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Tampa Bay might be interested in acquiring another reciever to increase productivity from that position.
Former Kansas City standout receiver Eddie Kennison is currently on Tampa Bay’s radar. John Hamilton, Kennison’s agent, confirmed the 13-year veteran worked out for Tampa Bay’s coaching staff on Monday. Hamilton also said Kennison, who was hindered by a torn hamstring last season, passed the physical.
“Tampa Bay is one of the clubs we’re talking to right now. It is the only one he agreed to visit,” Hamilton said. “I think he would really love to play for Coach Jon Gruden.”
Kennison, 35, has 548 career receptions for 8,345 yards and 42 touchdowns. He was originally a first round draft pick by the St. Louis Rams in 1996.
However, last season’s injury slowed Kennison, who had only 13 receptions for 101 yards and no touchdowns.
Gruden previously said WR Joey Galloway was Tampa Bay’s only clearcut No.1 receiver and competition for the other spots were wide open.
If Tampa Bay is interested in signing Kennison, it likely will not happen until June 1. On that date, teams can cut a player and the salary cap hit would not apply until the following season.
Posted by KBA, Orlando on 05/22 at 02:24 PM
My concern in picking up Kennison is not the money, it is using a headcount for a guy that is coming off an injury and is 35 when we have other guys.
We could always use the excuse of needing someone as an insurance policy but I really don’t believe we need it. I believe that we have talent in our WR group and we need them to be pushed harder to perform.
This of course if just my opinion. We will find out the true facts once the games are played.
Posted by todd, PSJ, FL. on 05/22 at 02:11 PM
Charles,
We shall find out.
Posted by charles fiske, KC, MO on 05/22 at 01:53 PM
The diffrence between hilliard and eddie is speed. Kennison is alot faster then hilliard. I have wathced kennison for the past 5 yrs here in KC and he is fast and can catch anything around him. But he is also injury prone and gets man handled off the line of scrimage alot. His best plays come off play action when the corners are more worried about the RB and less worried about pressing him. Also Todd, how can you rate Jackson 3rd when he hasn’t even played an NFL game. He has to prove himself to me before I rate him higher then 5th.
Posted by Shawn Golan, Los Angeles, CA on 05/22 at 01:46 PM
My first instinct was exactly what everyone seems to be thinking - “we don’t need another dang veteran receiver!” But, when I stopped to think about it, he could prove useful here. Right now, we’ve got a WR corps made up of a lot of “gambles” and “projects,” with only Galloway and Hilliard as proven targets. What happens of Hilliard/Galloway goes down early in the year? What happens if the young guys/projects don’t perform? We’d be stuck without a reliable 2nd or 3rd option. Kennison is a veteran that has proven to be reliable throughout his career. He’s not a game-breaker, but he does add some insurance. Besides, we’d sign to a 1-year deal for close to the minimum…so no big loss.
Posted by Kyle Smith, Arizona on 05/22 at 12:40 PM
We do not need Kennison. We need to get these young guys experience. I think that a huge reason for the WR issues the Bucs have is a direct result of Richard Mann (the WR coach). Mann is not good at developing young receivers and we need to replace him. Outside of the 1st season that Clayton had, we have not had any young receivers step up….and that is a clear indication that we need better coaching at WR.
Posted by KBA, Orlando on 05/22 at 11:59 AM
Kennison is 35 and coming off a torn hamstring injury. This is helping us how???? In fact, could it hurt the development of younger players by limiting their catches?
We have talent in our current group of WR’s. The coaches need to do a better job of getting them to make an impact.
Posted by stretchcaddy, tampa on 05/22 at 11:15 AM
Their might not be be a big difference between hillard and eddie, but imagine if we had two hillards last year with galloway. Hillard played big for us last year. he’s not fast, but he run great routes and knows how to get open and CATCH. I want to get younger also but if we can get another “productive” wr on this roster for cheap, I am all for it.
Posted by todd, PSJ, FL. on 05/22 at 10:32 AM
If they end up signing Kennison, who’s going to end up heading out the door? My guess is Clayton. My recieving core goes like this right now…
1.Galloway
2.Bryant
3.Jackson
4.Warren
5.Hilliard
6.Stovall
7.Clayton
Somebody will be gone from that group.
Also Kennison is 35yrs old. What are we turning into a nursing home!!!
Posted by Quintin Boston, Illinois on 05/22 at 10:28 AM
He is past his prime… We need to get younger not older at this position. No difference between him and Hilliard…
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Posted by todd, PSJ, FL. on 05/22 at 02:45 PM
Question is: Who do we get rid of if Kennison makes it on the team? We are not going to take 8 WRs out of our 53 that is suppose to be on the team. Only 6 of them are probly going to make it.