Healed Paris Warren to re-sign

The last memory most people have of Paris Warren was the gruesome image of him dislocating his ankle in the Bucs' final preseason game last fall, an injury that ended his season and turned our stomachs.

Warren was poised to make the team before the injury and might have contributed in 2007. But he'll get the chance to mount a comeback with the Bucs this fall, as the team has agreed to bring back the exclusive rights free agent. That's not big news because once a team makes at least a minimum-salary offer to an exclusive rights free agent, the player is prohibited from negotiating with any other club. Warren hasn't signed the deal yet, but will once he returns to town.

What is more newsworthy is what Warren just shared with us: the fact that he is fully recovered from that ugly injury. Warren, who is currently spending time in his native Sacramento, said he is close to getting back to his old self.

"I'm doing good," he said. "I'm done with rehab. I'm just working on strengthening right now."

Warren said he plans to participate in the team's conditioning program beginning next month in Tampa and predicts that he'll be a participant in offseason practices which begin after the draft.

"I'm ready to go," he said. "I wouldn't want to be anywhere else."

Bringing Warren back was expected, but it's still a good move by the Bucs. This team needs all the competition it can get at receiver, and you can expect that they'll be working hard to address the position whether through free agency or the draft.

Comments

[Rob]

Great news as the jury is still out on Clayton, Stovall, and Joey and Ike getting older. Paris showed a ton of promise during last year's preseason. Let's hope he is this year's Ernest Graham.

[vince]

Good for him.

Stephen -- any word on Bucs interest in Coleman, Crumpler or Smith?

[John P]

Cnnsi has the Bucs slated to draft Manningham in the first round - any word on whether they'd be willing to go that this year?

I like Jackson at Cal by the way, if they had a way to get him.

[Dwayne]

Guys i live in sacramento and ive seen parris 3 times and hes ready to go hes walkin just fine every time he sees me he ask to see my tampa bay tatoo because he shocked that such a die hard fan is out in sacramento

[aaron]

coming out of the draft i always thought that Paris Warren had more pro potential than the other two wr's taken by tampa in that draft, Brackins and Russell. i was happy to see him start to get going last year. hopefully this year he will make the team and contribute. his only knock is that he doesnt have the breakaway speed and we seem to have a long jam of wr's like that ike, stovall, clayton...

[DR]

They don't need a break away speed type guy, they need a WR who can run consistent crisp routes and get open and make big plays. They won a Super Bowl without a "breakaway WR" type guy. They have WR's who make lame attempts to break up errant passes by the QB in big time situations. They need a clutch WR.

[JJ]

Glad to see him back!! Very impressive in the preseason!