Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ Veterans Eye Potential Replacements

May 14, 2010   ·   Tom Edrington   ·   Jump to comments

Ah, the boys are back in town.
So are the men that they want to replace.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers begin their push towards training camp in July with the first of a series of those wonderful OTAs, that's NFL language for practice sessions, when the team gathers on Monday.
The three-day sweat fest (May 17-19) brings in the heralded draft class, and the just-out-of-college boys who will now eyeball the existing veteran players during this full-team work session.
Things will get faster and more demanding.
After this week's get-cozy love-fest with the always-optimistic Raheem Morris, three more OTAs will be held June 1-3, 7-10, and 14-17 at the expansive, royally-decked out One Buccaneer Place.
A mini-camp on June 21-23 will then be the final warmup—make that "sweatup"—before camp opens in late July.
One veteran fans won't see is Donald Penn. He is among the disturbed Buc veterans who cannot secure a contract extension.
Penn was arguably ...

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