With free agency about to begin, I thought it might be a good idea to get one thread going for all restricted and unrestricted free agents.  We will have a lot to discuss as far as what players are available and if we want to pursue them and keeping everything in a centralized place may not be a bad idea. 

Feel free to drop in here and discuss a player that is available, or if we want to go after any restricted free agents.  We will keep this up to date with any new signings or tender offers that come available from this time forward.  If you come across one that we haven't discussed, leave a note in the comments section and one of us on staff will be sure to update the main post. We will do our best to keep track of all NFL players, but will obviously focus on Bucs players.

Update:  As you may have noticed, I tried to put together a simplified view.  I included the top 50 free agents as well as some of the prominent restricted free agents and will add people as needed.  If I missed someone or made a mistake, let me know and I'll fix it.  If you can't see the table, be sure to switch to "wide" view

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Alright gentlemen, I have been posting about the off-season since I joined up in December. I have talked about trading for Brandon Marshall, signing some key people, and now I am bring up a radical idea. I talked about trading with many teams from the Patriots to the Chiefs to move back in the draft. If you don't remember, It would take the Patriots their entire first three rounds to move up to our spot and it would take the Chiefs almost all of their first two rounds. Now, I will be talking about the Browns.

Watching the television tonight, I stumbled across SportsCenter. They were doing Cold Hard Facts and John Clayton was talking. He mentioned the Browns might be wanting to move ahead of the 'Skins to pick up Claussen and would pay greatly for it. At first, I didn't like the idea but I started to think. How much would it cost, using the Point Value Chart that everyone hates, for the Browns to move up?

For the people who are still reading this, It would be a lot. It would take their first three picks in the draft(#7,#38, and #71). That means, we move back four picks to pick up a second and third. Because the draft is filled with talent, I like the idea. Though some people are getting their guns ready to shoot me, I think we could still have a shot to pick up one of the DT's. This is how I see the Draft going if this were to happen. Bradford, Okung, Claussen, Bulaga, Berry, and Suh/McCoy. That leaves us with a choice. Should we trade back up to 5th and select a DT or hope that Suh or McCoy drop to us. We would have to trade the (#7, #71, 7th rounder for #5 and #140(roughly)) That would assure us a DT to stop the run, we would still have #38 to use in the second round, and about #140 in the 5th round.

I know most of you are foaming at the mouth but please give me your insight.

Buc It

The debate about Tampas draft when underclassmen first declared themselves eligible was they were going to miss out on Suh and Mccoy something they need deeply more than the other two teams drafting ahead of them . Now with Okung and Bradford draft stocks continuously going up the debate is who will Tampa pick Mccoy or Suh . This is why we should pick Suh . Lets first look at what Mccoy does better than Suh at the Defensive Tackle Position which is reason 

1. The biggest difference you hear between the players is that Mccoy has that non stop Motor something that Roy Miller and you could not judge that with Suh cause at Nebraska he was told to do more holding up of his man and reading plays rather than just be let lose after the quarterback so it is possible that Mccoy motor is better than Suhs , but it is also possible that Suhs motor is better 

2. Suh will be a good pass rusher, Mccoy as of right now is the better pass rusher that is partly cause of reason 1 but what Suh can do as a run stopper is something that is not Coached no pass rusher has ever turned into a run stopper which brings us to reason 3 

3. Bogger Macfarland was just as important as Sapp except Sapp was a leader like Suh, Mccoy has not been asked to lead a group of men at OU quick tell me another player on the Nebraska D I cant think of any and unless you dig up the info I don't think no one can Tampa needs more of those type of players . 

