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Bucs May Be Closing In On RB Bennett

Posted Oct 15, 2007 by Roy Cummings

Updated Oct 15, 2007 at 10:46 PM

TAMPA – The Bucs may have found the running back they’ve been looking for in Kansas City.

Word out of that town late Monday was that the Bucs were working a deal that would bring Michael Bennett to Tampa. Details of the trade, which would have to be completed by 4 p.m. today, were uncertain.

For Bennett, however, a backup who has run the ball just 20 times for 52 yards this year, the Bucs would probably be asked to surrender nothing more than a second-day draft pick.

Such a move would bolster the Bucs corps of running backs. It would give them a veteran back who has the ability to run the ball and catch passes out of the backfield.

The Bucs have been on the lookout for a back since Cadillac Williams and Michael Pittman went down with injuries, leaving the Bucs to start their third-string tailback and third-string fullback.

The Bucs signed veteran Zack Crockett and former Buc Lionel Gates last week to fill the void at the position but vowed to keep looking for upgrades, primarily at tailback.

Any search the Bucs have begun will have to end today at 4 p.m. as that is the deadline for trades to be consummated this season. The report on Bennett comes one day after the Bucs were limited to just 30 yards rushing in a 13-10 victory over the Tennessee Titans at Raymond James Stadium.

In the last two weeks the Bucs have produced just 47 rushing yards, the fewest in the league over that stretch.