Thanks to yahoo sports for the info. Here's the link:

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=At6GfQfOqd8rpsLFrNzBFFkdsLYF?slug=ap-patriotsmoves&prov=ap&type=lgns

Too bad about Galloway, but he was inactive the past 3 games and only had 7 catches in 3 games before that. It would have been nice to play against him, but this cut seemed inevitable. I am surprised that he actually made it this long. Galloway getting cut goes to show that Dominik and company knew what they were doing in not signing him. Nobody has signed Brooks, Dunn, Hilliard, and Carter either.

 With Brian Urlacher out for the season with a dislocated wrist (WOW), Chicago surely will be looking at their options at LB.  Here's some info courtesy of Yahoo Sports:

"Veterans like former NFL Defensive Player of the Year Derrick Brooks(notes) and Zach Thomas(notes), who was cut by Kansas City this month, are still out there, too. The 36-year-old Brooks, who was cut by Tampa Bay in February, has a good relationship with Smith dating to his days on the Buccaneers’ staff."

“Derrick’s been a great player for a long time in the league,” Smith said before the Bears announced they signed  Tim Shaw.

I'm not saying it's  impossible and I guess if Derrick Brooks was ever in another uniform I guess I couldn't blame him if he signs with the Bears. His history with Coach Smith could be key. Here's the link:

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-bears-urlacher&prov=ap&type=lgns

Via Pewterreport.com Linebacker Angelo Crowell left the game with an injury in the third quarter that Raheem Morris said was "season-ending" after the game. Ouch. So much for that low cost high reward investment. Can we now even let Flip move back to Safety? I know were thin in that position, but we may be combing the waiver wire and checking roster cuts. I have a feeling Coach Morris and Company will aquire a few players that aren't in camp right now when it comes down to our final 52. The question is what positions they will fill. Surely it depends if both Jackson and Talib are lost due to suspension. Two guys for me I hope make the team are QB Josh Johnson ( 4 QB's probably won't happen) and RB Kareem Huggins (there is no way he makes it to the practice squad, but do we really carry 5 RB's?)

On Friday, the Bucs waived Byron Storer with an injury settlement, according to ESPN.com’s Pat Yasinskas, but the team did not announce the move.

Storer’s release leaves the team with just two fullbacks – starter B.J. Askew and reserve Jameel Cook. This will likely prompt the Buccaneers to add another fullback prior to training camp to compete with Cook and help the unit practice without Cook and Askew taking so many reps.

Storer, who made the team as an undrafted free agent from California in 2007 after a stint on the practice squad, was mostly a special teams player for Tampa Bay, finishing his Buccaneers career with 16. Last year, he saw some duty as a fullback, starting three games in place of the injured Askew (vs. Green Bay, at Denver and vs. Carolina), but did not record any statistics. During the 2007 season, Storer caught two passes for three yards.

Now buccaneers.com says Storer was put on IR, not waived. Here's the link to that story. http://www.buccaneers.com/news/newsdetail.aspx?newsid=7096 Time will tell if Storer was waived or put on IR but either way he won't be with us.

In other news, Maddon was caught in the Tropicana Field parking lot huffing paint. When team security approached him and asked what that silver stuff on his face and fingertips was he responded with, "It's nothin guys, just another day at the office." (Ya know I'm kidding Joe, but your killing me here)

Here's the source from today's St. Pete Times regarding Percy:

 NO WORRIES: Maddon said he's not "overly concerned" about closer Troy Percival, who entered with the Rays up 8-2 in the ninth inning Wednesday and gave up two homers (and four runs). Maddon pointed to how Percival is healthy and he hit 93 mph, "which might be the high point for him in a while." He just didn't have the location.

The only location Percival needs to be at is California, the place he calls home. Our bullpen for the most part has failed us this year. I have lost almost as much hair as Wheels has on his head watching him pitch and Balfour is making me want to call him Ball Four, same with Nelson. Not all of our bullpen has tanked this year with Cormier, Shouse, and Howell having pitched well.

