Oh, Hey, There Was An OTA Yesterday

In between all the shit coming out of Chris Simms's maw and Jeff Garcia's retirement waffle and the holdouts and Satan-in-a-visor visiting the team, I almost forgot that guys did some work yesterday, too.

Michael Clayton is still looking better than he has in a couple years. He's catching everything.

Jerramy Stevens is smooth and fast. I'm not sure what got into him when he was dropping all those balls for Seattle, but he's a reliable endzone target and a nice route runner. The Bucs may actually keep four tight ends on the roster. Bad news for the potential sixth receiver, whoever it might be.

Speaking of receivers, it must have been Dexter Jackson's injury that made him look like shit during the rookie minicamp. He's looking a whole lot better now. Faster and better hands.

Michael Bennett is running back kickoffs. He could be very dangerous in the open field behind a wedge.

All running backs motioned out to a wide receiver position at one point or another. Jon Gruden intends to cause confusion by putting two running backs out and motioning one out to make some nice mismatches.

Luke McCown was on fire. Brien Griese, not so much. Some nice throws, but if the roster was to be made tomorrow, I'd bet McCown would be #2. Griese was actually intercepted by a defensive lineman (didn't find out which one) at the goal line.

Starting defensive line hasn't changed: Kevin Carter, Jovan Haye, Chris Hovan, Gaines Adams. Maybe it's his new diet, but Adams appears to be much faster and more fluid than he was at this time last year.

Aqib Talib started, but only because Ronde Barber wasn't practicing. Talib looked very good -- smart and quick with his decision making.

That's about all I heard. There should be much more detailed reports coming out of the minicamp next week.