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Time for an afternoon run through some odds and ends from around the division: TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS Cornerback Eric Wright reportedly met with coach Greg Schiano and general manager Mark Dominik, which could clear the way for him to stay with a...

With the Tampa Bay Buccaneers winning and the offense putting up big numbers, a lot of people are jumping back on the Josh Freeman bandwagon. Count ESPN analyst and former NFL quarterback Ron Jaworski as one of them. Jaworksi spent a lot of time s...

I had the honor and pleasure of interviewing Tampa Bay offensive coordinator Mike Sullivan for a Veterans Day story. The complete story is running over on our main NFL page and I strongly suggest you go check it out. But let me share a little b...

Buccaneers OC Mike Sullivan has a deep respect for Veterans Day because of his military background and wounded friend.

BRADENTON, Fla. -- When you have to open your season against a coaching staff that never has been together before in the National Football League, there's only one thing to do. Go back and watch film of Rutgers in recent years. It may sound unusua...

We don't know exactly what Tampa Bay's new offense will look like until September, but there are some clues out there that suggest the Buccaneers could go away from the league-wide trend of throwing more to tight ends. The Bucs had a major shakeup...

TAMPA, Fla. -- Josh Freeman's had a few months to digest his disappointing 2011 season and he's got an answer for what went wrong. "Really, it was just pressing too hard," Freeman said. "Sometimes you just try to force things." There's no doub...

He didn't win a lot of games, but former Tampa Bay coach Raheem Morris easily was the best quote among the four NFC South coaches. In the media business, it's always helpful when a guy is a good quote. New Tampa Bay coach Greg Schiano probably nev...

We talked previously about how there's speculation New York Giants wide receiver Mario Manningham could be a free-agent target for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. It's logical on a lot of levels. Tampa Bay's new offensive coordinator, Mike Sullivan, pre...

We still are about to weeks away from the start of free agency. But the quiet period is starting to ease a bit. With the combine wrapping up, we're starting to get a bit more news as teams prepare for free agency. Let's take a look at Tuesday's headl...

Tampa Bay sometimes gets a rap as a region that doesn't care all that much about the Buccaneers. You can point to attendance to back that up. But that doesn't tell the whole story. It's late February and one little bit of news has caused a pretty ...

Time for a look at the top Monday morning headlines from around the NFC South. Carolina coach Ron Rivera said he plans to be a little more involved with the defense in his second season. That's a good thing. Rivera is a coach with a strong defensi...

A look at Friday morning's top headlines from around the NFC South. The Carolina Panthers lost the coin flip for the No. 8 overall draft pick to the Miami Dolphins. The Panthers now hold the No. 9 pick. Although the New York Giants allowed quar...

We've heard most of the names and found out some of the roles, but the Tampa Bay Buccaneers just officially made the announcement of their defensive coaching staff. Here it is: Bill Sheridan, defensive coordinator Ron Cooper, defensive ...

We won't know what the new Tampa Bay offense will look like until the Buccaneers take the field in September. But we can get a little bit of a preview by looking at what's in offensive coordinator Mike Sullivan's background. Before he was hired by...

At long last, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have a defensive coordinator. The team reportedly has hired Bill Sheridan, who recently had been hired by Urban Meyer as Ohio State's defensive coordinator. But Sheridan is jumping to the Bucs before he even ...