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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have captured the passions of Tampa Bay fans from young to old. Their first season, 1976, the Buccaneers went 0-14. In 2003 the Buccaneers showed the world what they were really made of by winning the 2003 Super Bowl. Through many recent quarterback changes the Buccaneers continue to be fierce competitors in the NFL and go toward their 2nd Super Bowl win, which should not be far away for these champions in Tampa Bay.

Bucs News

Bucs sign PK Connor Barth to 4-year deal (The Associated Press): TAMPA, Fla. (AP) The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have signed placekicker Connor Barth to a four-year, $13.2 million contract.
NFL roundup: Vilma sues Goodell (The SportsXchange): Suspended New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma has sued NFL commissioner Roger Goodell for defamation, according to a ProFootballTalk report.
Bucs hopeful a deal is there for Connor Barth (National Football Post): Kicker shows up to support teammates
Carolina Panthers: Las Vegas Predicting Another 6-10 Season? Hogwash! Balderdash! Fan's Take (Yahoo! Contributor Network): Last week Joe Fortenbaugh of the National Football Post.com posted this column providing the first glimpse into Las Vegas' expectations for wins and losses in 2012.
LeGarrette Blount figures he's still the starter in Tampa (National Football Post): Club drafted Boise State's Doug Martin at end of Round 1
Buccaneers sign draft picks Goode, Tandy (The Associated Press): TAMPA, Fla. (AP) The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have signed fifth-round draft pick Najee Goode and sixth-round selection Keith Tandy to four-year contracts.
Delano Johnson pushes past tragedy for his NFL dream (Shutdown Corner): MARTINSVILLE, N.J. — It wasn't the Christmas break that Delano Johnson had hoped for. He sat in his father's house in Baltimore, Md., on Christmas Eve, a college freshman who had typical plans of unwrapping gifts the next morning, catching up with friends from high school during the next few weeks and of course, sleeping in. Lots of sleeping in. It was supposed to be a carefree time for Johnson, but instead what happened next forever changed his life. Johnson was set to lose a person who he called his "hero and inspiration." The phone rang with a call that came from his aunt's house, telling him that his mother had passed away. He was raised by her along with his three brothers, a woman who he said "put all of us on her back." His mother had succumbed to a "health problem that she had." Instead of planning his winter break from college, Johnson readied himself for a funeral. "I walked into the room and she was passed out - she wouldn't wake up," Johnson told Yahoo! Sports. "They called an ambulance. They tried to revive and bring her back. They couldn't." It never was an easy life for Johnson, who remembers following his mother from "home to home to home" as she tried to make ends meet and keep the family together. At 12 years old he was taken to live with his father, where he learned "how to be a man." But at no point in time did he think that he was going to lose his mother without warning. And certainly not at a difficult time in his life when he was adjusting from high school to college, all while playing two sports at Bowie State. Johnson was understandably depressed afterwards. But his mother's death became a rallying cry for him over time. He was always blessed with incredible physical gifts, but now he began to harness his ability on the football field and in the weight room. Solace was found with his teammates and workouts. "I believe it was all from God - He gave it to me as an opportunity to show me that I need to take advantage of this opportunity and get serious about school, serious about work," Johnson said. "But just going back home, realizing my situation and where I come from - I dealt with depression, a lot. I'd be up at nights and crying. Then it hit me that 'It's your time.' It felt to me like God did this for a reason, that it was a wake-up call for me to take advantage of college and sports." Having grown up as a basketball star at Dunbar High School in Baltimore, Johnson picked up football in his junior year in high school. There was basketball offers from the College of Charleston and Kent State, and he was being recruited by Maryland, but he chose Bowie State because the school said he could play both sports. But after his mother's death, Johnson began to enjoy football a bit more. He gave up basketball after his sophomore season, focusing solely on his development as an outside linebacker. "I wasn't thinking too much about playing football in college, but football was fun to me," Johnson said. "It's just a great game and lets you take away your mind from your stress and troubles. "My second year in college, I started to put on some weight, started to understand the game more and I really fell in love with it. My coaches sat me down and helped me realize that I had an opportunity in football at the next level that I wouldn't have in basketball due to my size. It was an opportunity for me to help myself, help my family."
NFP Sunday Blitz: Best NFL candidates for turnaround seasons (National Football Post): Newcomers that are primed to make the playoffs, Browns' QB search, plus all the latest post-draft scuttlebutt.
Mularkey makes positive first impression (Pro Football Weekly): The success of Jaguars new head coach Mike Mularkeys tenure in Jacksonville ultimately will be decided by wins and losses or at least the development (or lack thereof) of second-year signalcaller Blaine Gabbert. But that hasnt stopped our spies in North Florida from raving about the environment Mularkey is creating in comparison to his predecessor, Jack Del Rio, who was fired after Week 11 last season.
Taniers Team Reports: The Carolina Panthers, via Jerry Richardson (Shutdown Corner): Any website can post "offseason grades" for NFL teams, mixing the draft and free agency into transaction soup, then straining it through the mind of some sportswriter who doesn't know who half the players are. Only the Shutdown Corner has the resources to get actual players, coaches, and executives from each team to evaluate their own offseasons! That's right: over the next few weeks, you will get transaction evaluations straight from the horse's mouths: straight talk about who was signed, who was lost, who was drafted, and why. (For the satirically challenged: all player, coach, and executive remarks are made by an impersonator). In this segment, Panthers owner Jerry Richardson breaks down his team's offseason moves. JERRY RICHARDSON: Why the hell do you need me to break down the offseason moves? Can't you dumb kids read a depth chart? Do I have to sit next to you and spell it out? C-A-M-N-E-W-T-O-N. Young people these days are about as sharp as a bag of packing peanuts. First, Peyton Manning and Drew Brees cannot read a revenue chart at the collective bargaining table without me holding their hands and giving them the See Spot Run treatment. Now, you Internet people cannot read a depth chart. We drafted Luke Kuechly. He is going to be a starter at linebacker. He is my kind of player, because I know I won't have to check him for any weird tattoos or piercings after he gets his money. And thanks to the rookie wage scale, he won't get that much money. Though it is still too damn much. A kid plays in the NFL three years and he has enough money to own his own team. I played for two years and I only had enough money to buy a fast-food franchise. It's a totally different situation! Anyway, Kuechly made 532 tackles in three Boston College seasons, and he is a fine young man, unlike most of the ungrateful whelps in the league these days, with their collective bargaining and expectation of fair treatment. Our major free agent acquisition was fullback Mike Tolbert. We already have running backs DeAngelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart, and of course Cam Newton can run as well as throw, so I believe we should run the wishbone. Can't you see it? Fake the handoff to Tolbert, have Newton run right with two pitch options behind him. It would be great! We could have run it in 1959, with Alan Ameche, Lenny Moore, and Mike Sommer, and yours truly on the wing. But nooo. Johnny Unitas had to be a prima donna "dropback" passer. That's right: I have a problem with Unitas, too. I'm an angry person. I fired my own sons, for heaven's sake.