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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Game 4   Bucs @ Redskins   Josh Johnson  vs.  Washington Redskins Defense               It’s four weeks into the season, and Byron Leftwich has been replaced as starting QB of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.  What’s more surprising than the quick hook is who’s being called upon to take over the offensive huddle.  It’s [...]

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Game 3 Bucs vs. Giants   Mario Manningham & Steve Smith  vs.  Ronde Barber & Aqib Talib         The Buccaneer defense has been under heavy fire (and scrutiny) during the first two games of the ’09 season, and it’s with good cause as they currently rank 31st in the league in yards allowed [...]

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Game 2 Bucs @ Bills          GAINES ADAMS (DE)    VS.    DEMETRIUS BELL (LT)      When Jason Peters was shipped off to Philadelphia, Langston Walker moved over to take his place at left tackle, but by the conclusion of the preseason, Demetrius Bell had beaten him out for the job.  Bell, Buffalo’s 7th round pick in ’08, [...]

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Hello all! As you should be aware, we tweet. We started out with a MySpace account and after successful litigation, have been cleared of any and all stalking charges that were levied (NOTE: That was an attempt at humor). Now we are trying to get this whole new fangled Facebook thing going. So, to that [...]

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Folks, most of the free world had us losing yesterday. While a loss is never easy to deal with, we will be covering the game as best we can. There were a number of things as I mentioned previously to be excited about. We should learn more from Coach Morris’s press conference today about the [...]

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As pointed out at BucsChat.com, the blog on NFL.com by Jason La Canifora about the Buccaneers soliciting trade offers for a QB would not normally be an issue. However, on the heels of our new Head Coach vacillating on his deadline for the naming of a starter, this smacks of not only indecision, but stupidity. [...]

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