Former Buc Round-Up

Does the name Harold Bishop mean anything to you? He was a tight end drafted by the Buccaneers in the third round in 1994. He made such a good impression that he was traded to the Browns in 1995. For a 1996 second round pick! Say what you want about Rich McKay (and I often do), the guy knows how to pull off a good trade. Who did the Bucs take with this newly acquired second round pick? Mike Alstott. A third-round bust was traded for the most popular player in franchise history. What became of Bishop? He's currently coaching youth football in Alabama, which is admirable and why I'm foregoing any more obvious jokes at his expense.

On the other side of the country, Keyshawn Johnson is opening a Panera Bread. Is there any possible way Keyshawn can make this rather mundane business venture somehow pretentious and douchy?

Johnson plans to be in attendance for the by-invitation-only ribbon-cutting and reception scheduled to take place tonight.

An exclusive ceremony to open a subpar franchise deli? Bravo, Keyshawn.

The next stop in my unintended tour of official team sites with nothing to say this time of year was Steelers.com. They did a "Where Are They Now?" thing with Ted Petersen, an offensive lineman who was with the Steelers from 1977-1983 (despite the fact that the official team site says he was there since 1973. He wasn't. Did I mention this was the official team site?) When asked what the best game of his career was, he says it was the 1983 game against the Buccaneers when he did all right against Lee Roy Selmon.

It was in 1983 and we were playing the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and I had a pretty good game against Lee Roy Selmon. He is now in the Hall of Fame. He was an All-Pro defensive end. We had been watching film the week before we were playing them and he just destroyed people. I am trying to prepare hard and was nervous about it. It turned out my preparation was well spent because I had a pretty good game against him. One other thing that made that special was we shared the same agent and I had heard about him before that a lot.

Kind of cool to see that a two-time Super Bowl winner gauges his best career game against Selmon, and an older Selmon at that.