In what feels like a somewhat bizarre contract extension, Preston Parker has nailed down a non-guaranteed $1 million deal for the 2013 season, per NFL.com.

Parker gets $50,000 to sign on the dotted line now but next year is not guaranteed. After this season, Parker’s third in the league, he would have been in line to become an old fashioned restricted free agent. And he likely could have scored more than $1 million if he had a good season in 2012.

Parker was due to earn $540,000 in non-guaranteed base salary as an exclusive rights free agent this season. As part of the extension, Parker received a $50,000 signing bonus (the only portion of the contract that is guaranteed) and is scheduled to earn $1 million in base salary in 2013.

 From a business standpoint, Joe’s not quite sure why Parker made the deal unless he was really itching for the $50,000 up front. On second thought, Joe takes that back. Joe would do almost anything for a $50,000 check.

As Joe sweats like zoo animal at the Bucs OTA practice today, Joe thought he’d share this stray nugget from manbeast Bucs guard Carl Nicks, who Twittered out his reaction to being named to the Top-100 Players of 2012 by his fellow players recently.

Nicks checked in after his All-Pro 2011 season at No. 76 in the NFL, but that was down from his ranking last year. It seems Nicks took this as a wake up call rather than an opportunity to complain or pat himself on the back.

@bigbrickhouse77 – Man.. It’s an honor to be on top 100 but I dropped like 25 slots!… I guess I got to step my game up!

Joe loves the attitude. And one of the few happy offseason thoughts for Joe is imagining LeGarrette Blount and Doug Martin pounding the rock behind Nicks and Davin Joseph and Jeremy Zuttah, a definite upgrade from Jeff Faine.

If Greg Schiano resurrecting the ’72 Dolphins offense works, Joe won’t have to worry much about the shaky Bucs defense. It will rarely be seen on the field.

Joe’s quick to praise and quote two of his favorite analysts, former NFL scout, assistant coach and personnel executive Pat Kirwan, and Tim Ryan, co-hosts of Movin’ The Chains on SiriusXM NFL Radio. But this time Joe must call them out.

Kirwan and Ryan opened their show Monday barking that rockstar general manager Mark Dominik wouldn’t be able to find a taker for Kellen Winslow. “Nobody’s trading for that contract,” Ryan said.

Kirwan agreed and both were certain Winslow would be cut and negotiate a less lucrative contract with multiple teams that would want his services.

Well, obviously, Ryan and Kirwan were proven wrong only hours later when Winslow was traded by Dominik to Seattle for a 2013 pick. BSPN reported it’s a conditional pick, a seventh- or sixth-rounder depending on Winslow’s performance for the Seahawks.

Joe’s not surprised by the demand for Winslow. Knee injuries aside, guys that catch balls, get a defense’s attention and play every Sunday are always in demand unless they are total cancers.

Ryan and Kirwan, who for years have visited the Bucs and most other NFL teams training camps, called Winslow one of the fiercest competitors in practice in the entire NFL. But that wasn’t enough for the New Schiano Order. Winslow is not “Buccaneer Men” material.

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Bucs rock star general manager Mark Dominik wants to emulate the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Green Bay Packers, annual solid teams if not Super Bowl winners whose rosters are all but totally comprised of players the team drafted or players picked up walking the streets.

It’s a laudable goal to obtain. That’s largely how the Bucs of the 1990s were built.

To do this, one needs to hit on quite a few draft picks.

So far, three years after the 2009 draft, with one exception, that draft is pretty much a washout.

After the trade of Kellen Winslow last night, who Dominik acquired with a second and fifth round pick, Joe decided to go back and see how Dominik’s first draft as Bucs general manager has played out.

It’s not pretty. Aside from first round pick Josh Freeman, there was not a consistent starter selected that year.

1. Josh Freeman, QB.
2. (Traded for Winslow)
3. Roy Miller, DT, who has never been much of a factor and is a bubble player this offseason.
4. Sackless Kyle Moore, DE, cut by the Bucs last year, still searching for his first NFL sack.
5. Xavier Fulton, OL, no longer with the Bucs.
7. Fan favorite E.J. Biggers, CB. After a decent 2010, he was terrible last year. Perhaps with a good coach this year he may improve?
7. Sammie Stroughter, WR. Good guy, decent wide receiver but injury-plagued through his first three seasons and with the addition of free agent Vincent Jackson, may be on the bubble as well.

At least by trading a second round pick for Winslow, Dominik got much, much more out of a second-round pick than Chucky ever did (think the bad Dexter Jackson and Sabby the Goat).

