Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Secret Workout, Rams Like Caddy and Other Lockout Tidbits

No mini-camp.

No rookie camp.

No great Raheem Morrisisms.

No nothing.

Are you concerned yet?

As this NFL lockout nonsense picks up steam as the steamy summer approaches, looking for good news is like hoping for Tampa July temperatures to peak at 70 degrees.

Simply not happening, folks.

Good news is there are secret workouts, somewhere, being overseen by Josh Freeman and that's the good news.  The bad news is that the only one who has seen them is ESPN's Pat Yasinkas and he was glad to give an update after throwing around the weight of that 10-million pound gorilla of the sports world, the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network.

Perhaps it was something like: "Let our guy in, Josh, or there will never be another Buccaneer highlight on ESPN, ever."

Josh Freeman:  "Really?"

ESPN:  "Yes, really, Josh. and it will be ALL YOUR FAULT!"

Thus we get a report from Yasinkas who tells us all is well.  There have been as many as 20 guys, but it was pretty vague otherwise.

The Dallas Cowboys have had as many as 45 players, all veterans, no rookies.

That's what hurts the Bucs, rookies can't show up at these things, they have no contract and most have no insurance yet.

The word is, of the guys that have been working with Freeman, Kellen Winslow, Arrelious Benn and Sammie Stroughter have looked great.

Word also is that Freeman is looking for Mike Williams. And why shouldn't he? He looks for Mike Williams downfield during games, so why not look for him now.

NOTE TO MIKE WILLIAMS:  Show up, because Josh Freeman said so.

Of those industrious Bucs working with Freeman, no word if Cadillac Williams is one of them.

But ProFootballTalk.com does tell us that those yucky St. Louis Rams may be making goo-goo eyes at Cadillac.

Good news is that Caddy is very loyal to this club. It's hard to say if the Rams would be willing to shell out huge dollars for a guy with two bad knees.

Speaking of bad, this lockout nonsense is so bad that the NFL cancelled the Rookie Symposium. That's the little gathering where they try and get the guys informed, tell them how they need to make good decisions and trot out a few retired players who went spent all their money and went broke.

It's the place where Aqib Talib started a fight. The first sign of things to come. Which brings us to a Talib update. The grand jury was supposed to meet on May 18, but it was moved to May 25, which is Wednesday.

Which brings us to the end of this latest Lockout Episode.

Anyone out there seen Josh Freeman?

Better yet, anyone know where he can find Mike Williams?