AMOBI OKOYE RUMORS & GOSSIP

Continuing their busy free agency frame, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have inked defensive tackle Amobi Okoye to a one year deal. Okoye spent his first four season with the Houston Texans where he racked up 138 total tackles, 11 sacks, 5 passes defensed, and 3 forced fumbles. Last season, Okoye was a key cog for the Chicago Bears defense, amassing 27 total tackles, 4 sacks, 1 pass defensed...

The Buccaneers have signed free agent defensive tackle Amobi Okoye to a one-year deal. The team announced the move on Monday. Financial terms were not released. Okoye, entering his sixth season in the NFL, played last year with the Chicago Bears and his first four with the Houston Texans. He has played in 78 of a possible 80 career regular season games with 59 starts, recording...

Former Chicago Bears defensive tackle Amobi Okoye signed a one-year deal with the Tampa Bay Bucs, further depleting the Bears interior line. Chicago had previously released veteran Anthony Adams earlier this offseason. Okoye registered four sacks last season, playing in all 16 games. The former first rounder out of Louisville wasn’t spectacular, but did provide some push up the middle. [...]

Former Louisville defensive tackle Amobi Okoye has signed a one year contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Okoye played last season with the Chicago Bears recording four sacks serving as a back-up defensive lineman. Okoye was drafted by the Houston Texans in 2007 as the 10th overall pick. He signed a five-year deal with the Texans on July 26, which allowed him to begin training...

Free agent defensive tackle Amobi Okoye has signed a one-year deal with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a source told ESPN.com. Okoye registered four sacks for the Bears in 2011, serving primarily as a backup. He was drafted in the first round by the Houston Texans in 2007. Several teams expressed interest, according to the report, including the Bears. Okoye is the second defensive tackle...

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers signed defensive tackle Amobi Okoye to a one-year contract Saturday.Okoye spent the 2011 season with the Chicago Bears after playing his first four campaigns with the Houston Texans.The 24-year-old recorded 27 tackles and four sacks for the Bears last season.Okoye was selected 10th overall at the age of 19 in the 2007 NFL Draft by the Texans.

Amobi Okoye seen during the 2011 season. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images) Things have slowed down in Dove Valley and it has been quiet on the free agency front, but the team may not be done bringing in players.  On Monday, Denver Broncos General Manager Brian Xanders said “we’re not done” signing free agents — yet. Since then, the team has re-signed...

Despite expressing that they would like to retain the services of DT Amobi Okoye for 2012 and beyond, the Chicago Bears have yet to hit any news wires with contract talks. In fact, the only time Okoye's name has come up recently has been in reference to visiting other teams around the league. Joe Reedy, beat writer for the Bengals, says that Okoye's visit to Cincinnati will...

If you want the Chicago Bears to address the defensive line, it may be hard for the Bears to do so. As the Bears have limited cap space now with signing of all the players whom specialize in special teams, the big-time receiver in Brandon Marshall and re-signing their own players. According to a source, the Bears only have about 3.5 million left in cap space. Most of the space...

The Denver Broncos have shown interest in free agency defensive tackle Amobi Okoye, according to NFL Insider Adam Caplan.  Okoye, a former first round draft pick, played in all sixteen games (starting one) with the Bears last season. In addition to the Bengals and Bears, Amobi Okoye has received interest from the Bucs, Pats, and Broncos, according to sources. #freeagency &mdash...