Shelton Quarles may be doing more community service after being arrested Friday morning.

While the information is still coming in, it is now know that former Buccaneers linebackers and current Bucs pro scouting coordinator, Shelton Quarles, was arrested early this morning on charges of driving under the influence. Without too many other details though, it’s already a given that unless the charges are dropped, that Quarles will most likely face some kind of league-sanctioned discipline.

There is precedent for members of a team’s front office to be suspended for such a charge, last year Roger Goodell suspended Detroit Lions president Tom Lewand for a month and fined him 100,000$ for his DUI arrest. Don’t look for Quarles to receive the same punishment, but I doubt this goes unnoticed either.

This is also particularly problematic because the Buccaneers have already been hearing whispers about how they’re an un-disciplined team and some commentators have even called Raheem Morris and enable. While I disagree with the last sentiment about Raheem it is worth nothing that the Bucs have had more than there share of trouble this year. Look for Mark Dominik to take a hardline approach to this issue for PR reasons. On the other hand, I wouldn’t look for the Bucs to jump the gun. As they learned with Mike Williams, it’s best to let these things play out legally first.

Currently on the Roster – Barrett Ruud, Adam Heyward, Teddy Lehman, Matt McCoy

Gauranteed Spots – Barrett Ruud

Ruud is entrenched at the starting spot, and the rest of the members of this crew will be battling it out for the backup MLB spot in camp. 

No Chance – All have a chance to make the roster

Battling for Spots – Adam Heyward, Teddy Lehman, Matt McCoy

Adam Heyward has the upper hand on recent FA additions Teddy Lehman and Matt McCoy.  He proved to be an invaluable member of our special teams, and saw some spot duty as the backup Mike position.  He was also a draft choice of the Bucs in ’06 so we have a little more vested in him than we do in Lehman and McCoy.  McCoy has been a solid special teams player throughout his career and if either of these guys are going to make the roster, it is going to be primarily in that role.  Lehman is kind of a poor mans Ruud, but the ability of Ryan Nece to play the backup MLB spot, as well as my opinion that in our defense, Derrick Brooks would make a solid Mike Linebacker, Lehman has the longest odds of anyone of making the team.