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| Can Snyder do it again? |
Division I College Football |
08/10/2009 |
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| e a slow start. It certainly would have been a smoother transition if All-American QB Josh Freeman decided to stay the course. However, the ultra-athletic signal-caller took his talents to the NFL a year early, and was a first-round selection of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the spring. That leaves junior QB Carson Coffman as the face of the program. He has seen little action with Freeman in front of him on the depth chart, but will get the opportunity to change that in 2009. On the defensive side of the ball, sophom |
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| Smith, Woodson among 2009 Hall of Fame class |
NFL Football |
08/08/2009 |
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| ed from injuries sustained in a car accident in 2000 at the age of 33. McDaniel was named All-Pro nine straight seasons and voted to a record 12 consecutive AFC-NFC Pro Bowls during his 14-season career with the Minnesota Vikings (1988-1999) and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2000-01). "Wow. It's impossible to imagine a moment like this. It really defies words," McDaniel said. "In my wildest dreams, I could never imagine standing here today. To me, this moment (allows me to) have an opportunity to celebrate everyone who |
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| Bucs sign Urrutia; release Vaughan |
NFL Football |
08/07/2009 |
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| Tampa, FL (MySportsbook) - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have signed wide receiver Mario Urrutia and released running back Josh Vaughan. Urrutia spent the 2008 season on the practice squad with the Cincinnati Bengals and most recently was on the roster with the New York Jets. He was chosen by Cincinnati with a seventh-round pick in the 2008 NFL Draft out of Louisville, where he recorded 130 receptions for 2,271 yards and 16 touchdowns. Vaughan joined the Bucs as an undrafted free agent on April 30. |
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| Bucs ink top pick QB Freeman |
NFL Football |
07/31/2009 |
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| Tampa, FL (MySportsbook) - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers signed first-round pick quarterback Josh Freeman to a five-year deal Friday. Financial terms were not released. Freeman's signing means the Bucs have signed each of their selections from the 2009 NFL Draft. Freeman was drafted with the 17th overall pick after a standout career at Kansas State. He was the first Wildcat quarterback ever to be selected in the draft's opening round. In just three seasons, Freeman set the record for most passing yards in Kansas Stat |
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| Bucs release QB Griese, sign third-round pick Miller |
NFL Football |
07/13/2009 |
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| Tampa, FL (MySportsbook) - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers released quarterback Brian Griese on Monday while also signing defensive tackle Roy Miller, their third-round selection in the 2009 NFL Draft. Griese, in his second stint with the Bucs, started five games last season. The 34-year-old QB was victorious in his first three starts before suffering a shoulder injury in Week 5 against the Broncos, who selected the Michigan alum with their third round pick in 1998. Griese finished the 2008 campaign with 1,073 yards to |
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| Bucs' Storer to miss 2009 season |
NFL Football |
05/19/2009 |
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| Tampa, FL (MySportsbook) - Tampa Bay Buccaneers fullback Byron Storer will miss the 2009 season with a knee injury. The team placed Storer on injured reserve Tuesday after he suffered a setback in his recovery from a 2008 knee injury during organized team activities last week. Storer, a special teams player who also started three games at fullback early last season because of injuries to the team's running back corps, became part of the casualty list in the sixth game of the 2008 campaign on October 12 against C |
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| Gruden lands in Monday Night booth |
NFL Football |
05/18/2009 |
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| Bristol, CT (MySportsbook) - Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Jon Gruden will work in the NFL next season, but in the broadcast booth with ESPN on Monday Night Football. Gruden will join play-by-play man Mike Tirico and analyst Ron Jaworski in the three-man booth. He will replace Tony Kornheiser, who has decided to step down after three years. "This is a tremendous opportunity and I am very excited to be associated with ESPN and Monday Night Football," Gruden said in a statement released by ESPN. "I grew u |
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| Line of Scrimmage: Offseason Power Poll |
NFL Football |
05/15/2009 |
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| ee to throw to should help. Overall, the talent here doesn't scream "playoffs," but if Singletary gets some luck and taps into the chemistry he found by the Bay last season, the Niners could take advantage and win some games in a weak division. 25 - Tampa Bay Buccaneers (9-7) It was justice that the Bucs exiled Jon Gruden and GM Bruce Allen after the team imploded in the final month of 2008, but pretty much nothing Tampa has done since then has made any sense. To recap, the Bucs hired a head coach (Raheem Morris) a |
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| Lions ink LB Foote |
NFL Football |
05/06/2009 |
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| s of the deal were not disclosed. After basking in the euphoria of winning a Super Bowl with Pittsburgh last season, Foote now joins a club that reached rock bottom in 2008. The Lions finished 0-16 last season to become the first team since the 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers to complete a full season without a victory. "The way I look at it, there's only one winner at the end of the year and the rest of the 31 teams are losers," Foote said. "From that standpoint, every year is a different year. It's a new challenge. Rig |
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| New England Patriots |
NFL Football Transaction |
05/01/2009 |
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| Acquired tight end Alex Smith form the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in exchange for an undisclosed draft pick in the 2010 NFL Draft; signed linebacker Antonio Appleby, quarterback Brian Hoyer, cornerbacks Jamar Love and Marcus McClinton and offensive lineman Jermail Porter. |
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