Bruce Allen
Bruce Allen
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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.
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We do need some new players on this team. We're getting to the situation where if we can have two more good drafts as good as the last two, we'll be OK.
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He's worked very, very hard to rehabilitate himself from a devastating injury and I don't think it's the last of Charlie Garner . He's too much of a competitor to end his career like this.
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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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What we're planning is how to get the Buccaneers ready for the midnight Sunday night deadline so that we're ready to call free agents (on Monday).
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We are getting some more analysis on his injury. He's wanting to play, and we're hopeful he can, but we are going to get the proper medical opinions. We're going to make sure.
hopeful medical proper wanting
We're getting some more analysis. He's still on the team. He is wanting to play. We're hopeful that he can. But we're going to get the proper medical opinion.
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We are looking forward to using the new CBA parameters to improve our team.
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There is a scenario ... that we have them both here this year. It doesn't just include them. It includes (what happens) with the rest of the team.
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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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There are mistakes made with penalties, and those are very big plays sometimes. We just feel it gives the clubs another option, since we're spending tens of millions of dollars on replay already, to make sure we have the right call on the field.
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We hope to have Chris and Brian next season. We would not have won the division without either one of them.
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We have improved the foundation of this team with young players. It gives you high hopes.
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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.