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  • The Fifth Dimension: #5 Pick Has Intriguing History

    Posted Jan 25, 2012

    From recent insta-stars like Patrick Peterson to league record-breakers like LaDainian Tomlinson to Hall of Famers like Mike Ditka, the fifth overall pick in the NFL Draft has been a mostly productive and positive spot

  • On to Mobile: Scouts' Focus Shifts to Senior Bowl

    Posted Jan 23, 2012

    Buccaneer scouts got to stay home for last week’s East-West Shrine Game, but on Sunday the group headed to Alabama en masse in order to take advantage of the very valuable all-star game played every year in Mobile

  • Underclassmen Impact Draft, Bucs

    Posted Jan 20, 2012

    Tampa Bay has drafted a junior with a first or second-round pick for four straight years and will have plenty of top candidates to consider in 2012

  • New Kids in the Neighborhood

    Posted May 15, 2011

    Most of the compelling rookie storylines in the NFC in 2010 were fashioned in Tampa, but that’s unlikely to be the case again in 2011

  • Twenty Questions, Three Winners

    Posted May 10, 2011

    The “Twenty Questions” draft contest proved very popular again, especially among our three winners in 2011: Rick Carbonell, Mike Williams and Maria Turner

  • Bigger is Better

    Posted May 9, 2011

    The Bucs' sixth-round pick, 245-pound USC RB Allen Bradford, is excited to join the team's emerging offense, which could resemble the Chiefs’ power rushing attack of the early ‘90s

  • Welcoming Committee

    Posted May 6, 2011

    The Bucs may need to stock up on welcome mats, given the long list of rookie quarterbacks that suddenly dot their 2011 schedule

  • Blockbuster Weekend

    Posted May 5, 2011

    The Buccaneers own satisfaction with their 2011 draft efforts has been matched by enthusiastic feedback from NFL analysts at almost every post

  • Stocker Options

    Posted May 2, 2011

    Teaming fourth-round pick Luke Stocker with established star Kellen Winslow should allow the Bucs to get more out of their two-TE formations, as teams such as the Patriots were able to do last year

  • Top-to-Bottom Success

    Posted Apr 30, 2011

    Whether it was high-value defensive picks in the first three rounds or versatile need-specific selections on Day Three, the Buccaneers believe they maximized the potential value of the NFL’s 2011 draft

  • Offense, Defense Get One Each in Seventh Round

    Posted Apr 30, 2011

    The Bucs finished up three strong days of drafting on Saturday with two seventh-round picks, grabbing Florida International CB Anthony Gaitor and Idaho TE Daniel Hardy

  • Sixth-Rounder Bradford Adds More Beef to Bucs’ Backfield

    Posted Apr 30, 2011

    USC RB Allen Bradford, Tampa Bay’s sixth pick in the 2011 NFL Draft, has the sort of size and breakaway potential the Buccaneers have enjoyed in 2010 rookie breakout star LeGarrette Blount

  • Gator S Black Returns Home as Bucs' Fifth-Rounder

    Posted Apr 30, 2011

    Hard-working S Ahmad Black was Florida’s top defensive player in 2010 and he owns career totals of 244 tackles and 13 interceptions

  • Bucs Trade Up for Tennessee TE Stocker

    Posted Apr 30, 2011

    After letting the draft come to them in Rounds 1-3, the Buccaneers made an aggressive move to start Day Three, trading up 12 spots to grab one of their coveted players, Tennessee tight end Luke Stocker

  • Bucs Nab LB Foster as Defense Rules

    Posted Apr 29, 2011

    The second-leading tackler in the nation in 2010, Washington LB Mason Foster is productive, durable and capable of playing multiple positions in the Buccaneers’ scheme…The Bucs continued to add youth and talent to their defense after targeting pass rushers in the first two rounds