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Favre expected to submit letter of reinstatement to NFL

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:29:10 +1900

During a telephone conversation Thursday with Green Bay general manager Ted Thompson, quarterback Brett Favre conveyed he is planning to return to the Packers and report to training camp this weekend. If he follows through on his plans, Favre is expected to fax a letter seeking reinstatment to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell as early as Friday, before the Packers report to camp on Saturday. ...

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BUCS HAVE PERMISSION TO TALK TO FAVRE, TOO

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:29:31 +1900

It was reported earlier today that the New York Jets have received permission to talk directly with Packers quarterback Brett Favre regarding a trade. FOX’s Jay Glazer reports that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have also received such permission. Prior reports indicated only that the Bucs were interested in a trade, not that the Bucs were allowed to talk to the [...]

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Brett Favre Given Permission To Speak With Bucs, Jets; Will Report To Camp

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:01:28 +1900

It's been reported that Favre has been given permission to speak with the Bucs and Jets. Favre also plans to report to Packers training camp to force the team's hand.

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NFC South Offensive Lines: Looking For A Few Good Linemen

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:55:23 +1900

This could be the weakest division of linemen in the conference. With all four teams ranking in the second half of the conference, three in the lower third, there is much work to be done. But with strong offensive coaching from Jon Gruden in Tampa Bay and Sean Payton in New Orleans there is hope these units can produce. See where we rank them.

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Bears keep Simms on their radar

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:10:47 +1900

BOURBONNAIS, Ill. -- Chris Simms is expected to report today for the first day of training camp with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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Theismann: If Favre Plays, It's With Bucs

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:38:49 +1900

The Tampa Tribune Published: July 24, 2008 Updated: 12:22 am TAMPA - As the Brett Favre saga hurtles toward conclusion, one notable NFL observer says he already knows how the story ends. "I think the odds are better than 50-50 Favre ends up with the Bucs," former Pro Bowl quarterback Joe Theismann said Wednesday. "If Brett Favre plays football in 2008, I think it's in Tampa." There is ...

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IAN GOLD RETIRES

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:36:17 +1900

Linebacker Ian Gold, a mainstay for the Denver Broncos for all of the decade (except for the year he played with the Buccaneers) has decided to retire from the NFL, according to Adam Schefter of NFL Network. “When people here I’m retiring, they’re going to be like, ‘Ian who?. But I’m all right with that,” Gold [...]

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Bucs Safety Nicholson Arrested After Scuffle Outside Pinellas Club

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:45:06 +1900

STEPHEN THOMPSON | The Tampa Tribune Published: July 21, 2008 ST. PETERSBURG - Bucs safety Donte Nicholson got into a scuffle with security guards outside a bar early Sunday and was shot with an electric stun gun twice before he was arrested, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. Nicholson, 26, was charged with battery and resisting arrest without violence, both misdemeanors. He ...

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Apparently, Ravens Offensive Tackle Marshal Yanda Is Also Impervious To Tasers [NFL]

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:08:50 +1900

Yesterday we discovered that Bucs safety Donte Nicholson withstood the first police tasing without being impacted. Now comes the rumor that the Baltimore Ravens bet their teammate Marshal Yanda $1,500 that he couldn't withstand a taser. According to the Baltimore Sun , Yanda collected. Not only did Yanda handle it once for three seconds, but two more times afterwards before finally ...

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FOX Sports on MSN - NFL - Report: Goodell tells Packers to resolve Favre issue

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:15:10 +1900

Goodell talked to Packers GM Ted Thompson, who confirmed the team was ready to move on without Favre. Goodell asked Thompson to begin exploring the market for the disgruntled QB, according to WEAU 13, an NBC television affiliate in Wisconsin. The report also says Goodell told Thompson that he will reinstate Favre as an active player, should he make the request and that the commissioner has ...

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Patrick: Brett Favre To Tampa Bay Buccaneers In 48-72 Hours

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:59:14 +1900

Dan Patrick is reporting that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will acquire Brett Favre from the Green Bay Packers in the next 48-72 hours.

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Bucs won't rule out Favre - St. Petersburg Times

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:12:04 +1900

The Bucs already will have five QBs at training camp, and Brett Favre appears available.

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Favre A Buccaneer By The End Of The Week? [Brett Favre]

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:58:31 +1900

That's the "hunch" LA Times' columnist Sam Farmer has about how this whole Favre situation will mercifully end. (Roger Goodell is also anxious to resolve this . Sorry Packers. ) Farmer went on Dan Patrick's radio show and, although he couldn't state it as fact, said that the way things have played out and based on Jon Gruden's unabashed man-love of the gunslinger, it's a likely scenario. ...

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BUCS G.M. DEFLECTS FAVRE TALK

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:15:10 +1900

As speculation continues to mount that quarterback Brett Favre could be traded to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Bucs G.M. Bruce Allen called any such talk “hypothetical.” “Again, all of those conversations are hypotheticals,” Allen said. “Only the Packers or the player can ever discuss those things.” Um, wrong. The Bucs can discuss those things with the ...

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BUCS WONDER IF FAVRE COULD LEARN PLAYBOOK

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:15:10 +1900

Although he’s publicly deflecting talk of acquiring Brett Favre, Buccaneers General Manager Bruce Allen is privately trying to determine how quickly Favre would be able to learn coach Jon Gruden’s playbook. So says Bucs (for now) quarterback Chris Simms, who told the St. Petersburg Times he talked to Allen about Favre. “He asked me questions about Brett [...]

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Favre: Tampa Bay is 'too hot''

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:15:00 +1900

Brett Favre is planning to play in 2008 and no longer feels welcome in Green Bay. But if he is able to gain his release or be traded from the Packers, the Tampa Bay Bussaneers may not be very high on Favre's list of new teams. Favre has recently told sources close to him that Tampa Bay was 'too hot,' and that he prefers to play and practice in cooler weather. That sounds rather strange ...

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers Donte Nicholson Tasered At Nightclub

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:30:48 +1900

Remember when the phrase "Don't tase me, bro" swept the nation? Yep, it was hilarious. And everyone wondered, "Are we tasing too many people?" only to forget about about that question two weeks later. Well, if you're an athlete, you might be thinking that the public never really solved that tasing question, because athletes you know keep getting tased at a rate ...

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MMQB (cont.)

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:36:00 +1900

If a team -- the Bucs? -- decides it needs a veteran QB, a second-round draft pick and a conditional choice could land Brett Favre.

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The End Of The Road For Nicholson

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:32:58 +1900

Bucs safety Donte Nicholson was tasered twice and arrested early Sunday morning at a nightclub in St Petersburg. Apparently the disturbance began with a problem involving his roomate. Somehow Nicholson became involved, was tasered in the chest with no effect (police said he was trying to remove the first taser probe from his chest) then he was tasered again. Donte was most likely ...

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Chris Simms Confirms He Will Report To Camp

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:00:19 +1900

Disgruntled quarterback Chris Simms is still a Buccaneer, even though he badly wants out of Tampa Bay, and he's still planning to report to training camp on Friday. "I will be at camp,'' Simms said in a text message. "I have no clue what is gonna happen [once I get there]; we'll see."

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