We as football fans have been fortunate to live during a time where we can watch and marvel at the careers of the game’s best passers; guys like Joe Montana, Dan Marino, John Elway, Brett Favre, Peyton Manning, and Tom Brady.  Not that either of the last two guys in that group list are on [...]

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It was quite a three day haul for the Buccaneer brass in this year’s draft. They went into Thursday with twelve selections and turned them into nine players, including two significant additions on both sides of the ball. Here’s my pick-by-pick analysis of this year’s class with a grade assigned to each one. 1 – [...]

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Here are my final top 10 players at each position in this year’s draft.  I expanded a few of the positions based on the high number of players I expect to be drafted fairly early at them.  These rankings are intended to reflect my projections for the level of success each will attain in the [...]

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Returning Tight Ends: Kellen Winslow – 5 years ($6.725 million, $8.29 million, then $16 million split between 3 years I think) Jerramy Stevens – 1 year, $1.4 million John Gilmore – 1 year, $1.25 million Ryan Purvis – minimum . Status/Needs: Winslow was easily the top receiver on the team last year and was quick [...]

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  Returning Quarterbacks: Josh Freeman – entering second of five year contract Josh Johnson – 2 years ($512,000, $600,000) Byron Leftwich (for now) – 1 year ($2 million) Rudy Carpenter – minimum  

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With three long weeks to go until we get to the combine, here are my thoughts on how the first two rounds of the draft will play out as well as how the Bucs will utilize their ten selections.  (It’s actually a combination of what I would do and what I think they’ll look to [...]

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Returning Running Backs: Cadillac Williams – RFA Derrick Ward – 3 years left ($3.25 million; $3.75 million; $4 million) Earnest Graham – will earn $6 million if he’s on the team the next two years Clifton Smith – ERFA Kareem Huggins – minimum Fullbacks: BJ Askew – under contract for 3 more years ($875,000; $1.5 [...]

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After the Buccaneers were destroyed, 38-7 by the New Orleans Saints at home, the group that makes the decisions at 1 Buc Place had to make a change. The change they opted for was to remove Jim Bates as Defensive Coordinator and have current Head Coach, Raheem Morris, assume the role he was originally promoted [...]

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Eight weeks into the season, and the Buccaneers are the only team yet to win a game. Now we all thought it was going to be a long year, but even I figured we’d somehow manage three wins. That looks like a monumental reach at this point seeing as how we’ve already lost to the [...]

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Breaking News: Number 1 pick out of Kansas State, Josh Freeman has been named the starting QB. Anyone surprised by this should immediately pull their head out of their colon. The view there, while better than the outlook for the rest of our season, must smell like most places in New Jersey. As for our [...]

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