Bruce Allen
Bruce Allen
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We have met with Torrie Cox regarding the seriousness of these charges. We will continue to closely monitor this situation and cooperate with the investigation completely.
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Our goal has been to make sure we could have a team we could build around, to be around these coaches and learn Day 1 from them. That's been the objective. And I think we have the same amount of second-year players on this team as we do first-year players. The process will continue and the nice part of it is there's still the core of those champions here that these young guys can play with.
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The league moved the deadline back 72 hours so it allows teams and players more time to work with the last capped year calculations and that is what we have been doing (Thursday) and will continue to do this weekend.
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We believe in stability. If you look at the two teams in the Super Bowl, those are two teams that have had a lot of (staff) continuity. We do what we think is best for each coach and us.
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You get some successful teams that don't handle winning well. Somebody wants more credit. Jerry and Jimmy couldn't get along, and they were winning.
reason
There is no reason for him to be out at that time.
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We will be salary cap compliant whenever the deadline is.
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Matt showed a lot, not only kicking field goals, but in kickoffs.
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Oh yes. He's a good teammate. I think it worked out well for both. He's absolutely interested in returning.
came rick week
Rick came to me this week and told me of his situation,
again behavior expressed met today
We met with him again today and expressed our displeasure with his behavior,
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We have improved the foundation of this team with young players. It gives you high hopes.
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We're happy; I think it's a credit to those players who worked so hard, ... I discussed it before. They stayed here during the off-season when people were gone trying to improve themselves and in different ways, each of them showed up whether it was in training camp or the preseason games. And they've earned their right to be here right now.
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We have a similar challenge to about a dozen teams, because the Buccaneers over the last six seasons have paid their players extremely well. That's why we have these cap issues.