4. Player balance at the DT position is key getting that jump off the ball and betting the o-line at the combine not to look at numbers but the players Mccoy was off balance running his drills look at the coverage he looked sloppy doing a lot of his drills now he got it done at a good rate cause he is a good athlete but so is Suh who had perfect balance which creates power which brings us to point 5 

5. Suh is the stronger athlete strength is important at the DT position for if it wasn't for Roy Millers strength he probably gets drafted in the 5 to 6 round range instead of 3 where he went what this has to do with Suh and Mccoy is that every one compare Mccoy to Sapp but Sapp was on of the strongest players in the league with his strength whats the use of firing a Gap if the other teams backs and tight-ends are as strong as your DT

This list can go on for days I just took the ones that were more important to the Bucs going by the facts I only voiced my opinion in reason 2 . In conclusion  I think reason 3 is the key Suh has the leadership skills that is the reason why Kevin Williams DT for the Vikings had an early impact . I think we can hit and mis with Mccoy Suh is a guaranteed hit . Do you agree or disagree and what are some points I missed 

With the signing of Sean Jones I see another available option at saftey

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Jon Gruden does not work for free. Ask ESPN , who seems to have anointed their next Brett Farve to shove down our throats on a continuous loop.

Isn't Tim Tebow is still legally a college football player?

How did Tebow afford to have Gruden prepare him for Florida Universirty's Pro Day?

You know Gruden did not take an I.O.U. from Tebow for "services rendered".

Who paid for Gruden? How about the Gator boosters? It seems pretty obvious someone other than Tebow footed the Gruden bill?

Will it be investigated? Most likely not. You won't hear a whimper of this discussed by ESPN's "journalists", but you better believe they might if Gruden worked for FOX Sports.

The NCAA Committee is as dirty as the workout that was perpetrated yesterday. Payola, or "hush money", was fed to all the proper pockets so everyone will blindly accept things "as is".

What did we learn from the workout? That Tebow still has no arm, and should think about throwing the ball with his right hand over his left.Even in the current rules that caters to quarterbacks and makes the NFL's chosen divas jobs much easier year to year.

As he got tired, the ball lollipopped more and more. The accuracy waned. ESPN valiantly tried to keep their cameras on him instead of the ball, except for a few of his earlier passes on the most simple of routes. The verdict stayed the same ultimately, despite Gruden's "unbiased" ESPN report that Tebow was a future starter. The guy is no more than a project.

What we really learned is dirty money is flowing in the Sunshine State. Now we truly see why Florida gets all the top recruits and will continue to do so. Kids will see that the school will pay for top experts to teach them to be better players without any expense to them. The Gator's will foot the bill, along with the usual housing, clothing, vehicle, female companionship bills they typically take care of for all of their players.

Florida University has blatantly officially taken football recruiting to another level, and the NCAA will gladly follow blindly with stuff wallets continuously fed by the boosters of the school.

ESPN's faux pas journalism will continue to shove your next hero down your throats as long as you tune in. Favre's name is mentioned every 20 minutes on all channels because of legal obligation. It reeks of reminiscence of the "Devil And Daniel Webster".

Now that Brett finally appears to have one last year to wear slovenly on America's conscious, they have the next Golden Boy in waiting. So confident they are in their investment, they sent "Chucky" to teach the kid to look the part of NFL QB.

Part of this madness might be because of draft day. Tebow has to be the first third round prospect ever to be invited to sit in the green room during the draft. If you were utterly sickened by having to watch a constant close up of the crying Brady Quinn for 22 rounds in 2007, get ready to puke at 70+ rounds of watching Tebow wait for the call on April 22nd.

ESPN is ready. Are you? They have plenty of tape from his days in college on the projector to get ready to shove down your consciousnesses as the already written scripts are ready for their "experts" to lament for several hours as to why he hasn't been drafted yet.

Any team that drafts him before the third round needs their heads examined because Tebow is quite simply a poor man's Bobby Douglass.

Unlike Tebow, Douglass had a good, strong arm. Like Tebow, Douglass was a left-hander with accuracy issues his entire career.

Bobby Douglass spent nine years in the NFL between 1969 - 1978, and was a full time starter in two seasons. His best season was in 1972 with the Chicago Bears, and it is not remembered because of his arm. He ran for an then-NFL record 968 yards that year on 141 carries, leading the NFL with a 6.9 yards per carry average. He ran the ball in for eight scores, while tossing a career best nine more scores against 12 interceptions.

