According to Adam Caplan of Sirius XM NFL Radio, the Buccaneers have indeed signed former Colts tight end Dallas Clark, filling the roster hole that will be left when the Buccaneers are able to orchestrate a trade ridding themselves of tight end Kellen Winslow.

Source confirms the #Buccaneers did sign veteran TE Dallas Clark earlier today. Move was turn into the NFL's personnel office.

— Adam Caplan (@caplannfl) May 21, 2012

Clark spent all of his 9 seasons in the NFL with the Indianapolis Colts as their best receiving tight end. Clark's best season came in 2009 when he caught 100 passes for 1,106 yards and 10 touchdowns. Since that season, Clark has missed significant playing time in 2010 and 2011 due to injury. With the Colts beginning a complete roster overhaul, it just didn't make sense to keep Clark around.

It's still unclear why the Buccaneers are trying to trade Winslow, but they are certainly moving quickly to move him out of town and put this series of moves behind them. Bringing in Clark will fill the receiving gap that Winslow leaves as he departs Tampa Bay, but Dallas Clark is not a blocking tight end, and his blocking ability, or lack thereof, was on full display in the Colts anemic offense last season. Replacing Winslow with Clark doesn't seem like an equal trade off, and I can't help but wonder why the Buccaneers feel it's the right direction for their team right now.

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With Rex Ryan making his acting debut in Adam Sandler’s newest movie and Eli Manning recently joining hosting SNL, these two join a long list of famous football names who have hit the screen.

There have been times when football stars have looked like fools on the big screen but there are other where one little cameo can make a whole audience burst into tears.

A few NFL star who needs to hit the screen is Jared Allen, who might not be the most high profile player in the league certainly is one of the leagues funniest.

Here is a look at some of the greatest cameos by football players.

1) Dan Marino – Ace Ventura + Little Nicky

Marino stared in both Ace Ventura and Little Nicky.

Ray Finkle still goes on twitter everyday to tweet at Dan Marino.

kicking field goals... LACES OUT!!!

— Ray Finkle (@Ray_Finkle) April 3, 2009

2) Brett Favre – Something about Mary

The sketchy text message QB legend was famous for not being able to close the deal with Cameron Diaz.

3) Jim Brown – Any Given Sunday / Dirty Dozen

Kellen Winslow has had a productive career to say the least as an NFL player. In his 3 seasons with the Buccaneers, Winslow has caught a minimum of 66 passes in any given season (2010) and gained a minimum of 730 yards receiving (also 2010). Despite very good numbers that would have him ranked as one of the better tight ends in the game today, it sounds as if his time with the Buccaneers is over.

Earlier today, Winslow told Sirius XM NFL Radio that he wouldn't be with Tampa Bay again in 2012. He went on to note that the team has expressed their intention to find a team to trade the 28 year old to. The last noteworthy piece of information that Winslow dropped was that he believed the team didn't want him on the back of his lack of participation in the team's voluntary offseason workouts.

It seems unlikely that the Buccaneers want to part ways with a stellar tight end simply due to his lack of participation in voluntary workouts, but the Buccaneers may already be targeting Winslow's replacement. Adam Schefter reported via Twitter that the Buccaneers are expected to move in on former Colts TE Dallas Clark sometime this week.

Bucs worked out former Colts TE Dallas Clark last week, are expected to try to make a move on him this week.

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) May 21, 2012

Clark, although a solid receiving tight end, will likely be viewed as a downgrade from Winslow if the Buccaneers are able to secure him. Clark has missed significant time over the past two seasons with the Colts, and his blocking ability is mediocre at best. He will bring a solid veteran presence to the position that Winslow also had, but in bringing him in, the Buccaneers would be bringing in a guy well past his prime years. Even in regard to receiving stats, Winslow has outperformed Clark significantly over the past couple of seasons.

Until Winslow is gone, it's unlikely that we'll know why the Buccaneers wanted to move on. I don't believe the Buccaneers would seek a trade just because a guy didn't show up for voluntary workouts, especially when that guy happens to be one of the better tight ends in the league. There's more to this story, we just don't know how much more yet.

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The NFL has long come and go and most rookies are either signed or in the last stages of negotiating the final obstacles in their contracts. With that being said there are many newcomers to the NFL that have lots to prove. Whether you’re the Andrew Luck with pro bowl expectations or Bruce Irvin trying to prove you weren’t a draft day reach, most of the rookies are looking forward to proving their skills on the field.

The following is a list of the 5 rookies with the most to prove.

1) Andrew Luck

Comparisons to former Stanford QB John Elway, buzz that he is the next great QB Andrew Luck probably has more pressure on him than any other rookie in the league. While Luck will probably get somewhat of a year of low expectations due to a lacklustre roster, with the success Cam Newton in his rookie year, puts the pressure and all eyes on Andrew Luck from his first snap.

