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Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Williams runs out of the tunnel with an American Flag before the start of an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys Saturday, Dec.

Within a matter days, a player who had not missed a single game in three years as a Buccaneer was ousted from his job and shipped to the opposite corner of America.

Coming off a 4-12 season, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have brought on a new head coach, have spent big bucks on new players and, as a result, have a better outlook heading into their 36th season in the NFL .

Preston Parker 's role in the Buccaneers offense figures to drop with the arrival of Vincent Jackson , but he got a contract extension from the team nonetheless.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are reportedly interested in trading Kellen Winslow Jr.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers receiver Mike Williams knows he must get better - Tampa Bay Times Last year certainly wasn't good enough.

One narrative has reigned supreme among Tampa Bay Buccaneers fans this offseason: the Bucs will be better coached this season than they were in years before.

Mike Williams sprang high into the air with his arms extended, snatching a perfectly thrown football with his fingertips that Josh Freeman threaded like a needle between two converging defenders.

CBS Sports' Pete Prisco has published his annual list of the top 100 players in the NFL, and one Tampa Bay Buccaneer makes the list: Carl Nicks .

Sweat beading on his noticeably skinnier face, Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Josh Freeman was happy to talk Tuesday about his motivations for dropping nearly 20 pounds this offseason, a goal driven by little more than the casual suggestion of a friend.

LeGarrette Blount told Will Brinson of CBSSports.com prior to last month's NFL draft that he "wouldn't be happy" if the Tampa Bay Buccaneers drafted running back Trent Richardson in the first round.

Vincent Jackson will be the Buccaneers ' No. 1 wide receiver in 2012. There is no real question there, but there is a bit of uncertainty below him on the depth chart.

To say the Tampa Bay Buccaneers were an awful football team last season would be putting it lightly.

The Buccaneers were ready to sign their sixth Rutgers player and that would be wide receiver Tiquan Underwood - most famous for being waived by the New England Patriots on the eve of Super Bowl XLVI.

In today's NFL if you don't have a quarterback, you don't have a shot. End of story.