Pretty big news day yesterday for Bucs fans, and for Joe. Kellen Winslow announced in the morning his days with the Bucs were done and, just as hottie anchor Heather Van Nest was saying goodnight to viewers as the 11 p.m. WTSP-TV newscast signed off, Winslow was traded to Seattle.

Lots of commenters on this site cited all sorts of reasons for Winslow’s sudden departure, from his seemingly indifferent attitude about offseason team workouts to his run-ins with fans during games, to his past as a “soldier” and his salary were cited.

But here’s another element that may have played a major factor. First, some background.

Earlier this offseason, former Giants wide receiver Amani Toomer, now a fill-in host on SiriusXM NFL Radio, spoke about the development of quarterback Eli Manning. One of Manning and Toomer’s offensive teammates was tight end Jeremy Shockey. The former Canes star and college teammate of Winslow took advantage of Manning during the Giants quarterback’s first few years in the league, so Toomer detailed, bullying him after virtually every play in the huddle.

Toomer spoke how Shockey constantly demanded Manning get him the ball. Shockey, naturally, was open on each play, so he told Manning, game after game, week after week.

In short, Shockey was in Manning’s head, and it greatly affected his play. It wasn’t until late in the 2007 season, Toomer said, that Manning began to turn the corner, becoming one of the NFL’s better signal-callers. No small reason, said Toomer, was Shockey was on the sidelines with a broken leg.

The Giants parted ways with Shockey after Manning led the Giants to an improbably postseason run, capped by an upset win over the then-undefeated Patriots in the Super Bowl.

With Shockey no longer intimidating Manning, Toomer said, Manning become one of the game’s elite quarterbacks. Toomer had stated that had Shockey stayed with the Giants, Toomer was certain Manning would have eventually melted down mentally.

Who was the Giants wide receiver coach during this period? Mike Sullivan, the Bucs current offensive coordinator.

Fast forward to 2011, specifically a mind-numbing awful Bucs season. How many times, in how many games, did we see Bucs quarterback Josh Freeman force passes to Winslow? Did a game go by that Freeman didn’t try to force a pass to Winslow when he was blanketed by an opposing defender, if not two, sometimes even three?

Then there was the ugly spat on the sidelines, caught by FOX TV cameras during the home game against the Saints, of Freeman and Winslow jawing at one another.

While no one at One Buc Palace has spoken about this in public, Joe’s of the belief that, like Shockey did with Manning, Winslow was in Freeman’s head last season, thus, was stunting Freeman’s development.

Hence, the departure of Winslow. Don’t dismiss the very real possibility that Sullivan didn’t want to deal with a repeat of what he had to tolerate in New York, with a star tight end bullying a promising young quarterback.

As the Bucs are wont to say, “It’s all about No. 5.”

Well, that didn’t take long.

Less than a day after Bucs tight end Kellen Winslow announced to America (and beyond) on SiriusXM NFL Radio that his days with the Bucs are done, Winslow has been shipped back to the west coast where he is now a member of the Seattle Seahawks.

The Bucs announced the move by way of Twitter tonight. The Bucs will receive a draft pick in return from Seattle but the pick was not specified.

Also, the Bucs confirmed that Dallas Clark is indeed a member of Bucs family.

UPDATE:  12:44 a.m. – ESPN is reporting the Bucs received a conditional pick, a seventh-rounder that can become a sixth-rounder based on Winslow’s performance in Seattle.

Earlier today, NFL.com’s Jeff Darlington stated that his sources within the walls of One Buc Palace claimed the Bucs would sign tight end Dallas Clark within 24 hours.

Apparently, the clock has struck.

NFL insider and SiriusXM NFL Radio weekend host Howard Balzer has Twittered that indeed the deal is done and the Bucs have inked Clark.

@HBalzer721 Buccaneers have signed former Colts TE Dallas Clark.

Now Kellen Winslow, as of 6 p.m. eastern daylight time, is still on the Bucs roster. However, this may soon change.

Interesting last night Joe received a Twitter message from a reader who claimed he was on a flight from Indianapolis to Tampa that arrived at Tampa International at 7 p.m. Sunday night. Said reader claimed he spoke with Clark on that flight and that Clark was to meet with the Bucs.

Joe couldn’t confirm the story last night, but with Winslow breaking news of his Bucs days ending this morning, it all added up.