2) Bruce Irvin

Most people either laughed or questioned when the Seahawks potentially reached on the outside linebacker Bruce Irvin.

Bruce Irvin will have a chance to prove his critics wrongs on the field and he should be making an impact on 3^rd down from year one.

3) Ryan Tannehill

1^st round talent or not? Most scouts had varying opinions on Tannehill and whether he is the talent the Dolphins perceive him to be. The name Dan Marino is something that Ryan will be hearing in most of his south Florida interviews. Ryan Tannehill is the first 1^st round QB drafted by the Dolphins since Dan Marino and certainly will have a lot of pressure on him.

Tannehill has already stated he knows almost 80% of the playbook. That led David Garrard to say he has never been around where a rookie knows the offense better then the vets.

4) Quinton Coples

The Coples pick by the Jets came with much criticism as Coples has been seen with a guy who has a questionable motor and doesn’t always bring it on every play. The Jets are hoping he brings an immediate impact to their pass rush.

Coples character has been questioned which is the last thing the Jets locker room needs. Jets fans are hoping Colples is not the next Vernon Gholston.

5) Brandon Weeden

The 28 year old QB has basically been given the keys of the Browns offense and will have to run with it. Weeden will be given his shot to succeed, but soon he will have to take care of his grandchildren so hopefully his success will come early.

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Buffalo is a small market, and everyone knows it. The Bills are able to fill Ralph Wilson Stadium, and they know their market can support an NFL team. It has for years, but over the past decade, the Bills have faced an increasing difficulty in filling their stadium while putting mediocre teams on the field. The best way to sell tickets is to win games. The second best way is to make big roster moves. The Bills have done the latter this offseason, and they hope it results in simply winning.

According to BuffaloNews.com, the Bills announced that they have sold out individual tickets that were made available to season ticket holders for their first two home games of 2012 against the Chiefs (week 2) and the Patriots (week4).

This is an encouraging sign, but it's not time to declare the Bills' ticket selling efforts a complete success. Buffalo still hasn't sold out their season tickets. Group tickets will go on sale June 9th, and finally, the general public will be able to buy individual game tickets starting on June 10th. In short, there's still a long way to go.

Small market teams such as the Bills are under far more pressure to win than huge market teams like the Giants or the Jets. The Bills additions of Mario Williams, Mark Anderson, and Stephon Gilmore have clearly convinced some Buffalo fans that the Bills are finally on the rise. It seems likely that the Bills will be able to avoid blackouts in 2012, but their long-term security can only be won on the field.

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Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Dontay Moch never saw the field in his rookie year. The 3rd round pick from 2011 sustained a foot injury in training camp last year, preventing him from seeing the field at all. According to Jason La Canfora of the NFL Network, he may not see the field at the start of 2012 either. La Canfora reported via Twitter that Moch has been suspended for four games for using a banned substance. While that is a big issue, it's not the most interesting part of the story.

Bengals LB Dontay Moch, a 2011 3rd round pick, has been suspended 4 games for using a banned substance, pending appeal.

— Jason La Canfora (@JasonLaCanfora) May 20, 2012

The key words in La Canfora's tweet were "pending appeal." It's a term that we often hear around various sports leagues and even in our legal system, but in this instance, it indicates that someone said something they really shouldn't have said. Only Moch or his agent are allowed to disclose this information before the internal appeals process is completely concluded. If it was someone else that talked, that person could be the recipient of a $500,000 fine.

In all reality, we'll probably never know who La Canfora's source was. La Canfora should be a professional, as I'm confident he will be, and keep his source's identity confidential. Still, it's very interesting that someone would be willing to risk so much money on being a good source for a reporter. On the other hand, there's a real possibility that the source just didn't realize there was such a steep penalty for talking about the suspension. Something tells me La Canfora's source won't be word vomiting quite so much next time.

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Earlier in the week, a shirt from Cubby Tees showing a modified Jets logo that read "My Jesus" hit the blogosphere. The shirt was the center of a controversy in which Tim Tebow, or more likely his lawyers without Tebow's direct action, sent the designers a cease and desist letter instructing them to stop making the shirt.

I understand that Tebow is the inspiration for the shirt, as the designing company readily admit, but why is Tim Tebow the one suing this company? The shirt brings attention to Tebow's faith, and nowhere on the shirt's webpage does it say that it indicates Tim Tebow should be equated to Jesus. The site simply acknowledges that the shirt was inspired by Tim Tebow.

No, I believe if anyone should be suing the shirt maker, it should be the New York Jets. Why have we forgotten that it's the Jets' logo that's being altered. I'm not saying I think the Jets should sue. I'm saying that if anyone is going to be suing anyone, the Jets should be the group suing Cubby Tees, not Tim Tebow.

