Running back Cadillac Williams will be free to sign with any team he wishes once the lockout ends, but if the seventh-year veteran has his way he’ll be back with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Freeman leading Bucs workouts “Tampa is a very special place for me,” Williams said via The Tampa Tribune on Tuesday. “This is the team that drafted me.

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By ANWAR RICHARDSON | The Tampa Tribune Published: May 31, 2011 Updated: May 31, 2011 – 12:24 PM TAMPA – Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Cadillac Williams does not know what his future holds, but hopes he can remain with his current team.

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Read More: Aqib Talib (CB – TAM) Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback Aqib Talib was indicted by a Texas grand jury Friday on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. Talib allegedly shot at his sister’s boyfriend and tried to hit him with a handgun on March 21 in Garland, Texas — just outside of Dallas. He turned himself in March 30 and posted the $25,000 bond, according to the Tampa Tribune

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By Stephen F. Holder, Times Staff Writer In Print: Sunday, May 29, 2011 Tight end Kellen Winslow is working out this offseason, not rehabilitating after a knee surgery. [DANIEL WALLACE | Times] TAMPA — During a conversation last week with Bucs TE Kellen Winslow , talk turned to this being a rare offseason in which he hasn’t undergone knee surgery.

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When veteran center Jeff Faine caught wind of criticism from Bucs fans and bloggers decrying his absence from the player-only workouts he earlier mocked, he wrote an open letter to the St. Petersburg Times vowing to attend upcoming practices. “I don’t typically respond to blogs but I found it necessary to respond to a recent post when my dedication to my team and the quality of my character as a captain was questioned,” Faine wrote.

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