It's early and I know this, but for me Memorial Day in baseball is the first real point in the season that a team should re-evaluate their roster and make changes if changes are needed. If Maddon continues to stand pat and hope for the best then in my opinion we should prepare for the worst.

I'm not trying to set a double standard here. Kevin Winslow's situation and Barrett Ruud's are two totally different animals. First off, Winslow has a track record and carries with him a somewhat tenuous history coming from the Browns. He is on a new team and with a fresh start and a phat contract he just signed. I assummed he would make the most of it and be at the OTA's like I posted earlier.

 Ruud, however, is the hard working cog that is pretty much the face of the defense. Besides that, he has no bad track record, is in his last year of his rookie contract that he signed in 2005 and pretty much just wants to be paid like he should be. Granted he is getting paid 1.6 million this year, but the first 3 years he got paid an avg of 350 K and didn't have a huge signing bonus. This is the last year of Ruud's contract. I know, I know, some people will say he needs to play out the remainder of his contract and quit whining, but if we do that he may never come back. Surely we could franchise him, but I say we should just show him the money!

Check out this article I read on tampabay.com: http://blogs.tampabay.com/pointafter/2009/05/ruud-skipping-workouts-in-may-is-no-big-deal.html

And if your interested, rotworld.com has a list of everyone who is team's current contract. If we can pay Mike Clayton what we pay him and Sean Mahan what we pay him then we can definitely pay Barrett Ruud. Here's the link: http://www.rotoworld.com/content/clubhouse_contracts.aspx?sport=NFL&majteam=TB

According to some of the other blogs, I am going to say I'm not the only one pissed off to see that K2 hasn't showed up for OTA's. For a guy with the history that he has and the money we have invested he should be out there Day 1 kissing Coach Morris and the rest of the coaches ass. The Bucs claim that they knew why he wouldn't be there, but for me there is NO excuse. Here's a link courtesy of profootballtalk.com: http://www.profootballtalk.com/2009/05/12/team-anticipated-winslows-absence/. Time will tell if I am overreacting or if this is the beginning of something more.

WOW!! So many players to choose from, I'm not sure where to start. But here's my choices......

Worst ever drafted in 1st round:

1. I say RB Bo Jackson simply because he never played a down for us and we    were stupid enough to draft him when he said he wouldn't play for us.

2. LB Keith McCants -I knew there was an underlying reason why I hate Alabama!

3. OL Charles McRae - Nothing more needs to be said

4. DE Eric Curry - Did I say I hate Alabama?

5. OL Kenyatta Walker - Makes me embarrassed to say I'm a Gator Fan

I know he wasn't picked in the first round, but every time I here the name Booker Reese I want to wish I had Alzheimer's

Worst ever FA signee:

1. WR Alvin Harper - It's painful to think how much money we wasted on this guy. Granted it he signed a 4 year 10.6 million dollar deal, but back then that was ALOT.

2. WR Bert Emmanuel - He signed a 4 year 16.4 million dollar deal and was almost as as bad as Harper.

3. OL -  Luke Petigout/Derrick Deese - What the hell were we thinking?

4. RB - Charlie Garner - Uhh...See above

5. C - Jeff Faine - I know I'm gonna catch some flack for this, but was he REALLY worth almost $40 million? After further review, maybe he was worth it because our current o-line is the best I have ever seen us have.

Also, I have to tip my hat to bucpower.com. Only they could come up with the worst 50 players to ever don a Buccaneer uniform. Wow, after reading some of these names you may want to hit the bottle. Here's the link:

http://www.bucpower.com/feature-worstever.html

Thank you to Pewter Report for the news. Here's the link:

http://www.pewterreport.com/articles/view/5446

The Bucs signed seven try-out players to contracts Monday. The Bucs signed USF DE Jarriett Buie, OL Marc Dile, WR Amari Jackson (we did this last year with him), Louisville WR Pat Carter, Hofstra RB Kareem Huggins, James Madison CB Evan McCollough and Southern Miss T Demar Dotson. The team also released three players.

In order to make room for these seven players on their 80-man roster, the Bucs released wide receiver Paris Warren, T Andre Douglas and CB Greg Fassitt.