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Bucs Release Simeon Rice
Published 7/26/2007 by Aaron Schatz at Football Outsiders
Bucs Release Simeon Rice So much for Gaines Adams getting to learn from his childhood idol. Vet won t take pay cut, vet goes adios. Let s see Tampa-2 teams that need a pass-rushing defensive end I m feeling Minnesota here. Anyone else feeling Minnesota as a good possibility? Maybe Washington, too. They could use more pass rush, and in Washington, there s always more money for veterans on the downsides of their careers! posted 7-26-2007 at 6:52 PM by ...

Out with the Old: Buccaneers Cut Simeon Rice
Published 7/26/2007 by David J. Warner at FanHouse
... The Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Thursday released Pro Bowl defensive end Simeon Rice, FOXSports.com has learned. In a meeting between Rice and Tampa management, the team asked the 12th-year player out of Illinois to take a pay cut. When Rice refused, the team released him. ...

Update: Injured Simeon Rice Anyone?
Published 7/27/2007 by danzinski at The Viking Age | A Blog For Minnesota Vikings Fans
Jay Glazer of FoxSports.com reports the Buccaneers have cut former Pro Bowl DE Simeon Rice. Rice had already reported to camp when he was called to a meeting by management and asked to take a pay cut. Rice refused, and he was given his walking papers. The move may have been made partly to free up cap-space so the Bucs can make a run at former Viking QB Daunte Culpepper (cause if there s anything the Bucs need, it s another QB). I m thinking the same thing you re all thinking - Simeon Rice is a pretty good pass-rushing defensive end (if no longer a flat-out great one), and the Vikings have a gaping hole at that particular position. So could Simeon wind up in purple? ...

Pro Bowl DE Simeon Rice Released/Cut/Let Go by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers!!!
Published 7/27/2007 by RJ <info@bucem.com> at Buc 'Em: Front Page Posts
... In one of the more shocking events to take place this off-season, on the EVE of Training Camp the Tampa Bay Bucs, specifically GM Bruce Allen, has decided to cut/release/let go (however you wanna shake it) Pro Bowl DE Simeon Rice. The reason given thus far is due to health issues. Apparently the Bucs asked Simeon to take a pay cut, which he refused and he got immediately released. Talk about a knee jerk reaction ..... Wow! Didn't see this one coming at all. ...

Simeon Rice Not That Hurt?
Published 7/28/2007 by danzinski at The Viking Age | A Blog For Minnesota Vikings Fans
There were two different reports yesterday as to why Simeon Rice was dumped by the Bucs. The first one, from Jay Glazer of FoxSports.com, said Rice was given the option of taking a pay-cut, refused and was released. The second, from ...