A lot of compensatory picks were handed out, but none to the Bucs. And actually, the picks handed out in the third and fourth rounds will push the Bucs back in the fourth and fifth rounds by a total of nine picks. What would suck is if Bruce Allen legitimately thought that someone he wanted in the fifth round wouldn't be available by his slot and he didn't have a seventh rounder to throw at some team to move up a couple notches because he pissed it away on the Jake Plummer gamble. But what are the odds of that happening?

The NFL just released the list of compensatory picks in next month's draft, but the Bucs did not receive any.

While 15 other teams will benefit from 32 compensatory picks, Tampa Bay did not meet the standard under the league's formula.

The formula, developed by the NFL's Management Council, stipulates that teams losing more or better free agents than they acquire in a given year are eligible to receive compensatory picks between the third and seventh rounds. The formula is based on salary, playing time and postseason honors.

Ran into Jon Gruden this afternoon and the coach spoke for the first time about Chiefs coach Herm Edwards apparent implication last week that the Bucs were overzealous in their efforts to sign center Jeff Faine.

Edwards said the Chiefs played by the rules, waiting until the start of free agency to approach Faine, indicating he felt the Bucs did not.

With 6 quarterbacks on the roster already, the Bucs appear to be cleaning up the market. Good news for any quarterback on waivers, bad news for us Bucs fans. Although these are just high school kids, this story proves that Jon Gruden is quarterback crazy.

The Bucs held a clinic for high school quarterbacks at One Buc Place today. About 50 area quarterbacks came in for the free clinic. The high schoolers watched film, worked on mechanics, and threw to Bucs receivers Chad Lucas and Micheal Spurlock, among others.

I've set up shop here at The Breakers in Palm Beach, where I feel really underdressed in the company of so many billionaires.

Ran into Bryan and Joel Glazer this morning in between sessions. We'll be talking at length with Joel later on.

Also expect to see Jon Gruden in a little bit. We'll update you on whatever he has to share.

Every few months, some paper somewhere will cover Michael Husted's company, iPlayers.net. I first wrote about it a couple years ago but kind of ignored it after that because nothing new was being reported. Now it looks like things have really gone well for him.

If I asked you to name which former Buccaneer linebacker was arrested and tasered yesterday for throwing a crackpipe at a police officer, how many guesses would you need? Here's a hint: He was arrested last month on other drug-related charges, leading several Buccaneer fans to exclaim, "I thought he was dead already."