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Leftwich visits with Bucs

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By ROY CUMMINGS

rcummings@tampatrib.com

Published: April 10, 2009

TAMPA - It looks as though the Bucs are finally getting proactive about finding that fourth quarterback they're after.

Just a few days after visiting the Washington Redskins, Byron Leftwich was at One Buc Place on Thursday, visiting with Bucs coaches and officials.

Leftwich was one of the quarterbacks the Bucs were expected to target at the start of free agency, but the market for quarterbacks was slow to develop.

Leftwich, a former starter with the Jacksonville Jaguars, spent the 2008 season with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

The Bucs have made no secret of their desire to add a fourth quarterback to a contingent that includes Luke McCown, Brian Griese and Josh Johnson.

The Bucs are expected to meet with Kansas State quarterback Josh Freeman next week.

BILLS: Running back Marshawn Lynch will miss the first three games of the regular season after being suspended without pay by the NFL for violating the league's personal conduct policy.

The NFL announced the suspension Thursday, a month after Lynch pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor gun charge in Los Angeles. It was the player's second run-in with the law, following a hit-and-run accident in Buffalo, N.Y., in May.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

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