Jermaine Phillips News

Everywhere you look, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are written off. Beat writers talk about this being a rebuilding year.

Welcome to SportsNation! On Wednesday, ESPN.com NFC South blogger Pat Yasinskas will stop by to talk about the NFL offseason.

Tampa, FL- Running around One Buc Place felt pretty good on Tuesday for Bucs' linebacker Barrett Ruud.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers concluded its first session of mandatory minicamp practice with two players being cautious with their injuries.

The trendiest word about the Bucs this year appears to be "rebuilding". Sure, the team is not as strong as it was on this day last season, or the season before that, but I'd argue that the 2006 Bucs, who finished 4-12, were much more decisively in rebuilding than this team is.

Jun 02, 2009 - Jermaine Phillips arrived in the NFL in 2002 as a fifth-round pick of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have undergone a major overhaul in the coaching staff this off season.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers worked their way from NFL joke to Super Bowl champions with defense... Buccaneer Defense: Competition Abounds by Tom Edrington 20 reads The Tampa Bay Buccaneers worked their way from NFL joke to Super Bowl champions with defense.

Here in the land of question marks, it is the one answer you want to hear. It is the one answer you need to hear.

A new second-year starting cornerback and nickelback. Two third-year safeties, one entering his first season as a starter.Like so many facets of the Buccaneers, the secondary will be quite different than 2008... by Lee Matthews A new second-year starting cornerback and nickelback.

Buc fans have all weekend to survey the various sections at Raymond James Stadium and find the perfect game day location Pick A Seat Underway! May 16, 2009 - Pillowy white clouds skimmed unhurriedly across the Tampa sky late Saturday morning, pushed by the same light breeze that made the warm May day pleasant inside Raymond James Stadium.

Two years ago, Buccaneers linebackers coach Joe Barry was off to become defensive coordinator with the Detroit Lions, the logical step in an NFL career that seemed on the rise.

"It's the media's job to have low expectations," Morris, 32, said. "It's my job to change them." Raheem Morris and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are faced with a season of certainty.

Linebackers coach Joe Barry appears convinced that what the Bucs initially considered an "experiment" - switching Jermaine Phillips from safety to weakside linebacker - "is going to become a heck of a deal." "Phillips is a linebacker," Barry said of the eight-year veteran.

I believe the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will have their worst season since the orange crme cycle days of Bucco Bruce... by Justin Dargahi 11 reads Opinion I believe the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will have their worst season since the orange crme cycle days of Bucco Bruce.

With the shuffling off of coaches John Gruden and Monte Kiffin this year, there's no doubt that some Tampa Bay Buccaneers fans are resistant to change.

Raheem Morris and Mark Dominik, you're on the clock. I don't know how fast that clock is ticking.

Perhaps somewhat surprisingly, the Bucs did not draft a linebacker though they released Derrick Brooks and Cato June in February.

It's been quite some time since anyone around here devoted this much time and thought to the linebacker position.

Andetra Salter showed up in court this morning to stand trial on battery charges.