Offseason Progress Reports: Tampa Bay Buccaneers

It's too early for '09 season previews, and too late for '08 season reviews. What's an NFL blog to do in the never-ending quest to overcover the bejeezus out of the NFL? Offseason progress reports. Let's go in alphabetical order. Today, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Free agents lost: LB Derrick Brooks, CB Philip Buchanon, RB Warrick Dunn, WR Joey Galloway, QB Jeff Garcia, QB Brian Griese, DT Jovan Haye, WR Ike Hilliard, LB Cato June, QB Chris Simms, WR Paris Warren Free agents gained: WR Kelly Campbell, LB Angelo Crowell, WR Joel Filani, WR Amarri Jackson, LB Niko Koutouvides, QB Byron Leftwich, K Mike Nugent, RB Derrick Ward, TE Kellen Winslow Lost via trade: TE Alex Smith Acquired via trade: TE Kellen Winslow It's rare that a team sheds their entire identity in one off-season. Sometimes it happens with the departure or retirement of one star player, and it can't be helped. Like when John Elway retired, for example, Denver lost their identity. Whe...