Earlier today after Kellen Winslow broke the news of his demise with the Bucs on SiriusXM NFL Radio, station co-hosts of “The Blitz,” Adam Schein and Rich Gannon, discussed the move by Bucs coach Greg Schiano.

Gannon, as part of his duties as a game analyst for CBS Sports, got to watch Bucs  practices up close and personal and previously has made no secret he was appalled by how loose, slacking and undisciplined Bucs practices were, so he repeated today.

“Guys were sitting on their helmets!” Gannon gasped. It was practices, or lack of them, that Gannon believed led in part to Schiano washing his hands of Winslow.

Because of Winslow’s gimpy knees, then-coach Raheem Morris often gave Winslow practices off. Part of the rationale for this was that due to the wear and tear of an NFL season, Winslow wouldn’t have been able to finish a season on his knees without regular rest.

This, Gannon believes, did more harm than good and actually set a bad example. Gannon wondered aloud how a player could be expected to be sharp and focused for a game when said player regularly sat out practices.

This premise was reinforced in the ugliest of ugly Bucs games last year when, to wrap up the season in Week 17, there was a pass play where Winslow blew up teammate Kregg Lumpkin coming out of the backfield because Winslow missed an assignment and ran a wrong pass route.

Joe wondered at the time how in the world a starting player could run a wrong pass route in the last game of the season? To believe Gannon, lax practices or players not practicing at all was the root of the Bucs evil.

It was also a priorty for Schiano to clean up such a mess. When Winslow was spotted spinning discs in Vegas but somehow couldn’t find the time a few days later to attend an OTA session (yet Brian Price, with a death in the family, found a way to be here), that was likely the last straw for Schiano.

In this New Schiano Order, it is clear: If you are not with the team, then you won’t be on the team.

Joe hopes Dezmon Briscoe understands this. Quickly.

What do Mohammed Massaquoi, Andy Levitre, David Veikune, LeSean McCoy, Phil Loadholt, William Moore, Fili Moala, Paul Kruger, Sebastian Vollmer, Sherrod Martin, William Beatty, Sean Smith, Sen’Derrick Marks, Cody Brown and Richard Quinn have in common?

All were drafted in the second round of the 2009 NFL Draft, and they all could have been taken with the Bucs’ 50th overall pick that was traded to the Browns for Kellen Winslow, who is no longer wanted at One Buc Palace.

So did rockstar general manager Mark Dominik screwup the trade that brought in Winslow?

Hindsight is so easy. A Bucs fan could look at LeSean McCoy’s name on this list and bang his head against the wall repeatedly.

However, the Bucs needed Winslow when they got him and he produced for three years straight and didn’t miss a game. Joe and any sane Bucs fan can make a good case that a reliable target like the Winslow of 2009 and 2010 absolutely was critical to Josh Freeman’s development. That same development Bucs fans are banking on in 2012.

Winslow was the go-to guy for Freeman in those two seasons, when Freeman had a winning record as a starter and emerged as the face of the franchise. Freeman isn’t the player he is today without Winslow’s influence.

But no one will find Joe standing on a rooftop praising Dominik for the Winslow deal. Back in pre-Winslow 2009, Joe pounded the drum repeatedly for the Bucs to trade for Tony Gonzalez for a second around pick, who the Falcons eventually snagged via trade with the Chiefs with that same second-round pick. Gonzalez has been flat out more productive than Winslow and is still going strong for Atlanta.

How will history evaluate the Winslow acquisition — and today’s news of his local demise? That’s to be determined.

But at this point Joe can’t call Winslow’s Tampa Bay history unsuccessful.

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Well. It’s one thing under the New Schiano Order not to work out with the team in the offseason, but perhaps it’s quite another to flaunt your absence in public.

Last week the Bucs held an OTA, and Kellen Winslow, along with Brian Price and Dezmon Briscoe were not to be found.

Price was hospitalized and unavailable. Briscoe, well, Joe will get into that maybe tomorrow. Winslow was being Winslow, what he usually did each offseason: working out in California.

But a week prior to the Bucs’ first OTA, Winslow found the time to fly to Las Vegas to DJ at the Hard Rock, per NFL.com’s Adam Rank.

“It was great,” Winslow said. “It was everything I thought it would be. I messed up on one song, but I don’t think anybody noticed.”

Winslow doesn’t have any future gigs lined up, but he would like to DJ after his playing days are done and eventually move on to producer.

