Earnest Graham News

If defense wins championships, then there was no team that could have ever stopped the 2002 Buccaneers.

Is Tom Brady back, or is the Titans defense that bad? Brady threw for 380 yards and six touchdowns in New England's 59-0 rout of the Titans in the snow, even though he was pulled in the third quarter.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Raheem Morris has at least six reasons to be disappointed.

A word to wise Buccaneers: Beware the evil hoodie! Beware of the mad scientist of New England.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers placed fullback B.J. Askew on the non-football injury list, ending his season, and signed cornerback Marcus McCauley on Tuesday.

The only thing worse right now for the 0-6 Bucs is the prospect of being thoroughly embarrassed on two continents.

In many ways, this is judgment day for the winless Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Two days after trading unproductive defensive end Gaines Adams to the Chicago Bears, the Bucs return to Raymond James Stadium, where they are a three-point underdog at home, against the 1-3 Carolina Panthers.

RB Earnest Graham will get another chance to show his versatility Sunday when he starts at fullback for B.J. Askew , who will not play because of neck and back injuries sustained in a car accident this week.

The Bucs' B.J. Askew, who has not practiced this week for what is listed as a back/neck injury, was hurt in a fender bender on Tuesday, coach Raheem Morris said.

Jeremy Macklin caught a 51-yard touchdown pass from Donovan McNabb on the on the Eagles' second play of the game, giving Philadelphia a quick 7-0 lead over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers today at Lincoln Financial Field.

Anyone out there surprised at the outcome? Philadelphia 33, Tampa Bay 14. It was coming.

Not too long ago, the Eagles-Buccaneers rivalry was one of the fiercest non-divisional matchups in the NFL.

Bucs' head coach Raheem Morris would just like to reach out and grab a win. As if the Buccaneers didn't have enough woes they will have to travel to Philadelphia with Donovan McNabb waiting for them with open arms.

If there is to be any offense whatsoever for the Buccaneers in Philadelphia on Sunday, it is most amazing that the Tampa Bay hopes now ride on two players who were an afterthought as summer camp opened.

S Tanard Jackson will be activated for Sunday's game against the Eagles. "Tanard is going to play," coach Raheem Morris said.

If all the NFL coaches were to go out for a beer, Raheem Morris would be the guy to get carded.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have resisted the temptation of pushing running back Carnell "Cadillac" Williams too much.

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

LANDOVER, Md. _ Like all NFL head coaches, Tampa Bay's Raheem Morris can be stubbornly rigid, sometimesA to his detriment, as he discovered Sunday in the Buccaneers' 16-13 loss to the Washington Redskins.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers travel to Washington for a Sunday battle with the Redskins.