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The Bucs have placed defensive end Charles Bennett on the Injured Reserve List. He only played in 3 games and only made 2 tackles as a rookie. The Bucs had hoped that Bennett would be able to stay healthy and show some improvement on the field but that will have to wait until next year.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have released DE Simeon Rice which shows how cold the NFL really is. He failed a physical because of the condition of his shoulder which was operated on in the off-season. Rice played in 8 games last year for the Bucs and he made 18 tackles, had 2 sacks, defensed 2 passes and forced 4 fumbles. Rice will go down as one of the best defensive players in Bucs history. He played 6 seasons in Tampa Bay and he played in 87 games for them. In those 87 games, Rice made 242 tackles, had 69.5 sacks, 4 interceptions, defensed 33 passes, forced 25 fumbles and recovered a fumble that he returned for a TD. Gaines Adams (the Bucs first round pick) will be under big pressure to provide a pass rush from Day #1.
The NFL has suspended CB Torrie Cox for the first 4 games of the 2007 season after he violated the NFL’s substance abuse policy. This will hurt the Bucs a little bit as Cox is a very important special teams player. He played in all 16 games for the Bucs last season and he made 30 tackles, defensed 3 passes and recovered 1 fumble. He also returned 18 kickoffs for 387 yards (21.5 avg).