All Entries in the "Tampa Bay Buccaneers" Category
Former Bucs G Arron Sears Arrested in Tampa
Free agent offensive lineman Arron Sears was arrested for an outstanding warrant in Tampa on Saturday afternoon, Chad Cookler of ABC Action News in Tampa reports. According to the report, Hillsborough Sheriff deputies discovered a confused Sears wandering down the middle of Gunn Highway around 3pm on Saturday. Authorities intended on using the Baker Act [...]
Buccaneers to Place DT Brian Price on IR
Tampa Bay Buccaneers second-round defensive tackle Brian Price will be placed on injured reserve, ESPN’s Pat Yasinskas reports. Price has a hip injury that has kept him out the last two weeks. Chosen with the 35th overall pick in the 2010 NFL Draft out of UCLA, Price (6-1, 303) signed a four-year, $5.32 million contract [...]
Buccaneers Sign T Will Barker Off Practice Squad
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will activate rookie offensive tackle Will Barker from their practice squad, Barker’s agent, Marc Lillibridge, announced on Twitter. Guard Keydrick Vincent has been waived. A four-year starter at right tackle for the University of Virginia, Barker (6-7, 315) has been on the Buccaneers’ practice squad since being waived by the Dallas [...]
Buccaneers Add Malecki, Overbay to Practice Squad
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers announced the signing of guard John Malecki and tight end Nathan Overbay to the practice squad. Malecki (6-2, 304) started 26 games at right guard for the University of Pittsburgh after beginning his college career as a defensive tackle. Malecki was signed by the Tennessee Titans as an undrafted free agent [...]
Buccaneers Release TE Jerramy Stevens
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have released tight end Jerramy Stevens. Stevens was arrested on Saturday night in Hillsborough County and is facing two felony drug charges, including possession of marijuana with intent to distribute. A first-round pick (28th overall) by the Seattle Seahawks out of the University of Washington in 2002, Stevens has 202 receptions [...]
Buccaneers to Sign OL Derek Hardman Off Practice Squad
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will sign rookie offensive lineman Derek Hardman off the practice squad, Stephen Holder of the St. Petersburg Times reports. Second-year fullback Chris Pressley will be placed on waivers. An undrafted free agent out of Eastern Kentucky, the 6-6, 300-pound Hardman signed with the Buccaneers in May and has spent the first [...]
Buccaneers DT Gerald McCoy Bristles at Sapp Comparisons
Tampa Bay Buccaneers first-round defensive tackle Gerald McCoy made it clear on Wednesday that he is not Warren Sapp. “I can’t be Sapp,” McCoy said, via Stephen Holder of the St. Petersburg Times reports. “I don’t know why people keep expecting me to be. I’m Gerald McCoy. That’s Warren Sapp. We are who we are.” [...]
Chiefs Trade DE Alex Magee to Buccaneers
ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports the Kansas City Chiefs have traded defensive end Alex Magee to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for a conditional draft choice. The Buccaneers will also receive an undisclosed 2011 draft choice from the Chiefs. A third-round pick out of Purdue in 2009, Magee (6-3, 298) had eight tackles, including two quarterback sacks [...]
Buccaneers RB Kareem Huggins Has Torn ACL
Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Kareem Huggins will miss the remainder of the 2010 season with a torn ACL in his right knee, head coach Raheem Morris confirmed on Monday. “Kareem was the featured back for about five plays until disaster struck again,” Morris said. Signed in 2009 as an undrafted free agent from Hofstra, [...]
Buccaneers Sign P Robert Malone
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers announced the signing of free agent punter Robert Malone. Malone replaces Chris Bryan, who was released on Tuesday. An undrafted rookie free agent from Fresno State, the right-footed Malone (6-2, 235) averaged 42.6 yards per punt during his college career. Malone was named first-team All-WAC in 2009 and was one of [...]
Buccaneers C Jeff Faine Expects to Miss 4-to-6 Weeks
Tampa Bay Buccaneers center Jeff Faine expects to miss four-to-six weeks with his quadriceps injury, Stephen Holder of the St. Petersburg Times reports. Faine pulled his quadriceps during Sunday’s win over the Cincinnati Bengals, but the injury is not believed to be season-ending. Third-year guard Jeremy Zuttah replaced Faine and is expected to start this [...]
Buccaneers Release P Chris Bryan
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have released punter Chris Bryan, ESPN’s Pat Yasinskas reports. Tampa Bay signed Bryan, who averaged 38.6 yards per punt in a pre-season battle with Tim Masthay for the Green Bay Packers punting job, at the start of the season. Through four games, the Australia native posted a net average of 34.3 [...]
Buccaneers CB Aqib Talib Avoids Suspension
Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback Aqib Talib will not be suspended for allegedly violating the terms of his one-game suspension at the start of the season, Anwar Richardson of the Tampa Tribune reports. Talib was suspended, and docked an additional game check, for violating the league’s personal conduct policy. Upon his return to the team, he [...]
Raheem Morris Responds to Marvin Lewis’ Comments
Earlier today, Cincinnati Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis criticized the practice squad contract that their 2010 sixth-round pick Dezman Briscoe received from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers last month. Buccaneers head coach Raheem Morris has responded. “That’s a first,” Tampa coach Raheem Morris said via Pat Yasinskas of ESPN.com. “I’m really not concerned about Marvin Lewis’ [...]
Bengals HC Marvin Lewis Takes Issue With Dezman Briscoe’s Practice Squad Contract
In April, the Cincinnati Bengals used a sixth-round pick on University of Kansas wide receiver Dezman Briscoe. The 6-2, 207-pound Briscoe caught 5 passes for 100 yards and a touchdown during the pre-season, but the Bengals lacked room on the 53-man roster and waived him on September 4 with the hopes that they’d bring him [...]
