Bucs fans have a right to be bitter if not frustrated. Why, there are actually local teenagers on the threshold of high school who have never seen a Bucs playoff win. Think about it.

The Bucs last won a playoff game when Chucky hoisted the Vince Lombardi Trophy aloft in victory on a chilly January night in 2003. That’s over 13 years ago people!

For those same adolescents, talking about a Bucs playoff win is like talking about the Cuban Missle Crisis. Just something to read about in a history book.

Sooner or later, things have to turn around, don’t they?

Well, to listening to NFL.com analysts Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks, the answer is yes, and those winning seasons may just be around the corner.

The duo decided to pick a team out of a pool of 12 that should be among the NFL’s best in the next five years. Jeremiah believes at the “back end” of that window, the Bucs will be elite.

While the Bucs were not the first choice of Brooks, he didn’t argue with Jeremiah and believes the Bucs right now have the pieces in place for a foundation to build a lasting winner.

“I think they have a chance to be special,” Brooks said of the Bucs. “I’m in love with the quarterback. I think the quarterback is a real dude. I think he is going to lead them to the winner’s circle.”

You can watch the Bucs segment via the link above at the 3:44 mark. The funny part is Jeremiah (a former scout for the Ravens) praising left tackle Donovan Smith as a rising stud — and Joe imagining all the stat geeks who hate Smith so much shoving their heads in a trash can to vomit.

One depressing element of the breakdown is stud linebacker Lavonte David has yet to experience a winning season after four NFL campaigns. That’s really sad.

Other than that, the video clip is a nice thing to watch to start your Thursday morning.