Archive for May, 2009

There’s been plenty of talk about who is going to be under center for the Bucs in 2009, and if your thinking it’s going to be rookie Josh Freeman, your likely going to end up wrong. PewterReport.com is stating that it’s looking more and more like the QB battle will come down to Luke [...]

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Buccaneers wide receiver Maurice Stovall is struggling to recover from a back injury, according to the St. Petersburg Times. The Bucs are incredibly thin in their receiving corps, and Stovall was expected to play a bigger role this season. Rookie Sammie Stroughter is currently working as the third receiver.

The St.Petersburg Times reports that CB Torrie Cox was injured Wednesday during an OTA practice session. Here is the story:
Buccaneers cornerback Torrie Cox received a facial laceration when he was inadvertently struck by a helmet swung by teammate Aqib Talib during a voluntary offseason workout Wednesday. Talib, the Buccaneers’ first-round pick in [...]

Kellen Winslow is now the highest paid tight end in the NFL, yet couldn’t find his way to the teams recent set of voluntary practices last week. Why? He was in the process of moving.
Yes, Winslow, who’s never been the most responsible NFL player (wheelies in a Westlake, OH parking lot ring a bell), told [...]

Josh Johnson does not believe he is out of the race for the starting gig at quarterback with the Buccaneers, according to the Tampa Tribune. He said, “If you are good enough, which I feel I am, and if you work hard, which I feel I do, it will all work out in the end. [...]

Bucs MLB Barrett Ruud, has been sitting out recent OTA’s. Here’s the St.Petersburg Times‘ article on what’s going on with a big player on the Bucs D.
Middle linebacker Barrett Ruud, the centerpiece of a young Bucs defense in the midst of an overhaul, is key to the unit’s success in 2009. But Ruud did [...]

Pewter Report.com reports that the Bucs have hired Douglas Daley to be their new director of football administration. Here’s the tidbit.
The Buccaneers hired Douglas Daley to be their director of football administration. Daley will be the Bucs contract negotiator, and will be have a hand in managing the Bucs salary cap. Prior to [...]

One interesting development came out of the first day of Bucs OTA’s, and that’s the fact that their newest tight end – Kellen Winslow Jr., failed to show up. The St.Petersburg Times had an interesting quote from former Buc Warren Sapp about Winslow, as he showed up to talk to the club Monday: [...]

It seems like everyone in the country is being hit hard wit the tough times everyone is having when it comes to money – even Bucs owner Malcom Glazer. Today New.U.TV.com threw it out there that the owner is having some issues, and that there’s a large debt on his soccer team as well. [...]

Today’s St. Petersburg Times reports that the Bucs do not expect quarterback Brian Griese to attend the first week of voluntary Organized Team Activities which begins tomorrow. This could very well be the beginning of the end for Griese, who most think will not be back in 09. Griese’s agent, Ralph Cindrich, also [...]