Buccaneers

After recently departing the front office of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Doug Williams has now found a new home. On Tuesday it was announced that Williams will serve as the general manger of United Football league’s new expansion team in Norfolk, Va.

"For me, it'd be a blessing," Williams, MVP of Super Bowl XXII with the Washington Redskins, told the Newport News' Daily Press. "The only thing I'd ask for is for the community to come and support their team."

Former Indianapolis Colts defensive tackle Ed Johnson has signed with the Carolina Panthers as he adds depth to the team’s defensive line with his potential and size.

Johnson, who started all 16 NFL regular season games in the 2007 season [his rookie year] was an undrafted player coming out of Penn State. He also played under current Colts defensive coordinator Ron Meeks so the coach is aware of the potential and energy Johnson brings to the team for next season.

The Seattle Seahawks organization is under scrutiny from all areas, because it was mentioned that they did not honor the Rooney Rule by interviewing a minority for their head coaching job before making a decision.

Speaking after new coach Pete Carroll was introduced, Seahawks’ chief executive Tod Leiweke said he offered the team’s president position to Tony Dungy.

Though the sad news that Chris Henry died following the accident when he fell the back of a truck, it has been announced that Warrick Dunn is a minority owner with the Atlanta Falcons.

Dunn, a former Falcons running back, who retired following the 2008 NFL season, has invested in a piece of the team that he played six seasons with.

Though Dunn started his career with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, it seems he has a relationship with the owner of the Falcons Arthur Blank more than he does with the Glazer family and the Buccaneers organization.

According to ESPN.com, Notre Dame quarterback Jimmy Clausen will forgo his senior season in college as he is expected to enter the 2010 NFL Draft as the player mentioned that he is following former coach Charlie Weis’ advice. It has been reported that his fellow Notre Dame team mate and wide receiver Golden Tate will declare for the draft as well.

When the Tennessee Titans were 0-3 to start the NFL season, many pundits were shocked and asked head coach Jeff Fisher to make a quarterback switch from the older Kerry Collins to the franchise player Vince Young. The coach did not think it was necessary to push panic button for a team that made the postseason the year before.

Now Fisher says Young is a different person compared to the quarterback he benched last season with the team currently riding a three-game winning streak.

He once played for the Washington Redskins, a team currently 2-5 in the NFC East, and is now holding a personnel executive position with the Tampa Buccaneers, but Doug Williams best known for his Super XXII MVP performance against the Denver Broncos, should be brought in by Washington as their general manager since the position is vacant currently.

The Redskins are a shadow of themselves at the moment. The organization looks in shambles and there is a need for a change not only at the coaching position, but also to bring in someone respectable in to the front office spot as well.

As the Tampa Bay Buccaneers head to London’s prestigious Wembley Stadium to play the New England Patriots in one of NFL’s proposals to spread the game abroad, Buccaneers return specialist Clifton Smith mentioned to the media that Carolina Panthers defensive back Dante Wesley called him to apologize for the hit which resulted in the NFL suspending Wesley.

Most media outlet reported the hit by Wesley on Smith and also the subsequent suspension by the league, but most have not mentioned the latest on the story which is Wesley apology via phone to Smith.

According to sources, Linebacker Vinny Ciurciu has signed a one-year contract with the Detroit Lions.

Ciurciu was in training camp with the New England Patriots this season but was released just short of making the 53 man roster.

Previously, Ciurciu had played with the Minnesota Vikings, Carolina Panthers, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

When the Tennessee Titans were 0-3 to start the season, everyone asked that head coach Jeff Fisher should make the switch from veteran quarterback Kerry Collins to the franchise player Vince Young, his back up.

It was not a strange request, because Fisher had done it before in 2006 when the Titans had started the season 0-3 then too, as he went from Collins to Young. The problem then was it was orders from above as owner Bud Adams wanted the then rookie Young leading the franchise and had logical reasons for his requests.