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Draft Preview: 13. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Posted by Sean Tomlinson under 2013 NFL draft, Tampa Bay BuccaneerS on Apr 11, 2013

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If a Darrelle Revis trade isn’t a thing that happens, what’s next?

A Darrelle Revis trade might be a real transaction soon, since the Bucs may or may not already be working on a contract with the soon-to-be(?) former Jets cornerback. No, that’s not tampering at all.

Eric Wright wasn’t released and he instead restructured his contract to stay for one more year. That was at least a minor surprise, but one which shouldn’t impact a Revis trade at all, even a little bit. If anything, Wright functions as mere insurance in the event a trade falls through.

But as the clock continues to tick towards draft day, a fallback plan to reinforce the league’s worst secondary in 2012 (297.4 passing yards allowed per game, and 7.9 per pass) is needed. The addition of Dashon Goldson is swell, but it’s still just a first step.

So if not Revis, then who? Thankfully, Leo Howell from Pewter Plank has an answer to that little query, because unanswered questions are the worst.

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Report: Bucs are shopping CB Eric Wright

Posted by Devang Desai under Tampa Bay BuccaneerS on Mar 23, 2013

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A potential domino in the Darrelle Revis saga may be about to fall.

Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio reports a league source has told him the Bucs are shopping CB Eric Wright. The former UNLV Rebel was signed by the Bucs to a five-year $37.5 million deal on March 12th, 2012.

Wright was suspended for four games after violating the league’s performance-enhancing drugs policy last season. His $7.75 million base salary for 2013 is no longer guaranteed after being suspended.

Florio speculates that with the current cornerback market what it is, Wright would have to restructure his deal in order to facilitate a trade.

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Bucs sign Goldson to five-year deal

Posted by Joseph Casciaro under Dashon Goldson, Free agency, Tampa Bay BuccaneerS on Mar 13, 2013

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The Buccaneers have reportedly agreed to terms on a five-year deal with safety Dashon Goldson, according to Adam Schefter on twitter.

Meanwhile, CSN Bay Area’s Matt Maiocco reports that the 49ers never even made an effort to bring the six-year veteran back to San Francisco.

Goldson had 55 tackles and three interceptions for the Niners in 2012, with the 28-year-old racking up 278 tackled and 14 picks over his six NFL seasons.

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The Tape Never Lies: Josh Freeman is getting it

Posted by Alen Dumonjic under Josh Freeman, Tampa Bay BuccaneerS, The Tape Never Lies on Nov 07, 2012

This past Sunday the Tampa Bay Buccaneers earned their second road win in successive weeks, defeating the Oakland Raiders 42-32. It was the second consecutive week that the Buccaneers scored at least 36 points, and a big part of that offensive surge has been the great running of rookie tailback Doug Martin. Martin, who ripped off a 251-yard game against the Raiders, has been everything Greg Schiano and the Buccaneers hoped for, but so has Josh Freeman, whose play is being overlooked.

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Doug Martin is having the most productive two-game stretch since 1977

Posted by Sean Tomlinson under Doug Martin, Tampa Bay BuccaneerS, This is interesting on Nov 05, 2012

I tried to resist posting this, because eventually I’ll be given the keys to the Doug Martin fan bus, and I can only imagine a Martin fantasy fan bus would look something like this, just jammed to the tits with jubilant owners.

So yeah, go wild, because you can. Martin’s 251 rushing yards yesterday tied him for the 10th best single-game rushing performance of all time, and when we add that with his four rushing touchdowns and 21 receiving yards, the math leads to 51 fantasy points using standard scoring. How absurd is that? Absurd enough that he jumped from ninth to first in fantasy points among running backs. In one day.

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Doug Martin is now the highest-scoring fantasy running back this year

Posted by Sean Tomlinson under Doug Martin, Reaction, Tampa Bay BuccaneerS on Nov 04, 2012

The conclusion of Week 9′s Sunday afternoon slate of games featured Christian Ponder continuing to be an underwhelming mess, with only 63 passing yards during the Vikings’ loss to Seattle at a pace of just (wait for it) 2.9 yards per attempt. We also saw the appearance of the other Eli Manning, the one who’s wayward and a little frantic in the pocket as he completed just 41.6 percent of his passes. That’s significantly lower than his 61.0 percentage on the season, and it comes a week after he completed just 51.7 percent.

Those were hurtful numbers, both for Manning owners, and anyone who owns anyone on the Vikings’ offense not named Adrian Peterson (he was pretty good too with 182 yards and two touchdowns on 17 carries) and wished to see them get the ball with some degree of regularity.

But the two most impressive and surprising developments came in the same game.

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Eric Wright facing a four-game suspension

Posted by Darren Kritzer under Eric Wright, News-ish, Tampa Bay BuccaneerS on Oct 28, 2012

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers defense is on the verge of taking a major hit, after news cornerback Eric Wright is facing a four-game suspension for violating the league’s performance enhancing drugs policy, according to Jay Glazer. The Bucs are already missing cornerback Aqib Talib due to a four-game ban for taking Adderall, an ADD medication.

Wright has played six seasons in the NFL for the Browns, Lions, and Bucs. This season, he’s recorded 31 tackles and one interception in seven games.

The Tampa defense currently ranks 25th in the league, allowing an average of 394.7 yards per game.

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