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If the Saints wants to go that route thay can sell Rice on the revenge factor, he would be able to face the Bucs twice to show them that they made a mistake releasing him. Not to mention the chance of a Superbowl appearance wpuld be something to think about.

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Posted by David J. Warner

Looks like the Tampa Bay Buccaneers were a little more excited about signing Gaines Adams than we realized:

As training camps begin, a surprise name has suddenly been added to the open market.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Thursday released Pro Bowl defensive end Simeon Rice, FOXSports.com has learned. In a meeting between Rice and Tampa management, the team asked the 12th-year player out of Illinois to take a pay cut. When Rice refused, the team released him.

That's some rough treatment for a guy who averaged 13.5 sacks for the Bucs between 2001 and 2005 and made the Pro Bowl twice in that span. Sure, he's 32 years old now, and injuries kept him out of the lineup much of last season, but was that any reason to let him go now? Did team owner Malcolm Glazer decide he needed that cash to pay off some of that massive Manchester United debt or something?
Even if he has lost a step, Rice has been too successful in recent years for someone not to take a chance on him. Perhaps his former defensive line coach, Rod Marinelli, will come calling soon. I doubt that Rice's career is over after this.

"The more I think about this the more I'm interested in seeing him in a the Black & Gold. Just think about it; he would be in a rotation, him, Grant, and Smith would be fresher, therefore more dominant in the fourth quarter."

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