“I’m just a journeyman according to some people; why should I have any hard feelings? I’m thankful to have this job. I might pay Bruce and Jon for bringing me out here”, Garcia said…What am I going to say? It’s the unfortunate part of the business,” Garcia said. “That’s what this sport is. It has two sides. Obviously, a game for all of those who play on the field and love to play the game, but there is a business side, too. Part of teams trying to reach that championship position is trying to strengthen their team. Whether they thought that was strengthening or not, as much as I believe that I can be a strong point for this team that is what they had to look into. So be it. It’s all said and done. We’re moving forward.”

“I always tell people you want to play three safeties at all times,” said Defensive Backs Coach Raheem Morris. “If you can do that and limit some of the reps off of Tanard Jackson and Jermaine Phillips then you get better reps off of those guys when they are out on the field. If that’s fifteen from each and you can give Sabby thirty then, well, you never know what you will get…“It’s not over yet,” said Morris of the fight for playing time. “They’re still battling it out and we keep it hot in our room. We keep the controversy going so you guys will be buzzing.”

“It was a matter of leg angle, which is no big deal,” Bryant said. “It’s just that the first time it happened, it happened in a game. That’s what makes it tough.”

“You never really know about a guy until the pads go on, so that was good to see,” Bucs defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin said. “Anytime you can get to the quarterback, we like that.”

“Yes, I’m concerned,” Gruden said. “If you’re the head coach and you’re (top) receiver hasn’t practiced yet, yes, you’re concerned. But we’re also looking at it optimistically because we proved the other night that we have some young guys who are capable of playing and we’re thrilled with that.”

Jeff Garcia was out on the field for a while, but didn’t participate in any of the team drills.

Ben Troupe and Sammy Davis also practiced on a limited basis.

Gruden must have busted some heads after the Dolphins game because this was a very physical practice. Gruden has been taking it easy on the guys so far this camp, but he may be thinking that he needs to ratchet it up a little.

During both sessions, music was playing over the loudspeakers while the players were stretching. Some of it was country music. I don’t know… do you think a lot of those guys listen to country music? Besides Chris Hovan, I mean.

It seemed like the offense was getting balls batted and intecepted and quarterbacks were getting sacked all day long. This was not a good day for the offense.Except one nice play where Luke McCown read a blitz and threw to Micheal Spurlock running a hot route who took it in for a touchdown.

Greg White spent more time in the backfield than the running backs did. This was a huge day for White.

Paris Warren somehow caught a ball with Ronde Barber draped all over him.

McCown started off good, but really started to decline as the morning wore on. Brian Griese started off kind of bad and didn’t get much better.

Jimmy Wilkerson actually intercepted a pass off a deflection. This guy is athletic.

Byron Storer absolutely leveled Dexter Jackson after he caught a punt. Jackson isn’t supposed to be tackled on drills like that, but he bounced right up and was fine.

Speaking of Jackson, his improvement since the rookie minicamp has been excellent. He runs lean routes and has much better hands than he showed in May.

There was a real fight when Ryan Nece blocked Brian Clark on his blindside and knocked him to the ground. They grabbed each other’s facemasks, but some other players came in and broke it up before it could get good.

The afternoon practice was mostly in the tent and not open to the media. The outside portion was pretty much warm-ups and the receivers looked a lot better than they did in the morning.

Kevin Carter was back in at tight end in the afternoon.