The Buccaneers endured the worst collapse in the NFL in 15 years, going 9-3 before losing four straight to end the season and miss the playoffs.

It was the second straight 9-7 season for coach Jon Gruden, who has now failed to reach the postseason four times in the past six years. He also hasn’t won a playoff game since Super Bowl XXXVII.

Gruden’s offense during his seven-year stint in Tampa Bay ranks 25th in scoring.

Yet, there is no sign that the Glazer family, which owns the Bucs, has any intention of making a drastic move involving Gruden or general manager Bruce Allen, who signed extensions through 2011 at the end of the 2007 season.

Gruden is pinning the four-game losing streak on injuries, and to some extent, the announcement by defensive…

Change is underway with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers ‘ coaching staff, as assistant head coach Larry Coyer and the…

The Buccaneers endured the worst collapse in the NFL in 15 years, going 9-3 before losing four straight to end the season and miss the playoffs.

It was the second straight 9-7 season for coach Jon Gruden, who has now failed to reach the postseason four times in the past six years. He also hasn’t won a playoff game since Super Bowl XXXVII.

Gruden’s offense during his seven-year stint in Tampa Bay ranks 25th in scoring.

Yet, there is no sign that the Glazer family, which owns the Bucs, has any intention of making a drastic move involving Gruden or general manager Bruce Allen, who signed extensions through 2011 at the end of the 2007 season.

Gruden is pinning the four-game losing streak on injuries, and to some extent, the announcement by defensive…

TAMPA — Coach Jon Gruden stepped to the podium Monday morning for the postmortem of his 2008 season.

The grim look on Jon Gruden’s face spoke for all of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. A day after completing an 0-for-December collapse that kept them out of the playoffs, the coach and his players were still struggling to explain why their season fell apart after a promising start. Gruden made several references to injuries, conceded for the first time that the impending departure of longtime defensive…

TAMPA — Michael Clayton spoke in hushed tones as he dressed at his locker for the final time in 2008.

Warrick Dunn stared straight ahead, searching for words to explain how the Tampa Bay Buccaneers let a promising season slip away with a December swoon that left them out of the playoffs. “There’s disbelief. There’s shock. There’s emotions, I’m sure, that I can’t really describe,” the veteran running back said Sunday after the team’s fourth consecutive loss, 31-24 to the Oakland Raiders, completed…

TAMPA — Jon Gruden was a successful coach in Oakland, winning 40 games over four years before leaving in the middle of a February 2002 night in a trade that sent him to Tampa Bay for two first-round draft picks, two second-rounders and $8million.

TAMPA — Jon Gruden called secondary coach Raheem Morris into his office Christmas Eve and presented his popular young assistant with an early gift.