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Archive for February, 2008

29 Feb

John Gilmore Signs

TE John Gilmore, formerly of the Chicago Bears, signed a 3 year contract with the Bucs according to Rotoworld.com.  He is a good blocking TE and will step in to Anthony Becht’s old role. 

29 Feb

Kevin Carter Coming Back?

Adam Mosley of Espn.com’s NFL Hashmarks, is reporting that the Bucs are trying to resign DE Kevin Carter at a cheaper rate than the 5.8 cap number he would have carried into this season.  Personally, I would love for this to happen.  He is a much better option than Marquest Douglas, Jimmy Wilkerson, or even [...]

29 Feb

Local Hillsborough High School Product Resigned By Eagles

Former HHS Terrier J.R. Reed was resigned by the Eagles today to a  1 year contract.  Check out the story on Inside the Iggles.  Former friend of mine, wanted to give him some love. 

29 Feb

List of Potential Targets

Multiple media outlets are reporting the same list of players that will come visit the Bucs in the next 3 days, so we will report the same.

DE - Marques Douglas - Had 72 tackles last year and replicates a lot of the things that Greg Spires used to do for us on run D

RB - [...]

28 Feb

Jeff Faine A Buc

The Bucs wasted no time filling a hole on the team, and spending some of that fat wad of paper they had stacked up at One Buc Place.  According to the Bucs Beat, and PFT, the Bucs have just made free agent center Jeff Faine the highest paid center in the NFL.  Center was a [...]

28 Feb

The Best Kind of Problem

Mike Florio, the ever increasingly popular creator of Profootballtalk.com, writes in an article for SportingNews.com that the Bucs must spend 28 million dollars to reach the salary floor.   They are not neccesarily required to spend that on free agents, but can also use that money to restructure the contracts of some our current roster players.  [...]

26 Feb

Asante Samuel A Buccaneer?

In one of those strange twists that can only happen in the NFL offseason, free agent CB Asante Samuel‘s agent is openly pining for the Bucs to make an offer. 

“Tampa Bay is a situation that makes sense,” said Alonzo Shavers, Samuel’s agent. “Tampa Bay is definitely worth considering. It was an organization that was in [...]

25 Feb

Javon Walker On Bucs Radar?

Pewter Report is reporting that the Denver Broncos are shopping WR Javon Walker, and contacted the Bucs in order to gauge their interest in the disgruntled WR. 

Walker would seemingly be a great fit in our offense.  He has the size, the route running acumen, and the experience in similar offenses to make a fairly easy transition [...]

25 Feb

Garcia & Brooks Honored

In front of a packed ballroom at Higgins Hall on Friday night, the Sports Club of Tampa Bay recognized quarterback Jeff Garcia and linebacker Derrick Brooks for their contributions on and off the field in 2007.
The club’s 47th annual awards banquet named Garcia the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ Most Valuable Player in 2007, while Brooks was [...]

18 Feb

Brian Kelly Buys His Way to Free Agency

Brian Kelly excercised an option in his contract, paying the Bucs 453k to be able to put himself out on the free agent market.

At one point, Kelly was the only solid man to man coverage CB this team had. The last few seasons though, fans and coaches have gotten used to not seeing much [...]

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