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Entries Tagged ‘Clifton Smith’

Bucs injuries piling up, but let’s not make excuses.

The list continues to grow for Buccaneers players in the rehab center. Jon Gruden came out and talked about it today.  They now have at least 10 players I could count on the weekly injury list..

Michael Clayton
Brian Griese
Jeff Garcia
Jovan Haye
Chris Hovan
Greg White (oops, I mean Stylez G. White)
Sean Mahan
Jeremy Zuttah
Joey Galloway (not officially listed but [...]

Jon Gruden ISN’T great!

   Let’s not get too excited about the victory the Bucs got yesterday in Detroit. They obviously fell behind quick and that was enough to bash them. But I’m not gonna harp on that. It’s time for people to stop defending Jon Gruden for his shortcomings. The Bucs got out of Detroit with a 38-20 [...]

Bucs Graham and Hayes hit IR.

   In not so surprising news today the Bucs placed RB Earnest Graham and LB Geno Hayes on injured reserve and they will be gone for the rest of the season. Graham hurt his ankle in the first quarter of the Viking game and coach Jon Gruden immediately speculated that he was gone for the year. [...]

Bucs wiggle out of trap.

    I mentioned in my post yesterday morning that the game in Kansas City felt like a trap game and boy it sure had all the familiar symptoms of a trap game. Only problem? The Bucs won. They came out flat, turned the ball over, gave up large chunks of yard and fell behind 24-3. Immediately [...]

Bucs keep four rookies including USF’s Jackson.

   The Bucs came away from this weekend’s rookie mini-camp without a lot of certainty on who can contribute here. Though this was hard to judge the Bucs kept four undrafted rookies to include Troy DT Chris Bradwell, Miami C John Rochford, Fresno St. RB Clifton Smith and USF’s own Amarri Jackson. None of these [...]