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| Jets agree to terms with TE Winslow |
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06/14/2013 |
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| eer, the situation seems ideal for both parties. Winslow has amassed 438 receptions for 4,848 yards and 23 touchdowns since 2004, but his last productive season came in 2011, when he hauled in 75 passes for 763 yards and a pair of touchdowns for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. That was his last of three seasons in Tampa Bay, as he was traded to the Seattle Seahawks the following offseason. He was so ineffective in his first training camp with Seattle that he failed to make the team. He briefly caught on with the New Engl |
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| Bucs sign third-round pick Glennon |
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06/12/2013 |
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| Tampa, FL (Sportsbooks) - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers signed quarterback Mike Glennon to a four-year contract on Wednesday. The Buccaneers selected Glennon in the third round of this year's draft. During his final season at North Carolina State University, Glennon completed 330-of-564 passes for 4,031 yards and 31 touchdowns. With his additional two rushing scores, Glennon had 33 total touchdowns in 2012, the fourth-highest single-season total in Wolfpack history. Glennon started 26 of the 36 games he played in fo |
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| Bears trade OL Carimi to Tampa Bay |
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06/09/2013 |
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| Lake Forest, IL (Sportsbooks) - The Chicago Bears announced on Sunday that the team traded offensive lineman Gabe Carimi to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, contingent on the lineman passing a physical. The Bears will reportedly receive a sixth-round pick in the 2014 draft. Carimi, selected by the Bears with the 29th overall pick in the first round of the 2011 NFL Draft, started the first two games of his rookie campaign, but sustained a season-ending knee injury. The 24-year-old played in 16 games last season, with 1 |
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| Former Giants WR Smith announces retirement |
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05/29/2013 |
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| Tampa, FL (Sportsbooks) - Wide receiver Steve Smith has decided to retire after six NFL seasons, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers announced Wednesday. Smith, who went to the Pro Bowl with the New York Giants in 2009 after setting a franchise season record with 107 receptions that year, has played in only 27 games over the past three campaigns due to knee problems. He had signed a one- year contract with the Buccaneers in April. The 28-year-old entered the league as a second-round draft choice of the Giants in 2007 and |
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| Bucs safety Grimm arrested again for public intoxication |
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05/29/2013 |
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| Tampa, FL (Sportsbooks) - Tampa Bay Buccaneers safety Cody Grimm was reportedly arrested Sunday for the second time since March 10 on charges of public intoxication. According to the Tampa Bay Times, both occurrences happened in Grimm's home state of Virginia, with the most recent taking place at 5:30 a.m. ET in Leesburg, where he was attending a wedding. According to the Washington Post, court records show he has a hearing scheduled for July 9. While public intoxication is a misdemeanor offense, Grimm could fa |
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| Handicapping NFL QB competitions |
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05/28/2013 |
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| He'd have to make the shift to a West Coast offense, and he'd have to get used to taking a good percentage of his snaps from under center after having operated almost exclusively out of the shotgun at West Virginia. Throwing Smith to the wolves (and Tampa Bay Buccaneers) on opening day would not appear to be the ideal situation, but the guess here is that it will happen. Sanchez's veteran teammates seem to have lost confidence in him and, worse yet, his self-confidence has appeared to completely vanish. Turning the |
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| Bucs sign second-round pick Banks |
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05/23/2013 |
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| Tampa, FL (Sportsbooks) - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers signed their second- round pick, cornerback Johnthan Banks to a four-year contract on Thursday. Tampa Bay chose Banks with its first selection at pick No. 43 in the 2013 NFL Draft. The 6-foot-2 cornerback out of Mississippi State University posted impressive numbers over his four-year collegiate career, recording 16 interceptions -- three for touchdowns -- 221 tackles and four sacks while starting 45-of-51 games for the Bulldogs. Banks collected the Jim Thorpe |
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| Nobody asked me, but ... |
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05/23/2013 |
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| uld you imagine being an owner? (Of course, with "only" $375 million, you don't have nearly enough to buy an NFL franchise, but let's continue the dream anyway). Pick your favorite NFL team and now you're the boss (if you were wondering, I'd buy the Tampa Bay Buccaneers). So, with my franchise picked and the finances in order, it's time to make a couple of lists of what to do and what not to do as the NFL's newest owner. What to do: - Slash ticket prices. Not a whole lot, mind you, but enough so my fanbase might ac |
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| Extra Points: Woodson coming to terms on football future |
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05/10/2013 |
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| paper, Woodson to the Bay Area looked like a perfect match. The 49ers are still close enough to the Lombardi Trophy to slide their chips to the middle of the table come September, and lost veteran Pro Bowl safety Dashon Goldson in free agency to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Instead of inking the former Heisman Trophy winner, however, San Francisco signed Craig Dahl, a 27-year-old pedestrian player, and traded up in the NFL Draft to snare LSU safety Eric Reid, two younger and cheaper alternatives. It's hard to argue ag |
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| Bucs CB Barber set to retire |
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05/08/2013 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - Tampa Bay Buccaneers veteran cornerback Rond Barber is officially retiring from the NFL. Barber will close the door on a 16-year tenure with the Bucs which resulted in three NFL All-Pro selections, five Pro Bowl appearances and a Super Bowl victory in 2002. Tampa Bay will hold a press conference for Barber on Thursday at 2 p.m. (et) to make the announcement official. The 38-year-old has been a staple of Tampa Bay's defense since the team drafted him out of Virginia in the third round of the 1997 |
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