The Buccaneers' defense rebounded last year and returned to the dominant unit that has been the team's identity over recent years. How did they do it? A lot of hard work.

There are more rumors and smoke screens in the final days leading up to the draft than at any point in the year. Here are some examples from the past.

The regular season bye weeks are over and it is officially time to defend the top of a division, make a push to the playoffs, or take a look at a few young players to get ready for 2008.

Rex Grossman came off the bench Sunday and led Chicago to a win -- providing the Bears, for the moment, with what several teams usually search for at this time of the year: a spark.

Rotowire.com's Ted Rossman discusses all the fantasy implications of injuries to Dwight Freeney and Sean Taylor in this week's edition of the IDP focus.

Will Marvin Harrison start in Week 7? We have the answer plus all the inactives for tonight's important Indianapolis-Jacksonville clash at ALLTEL Stadium.

J.P. Losman, Peerless Price, Anthony Henry and Terry Glenn are the top inactives for Monday night's battle between Dallas and Buffalo.

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Giants DE Umenyiora says Strahan threat to retire serious; team starts fining no-show Strahan

Giants consider signing DE Simeon Rice with Strahan holding out

Young's arm highlight as Titans open training camp

Bucs release Simeon Rice. Adams reports to training camp; Plummer not joining him

The Bucs were able to sign the highest pick yet in the draft, and that wasn't all the team did on a busy opening day of training camp.