Bucs Will Work To Keep Buchanon

General manager of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Mark Dominik has outlined a very specific approach to free agency -- focus on retaining as many of your good players as possible.

It sounds simplistic, but Dominik began putting that practice to use Thursday by meeting with the agents for receiver Michael Clayton, safety Jermaine Phillips and others.

Dominik said he also plans to meet with Drew Rosenhaus, the agent for cornerback Phillip Buchanon, later this week. The Bucs still have about a dozen players who will become either unrestricted or restricted free agents when the signing period begins Feb. 27.

"I spent today meeting with the agents of our players trying to see if we can figure anything out,'' Dominik said. "We have 12 unrestricted and restrictred free agents. So I spent today trying to talk to as many agents as I can in one-on-one meetings trying to see if there's a common ground that makes sense to bring them back. That's our goal first.''

(bucnews.com)