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Coming later this week - Wayne Maw looks at the defensive backs, another excellent mock draft and Chris Bruno joins in the draft party too
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 Everything you wanted to know about the Bucs' victory in Super Bowl XXXVII in San Diego. Game reports, pictures, statistics and comments. Click here for the menu | |
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The Buccaneers' 2010 Opponents HOME: Atlanta, Carolina, Cleveland, Detroit, New Orleans, Pittsburgh, St.Louis, Seattle AWAY: Arizona, Atlanta, Baltimore, Carolina, Cincinnati, New Orleans, San Francisco, Washington. | |
The JP Peterson ShowDuring the Buc season, BUCPOWER.COM has a regular Tuesday 8.50pm UK time slot on JP Peterson's Happy Hour show on the CBS affiliated station, 1010 Sports. 1010 Sports can be listened to from this country and features some of the best sports discussion out there. Click here for a link to the 1010 Sports website | |
The spiritual home of the Bucs UK on trips to Tampa is Selmon's restaurant. Situated less than a mile from Raymond James Stadium, it is a tribute to the Buccaneers' Hall of Fame defensive end with pictures and jerseys from his NFL career.
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We Are Great, Great Fans In the Message Board Topic “Buying Success and ‘Getting Real’”, there have been some heated discussions about how the team should go about approaching Free Agency and the like. Now Chris gets across why this board is so much better than everyone else's. Click here for the full column |
No missing workouts this year The restricted free agency tag on Barrett Ruud means that No.51 will be a Buc in 2010 unless someone antes up a 1st and 3rd round pick for him. And even then, Tampa Bay could match the offer. And Ruud is OK with this situation so he will be at the off-season workouts and preparing for the next NFL season. Click here for more on this story |
Time for a draft-related rant Wayne is taking time off today from his position by position previews of the upcoming draft to let off some steam about combine workout warriors and other draft-related misnomers. Click here for the full feature |
Secondary depth arrives with Jones The Bucs added a second free agent player yesterday as former Eagle and Browns starting safety Sean Jones arrived at One Buccaneer Place. This will not come as good news to Sabby Piscitelli but I am sure he can teach Jones how to miss tackles like he does pretty quickly. Click here for more on this story |
Dominik: Draft matches team's needs The Bucs' GM was trying to fill holes of a different kind this week when he took part in the PGA Tour's Pro-Am event at Innisbrook. And as well as joining myself and JP Peterson on 1010 Sports, he also spoke with Ira Kaufman about how the Buccaneer draft is shaping up. Click here for more on this story |
A position by position analysis of the Bucs I have another of these current review articles to come later in the week as old friend Mike Carlson does his annual "Coast to Coast" comment on the Buccaneers. But for today, I leave you in the capable hands of Stephen Holder of The St Petersburg Times. Click here for more on this story |
Legacy of bad draftingNothing hurts a team more than missing on a ton of draft picks. Wait until we reach 1986 in our countdown as proof of that. But the Bucs may have hit on the likes of Davin Joseph and Aqib Talib, but too often, they swung and missed more times than the Rays' Carlos Pena. Click here for more on this story |
Other teams actions will affect Bucs' draft This is a very interesting article as the Rams' decision at the No.1 overall pick will of course determine ultimately how the Bucs proceed at No.3. St.Louis taking QB Sam Bradford would of course be absolutely ideal leaving McCoy or Suh for the Bucs. Click here for more on this story |
Gary Shelton's negative viewEach week, Gary writes an article on the current state of the Buccaneers and as always, sees the glass as half-empty. And very unfairly, he has taken the view that one or two narrow-minded others have done in trying to compare the current front office and ownership to the cheap Hugh Culverhouse days. Click here for more on this story |
Looking for value at receiverThink back to April 2008 when the Bucs signed Antonio Bryant. Out of football for a year and with three previous stops in the NFL. That worked out pretty well. So taking a punt on former Eagle Reggie Brown can only have upside too. Click here for more on this story |
Bucs get some special teams helpThe first free agent signing was a sensible one, adding former Raider LB Jon Alston to bolster the special teams. These are important signings as former stalwarts, albeit oft-injured ones, Will Allen and Torrie Cox, are Bucs no more. Click here for more on this story |
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BUC STORY ARCHIVE Click on the links below for recent articles |
| Raheem rules out free agency - he'll stick with the draft thank you |
| Bucs not the only quiet team when it comes to free agency |
| What do you think of the Bucs' lack of action? |
| Chris Bruno - The Confusing Strive for Youth |
| Raheem Morris speaks out |
| Potential comings and goings |
| Ronde Barber - Buccaneer Team MVP |
| Bucs trade for WR Reggie Brown |
| Click here for other stories going back the last six months |
Going through the Bucs' draft history 
The Bucs had the first overall pick for the third straight year in 1978 but this time traded it away in a blockbuster deal that brought them Doug Williams and Jimmie Giles. We continue our draft countdown with a look back to 1978 and our feature screen also has the details of EVERY player selected that year by every team.
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New Mock Draft - NFL.comWe will be running mock drafts from various sources between now and April's actual selection meeting in New York. Some will be accurate, some will not. But they are always interesting to get a feel for the players involved in the first round shake-up. This mock draft comes from ESPN Insider and is by Mel Kiper and will have the majority of Buc fans pretty happy. Mel Kiper - ESPN Insider - 17 March Other previous mock drafts:- Pat Kirwan - NFL.com - 8 March Mel Kiper - ESPN Insider - 6 March ESPN Insider - 24 February ESPN Insider - 14 February |
 90 Gaines Adams 
Tragically died at just 26 in January 2010 from a heart ailment having just completed his first season with the Chicago Bears. Will go down as one of the biggest draft busts in franchise history having never lived up to his fourth overall pick billing. Was finally traded five weeks into the 2009 season to the Bears but failed to impress.
Click here for his updated profile page 
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 Buccaneer off-season transactions Tender offers made to restricted free agents, LT Donald Penn - first- and third-round tender ($3.168 million), LB Barrett Ruud - first- and third-round tender ($3.268 million), RT Jeremy Trueblood - second-round tender ($1.759 million) and RB Carnell Williams - first round tender (110% of 2009 salary). WR Antonio Bryant not franchised and became a free agent - signed a four-year deal with the Cincinnati Bengals. P Josh Bidwell, P Dirk Johnson and CB Torrie Cox all released. Free agent S Will Allen signed with Pittsburgh. Free agent WR Brian Clark signed with Detroit. Traded a 2011 6th round pick to Philadelphia for WR Reggie Brown. Signed free agent LB Jon Alston from the Oakland Raiders. |
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The definitive Buccaneer trade history When the Bucs traded a 6th round pick to the Eagles for Reggie Brown, it was the 169th trade they have made in their franchise history. BUCPOWER has all of them, even the ones that the Bucs do not have (yet!) in their media guide. But did you know there are two teams the Bucs have never traded with? The Packers and the Texans. Click here for the full trade history listing |
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Previous draft previews Wayne will be previewing each position ahead of April's NFL draft in New York. Here is where you can quickly look back at what he has written so far this year. Click here for the receivers/tight ends preview Click here for the offensive line preview Click here for the defensive line preview Click here for the quarterbacks preview |
Inside the Buccaneer PlaybookThe Bucs have 2nd and goal from the Green Bay 6-yard line. Josh Freeman gets the call and walks into the huddle. "Strong Right Gun Y Motion 90 Post 3 Flare". A few seconds later, Josh has his first NFL touchdown pass as Derrick Ward scores. But what does that play mean and entail for the 11 players on the field? Click here for the first of our looks inside the playbook |
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