Roy Miller News

We've had a day to absorb news of the latest flip-flop at One Buc, and we can see things clearly now -- even on a rainy, cloudy day such as this.

For the second time this season, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have removed a coordinator from his duties.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Raheem Morris confirmed earlier this week what a lot of fans have long suspected about the team's defense.

The trade of first-round flop Gaines Adams to the Bears officially was for a second-round pick in 2010.

Posted by ESPN.com's Pat Yasinskas Power Rankings : Preseason: 26. This week: 31.

Defensive coordinator Jim Bates said putting pressure on Packers QB Aaron Rodgers on Sunday will be "as important as anything we do." Bates believes the line is coming off one of its better pass-rush performances.

Boy, were we all wrong. There actually seem to be a game plan for the 2009 and beyond Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Buccaneers head coach Raheem Morris Effort is there most of the time, but results aren't. I never fault one for doing his best, but if it's not good enough, its time for a hard line business decision.

The instant the Tampa Bay Buccaneers embarked on that veteran purge in February, this 2009 season became a referendum on the club's draft prowess during the past decade.

It has been quite a whirlwind week for Bucs defensive end Jimmy Wilkerson. There was Sunday, when the seventh-year pro racked up a career-high three sacks against the Eagles, tied his top mark with six tackles and forced a fumble.

Nineteen months after joining the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as a free agent, Jimmy Wilkerson arrived on Sunday.

TAMPA _ Running back Derrick Ward missed practice again Friday for the third straight day and does not figure to play Sunday, even though he is listed as questionable on the Friday injury report for Sundays' game against the Redskins.

Published: Friday, October 2, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. TAMPA - Byron Leftwich was replaced at quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers more for what he was feeling rather than for what he was doing.

You grew up in Killeen, Texas. What was high school football like there? It was big, man.

With a road game against the Redskins this weekend, the Bucs defense hopes to build on the good it found in Sunday's loss to the Giants - and find a way to improve on the bad.

It was game time Tuesday at One Buc Place, but football was the last thing on the mind of new starting quarterback Josh Johnson as he took hold of a plastic guitar and Joan Jett's I Love Rock N' Roll blasted through the auditorium.

The Bucs plugged another couple of holes Wednesday in a secondary that looks very little like what was intended.

Rookie DE Kyle Moore , who was set to make his debut Sunday against the Giants, will miss several weeks with an injured right knee.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Cadillac Williams did not participate in Thursday's practice because of soreness in his knee.

The Buccaneers' injury report is longer than the team would like. Among those who missed practice today because of injury: DT Roy Miller and WR Maurice Stovall .