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Archive for January, 2008

Pair Of Bucs’ Coaches On The Outs?

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers may be without the services of at least one and quite possibly 2 of their assistant coaches relatively soon; Rick Stroud of the St. Petersburg Times is reporting that Paul Hackett, the team’s quarterbacks coach, still does not have a contract in hand and may not accompany the Bucs’ staff to [...]

Posted by Stephen Rhodes on Jan 18 2008

RB and WR Two Spots Bucs Will Look to Upgrade in 08

While the Bucs will enter the 2008 season as the defending NFC South Champs, there is already plenty to talk about this offseason when it comes to moves within the team.  Two positions that will be highly discussed are running back and wide receiver, which were two spots the team needs to come right out [...]

Posted by Matt Loede on Jan 14 2008

Kiffin Has Suitors, Including Carroll

With his contract set to expire later this month, the Buccaneers hope to re-sign defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin.  According to reports, Kiffin could be pursued by his good friend Pete Carroll if Carroll gets a head coaching job in the NFL.  Kiffin made about $1.7-million last season.  Meanwhile, running backs coach Art Valero has left the [...]

Posted by Matt Loede on Jan 14 2008

Bucs Re-Sign Three Assistants

The Buccaneers are bringing back three of their assistant coaches. General Manager Bruce Allen says offensive line coach Bill Muir, receivers coach Richard Mann and special teams coach Richard Bisaccia have been re-signed. However, defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin’s contract is set to expire at the end of the month and the Bucs have made an [...]

Posted by Matt Loede on Jan 11 2008

Alstott Seems Ready to Call it a Career

The career of one of the greatest Tampa Bay Buccaneers of all-time appears finally over.  After 12 seasons of being one of the biggest and best battering rams in the league, fullback Mike Alstott is ready to say good-bye.  The back has strongly stated that he would officially retire before this season, and it’s a [...]

Posted by Matt Loede on Jan 10 2008

Galloway and Gruden have Issues over Injury

 
While it was a frustrating offensive day for everyone on the Buccaneers, wide out Joey Galloway seemed to take the poor outing extra hard, and reports say after the game he and head coach Jon Gruden got into a heated debate about it. The Tampa Tribune is saying that Galloway, who caught one pass, left [...]

Posted by Matt Loede on Jan 07 2008

One and Done; Bucs Lose Wild Card Matchup 24-14

While the Buccaneers scored first and last Sunday in their wild card matchup with the New York Giants, in between it was all big blue, as New York moves on to Dallas with a solid 24-14 win at Raymond James Stadium.  With a dominating performance from their defense, the Giants move to 8-1 away from [...]

Posted by Matt Loede on Jan 06 2008

Bucs-Giants Sold Out…Sort Of

It took long enough but Sunday’s NFC wild card playoff game between the Buccaneers and Giants at Raymond James Stadium is now sold out for television purposes so there won’t be a blackout. There are still about 500 tickets remaining. Most of them are pricey club level seats. This after the Bucs and Ticketmaster were [...]

Posted by Matt Loede on Jan 04 2008

June’s Injured Foot Becoming a Major Concern

The Bucs are getting more and more worried about linebacker Cato June’s foot, as he missed yet another practice on Thursday and there is a very real shot he may miss Sunday’s Wild Card matchup with the Giants.  June hurt the foot in Sunday’s regular season finale against the Panthers.  He has not talked to [...]

Posted by Matt Loede on Jan 03 2008

5 Keys to the Bucs Beating the Giants

 
The Buccaneers will look to quiet the Giants attack on Sunday in Tampa Bay, as well as try and make some plays on offense to be able to move on the the divisional round the following weekend vs either the Cowboys or Packers. Below are five keys for the Bucs as they look to top [...]

Posted by Matt Loede on Jan 03 2008