It still will be Sunday before the Bucs know for sure whether quarterback Jeff Garcia can play against the Saints, but the best sign yet that he will came Friday when he returned to practice. ...more

December 1, 2007

Bucs quarterback Jeff Garcia said his aching back was feeling better Tuesday, but he still wasn't feeling well enough to throw a football, so his status for Sunday's game at New Orleans remains in doubt. ...more

November 28, 2007

Bruce Gradkowski still can't believe a lot of what happened to him during his rookie season. Among the most unbelievable, he said, was a newspaper headline that ran the morning after he made his pro debut in 2006. ...more

November 27, 2007

The Bucs got a glimpse at life without quarterback Jeff Garcia on Sunday. It wasn't pretty. In fact, it was downright ugly. That's how Garcia described it, anyway. ...more

November 26, 2007

The Bucs played the entire second half without any first downs and without any illusions. ...more

November 26, 2007

The Bucs keep saying it's their quarterback who's winning all the games for them this year, but it was their defense that won the game Sunday at Raymond James Stadium. ...more

November 26, 2007

All day long the offense kept getting it wrong. And every time it did, the defense was there to keep order - just like so many times in the past. Maybe you were thinking you had seen it all before. If so, you certainly weren't the only one. ...more

November 26, 2007

Here's to fires that still burn. Here's to Bucs quarterback Jeff Garcia, who plays like he's 27 instead of 37, though his head coach lovingly insists Garcia's face looks 47. ...more

November 24, 2007

The majority of the stats he posted on Sunday weren't all that impressive. For once, they didn't have to be. ...more

November 20, 2007

OK, so you didn't pick the Bucs to win the NFC South. There's no shame in that. Hardly anyone did. That's part of what makes their status as division pace-setters so remarkable. ...more

November 18, 2007