80 Quotes by Bruce Allen

He was the best quarterback we thought could help us right now. And the fact that he has experience allowed us to look at enough tape ... we feel very comfortable we know what we're getting.

He wanted to be a Buccaneer, and we want him to be a Buccaneer. In just a few days of conversations, we were able to reach an agreement with him, and it cleared up room so that we can sign some of our own players back and go out into free agency.

He didn't have to stand up, ... He's not the reason we lost to the Jets.

It cleared up room so that we can sign of our own players back and go out into free agency. Because Derrick is interested in getting another ring.

Our goal has been to make sure we could have a team we could build around, to be around these coaches and learn Day 1 from them. That's been the objective. And I think we have the same amount of second-year players on this team as we do first-year players. The process will continue and the nice part of it is there's still the core of those champions here that these young guys can play with.

Really, we're in no different position than we have been, although we made a lot of progress.

Really, what took place is he missed so much of training camp,

Michael had one of his best years in many ways, although the fumbles were a great negative to the team. He took it quite personally, and he's done a very good job of working on everything this offseason.

We feel he'll be a great fit for our team. He'll come in and be our No. 3 quarterback. It gives us some great insurance and a feeling that we can sleep at night that we have a bona fide NFL starter.