Jermaine Phillips News

TAMPA a ' The Tampa Bay Buccaneers took another hit in an already thin defensive secondary Wednesday when they announced they have lost safety Will Allen and reserve linebacker Rod Wilson for the remainder of the season.

Deciding they needed his help immediately, the Buccaneers activated FS Tanard Jackson from the exempt/commissioner permission list on Saturday.

At a time when the Bucs offense seems incapable of consistency, RB Cadillac Williams is emerging as perhaps the unit's most reliable weapon.

Marion Barber Still Hoping to Play Under the Lights Despite reports stating that Barber will be shut down for at least the next one to two weeks, Barber himself is expressing his desire to push through the pain and play against the Panthers.

Posted by ESPN.com's Pat Yasinskas We had a flurry of transactions in the NFC South on Tuesday, but I don't think any of them are reasons to go buying tickets to Miami for the Super Bowl.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have stumbled out of the starting blocks this season. They're 0-2 but Raheem Morris says not to panic, it's time to keep believing in his young team.

Evangelical Christian School graduate Corey Lynch has made the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 53-man roster, the team announced at 10:20 this morning.

Buccaneers coach Raheem Morris said that starting FS Jermaine Phillips suffered a broken thumb in Sunday's 33-20 loss to the Bills and will be evaluated by doctors today.

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Raheem Morris called the 24 missed tackles during Sunday's 33-20 loss to the Buffalo Bills the "worst tackling performance of this whole new regime." Now the Bucs' beleaguered defense will be missing one of its best tacklers.

Hasselbeck hurts rib...Phillips breaks thumb...Shoulder problems RENTON, Wash. Seattle coach Jim Mora says quarterback Matt Hasselbeck suffered a fractured rib in yesterday's loss to San Francisco and is likely to miss Sunday's game against Chicago.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers receiver Antonio Bryant missed practice Friday and was listed as doubtful for the team's contest Sunday at Buffalo.

Seven years ago seems like a century. It was 2002 and we were in euphoria over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as they slowly constructed a playoff run that culminated with a victory in Super Bowl XXXVII.

Cowboys wide receiver Miles Austin slips a tackle from the Buccaneers' Jermaine Phillips before scoring a touchdown in the second quarter Sunday.

A day later, Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Raheem Morris continued to blame big plays for his team's 34-21 loss to Dallas.

What's up Fam! Hope you have had an easy offseason. Well, it's Sunday so that means I must be at Texas St....er, Raymond James Stadium for the NFL season opener between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Dallas Cowboys.

TAMPA _ Elbert Mack and Jermaine Phillips both looked silly letting Miles Austin score that touchdown that put the Cowboys ahead, 13-7 before halftime.

Nights such as this were made for the dreamers. Nights such this were made for the long shots.

If firing his offensive coordinator 10 days before the first regular-season game is the right move, it's only because Raheem Morris made the wrong move to begin with in hiring Jeff Jagodzinski.

The experiment to move safety Jermaine Phillips to linebacker has ended -- at least for now.