Bruce Allen Quotes

Matt showed a lot, not only kicking field goals, but in kickoffs.

We do need some new players on this team. We're getting to the situation where if we can have two more good drafts as good as the last two, we'll be OK.

Oh yes. He's a good teammate. I think it worked out well for both. He's absolutely interested in returning.

We hope to have Chris and Brian next season. We would not have won the division without either one of them.

They are individual incidents. But we're part of the same team. It reflects poorly on the team. ... Fortunately, no one's hurt. Hopefully, everyone learns from it.

We are looking forward to using the new CBA parameters to improve our team.

Improve two of those categories, and we'll be good. Improve in three, and we'll be pretty good. Improve in all four, and, we'll, who knows

It's important for this team and where we are at right now that we have that extra insurance policy.

The situation is he's a free agent. He has had interest, he said, from other teams.....Warren is testing the market.

That was absolutely true. We still thought Robbins would be with us.

He was the best quarterback we thought could help us right now. And the fact that he has experience allowed us to look at enough tape ... we feel very comfortable we know what we're getting.

The league moved the deadline back 72 hours so it allows teams and players more time to work with the last capped year calculations and that is what we have been doing (Thursday) and will continue to do this weekend.

There is no reason for him to be out at that time.

We're offering the suggestion that all penalties that are called should fall within the realm of instant replay. We suggest any penalties that are called be subject to review. After reviewing hundreds of plays, we feel it's time to expand on instant replay, since we have a system in place.

The penalty is severe. ... It's 25 of his possible income for the year. He is absolutely going to have a tattoo on him for quite a few years. ... It has a dramatic effect on his career. But he can overcome it by performing well and never again being associated with this.

Michael had one of his best years in many ways, although the fumbles were a great negative to the team. He took it quite personally, and he's done a very good job of working on everything this offseason.

We brought a few players who were free agents. Some of them hadn't been in NFL camps. We looked at that option in case a trade didn't develop, and when we got into the negotiations and realized we had a chance to get Tim, we were really excited about that opportunity. It didn't work out for those players this time, but it's a long season, still.

There's an opportunity for us to win every game this year. Conversely, there's a chance you can lose every game. You don't get Jackson State on your schedule in the NFL. All games are available to win or lose.

There's never going to be a problem with having too many good players. Our goal isn't for Cadillac to have 'X' number of yards and Michael to have 'X' number of yards. Our goal is to win games.

What we're planning is how to get the Buccaneers ready for the midnight Sunday night deadline so that we're ready to call free agents (on Monday).

We feel good we have 46 guys we know we would dress to play the Vikings, ... We just have to see what else is out there. We've gotten about 18 of the teams' cuts right now. We're going to work (Saturday) night making sure we know everybody who's on the wire.

He was the best quarterback we thought could help us right now, ... He's a real good fit for us. And the fact he has experience allowed us to look at tape -- we watched every one of his plays since Monday night -- and we feel very comfortable that we know what we're getting.

We feel he'll be a great fit for our team. He'll come in and be our No. 3 quarterback. It gives us some great insurance and a feeling that we can sleep at night that we have a bona fide NFL starter.

Bill just sent Robbins away for a while. We sent him away from the hotel this morning.

Our goal has been to make sure we could have a team we could build around, to be around these coaches and learn Day 1 from them. That's been the objective. And I think we have the same amount of second-year players on this team as we do first-year players. The process will continue and the nice part of it is there's still the core of those champions here that these young guys can play with.