Bucs cut Derrick Ward

The Tampa Buccaneers have released RB Derrick Ward. It’s a little mind boggling considering they signed him to a four-year, $17 million contract last year, but he looks like he’s running on the beach right now.

This means that Cadillac Williams is now clearly “the guy” in Tampa and should slide up fantasy draft boards. It also means that Kareem Huggins will be Cadillac’s change-of-pace back to start the season.

Ward clearly owes much of that contract to his offensive line in New York. He looked great in 2008, but he was also running behind an absolute machine. Tampa apparently didn’t look at the tape.