Tampa Bay Buccaneers

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers play in the Southern Division of the NFC in the National Football League. They play their home games at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. Since joining the NFL in 1976, they have played in one Super Bowl. In early 2003 they defeated the Oakland Raiders 48-21 to win Super Bowl XXXVII.

Defensive backs coach Raheem Morris was named the new head coach of the Buccaneers on January 17, 2009. This comes just one day after the team announced the firings of head coach Jon Gruden and general manager Bruce Allen.ESPN.com: Bucs Fire Coach, General Manager Six members of Gruden's staff were later fired as well.ESPN.com: Bucs Fire Six Assistant Coaches

After a disappointing 3 win season in 2009, the Bucs look to improve through the upcoming draft. They have the third pick this year. The glaring needs are a pass rushing defensive lineman and a big play wide receiver. There is a great deal of talk about what stategy the Bucs will employ with that early pick. Will they trade up to take the dominant linemen from Nebraska Ndamukong Suh? Will they trade down to accumulate picks and upgrade their overall talent level? What will the Bucs do, if anything in Free Agency?

The Bucs have not made the Free Agent splash that fans are looking for so far this year. As expected, WR Antonio Bryant was not resigned, he has since left for the Cincinnati Bengals. That leaves an even bigger hole at that position. The Bucs look like they are grasping at straws, taking a chance on the underperforming Reggie Brown. The Bucs traded a 6th round pick in the 2011 draft to the Philidelphia Eagles for Brown. The wide out has caught only 27 balls and one touchdown in the last two season for the Eagles and fell to fifth on the depth chart.

This signing has been met with much skepticism from fans. The addition of another mediocre wide receiver has done little to address the Bucs glaring need for talented playmakers at this position.

The Bucs signed Free Agent Safety Sean Jones, formerly of the Philadelphia Eagles. Jones started 9 games for the Eagles last year and was a solid contributor. This is a nice upgrade for the Bucs at Safety where they had some issues last year. Jones is a good pass defender, good in run support, and has the reputation of being a hard hitter.

After a disappointing 3 win season in 2009, the Bucs look to improve through the upcoming draft. They have the third pick this year. The glaring needs are a pass rushing defensive lineman and a big play wide receiver.

The Bucs covered there two big needs with a solid draft. They picked up two excellent defensive tackles with their first two picks Gerald McCoy and Brian Price. And added two wide receivers with a great deal of potential Arrelious Benn and Mike Williams. All four of these picks should see significant playing time in their first seasons. The Bucs hope this talented rookie class, along with the late season momentum built last year can right the ship and put the team in position to make a playoff run.

• 1976: Joined the NFL
• 1976: Completed their inaugural season with a 0-14 record
• 1977: Moved to the NFL Central Division
• 1979: Lost first playoff appearance to the Los Angeles Rams in the NFC Championship
• 2000: Lost to St. Louis Rams in NFC Championship Game
• 2002: Moved to the NFC South Division
• 2003: Won Super Bowl XXXVII over the Oakland Raiders

• Lee Roy Selmon
• Derrick Brooks
• John Lynch
• Warrick Dunn
• Earnest Graham
• Ronde Barber
• Warren Sapp
• Ricky Bell

• 1976: Inaugural season results in a winless season

• 1979: from worst to first - Bucs surprise everyone by winning NFC Central title

• 2000: Lost to St. Louis Rams in controversial NFC Championship Game

• 2002: Jon Gruden named Head Coach

• 2003: Defeated Oakland Raiders to win Super Bowl XXXVII

• 2009: Jon Gruden fired as head coach