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		<title>I could love the Bucs offseason but&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 03:29:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DeezNuts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bucs have had an interesting off season so far and we all can argue about most of what they&#8217;ve done, but the Brooks thing is still killing me. I know it&#8217;s the fan in me feeling it, but I still can&#8217;t find a legitimate reason for what they did there. I could understand salary cap issues or something like that, but they are far from having cap issues. I love the addition of Derrick Ward and Kellen Winslow. I like that they moved on from Jeff Garcia. I&#8217;ll break it down to what I think is positive and negative. Positive moves: Signing Derrick Ward. Ward is an animal and should combine with Earnest Graham to make a devastating backfield similar to what he was a part of with the Giants. Trading for Kellen Winslow. Say what you want about this guy, he can flat out play. He may have caused some problems and may be injury prone, but I feel this is one of those guys that a change of scenery and atmosphere may help more than anyone realizes. Firing Gruden and Allen. I&#8217;ve already spoke my piece about this so I won&#8217;t delve into it again. Good riddence. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I will try to write about it soon, but it hurts right now.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I got a ton a phone calls and text messages yesterday when the Bucs released Brooks, Dunn, June, Hilliard and Galloway. Thank god I was at work or I may have done something stupid. I can understand or deal with all of those moves except for Derrick Brooks. Why Brooks? Is there a plan to bring him back? I can&#8217;t fathom this and I really don&#8217;t know what to say about it yet. I will try to get my head around it this weekend, but I just don&#8217;t see the sense in it right now. I have to throw a tantrum before I go to work now, so I&#8217;ll catch up with you later. Related Posts:Is it already time to rip the Bucs new front office?I could love the Bucs offseason but&#8230;.2009 TBSB Player Card: Derrick BrooksGalloway isn&#8217;t practicing, so what?!Who&#8217;s to blame for the Bucs choke job and what do we do next?Bucs talk. Sapp, Kiffin and Tennessee.Bucs are choking their way out of the playoffs.Bucs schedule released, could be a tough road.Wrapping up the Bucs first half.The Bucs looked good against Minnesota. Technorati Tags: Cato June, Derrick Brooks, Ike Hilliard, Joey Galloway, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Warrick Dunn]]></description>
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		<title>2009 TBSB Player Card: Derrick Brooks</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Full Name: Derrick Dewan Brooks Birthplace: Pensacola, FL Born: 04/18/1973 Position: OLB How Acquired: 1st round draft pick (28th overall) in 1995 What we know: Derrick went to Florida State University and was a four year letterman standout in college. While at FSU he was part of the 1993 National Championship team (bs by the way, no offense Derrick) and graduated with a Bachelor&#8217;s degree in business communications, which he followed up with a masters degree later on. Derrick was one of the core members of the Dungy/Kiffin defense that would wreak havoc through the NFL for over a decade, capped off with a Super Bowl in 2003. Under the defensive prowess of Dungy and Kiffin, and alongside John Lynch and Warren sapp, Brooks was a core piece in the innovative and much copied &#8220;Tampa Two&#8221; defense that has become a staple of nearly every teams defensive schemes from High School to the NFL. Derrick is as celebrated for his charity work in the community off the field as he is for his defensive dominance on the field. He is one of the most decorated athletes in the NFL receiving multiple awards throughout his career, topped off with his Defensive Player of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who&#8217;s to blame for the Bucs choke job and what do we do next?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 03:43:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DeezNuts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, it was as ugly as it could possibly be. Not only did they drop the final four games of the season and miss the playoffs, but they did it in old school orange Buccaneer fashion. I think we all took the Carolina loss fairly well, it was on the road against a tough team and the Bucs were banged up. The Atlanta game was tough to swallow, but it was another tough road game and we could all understand it a little. The San Diego game was an absolute disaster and no one wanted to believe that it actually happened. It all could have been salvaged though with a win against an awful Oakland team and a Cowboy loss. The Cowboys did their part by taking an absolutely laughable beating at the hands of the Eagles, but it was too little too late. The Bucs had already lost to the second most dysfunctional team in the NFL, and it wasn&#8217;t as close as the 31-24 score would lead one to believe. This monumental collapse has left me wondering, who do we blame for this? Let&#8217;s try to figure it out. The offense? Jon Gruden&#8217;s offense has never really taken [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bucs talk. Sapp, Kiffin and Tennessee.