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Tom Jones' Two Cents on sports

Times Staff, tampabay.com

By Tom Jones, Times Sports Writer Saturday, January 5, 2013 There are no shortage of reasons over at One Buc Place for why the Bucs missed the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season.There were injuries. There were suspensions. There was the most logi…

Times Staff, tampabay.com

By Rick Stroud, Times Staff Writer Saturday, January 5, 2013 TAMPAThe Bucs will not discuss extending Josh Freeman's contract in the off-season. That means his rookie deal will expire after 2013. If he plays great, the team will use its franchise tag on…

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

When Buccaneers cornerback Eric Wright recently returned from a suspension and faced a fairly aggressive grilling from the local media without a lifeline from the team’s P.R. department, the speculation commenced that the Bucs have decided to move on fr…