The Answer Man, Series 7, Volume 8 | Buccaneers.com
Buccaneers.com runs a question-and-answer column called 'Answer Man', in which a lot of questions about the team's history are handled in-depth. This time, the column talks about Bucs draft grades in previous seasons and rookie running backs, among other things.
Bucs Report -Tribune staff: Lockout may ensure more blackouts at RayJay - from TBO.com Sports
Ticket sales were picking up during this offseason, but they seem to have stalled again because of the lockout. Every Bucs home game was blacked out last season, and that could happen again this season.
The Daily Shoutout - Gruden to Ohio State - CBSSports.com
Mike Freeman speculates that Jon Gruden could be coaching Ohio State next season now that Jim Tressel has resigned. Freeman claims Gruden desperately wants to get back to coaching, and this is one of the few teams that needs a new head coach, although they've appointed linebackers coach Luke Fickell as the head coach. I don't see it happening, though. Can you imagine Jon Gruden, lover of veteran players and complex systems, coaching a group of highly inexperienced college students?
Bucs 2007 NFL Draft Review | Pewter Report
Pewter Report reviews the 2007 NFL Draft for the Buccaneers. Conclusion: it wasn't pretty.
Players need to make owners an offer - NFL - Yahoo! Sports
Jason Cole details the kind of offer the players could make the owners, and why they need to do it now. More lockout speculation, yay!
Expanded social media rules could make sense for both sides in next CBA | ProFootballTalk
ProFootballTalk chimes in with another nonsenical speculative post: social media rules in the CBA! Really, are we going to tell grown men what they can and cannot write on Twitter, and then throw that into a labor agreement?
Tressel exit could lead Buckeyes to supplemental draft - NFL - CBSSports.com - NFLDraftScout.com
With Jim Tressel out at Ohio State, the five players that have been suspended for four games could leave Ohio State quickly. The one name that should interest the Bucs on that list is OT Mike Adams, a very talented O-lineman. In the Supplemental Draft, teams offer closed bids consisting of a draft pick in next year's draft, and the highest bidder gets the player.
Was Marvin Lewis' beef with Bucs a result of regret? | tampabay.com & St. Petersburg Times
Remember when Marvin Lewis was pissed with the Bucs for offering Dezmon Briscoe a normal rookie salary to be on the Bucs' practice squad? Well, the St. Petersburg Times says he may just have been pissed that he missed out on a talented player. Shocking, right?