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 04:29:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bucs have just rolled right along this year with the usual mess of distractions to a 9-3 record. As we head into the biggest game of the year on Monday Night Football, a couple other things have popped up. First let&#8217;s get to the Monte Kiffin to Tennessee rumor. I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s a rumor, I think it&#8217;s a done deal. I have some questions for all those reporters and fans out there that keep harping on it though. What did you expect? What response did you think you were going to get from him now? Why is this being perceived as a bad thing? These are the things that annoy me with sports. Monte Kiffin has been here as defensive coordinator since 1996. He has shown no real desire to be a head coach. He&#8217;s produced great defenses over his tenure here. He&#8217;s plugged in players and coaches to fill voids left by others and things haven&#8217;t seemed to miss a beat. He&#8217;s done all this under two different Head Coaches and General Managers with completely different philosophies on how to run their ship. He&#8217;s done it all with a smile on his face in his father figure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Bucs looked good against Minnesota.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[   I had to work Sunday so I didn&#8217;t get to look at the whole game until last night. Man did the Bucs look good this week though. The Bucs couldn&#8217;t get a good running game going after Earnest Graham went down with an ankle injury after one carry, and apparently this injury may end his season. Jeff Garcia stepped up in a big way going 23 of 30 with 255 yards, 84 of which went to the hated Jerramy Stevens. It was a nice showing for Garcia, but the Bucs defense again proved itself one of the best. The Bucs defense, as good as they&#8217;ve been over the years, have always had problems with bigger running backs and Adrian Peterson is as imposing as it gets. The Bucs held Peterson to 85 yards on the ground with no touchdowns. The Bucs have now faced seven of the top ten running backs without giving up a touchdown. Derrick Brooks really looks reborn this year, especially in his play on Sunday. That play in the fourth quarter in pass coverage with Peterson got everyone fired up! The Bucs are still struggling to score in the red zone and that needs to change [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wrapping up the Bucs first half.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 18:11:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[   The Bucs have finished the first half of their season 5-3 with a 4-0 home record and there are still a ton of questions hovering over them. The first half was riddled with typical Gruden drama, questionable play calling and player personnel decisions along with the typical &#8220;D&#8221; we&#8217;ve gotten so used to seeing. Some of the good things we&#8217;ve seen so far include&#8230; Earnest Graham is the workhorse RB we saw last season and looks like he&#8217;s improving on every aspect of his game. He was always a good blocker so that&#8217;s just the norm there, but his improvement on catching the ball out of the backfield and his field vision have made him my leading candidate for offensive MVP on this team. Antonio Bryant has stepped up and done more than anyone could&#8217;ve expected in Joey Galloway&#8217;s absence. We&#8217;ve had reclamation projects at this position before who we&#8217;ve been told would make big impacts (remember David Boston?) but this one looks to be the real deal. The defense in still headed by Monte Kiffin, why expect less? The entire defense has showed they&#8217;re still one of the top units out there. D-Brooks looks 25 again, Barrett Ruud is playing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Galloway isn&#8217;t practicing, so what?!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Brannelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m finding it very humorous that there are reports every day about Joey Galloway and when he&#8217;ll be able to practice. This is when the football reports drive me crazy, people are so starved for football news that they report on a guy not being at practice when he really shouldn&#8217;t be. Does anyone really expect an older receiver who has had problems with his wheels to practice or play any significant time in these preseason games? This is a &#8220;track speed&#8221; receiver who is getting on in years and is the only real threat on the outside on this team. Not even Jon Gruden is dumb enough to risk hurting this guy too soon. All this seems to be common sense to me yet not a day passes that I don&#8217;t see someone writing about Joey Galloway not practicing. If he did, I would worry. If he played in any preseason games I would worry. He might play a little in one of them just to get back on the field but I seriously don&#8217;t think this guy will practice or play until the season starts. I also fully expect him to play in the regular season opener, regardless [...]]]></description>
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