Ultimately, he threw 36 touchdowns against 64 interceptions for his career. His yards rushing record for a quarterback was surpassed by 71 yards in 2006 by Michael Vick, though it took two extra games on the schedule to break it. Douglass was drafted in the second round, but you can bet the farm his Alma Mater Kansas University never paid for a coach to come in for six weeks to try to improve his draft stock.

If they had, the NCAA would have put them on probation because they have a set list on who can buy off their silence. Florida is on it, and Kansas never has been. In football. Basketball is a completely different story. Whomever makes them the most cash in each sport has the best chance to line the NCAA pockets and zip their lips with a nodding off acceptance.

If the NCAA or ESPN were legitimate entities, then Florida would thoroughly be investigated to see who bought Jon Gruden. ESPN would have their employee cooperate with the investigation, then break the story when the proper culprits are exposed.

But this will not happen, so just go to sleep and blindly accept the constantly shifting rules. It is exactly what is expected of you.


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Rams take Claussen or Bradford

Detroit takes Okung

We draft Suh... and possibly Thomas 2nd round.

With the FA additions of Alston and Jones complimenting the always tenacious

Jackson and Tajib.. I would expect the next 7 picks to be offensive... unless a decent

run stopping LB should stll be available...

My wishlist for the following:

2nd from chicago, TE Tony Moeaki, Iowa

3rd WR Jordan Shipley, Texas

4th OT Kyle Calloway, Iowa

5th from new england, WR Jeremy Williams, Tulane

6th RB Ben Tate, Auburn

7th WR David Reed, Utah

7th from baltimore, P Matt Dodge, East Carolina

First of all I want to say thank you to Mark Dominik this pick up will be like the pick up of  Jeff Faine , Kellen Winslow , & Antonio Bryant . As of right now we have depth at the secondary position I think that Sabby will move into the role that  Will Allen had . Ever since Sean Jones senior season at Georgia i've watch him run down ball carriers and out smart quarterbacks ,  he is a good pick cause he played the cover two with the Browns and looked good doing it . What does this haft to do with the draft ? Lets look at the facts how many mock drafts have the bucs picking the linebacker position not many . Berry was the for sure pick if Suh or Mccoy was not available he was the only DB that was showing up in many mock drafts for the Bucs . With the pick up of Jones the only Defensive position to go with the first 3 picks will more than likely be the defensive tackle position .Thats right Bucs nation the players we get in the  second round will probably go on to become some good offensive talent  . Jones makes so much sense now we can get two guys in the second round to put around Josh Freeman . Every offseason move made by the bucs so far are moves that we do not want to address with the draft . The move with Reggie Brown should tell you that the Bucs are done picking up possession receivers . The move with Alston should tell you that Tampa did not want to waste a pick on depth at the linebacker position and special teams . This move with Jones should tell you that we just drafted our impact player in the secondary and Sabby gives us quality depth at the position . With the first 5 picks we might see the Bucs just address their offensive weapons and their pass rush . How do you think this pick affect the draft , or do you even think this pick up affect the draft

This is my first fan post, hope I didn't pick a to controversial topic:

Today the Florida Gators held their pro workout day for their draft eligible players. Among the most anticipated players to take part was Tim Tebow, Florida's outstanding QB and a former Heisman Trophy winner. The knock on Tebow has been his lack playing time in an NFL style offense where he would have played under center a majority of the snaps, and his inability to read defenses, unfortunatley Tebow took nearly 100% of his snaps from the shotgun position and had his receiver picked out pre-snap so he didn't need to read the defense just look for his receiver, or pull the ball down and run. These things generally don't happen at the NFL level where he will actually have to take snaps from under center, need to have the ability to drop back  3,5, or 7 steps and deliver the ball to the OPEN receiver, he'll need to actually read a defense to determine weather to stay in the called play or audible to another play based on what the defense is showing, none of which he has been asked to do before.

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