Can you guys help me figure out who signed my shirt over a decade ago? (+story of that day)


Autographs (3 of them?) – Sorry for the quality, best I could do.

  • It was Bucs @ Redskins – 2009 or 2010.
  • I'm a Bucs fan and only recall Bucs signing my shirt.. the note below this one adds some confusion.
  • Looks like there is two signatures on the left side. Can't tell if that's a 6 in there or not. The only #6 on either team was Shaun Suisham in 2009 and Josh Bidwell in 2010. Both played for Washington and I don't recall having any Redskins sign my shirt nor does the signature look like either of the names I listed.
  • Left middle side is either Ronde Barber or Donald Penn but when compared to other Ronde Barber autographs it looks similar – google it and look how he writes his jersey number 20.
  • Right side looks like 55 but it definitely wasn't Derrick Brooks who signed my jersey that day.

Being a Bucs fan around this time was tough. Being a Bucs fan from Maryland made it even worse. There was never any Bucs NFL stuff in any of the stores and very few chances to go to one of the games. Even now, Bucs have only played @ Ravens/Redskins a total of 5 times since 2011.

I was at my dads for the weekend and on a random Sunday 13+ years ago, I was told I was going to a Bucs game. I was stoked, I had never been to a football game and we never had much money, so I didn't expect things like this to happen.

The day I was expecting vs the day I got was completely different.

We get to the stadium, park and start walking to the entrance. I ask for my ticket and as I'm ignored I realize I hadn't seen any tickets or even heard a mention of any tickets. When we get to the gate we see one of his buddies who I considered an uncle. He was working security. They talked for a bit, my dad handed me a $20, left and I was allowed to just walk into the stadium by myself. I was 12 at the time.

I roamed the stadium for a good 15 minutes before the game started just to see everything I could.
When the game was about to start, I headed towards the field but again I didn't have a ticket or an assigned seat, so I sat far back until the game started and then moved up to a seat closer to the field when everyone got settled.

The games going on and honestly I don't remember much of it but I do remember playing into the role of "opposing fan" a little more than I usually do. Cheering when the Redskins mess up instead of when Bucs have a good play type of cheering. Cheering when I know the many Redskins fans around me aren't. Yelling "LETS GO" when a Redskins WR drops the ball. That type of stuff. I was purposely trying to get under some skins but not being too obnoxious or ruining anyone's day. Stuff I would still do. Anyways, it worked. I think I was cheering that we scored and some old guy hit me with a "fuck you". Again I was just having fun so I wasn't hurt by this and laughed about it.

"Don't talk to a kid like that" says a stranger. "fuck you too" he replies. Everyone laughed and went back to enjoying the game.

This stranger ends up being a random Cowboys fan who won season tickets to Redskins games and said he was only there because he had nothing better to do.

The game ends and I hang around the stadium for another 15-20 minutes before heading outside. This is when I saw the team bus and some people gathering around in the lot.

Now I'm not sure If i needed some kind of VIP pass or something but I just walked over there and hung out. There was a very kind lady there who told me about everything happening and who she was – she ended up being Kellen Winslow's mom. I stayed with her until the players came out, got some autographs, said bye to her and headed back to the entrance where my dad and the security/buddy was waiting for me.

A little irresponsible on my dads part but a great day.
Hope you guys can help with the autographs.

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