Derrick Brooks

TAMPA — They know him from their old football video games, a powerful player to draft onto their teams. But former Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Derrick Brooks stood in front of a group of students Thursday to issue a real-life challenge: Be ...  

The new coach, Greg Schiano, is urgent, demanding ... Remember Jon Gruden and Keyshawn Johnson? From the moment Schiano was hired, it was easy to wonder how a coach fresh from college would look upon a tight end who missed so much practice ...  

And, like Jon Gruden and Raheem Morris before him, Schiano is out to turn those conditions into an advantage for the Bucs on sticky Sunday afternoons. "That has to become our advantage,'' Schiano said of the Tampa area's taxing heat indexes ...  

And QBKILLA goes after: • His Bucs coaches: "I always said that Tony Dungy put the damn cake in the oven, and then Jon Gruden came in and put the icing on it. Of course, Sam Wyche couldn't even get the mix out of the box." • Quarterback ...  

To put it mildly, Rutgers’ Eric LeGrand was surprised when his former coach called to let him know the Tampa Bay Buccaneers were interested in signing the paralyzed defensive tackle. “It came out of nowhere,” LeGrand said Wednesday after the Bucs announced what Greg Schiano described as a “small gesture” to recognize LeGrand’s “character, spirit and perseverance.” Schiano left the Scarlet Knights for the Bucs in January, but the first-time NFL...  

He called last year's fourth-round pick, Luke Stocker, "an every-down tight end ... That will keep him on the field plenty in Tampa Bay's run-first offense. Stocker fractured his hip during training camp last year, causing him to miss valuable ...  

However, with the arrival of RB Doug Martin and WR Vincent Jackson to the Buccaneers ... To replace Winslow in Tampa Bay, the Buccaneers signed former Colts TE Dallas Clark. Clark has missed 15 games because of injuries the past two seasons ...  

TAMPA — Mark Jones met current Storm president Derrick Brooks when the two played for the Buccaneers. The pair remained friends, even after Jones moved on to several other NFL stops. Now, Brooks is Jones' boss. "It's funny how it all worked ...  

Though the Tampa Bay Buccaneers did not select a quarterback during the recent NFL Entry Draft, General Manager Mark Dominik has continued tweaking the depth chart at the all-important position by signing 21 year-old Jordan Jefferson. While such decisions are unlikely to have an immediate impact, with the ever-present threat of injury and the team's lack of success in 2011, this is certainly an appropriate time to explore available options.  

Before adding Clark, the Bucs had only two players on the roster who ... The other is defensive tackle Gary Gibson (30). He’s also an exception. Gibson, a career backup, played for coach Greg Schiano at Rutgers, is here for depth and there ...  

It’s highly unlikely that Clark can give the Bucs the kind of production at the tight end position that Winslow gave them last year. Some mixed signals have emerged from Berea regarding whether the Browns will install quarterback Brandon ...  

Aqib Talib is a talented cornerback, but he's also a gigantic headache. That's why the Tampa Bay Buccaneers would be wise to trade him away and draft LSU's Morris Claiborne to replace him with the No. 5 pick in the 2012 NFL draft. Talib is a first-round ...  

He was among the 11 college free agents the club announced signing on Monday. Tampa Bay also signed defensive end Quintin Anderson (Wagner), safety Sean Baker (Ball State), running back De'Anthony Curtis (Arkansas), punter Eric Guthrie (Iowa ...  

The Buccaneers are still hoping that injured DE Da’Quan Bowers will be able to play during the 2012 season. Bowers underwent surgery to repair a torn Achilles tendon on May 11, and the Bucs will monitor his rehab before making a determination about his status around the start of training camp. It will be no surprise if he misses the entire season, though.  

Tampa Bay tight end Kellen Winslow's absence from offseason team activities was more than suspicious. On Monday, he shed light on the matter, telling Sirius XM NFL Radio that the coaching staff has informed him the team is going in another direction.