Report: Plax reached out to Ward, interested in Bucs

According to this story in the today's St. Pete Times, Raheem Morris (pictured) said after the team's first day of mandatory minicamp on Tuesday that Plaxico Burress is interested in playing for the Bucs this season.
Morris said that Burress reached out to his former Giants teammate Derrick Ward, who signed a free agent deal with Tampa Bay this offseason, and receiver Antonio Bryant, who is Plax's good friend.
Clearly there are many hurdles for Burress to clear before he sniffs the field, but each side is at least throwing out its feelers.
Said Morris: "He's a great player. Any time you get a chance to add a great player to your team, you definitely have got to have some sort of interest. We don't know what's going on with his legal problems, we don't know what's going on with the suspensions in the league. Until we get all that stuff resolved, it's not even worth talking about.
"He contacted those guys [Ward and Bryant] and showed an interest himself."
The addition of Plax would give whoever starts at QB for the Bucs (either Byron Leftwich or rookie Josh Freeman) a nice group of skill position players to work with. In addition to Burress and Bryant, Tampa Bay also has Michael Clayton at receiver, new addition Kellen Winslow at tight end, and Ward, Earnest Graham, and Cadillac Williams in the backfield.
-Chris Mascaro
(Photo by Chris O'Meara/AP)




