Jovan Haye signs

Defensive tackle Jovan Haye, as expected, has signed his one-year restricted free agent tender after he and the Bucs failed to come to terms on a long-term deal.

Haye was tendered at a level that required first-round pick compensation, so his corresponding salary is $2.09-million.

The starter at under tackle last season Haye tallied six sacks and 97 tackles, the most among the team's defensive linemen. He also registered four fumble recoveries.

Comments

[First]

First to post, thats great news

[Quentin]

Haye will receive his extension at some point during the season if his play warrants it. Out of all the players who are trying to get new deals, Haye looks to be in the best position. He's young, he'll already be making decent money for his position this year, and he'll have complete freedom to either re-sign or hit the market by year's end.

"Second to post!!!!" Man I'm cool! Idiots...

On a more pertinent note, I like Hayes. I am glad that he is back.

[DR]

Stephen, how much money do you think Goodell ponied up to Walsh to keep his mouth shut about the walk through tapes? It IS in the league's best interest as a whole to keep this type of scandal under wraps.

[Stephen_Holder]

I don't know DR, but this is certainly a nightmare for the league. After watching those tapes this morning, I can definitely see how they would be a huge help. Walsh was taping the signal, then would point the camera at the scoreboard to record the down and distance then, finally, the play. You can determine a whole lot using that information, particularly against division opponents who you see twice a year.

[Stephen Blackehart]

This might be Thomas Jones all over again. Sure, there's a chance that Haye completely tanks from here on out, but I think that's a small chance. If, however, he has another good year (as I think he will), he'd be an idiot to sign an extension during the season. He'll then be in a position to demand big money, and will probably find some moronic team out there willing to drastically overpay.

I'm sure there's a median-level contract we could offer that would keep him here for at least a few years.

We'd better hope Dre Moore pans out really well for us.

[b]

Had to chuckle at the guy who called others 'idiots' and then said, "On a more pertinent note, I like Hayes." Hey genius, it's 'Haye'.

[Quentin]

Maybe he was talking about Geno, who's back now that OTA's have begun.

[Lee]

No, I meant Haye, just made a mistake. Too, I called them "idiots" because it is obvious they are the first to post. It is very annoying. But as for me, people make grammatical mistakes from time to time. For instance, you, B, do not say "it's." You say "its." There is no apostrophe. If I am an idiot, then so are you based on your own argument. Are you still chuckling?

On another note, I do like Hayes! I am somewhat of a FSU fan and like the similarities he has with Brooks (although Brooks will certainly never be replaced). Go Bucs!

[Tim]

Not to turn this into an English class, Lee, but "b" was right. It's refers to "it is", as in "it is Haye". For what "it's" worth, I'm glad Haye is back too. We need all the help we can get up the middle.

[Jesse]

This is silly, but Lee, for what it's worth, Tim is right. The apostrophe is present when it's a contraction of "it is" or "it has" (which is the case above). Only when "its" is possessive is the apostrophe absent. Just wanted to clear that up for the future use for all you bloggers that will read this weird conversation.

Getting back to the article though, Haye is welcome back in my book. I look forward to him creating havoc once more!

[George]

Jesse,
Thanks for stealing my thunder on the distinction between "its" and "it's"... :)

[Last]

I may not be First or 1st to post, i could care less if its it's or it is. i'm not being paid to spell check before posting, just my 2 cents

"Idiots"

[Tim]

I would have to agree with the last guy.

[Stephen_Holder]

I know this has nothing to do with football, but I'm soooo glad to see some of you addressing grammar and spelling around here. I'm proud of you. Way to hold people to a higher standard. Blogs/message boards/instant messaging are going to be the death of our society. We've (me included) become so dumb because of the lack of emphasis on the basics of language. I know my math skills have certainly deteriorated because who needs to do long division when you have a calculator on your PDA? The same applies for English because no one uses it in its proper form anymore. Anyone else read the story in our paper a few weeks back in which teachers were complaining kids are using text-messaging shortcuts in their essays? That's bad news, folks. As for Lee, I'll say this: yeah, the whole first to post thing is pretty juvenile. But that's okay. We welcome readers of all ages!

[Last]

Last to post

[B]

Hey Lee, I really enjoyed the grammar lesson. For future reference, an easy way to remember the distinction between "it's" and "its" is to think of other possessive pronouns like 'his' and 'hers'. As with these pronouns, the possessive 'it' does not have an apostrophe.

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