The Tampa Bay Buccaneers signed wide receiver Preston Parker to a one-year contract extension earlier this month, according to Brian McIntyre of NFL.com who cites a source with knowledge of the situation. Parker was due to earn $540,000 in non-guaranteed base salary as an exclusive rights free agent this season. As part of the extension, Parker received a $50,000 signing bonus (the only portion of the contract that is guaranteed) and is scheduled to earn $1 million in base salary in 2013. Signed by the Buccaneers as an... [Read More]
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers traded tight end Kellen Winslow to the Seattle Seahawks for a draft pick on Monday night and signed former Colts star Dallas Clark to replace him. Earlier in the day, Winslow told SiriusXM radio that first-year coach Greg Schiano was "kind of upset" that Winslow has not been working out with the team during the offseason. "That's kind of shocking, but that's what it is," Winslow said, adding that Schiano told him the coach "would help me out with a trade." Winslow... [Read More]
Aaron Wilson of Profootball.scout.com reports the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have signed former Indianapolis Colts tight end Dallas Clark, according to a league source. Clark, 32, has caught 427 career passes for 4,887 yards and 46 touchdowns. Clark also worked out for the New England Patriots, but ultimately opted to join the Buccaneers. The Buccaneers are attempting to trade tight end Kellen Winslow, but have yet to do so. The 6-foot-3, 252-pound Clark was limited to 10 games last season due to injury and caught 34 passes... [Read More]
Former Indianapolis Colts tight end Dallas Clark met with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers last week and is expected to sign with the team as early as Monday, according to a team source. Clark had 427 catches for 4,887 yards and 46 touchdowns in nine seasons with the Colts. The 32-year-old Clark saw his production dip the past two seasons, totaling just 71 catches for 699 yards and five scores after a career-high 1,106 receiving yards in 2009. Clark made the Pro Bowl that season.
Tight end Kellen Winslow told SiriusXM NFL Radio Monday that he's been told that the team is trying to trade him and that he will not be back with the club in 2012. Winslow caught 75 passes for 763 yards last year with just two touchdowns. He hasn't missed a game in three years.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have agreed to a four-year contract with second-round linebacker Lavonte David. The Buccaneers traded their fourth-round draft pick to move up 10 spots to land the Nebraska standout. David has 4.65 speed in the 40-yard dash. He was a second-team All-American selection and won the Big Ten Butkus-Fitzgerald award as the conference's top linebacker. Fitzgerald finished with 133 tackles, 13 for losses, 5 1/2 sacks, three forced fumbles, two interceptons and two fumble recoveries last season for the... [Read More]
Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive tackle Brian Price is no stranger to adversity and personal tragedy, Price lost two of his older brothers to gun violence before leaving Crenshaw High School as a Parade All-American who would go on to be a three-year starter and 2009 Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year at UCLA. A second-round pick in 2010, Price battled hamstring injuries as a rookie, leading to two radical surgeries to reattach both hamstrings to his pelvis and a painful rehabilitation process during the lockout in... [Read More]
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have signed kicker Connor Barth to a four-year contract. The Bucs had slapped the franchise tag on Barth back in March. Barth has spent each of the past three years with the Buccaneers and last season finished second in the NFL with a franchise-best 92.9 field goal percentage. The 26-year-old Barth made all but two of his 28 attempts and connected on each of his 23 extra-point tries in 2011. "For the Bucs organization, [General Manager] Mark Dominik, Coach [Greg] Schiano and everyone to... [Read More]
Connor Barth showed up on Tuesday to hang out with the guys, the kicker wasn’t at One Buc Place because he had inked a new long-term deal as the kicker for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Barth has been about the only player absent from the club’s offseason workouts under new coach Greg Schiano and it’s because he was designated with the franchise tag after making 26 of his 28 field-goal attempts last season. Is it a potential sign Barth and the club are working happily toward a deal? “I think that's what we both want,” Bucs... [Read More]
The Minnesota Vikings have signed defensive end Nick Reed and tackle Kevin Murphy. Reed, drafted by Seattle in the seventh round in 2009, was invited to the Vikings' rookie mini-camp earlier this month. He played 16 games for the Seahawks as a rookie in 2009. He was out of the league in 2010 and spent parts of last season with Chicago and Tampa Bay. Murphy, a 6-foot-7, 303-pound tackle out of Harvard, went undrafted last month. He signed a free agent deal with San Francisco shortly after the draft but was quickly... [Read More]
Kellen Winslow Jr. was a no-show on Tuesday at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' OTA session with more to come on May 17, 18, 21, 22 and 24. You might also like to know that Brian Price wasn't out there, and Dez Briscoe was a no-show, as if anyone really cares about him. The cold reality of this whatever it is over there at One Buccaneer Place—you can call it a total restoration, a full rehab, a massive overhaul, whatever it is—there's really nothing "voluntary" when it comes to putting Humpty Dumpty back together... [Read More]
A lot of folks figured the Tampa Bay Buccaneers would come away with Alabama running back Trent Richardson near the top of the draft. Instead, the club bolstered its defense by selecting Richardson’s teammate, Alabama safety Mark Barron, then, the Bucs moved back into the end of the first round to select Boise State running back Doug Martin, adding some serious competition to the mix for LeGarrette Blount, who had a fine season as an undrafted rookie in 2010 and then struggled last year with the rest of the offense.... [Read More]
Tampa Bay Buccaneers kicker Connor Barth was aboard a US Air flight in North Carolina bound for Tampa on Monday night, the eve of the team's first day or organized team activities. The Bucs' franchise designee has not signed his $2.645-million tender nor reached an agreement on a long-term deal. But based on his tweet Monday night, could one be close at hand? "Headin back down to Tampa today....excited to see all my teammates again!'' Barth tweeted. The NFL deadline for teams to reach a long-term deal with their... [Read More]
ESPN.com‘s John Clayton mentions that the Buccaneers starting running back job is Doug Martin‘s to lose. “I think it’s gonna be Doug Martin‘s job to lose,” said Clayton. “… I think in the end, Martin’s gonna win that starting job, and he’s probably gonna win it pretty convincingly.” This has been the consensus from a number of people around the league, so it’s really not surprising to hear Clayton endorse Martin for the starting role. Martin has the potential to be a featured back in the NFL, which is clearly something... [Read More]
Buccaneers DE Da'Quan Bowers had a successful surgery on Friday to repair a torn Achilles tear suffered Thursday during conditioning drills, but his return for the season remains in question. The team and his doctors did not provide a timetable for Bowers' return. Recovery time for such a procedure typically takes four to six months.