Winslow started with hip-hop when he first started spinning seven years ago, going with performers such as 50 Cent, Nas, DMX, Ludacris and Busta Rhymes. Now he specializes in trance, techno and house music. But Winslow admits that he likes all kind of music. He admits 90 percent of the stuff he listens to is house, techno and trance, but as for the other 10 percent he enjoys Foo Fighters, Blink 182, Daughtry and Creed.

Color Joe not surprised. Since this was on NFL.com, Joe is sure new Bucs coach Greg Schiano got wind of this. And combine the fact Winslow couldn’t find the time to come to Tampa to work out with this teammates but found the time to go to Las Vegas to spin tunes, Schiano, like he did with Tanard Jackson, figured if you don’t want to be with the team, then you don’t need to be on the team.

Adam “Cosmic” Schein has seen enough.

The FOXSports.com NFL analyst and mercurial co-host of The Blitz on SiriusXM NFL Radio with Rich Gannon was gushing today about the New Schiano World Order, including the new-order spirit behind the jettisoning of Kellen Winslow. And Schein bellowed loud and proud that he believes “the Bucs will win 9 or 10 games” in 2012.

Remember, Mike Mayock insits the Bucs are a playoff team. But Warren Sapp says the Bucs won’t even “contend.”

Joe suspects predictions for the 2012 Bucs will continue to be all over the map. Nobody knows what to remotely expect from Mike Sullivan or Greg Schiano, let alone Josh Freeman, Doug Martin, Ronde Barber at safety, Gerald McCoy, Brian Price, Aqib Talib and others.

The Bucs have more question marks than a census survey.

This morning, Kellen Winslow rocked the Tampa Bay community by informing “The Opening Drive” co-hosts Ross Tucker and Andrew Bogusch, heard exclusively on SiriusXM NFL Radio, that the Bucs informed him over the weekend his days with the Bucs are done.

The good people of SiriusXM NFL Radio have been replaying the interview periodically since it first aired. In fact, a portion of the interview was uploaded to the SiriusXM NFL Radio Facebook page.

Here is the portion of the interview where Winslow informed Tucker and Bogusch that he is, in a sense, a tight end without a team.

Say what you want about Kellen Winslow, but the guy showed up to play every Sunday with his surgically repaired knees and was productive.

Can Bucs fans argue with his toughness? Ultimately, the guy didn’t miss a snap in three seasons.

Yeah, Winslow was allowed to sit out loads of practices and was hardly the most willing blocker, and had some seemingly selfish on-field moments. But Joe almost has to wonder whether that was, in part, a result of the previous coaching staff’s attitude and leadership.

Apparently, Greg Schiano didn’t think Winslow could be transformed into one of his “Buccaneer Men.”

Joe’s hardly crying because of Winslow’s Tampa demise; he’s arguably the worst starting tight end in the NFC South. But Joe knows the Bucs need to make up Winslow’s production and the threat he gave some defenses, and it’s always a challenge to replace a productive guy that plays every Sunday.

Rumored replacment Dallas Clark has missed 16 games over the past two seasons.

Kellen Winslow’s stunning revelation that he has played his last snap with the Bucs was shocking enough heard exclusively on SiriusXM NFL Radio this morning.

But add to that Winslow inferred that the Bucs double-crossed him, in particular new Bucs coach Greg Schiano.

Winslow, appearing on “The Opening Drive” with co-hosts Ross Tucker and Andrew Bogusch, claimed he was blindsided when the Bucs informed him Saturday he would not be with the Bucs.

Winslow said Schiano told him he was “his guy” and that the Bucs did not have a problem with him being in away from last week’s OTAs.

In fact, Winslow said, he was at minicamp last month and clearly was in town preparing to participate in this week’s OTAs.

Winslow said the problems with the Bucs arose because he was not working out with the team full-time in the offseason, per Bogusch’s Twitter feed.

After the interview, Tucker wasn’t buying totally what Winslow was selling. Tucker pointed out that Winslow admitted the Bucs tried to trade him in the offseason.

“It can’t be just about not working out with the team in the offseason if he was there twice and the Bucs tried to trade him back in February,” Tucker said. “There’s got to be another reason than just the offseason workouts missed.”

Tucker speculated that Winslow’s gimpy knees were likely the reason Winslow’s days as a Bucs tight end are over.

Dallas Clark could be the replacement

Bucs tight end Kellen Winslow appeared this morning on SiriusXM NFL Radio’s “Opening Drive” with Ross Tucker and Andrew Bogusch and was told he is no longer welcome with the Bucs.

