Buccaneers Gab

Todd McShay and ESPN.com NFC South blogger Pat Yasinskas talks about Tampa Bay’s draft needs

With many Americans out of work, and families around the country trying to make ends meet and do whatever they can to pay their bills, it’s hard to feel sorry for anyone playing a game and making $9.4 million dollars over the course of one season.
That seems to be the pity party trying to be [...]

Boston College defensive tackle B.J. Raji is a wanted man. Wanted by a number of NFL teams that is. Raji is going to be one of, if not the top selected defensive linemen in the April NFL draft, and a couple of teams would like to talk to him about it.
PFT.com reports [...]

Pro Football Weekly reports that you shouldn’t expect any type of new deal soon for newly acquired TE Kellen Winslow:
There were reports that the Buccaneers and TE Kellen Winslow were negotiating a new deal shortly after he was traded to Tampa Bay on Feb. 27, but sources say that subject likely won’t be seriously addressed [...]

Pewter Report states that veteran QB Brian Griese has yet to show up for any of the Bucs offseason workouts, meaning that Josh Johnson and Luke McCown have the early lead in the QB race. Here’s the report:
Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Josh Johnson said he is competing to be the starting quarterback. Johnson discussed [...]

Rumors of college players visiting the Bucs continues, and with the defensive line being a position the team wants to upgrade, the club is going to talk to Sammie Lee Hill, a player that is pretty much unknown out of Stillman College. Below is the news on Hill talking to a number of teams [...]

The St.Petersburg Times reports that LT Donald Penn is about to set a nice pay raise in 2009:
Buccaneers LT Donald Penn still hasn’t locked up that long-term contract he’s seeking, but his ability to retain his starting job for a second straight season led to a nice bump in pay through the NFL’s performance-based [...]

Today’s St. Petersburg Times reports that the Bucs are keeping a close eye on the comeback again of running back Cadillac Williams:
The Bucs are in their first week of official offseason workouts, giving teammates an opportunity to assess RB Cadillac Williams’ progress in his comeback from a second severe knee injury in 15 months. Asked [...]

Police are stating that Bucs linebacker Geno Hayes was stabbed him in the head and in the neck. A Hillsborough County Sheriff’s spokeswoman says that the LB was taken to a hospital by a friend on Saturday. He was treated and later released.
Deputies have arrested 19-year-old Shevelle Bagley, and say that Hayes and Bagley [...]