Ok fans, tonight is the first time that we get to see the new Buccaneers in pads and the team dealing with full contact. The work so far, per the new rules that Coach Morris lamented in the press conference, dramatically limit the amount of contact practice that a team can have. In fact, the [...]

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If the lockout has done anything (other than suck, piss us off, ruin television, eliminate better speculation on the year and generally make life less livable) it has had one positive effect. We have been able to talk to more players! The Bucs players have been very approachable and open to chatting with us and [...]

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Time to take a final crack at what I think the Buccaneer roster will look like when it’s announced tomorrow. First, let’s start with the automatics (at least in my opinion): Josh Freeman Josh Johnson Cadillac Williams Kareem Huggins Earnest Graham Mike Williams Sammie Stroughter Arrelious Benn Kellen Winslow Jeff Faine Davin Joseph Keydrick Vincent [...]

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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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