SR's QUICK OBSERVATIONS FROM MINI-CAMP TODAY

[PewterReportSR]

• The media only got 30 minutes to watch mini-camp, but Greg Schiano is a take-charge, no-nonsense, business-oriented, up-tempo coach.

• Schiano yelled at the Bucs: "Football is a game of details and it starts here." He keeps stressing "details" - even during stretching. It was the most detailed stretching period I have ever seen in my 17 years covering the Bucs.

• The Bucs had 5 try-out guys: RB Robert Hughes, S Ron Girault, DT Landon Cohen, DT Ayanga Okpokowuruk and FB/TE Richard Kay.

• An interesting lineup on first-team defense ... Quincy Black at MLB with Mason Foster at OLB with Adam Hayward. Cody Grimm and Ronde Barber lining up at safety spots.

• All of the big-name players were in attendance, including TE Kellen Winslow, DT Gerald McCoy, DT Brian Price, FS Cody Grimm, RB LeGarrette Blount and CB Aqib Talib.

• Bucs DT EJ Wilson appears to be the only player in attendance not participating. He was on IR last year.

• Kicker Connor Barth, the team's franchise player, was not at practice today.

Half of the media's 30-minute observation time consisted of the players stretching and doing warm-ups and another 5 minutes was spent doing special teams. We were not allowed to watch any offense vs. defense scrimmaging.

Stay tuned to PewterReport.com for more on Tuesday's mini-camp, which will be the only practice that is open to the media to view any parts of this week.

[BucBalla85]

Yea buddy... Buc Ball is back!!

[bradentonian]

DT Ayanga Okpokowuruk

Best jersey ever?

[BucBalla85]

lol I hope he makes the team.

[magicbuc]

I think we can assume we will have a new middle linebacker after the draft.

[BucNY]

I think we can assume we will have a new middle linebacker after the draft.

Or it's a last ditch effort to find some place where Quincy can be tolerable.

[BucBalla85]

I think we can assume we will have a new middle linebacker after the draft.

Or it's a last ditch effort to find some place where Quincy can be tolerable.

Agree BucNY. I think they want to see if he can play there. They are paying him big money.

[mtnman]

DT Ayanga Okpokowuruk

Best jersey ever?

I thought Okpokowuruk was a DE...he doesn't have enough lead in his britches to play DT does he?

[mtnman]

Hughes is a big runner out of N.D. goes close to 240lbs undrafted I believe, Chicagoland guy.

[Freddy]

Interesting lineup. Black at MLB? Hopefully he can learn that position and be a decent backup there, lol.

[usmc-buc]

Barth can't participate until/if he signs his Franchise tender.

[tatmanfish]

Interesting lineup. Black at MLB? Hopefully he can learn that position and be a decent backup there, lol.

I can only hope they are cross-training him to allow him to backup more than one spot.

[BucBalla85]

Interesting lineup. Black at MLB? Hopefully he can learn that position and be a decent backup there, lol.

I can only hope they are cross-training him to allow him to backup more than one spot.

Im hoping that he somehow turns into the LB we signed him to be. The power of Schiano I guess. Longshot though.

[Freddy]

Interesting lineup. Black at MLB? Hopefully he can learn that position and be a decent backup there, lol.

I can only hope they are cross-training him to allow him to backup more than one spot.

Im hoping that he somehow turns into the LB we signed him to be. The power of Schiano I guess. Longshot though.

That would be a miracle. And cause a few on here to have a stroke. Both good things IMHO.

[Spoolios]

I've felt like the Bucs liked the linebackers currently on the roster (and possibly what they project to draft) more than what was available in free agency. I don't think they think it's as big of a need spot as most of the fans do. My gut feeling has been that they like Quincy Black more as the player they think he will be in a different scheme, with different coaches and on a team that hasn't mailed it in than the Quincy Black you saw for much of last season.

That's only speculation, though. I wouldn't be surprised to see the Bucs starts Black, David, Foster and bring in bring in Hayward as a multi-purpose backup.