium pirate ship, and a pirate will be delivering the picks to them. Naturally, this gimmick was roasted on Twitter, with various tweets pointing out how silly and superfluous it was.
Important Bucs draft update: The parrot delivering Sunday’s picks to pirate ship at Raymond James is named Zsa Zsa, and she’s from the Florida Exotic Bird Sanctuary. Adjust your mock drafts accordingly.
— Greg Auman (@gregauman) April 23, 2018
You: The draft has become ridiculous, overhyped and gimmicky
The parrot delivering the Bucs pick: Hold my pina colada pic.twitter.com/YStyt3BsRb
— Nora Princiotti (@NoraPrinciotti) April 23, 2018
The Bucs trading up in the the draft to draft a parrot is more understandable than a kicker
— Jared Kight (@Jarebear81787) April 23, 2018
It’s all fun and games until the parrot leaks the Bucs draft picks to Adam Schefter
— Stan Hardy (@JStanHardy) April 23, 2018
/Jerry Jones tries to draft the parrot https://t.co/vGMCeFAObW
— McCovey Chronicles (@McCoveyChron) April 23, 2018
“What was your draft experience like, Johnny?”
“Incredible. Gathered around the tv with my family, friends, and loved ones, and then a parrot said I’d made it to the NFL. Dreams do come true.” https://t.co/0TSqisQmuh
— RJ Ochoa (@rjochoa) April 23, 2018
In regards to the parrot calling the Bucs’ Saturday draft-picks on TV, my Titans friend sent me this as a response: “A parrot would be an upgrade to their current front office”
— Go Bucs (@BucsPurveyor) April 23, 2018
A fine time for all to get that lawn mowed. https://t.co/vsyQHMB8iS
— Tyler Dunne (@TyDunne) April 23, 2018
As long as this goes better than the whole trading up for a kicker thing, this should be fine. Twitter will laugh, though, and it’s hard to blame them.