Ironically, per SiriusXM NFL Radio, he was in Tampa this weekend to participate in the Bucs OTAs this week when he was told by the Bucs Saturday morning his Tampa days are done.

Bogusch documented on his Twitter feed what Winslow explained initially, saying the Bucs were angry he was not in Tampa working out with the team.

Winslow claimed the Bucs told him the team was good with him not coming into Tampa for workouts until he was told this morning of his Buccaneers demise.

Winslow also confirmed the Bears were interested in trading for him during the offseason.

BSPN’s Adam Schefter claims, via Twitter, the Bucs will make a move on Dallas Clark to replace him.

Joe is of the belief that Clark is in Tampa as Joe types. Last night a reader of Joe’s claimed Clark was on the same flight from Indianapolis to Tampa that landed at Tampa International last night at 7 p.m. The reader claimed he spoke with Clark who did not know if he would sign with the Bucs.

Joe must stress he could not confirm the reader’s story. Given what happened this morning with Winslow and the reader’s story last night, it adds up.

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How giddy is Bucs rookie running back Doug Martin now that he is in the NFL? Martin gathered to show off his Bucs threads and dance floor moves with other rookies recently during a photo shoot at the Rose Bowl. Joe wonders what number Martin is performing, “The Muscle Hamster?”

When a drafted rookie wears the number of a veteran free agent who has yet to sign a contract with his team, that’s usually a sign said veteran’s days with the club are done.

That looks to be the case this year with fan favorite Earnest Graham, as rookie Michael Smith, who the Bucs are already calling their version of Darren Sproles, is wearing Graham’s old No. 34.

Joe pointed this out during the rookie mini-camp and quite a few fans savaged Joe for thinking such a thought.

Well now, it’s not just Joe reporting this news. Now Pat Yasinskas of ESPN believes Graham has played his last snap for the Bucs, so he suggested in a recent NFC South chat.

Nathan (Orange County)
Is it time to say farewell to earnest Graham? I think so.

Pat Yasinskas
Think that already has been done. He’s not under contract with Bucs and I think it’s obvious they’ve moved on. If healthy, Earnest probably could still get a job elsewhere in NFL.

That’s the problem though, Graham probably isn’t healthy.

First, Graham is an old man by running back standards. He’s 32. Then throw in he’s coming off of an Achilles injury, that’s not good for anyone much less a senior citizen running back.

Joe thinks the world of Earnest Graham. The consummate professional. Sadly, Father Time rests for no one.

Joe’s written about how the previous Bucs regime captained by rockstar general manager Mark Dominik and Raheem Morris liked to talk about how the team had enough veteran leadership in place because ex-players like Keith Millard, Eric Yarber and Alex Van Pelt were position coaches.

Joe never really bought that theory (a coach is not a teammate and never will be), and leadership seemed to be a key issue in the historic collapse of 2011, which led to the heinous 10-game losing streak the Bucs are riding.

So Joe is encouraged by the words of Dominik regarding the effect of Vincent Jackson, as quoted in the Tampa Bay Times today.

“It’s not just (making) big plays in practice,” general manager Mark Dominik said. “It’s his leadership and the style he practices and the way he really helps the younger players and continues to show the ropes and do everything the right way. Vincent Jackson has been a consummate professional from the first day we signed him.”

A “show-the-ropes” veteran for a young corps, what a beautiful thing.

Sure, high-energy new wide receivers coach P.J. Fleck was a 49ers’ receiver for a couple of seasons, but he can’t replicate the impact of an accomplished guy like Jackson sharing knowledge and setting an example for the Bucs’ young receivers. Goodness, ask Mike Williams about how much blocking icon Michael Clayton meant to him in 2010. Clayton was around busting his butt and mentoring all through the 2010 offseason, training camp and preseason.

So on that note, Joe wants to call on Dominik to give his young running backs a “show-the-ropes” veteran, too.

Joe thinks LeGarrette Blount, Michael Smith, Moissis Madu and Doug Martin would seriously benefit from it through the offseason and training camp. And keeping said veteran on the roster wouldn’t hurt either, especially for a team that wants to run the ball like the 1972 Dolphins.

Yeah, you can’t develop a young player with an old veteran taking his spot on the roster, but you also can’t duplicate the impact of a Ryan Grant-type or any accomplished veteran with a good work ethic. 

Earlier this week, Pat Kirwan, of CBS Sports and NFL Radio, called Grant a steal of a free-agent value. Joe can’t see any harm in the Bucs bringing him in. They can always cut him.

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