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The buzzwords for the Buccaneers lately are young, ascending talent. Starting Sunday at Cincinnati, Tampa Bay might take a look at some new faces in new places. The list includes RBs LeGarrette Blount and Kareem Huggins, DE Michael Bennett, WR Preston Parker and Regis Benn.
The Bucs know they have to eliminate the big plays in the passing game, particularly when facing the double threat of Chad Ochocinco and Terrell Owens. The problem is they appear poorly equipped to do that with a mostly young secondary. Rookie Cody Grimm, a seventh-round pick from Virginia Tech, is making his second start at free safety in place of Tanard Jackson, who was suspended indefinitely for violating the league's substance-abuse policy. He gave up a long TD to the Steelers' Mike Wallace in his first start two weeks ago.
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With Shipley out for Sunday's game against Tampa Bay, Caldwell will move back to the slot receiver spot. He has seen limited action this year in four-receiver sets but saw extensive playing time during the fourth quarter of last Sunday's game against Cleveland when Shipley suffered a concussion.
"It's been frustrating going from being in so much to having limited snaps," said Caldwell, who has four catches for 23 yards. "We had a lot more four-wide packages (the last two weeks). I'll probably have a bigger role this week and show that I'm ready to play. Here's an opportunity to show the coaches that I'm a guy to depend on."
Expect the Bengals to try and open up the run game a little bit more as they try to work through a recent trend of slow starts. On defense, the Bengals will try to bring plenty of pressure packages to try and confuse Bucs second-year QB Josh Freeman.
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