Tampa Bay is cleaning house, And decided the Buccaneers needed a direction. And for the first time since the 1994 season, that direction won’t involve linebacker's Derrick Brooks, Cato June running back Warrick Dunn or wide receiver's Ike Hilliard and Joey Galloway.
       Tampa and Carolina ran the NFC south last season, with Tampa only one game behind Carolina. Tampa has the team to beat, but when it rain's it pours. And that is what happened to Tampa last season...    So is cutting these five key players a good idea?  Tampa was a very strong opponent and without these five players, Will they be the last team in the NFC south this season?  Brooks was the Bucs’ first-round draft pick in 1995 out of Florida State and immediately made an impact. He played in all 16 games as a rookie and started every game for Tampa Bay from 1996 to 2008. He was selected to 11 Pro Bowls and, in the 2002 season, helped the Bucs win their first Super Bowl championship while being selected the AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year.

 
Joey Galloway  and Warrick Dunn are as much household names as Chevrolet and apple pie!!    So is the direction in which the Bucc's are wanting to go south?
When you release five very special people within the organization, Are you asking for trouble?  Only way we will know for sure, is too wait till next season and see what happens. As for the player that have been released, hopefully they will find their way to another team and continue to prosper. The future for the Bucc's is very questionable and we wish them all the best also.
     But releasing these well known key players could also be a stab in the back,  Warrick has played six of his twelve professional years with the Bucc's. So surely he known how the team plays as a whole, not someone you would want to have to face in a playoff game persay. Galloway on the other hand may not be such a threat, since he just finished his 14th season. Still if someone who is a Bucc's rival was to get him on their team, he might be a weapon to deal with.
     Tampa has a tough division as it is, but without these key players they might have a little more trouble winning games. Or maybe with these players, their rivals might have the upper hand on defeating them. Either way it could spell death to the Bucc's.

Going into the game Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Carolina Panthers were tied (9 -3). Tampa was sitting pretty on top of the NFC  south division.
    Carolina was the first to score. They drove down field but had to settle with a field goal in the first quarter. In the second quarter Tampa came back with a long drive to also be stop and had to settle with a field goal to tie (3-3). Moments later the Panthers wound up in Tampa's red zone, but the Buccaneers couldn't stop that drive which allowed Carolina to get a touchdown and advance the lead (10 - 3) at halftime.  

   The third quarter came and Tampa seemed to finally step up their game plan,scoring two touchdowns in the third. Panthers also scored another touchdown as well, leaving the game tied going into the fourth quarter.
  

It's in the fourth quarter where Tampa really bucc'ed up !!!!  and allowed the Panthers to score three touchdowns in the fourth. Tampa did get a touchdown as well but missed the extra point. And in the final three moments of the game was the Heart breaker for Tampa Bay. DeAngelo Williams ran right through Tampa's defense and got a 36 yard touchdown to finish out the night .The Panthers won the game with the final score at (38-23).
  

Tampa Bay came into the game as divisional leader, but left as second and the Panthers took their place once again on top. The Panthers proved tonight that this could very easily be the best team in their history. With only three games left in regular season play, the Panthers could once again wind up at the Superbowl. Who knows they might even win if they continue to play as well as they have, only time will tell.