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It looks as if the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will have to settle for a bronze medal, at best. John Clayton reports that Olympic silver medalist Jeff Demps will sign with the New England Patriots. An official announcement is expected later Friday aftern...

It appears as if things are lining up for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to land one of free-agency's biggest stars. ESPN's John Clayton reports the Bucs are going hard after San Diego receiver Vincent Jackson, as many expected. The Bucs were expecte...

If the Tampa Bay Buccaneers really are going to go after free-agent receiver Vincent Jackson, they just lost a competitor. ESPN's John Clayton reports that the Chicago Bears have worked a trade with Miami for receiver Brandon Marshall. That appare...

We've got a little update to our earlier item on salary-cap figures for 2012. ESPN's John Clayton has a very interesting note about how part of the NFL's new collective bargaining agreement allows teams to carry over unused salary-cap room from 2011....

Jerry Gray ended his playing career with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. There's a chance he could start his time as a head coach in the same place. Gray, 48, will interview with the Buccaneers on Wednesday, according to ESPN's John Clayton. Gray pla...

TAMPA, Fla. -- As expected, one of the first coaching candidates the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are reaching out to is Mike Sherman. ESPN's John Clayton reports that the Bucs have made contact with Sherman and are working to schedule an interview in the...

John Clayton has a list of five possible landing spots for running back Tiki Barber, who has said he wants to come out of retirement and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are one of them. I never would disagree with anything Clayton says because he's a fri...

In this Hot Button debate, John Clayton and I throw out possible landing spots for potential free-agent cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha. Clayton throws out the Houston Texans. I go with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, even though there's been a lot of specul...

The ESPN.com Power Rankings for owners are out and Atlanta's Arthur Blank was the representative from the NFC South to make the top 10. In fact, he was the only NFC South owner to receive a vote. Blank got five votes, coming from John Clayton, Pau...

I generally avoid making predictions, but I'm going to break from that for a moment. I'm going out on a limb and guessing that voters John Clayton, Paul Kuharsky, Mike Sando and James Walker will have the wisdom to put three NFC South teams in the to...

The Atlanta Falcons have cracked the top five in the latest ESPN.com Power Rankings. They're the highest-rated team in the NFC right now, but I wouldn't go calling them the best team in the NFC just yet. I think they could end up with that distinc...

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers haven't made any official announcement yet, but they have released punter Chris Bryan. ESPN's John Clayton, citing a source, reports Bryan was released Tuesday afternoon. Earlier in the day, the Bucs worked out punters Bre...

Posted by ESPN.com's Pat Yasinskas Bryant The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have gone ahead and placed the franchise tag on wide receiver Antonio Bryant, co-worker John Clayton has just reported from Indianapol...