Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Bernie Madoff, and a Wacky Bye Week

Even when they don't play, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are being "dogged."

Seven straight losses will do that.

The latest came from WDAE radio talk show host Dan Sileo, who now looks like a total buffoon.

Sileo came on the air earlier this week during his morning talk show and threw out the incredible statement that through his "inside credible sources" he believed that the Glazer family, owners of the Buccaneers, had lost $400-$450 million in the Bernie Madoff ponzi scheme and that they were in desperate straits and would need to sell the Buccaneers.

The normally quiet Glazers were hot, real hot.

"100 percent false. We never invested one penny with Bernie Madoff," came an official statement from Joel Glazer, fired off through the official Buccaneer pipeline.

This one really set things on fire.

You see, WDAE is the flagship station for Buccaneer game radio broadcasts and thus is a "partner" of the team.

Sileo, who played at the University of Miami then had a less-than-successful short career in the NFL, was suspended by the station.

The station then quickly issued a mea culpa, please forgive this buffoon apology to the Glazers:

"...Dan Sileo made some statements that were factually inaccurate. We sincerely apologize for these statements and hereby issue a full retraction."

Zowie.

Could be the end of Danny boy's gig with WDAE.

Another WDAE talk show host, Steve Duemig, spoke on his Friday show and declared that some players in the Buccaneer locker room are "a cancer."

Duemig further said: "They need to get rid of those players."

Duemig said there are players who are "breaking the rules and they're still playing."

Most curious.

Could this team be totally falling apart from within?

Has Raheem Morris lost control?

Has the front office lost control?

The players are off on a four-day weekend. Time for them to think about their performance or lack thereof and time for Raheem Morris to take a long hard look at himself and perhaps wonder that by taking this head coaching job with the Buccaneers, might he have bit off more than he can chew?

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