http://www.yardbarker.com/content/player/3305 Recent articles about Barrett Ruud en-us Buccaneers LB Barrett Ruud said his sore right knee is unlikely to keep him out of SundayA's big game against Carolina. Ruud hurt his knee at Denver... Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:07:47 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/346999 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/346999 Buccaneers LB Barrett Ruud said his sore right knee is unlikely to keep him out of SundayA's big game against Carolina. Ruud hurt his knee at Denver... Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:07:47 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/346999 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/346999 Buccaneers LB Barrett Ruud said his sore right knee is unlikely to keep him out of SundayA's big game against Carolina. Ruud hurt his knee at Denver... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:04:46 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/346547 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/346547 Buccaneers LB Barrett Ruud said his sore right knee is unlikely to keep him out of SundayA's big game against Carolina. Ruud hurt his knee at Denver... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:04:46 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/346547 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/346547 Buccaneers LB Barrett Ruud was limping around the locker room quite gingerly after sustaining a knee injury in the second half and not returning. He... Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:59:17 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/345377 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/345377 Buccaneers LB Barrett Ruud was limping around the locker room quite gingerly after sustaining a knee injury in the second half and not returning. He... Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:59:17 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/345377 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/345377 Gaines Adams was a beast.  6 total tackles and 2 sacks.  If memory serves me correctly, one was from the left side and one from the right side.  He has a chance to be a special player.  We are committing way too many penalties.  After leading the league in the preseason in penalties, we are now w Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:54:07 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/333175 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/333175 Sorry for the delayed post, but I just returned from New Orleans this afternoon.  It was my first time ever visiting New Orleans for starters, and it was quite the fun time (albeit ridiculously expensive).  The food (so many oysters!), the culture, the bars…Just a real fun place to go and visit.  For Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:48:47 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/330039 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/330039 The New Orleans Saints fans celebrated their homecoming after hurricane Gustav forced many from the city with big plays and an important win at the expense of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Bucs Defense was consistant the majority of the afternoon, however, it was 3 big TD passes from Drew Brees that lead to the 24-20 loss. Brees hit David Patton for a 39 yard TD early in the first quarter but the Bucs D retaliated on the Saints next possession by returning a Brees interception for a TD. The pass was intercepted by Phillip Buchanon but the credit should go to Barrett Ruud for hitting Brees as he threw the ball. Brees who ended the game going 23 of 32 for 343 yards also had a TD pass to Devery Henderson that went for 84 yards as Rhonde Barber fell down on the play and a screen pass to Reggie Bush that he took for a 42 yd TD pass. Reggie Bush ran for 51 yards on 15 carries but again excelled in the passing game catching a team high 8 catches for 112 yards. Jeff Garcia finished the game 24-41 for 221 yards and had a TD pass to Ike Hilliard of 2 yards. It was the only offensive TD for the Bucs. The rushing attack seemed to be working as Erneast Graham rushed for 91 yards on 10 carries and the veteran Joey Galloway had 6 catches for 56 yards. The thing about this game was I wondered why the Bucs didn't run the ball more or involve their running backs more in the passing game since the Saints obviously had a difficult time stopping Graham and the game remained close. That's Jon Gruden's west coast offense though. Garcia is a product of the system but he needs to make better decisions with the football and improve his accuracy as well. There are alot of elusive running backs in the league and if the Bucs Defense continues to play with the same level of sloppyness it will end up a long season. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:34:57 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/329335 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/329335 After the success of this weekly column last year, coupled with the rising popularity of IDP fantasy leagues, FIO has once again returned with the IDP Roundup. These are the names you should know for this coming week in IDP. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 10:20:50 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/328758 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/328758 Sorry for the delay in posts, especially on final cut weekend.  I had my two biggest fantasy drafts this weekend it turned into a 2 day fantasy draft party-a-thon.  To the cuts…. Ryan Nece and Dre Moore were the only two real surprises.  If you had been watching any of the games, or paying attention Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:16:58 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/316586 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/316586 Week 4 Sunday, September 28, 2008 Green Bay Packers @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1 PM ET Fox Going into this game, the Packers are either going to be high on momentum or utterly out of gas. They could lose two absolutely deflating games to the Minnesota Vikings and Dallas Cowboys, or they could be 3-0 with Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:13:48 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/314739 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/314739 I have been flying all day today, so I apologize for the lack of a post after our impressive win (albeit a preseason joint) vs the Pats.  There are a few main things that stuck out in my mind.   On a personal note, it was great to be back in RayJay last night.  I had to get up early this morning Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:21:09 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/308582 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/308582 The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will try to do something this season that no other team in the NFC South has ever done - repeat as division champions. If they are to win the division, according to Buccaneers beat reporter Scott Reynolds from www.pewterreport.com they could learn as early as week one. "They play New Orleans on opening weekend, if they can steal a win there... Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:45:56 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/305865 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/305865 Tiered linebacker rankings for 2008 fantasy IDP leagues. Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:52:11 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/301880 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/301880