NFL Preseason 2010: Tampa Bay Buccaneers Find Preseason Controversy

It took all summer but the Tampa Bay Buccaneers finally have themselves some good old-fashioned controversy making its way through the halls of One Buc Palace.

First and foremost, former starting strong safety Sabby Piscitelli is crying foul. He says the fix is in and coach Raheem Morris is the "fixer."

According to Piscitelli, there never was a competition between him and newly-named starter Sean Jones.

"I don't think it was ever a competition," is how Piscitelli put it to the media members who listened to him. "That's just my opinion. I just don't think it was a competition, that's all I'm saying."

To put it in everyday terms, Sabby's mad, bamboozled, pissed, whatever you care to label it.

Okay, next item:

Derrick Ward is overweight, out of shape.

Another observation by "Rah," your second-year head coach—and Raheem could be on to something here.

Ward insists that he hasn't been "huffing and puffing" this summer. He certainly hasn't been huffing and puffing during the games. He hasn't run very often or very effectively, and it's hard to get winded drinking water on the sidelines.

So the Buccaneers will head into Saturday's home practice game with the Jacksonville Jaguars with at least two disgruntled players and a lot of disinterested fans.

Last week's contest against Kansas City was played in front of what looked like 40,000 empty seats.

They'll black out Saturday's game, no television, and that's hardly something to lose sleep about. After all, there's no Josh Freeman—just a scrambling Josh Johnson.

But this is the dress rehearsal for the opener. That's the approach every team takes.

For the Buccaneers, Morris can see who he wants to keep come cutdown day.

Sadly, it already looks like the Glazers have cut half the fanbase.