One of the novelties of the NFL is that occasionally the small school player emerges to make a huge impact. Jerry Rice out of Mississippi Valley State. Terrell Owens out of Chattanooga. Ray Rice out of Rutgers (before Greg Schiano turned the program all the way around). Show More Summary
Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Greg Schiano said of cornerback Darrelle Revis playing Week 1 of the 2013 NFL season: 'That's the plan.'
Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Greg Schiano and six members of his coaching staff will reportedly be visiting with Bill Belichick and the Patriots coaching staff in Foxboro next week.
Bill Belichick and Greg Schiano are old pals. But they’re taking that relationship to the next level, even beyond Belichick’s compulsion for drafting Schiano’s old Rutgers recruits. According to Don Banks of SI.com, the two will bring parts of their coaching staffs together next week at the Patriots facility to discuss coaching topics. The fact…
Darrelle Revis will be roaming the Tampa Bay Buccaneers secondary in 2013. Greg Schiano's team struggled mightily season defending the pass in 2012, and Revis' presence could be the catalyst for a major defensive culture change. Let's grade the Buccaneers' decision to swing a trade for the elite cornerback. Begin Slideshow
Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis has landed in Tampa, multiple media outlets reported on Sunday. Also, we have an interesting nugget from Roy Cummings of the Tampa Tribune: Buccaneers head coach Greg Schiano was to pick up Revis at the Tampa International Jet Center, a corporate-jet facility operating near Tampa International Airport. “Right out of the Childress…
Word out of New Jersey is that Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis is ahead of schedule in his rehab from a torn ACL, which is good news for any team looking to acquire the corner in an expected trade that sends Revis Island to new waters. The Buccaneers either comprise the list of teams looking to…
When it comes to Greg Schiano, the coach, there are few things more important to him than trust. After all, he made it a point during his introductory press conference last year to acquaint Tampa Bay Buccaneers fans with the acronymShow More Summary
Sure, Buccaneers coach Greg Schiano at one point refused to mention the name of cornerback Darrelle Revis, for fear of crossing the league’s ever-amorphous tampering line. Other than that, the Bucs haven’t been bashful about their interest in one of the top defensive talents in the game. It’s an open secret in league and media…
When 49ers offensive tackle Anthony Davis played at Rutgers, his coach was current Buccaneers head coach Greg Schiano. The two of them didn’t always see eye to eye. And so today when Davis signed a five-year, $37.3 million contract extension with the 49ers, he decided to take a little shot at Schiano to celebrate. In…
The Buccaneers and Bengals free-agent running Brian Leonard have come to terms on a one-year deal, agent Mike McCartney said Monday. Leonard will play again for head coach Greg Schiano, who was his collegiate coach at Rutgers. The 29-year-old back rushed for 106 yards on 33 carries in 2012 for Cincinnati. He also caught 11 passes for…
Once Dashon Goldson chartered the private plane to Tampa Bay to pick up his $41.25 million lottery ticket from Greg Schiano, he left some big shoes to fill in the Bay Area (via NFL.com). With the anticipated loss of the All-Pro safety, the San Francisco 49ers began scheduling visits with safeties quite early on in the free agent process. Show More Summary
The Buccaneers struggled last year on defense, especially in the secondary. And, as Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times explains it, coach Greg Schiano takes that personally. Schiano got his NFL start as the defensive backs coach in Chicago, but in his first year as a head coach Schiano’s team nearly set the league…
On Wednesday morning, Buccaneers coach Greg Schiano opted to give Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis the Voldemort treatment. Later in the day, Tampa G.M. Mark Dominik was slightly less careful. Appearing with Tim Ryan and Pat Kirwan on SiriusXM NFL Radio, Dominik was asked whether Revis is on the trade market. “I don’t know if he…
Greg Schiano isn’t going to suddenly turn into Raheem Morris. But the coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers admitted he’s going to change a bit as he heads into his second season. “I think the biggest thing is we’ve established the culture of how we do things,’’ Schiano said Wednesday at the NFL owners meeting. Show More Summary
Da'Quan Bowers has 4.5 sacks in his first two NFL seasons, but coach Greg Schiano is expecting much more in 2013. Speaking to the media at the NFL owners meeting Wednesday, Schiano said he expects Bowers to reach double digits in sacks. “He has to,’’ Schiano said. It may seem like Schiano is putting a lot of pressure on Bowers. Show More Summary
As the signs continue to point to the Bucs trying to trade for Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis, the Buccaneers wisely aren’t talking. Coach Greg Schiano addressed the situation on Wednesday with NFL Network, after the Bucs introduced new safety Dashon Goldson. “Everything’s a possibility,” Schiano said (via ESPNNewYork.com), “but we’re not allowed to talk about…
The Ronde Barber situation isn’t one the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are going to bungle. They’ve stepped out in front, saying they want the defensive back to return for a 17th season. “Coach [Greg] Schiano and I met with Ronde this past week...Show More Summary
Buccaneers coach Greg Schiano’s comments about quarterback Josh Freeman just after the end of the season led some to wonder if the team considered Freeman to be the long-term answer at the position. Schiano clarified his comments about wanting competition at quarterback during a press conference at the combine, but there was still a need…
When Greg Schiano became the head coach in Tampa, he talked a lot about establishing a new culture around the Buccaneers. That culture included a lot of new rules and regulations for the players, leading to some reports of chafing from players as the year progressed. Schiano said Friday that there will still be discipline…