Despite the legal action taken by Tebow's lawyers, Cubby Tees is not backing down. On Wednesday, Cubby Tees released a statement, indicating their commitment to defending their own rights, indicating that they believed the design was legally sound, and that they were just protecting their own rights as designers.

"We are artists and have no desire to trespass on anyone’s legitimate intellectual property rights, but we also will not roll over and sacrifice ours." - CubbyTees.com in a statement on Wednesday

Good for Cubby Tees. I hold to a narrow view of what types of intellectual property should be protected. Without getting overly political, I simply think an open flow of ideas helps give rise to even better ideas. It seems as if Cubby Tees will stand their ground. Now we'll get to see just what level of resolve Tim Tebow and company have.

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Regardless of how Brett Favre's last 3 seasons in the NFL played out, he will always be remembered as a member of the Green Bay Packers. He was without a doubt one of that franchise's best players of all time, and it appears that the Packers will indeed be retiring Brett Favre's jersey, #4, in "a year or two."

Lori Nickel of the Journal Sentinel spoke with Mark Murphy, the president of the Green Bay Packers. She dropped a meaningful tweet about the exchange as well.

Mark Murphy siad #packers want to retire Favre's number in a year or two when it is meaningful to 4

— Lori Nickel (@LoriNickel) May 17, 2012

This is one of those situations where you really do have to read between the lines to find the true meaning of what Murphy was talking about. We all knew that the Packers would retire Favre's number eventually. The fact that the president of the team doesn't have a definite time frame in mind tells us a little bit about the situation.

First, and most importantly, there's still some emotions that run through the halls in Green Bay when Favre's name is mentioned. Favre left the team in the worst possible way, and I'm sure not everyone has completely moved on from the two sides' falling out. It would seem that the team is waiting until the smoke has completely cleared to immortalize their former great. I wasn't a fan of the way Favre handled his last few years in the NFL, and I really don't know many people that thought it was a classy way to go about his business, but the man is a Packers legend, and his final years shouldn't take anything away from that in the long run. Few players in NFL history deserved to have their numbers retired more than Brett Favre.

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Trying to predict the top selling jerseys in the NFL is almost as tough a task as trying to predict the final records of every team. So much depends on health, performance and more when determining which players will gain fame; much of that comes with overall team performance.

Still, there are those players who transcend their team and are ambassadors for the entire NFL, which keeps their jerseys high on the list.

Which stars will fall? Which rookies will rise?

Here is a prediction for the top selling jerseys in 2012-2013.

We'll start with those just missing the cut.

The first group is made up of some immensely talented players whose jersey stocks could certainly rise with the addition of a Super Bowl in the cases of the quarterbacks like Jay Cutler and Matthew Stafford. Younger players like Jason-Pierre Paul and rookie Ryan Tannehill have a lot of time to see their NFL fame rise.

In this group, there are multiple Super Bowl champions like Ben Roethlisberger, who are not less popular, but for an older fan base like the Steelers, they likely have their jerseys already. Marshawn Lynch may charge up the list because of his performance last year.

Players moving closer to the top include a new name in a giant market for Brandon Marshall. Ray Lewis still has drawing power as a face for the entire NFL, and Rob Gronkowski has certainly increased his popularity after last season's record-setting performance.

The surprise here is that Robert Griffin III will have a jersey that outsells the player who was drafted above him in Andrew Luck. It is probable that with a miracle rookie season, either one could jump into the top 10, but with Luck trying to replace a legend, RG3 will have the easier time being embraced immediately by Redskins fans who are hungry for a franchise player.

The top 10 is not surprisingly dominated by quarterbacks, which stands to reason since this is a quarterback driven league.

This list was fun to put together. There's a couple of rules I went by when I put this together. I only considered quarterbacks that played last year (no rookies), and I did take experience in the NFL into account. Finally, if I considered people that started last year and had a chance of starting again in 2012. Basically, I was ranking these guys based on the order I would pick them to be on my team. With that, let's get right to it.

5th worst starting quarterback: Colt McCoy

McCoy had a rough time in Cleveland last year, completing only 57.2% of his passes. While he was able to increase the number of touchdowns he threw compared to his rookie season, there was no discernible step forward for McCoy. The Browns showed their confidence in him by drafting Brandon Weeden in the first round of this year's draft.

4th worst starting quarterback: Sam Bradford

Sam Bradford may have been the biggest disappointment in the NFL in 2011. He only played in 10 games last year, and when he was in the game, he was completely ineffective. I'll acknowledge that he didn't have many solid players around him, but he never showed any of the skill and leadership that he routinely displayed at Oklahoma. Frankly, I'm not sure the Rams have done nearly enough to help him get any better in 2012.

3rd worst starting quarterback: Blaine Gabbert

Statistically, Blaine Gabbert had an awful year, but he did something most of the guys on this list didn't do. He showed progression. Even so, he wasn't a very good quarterback at any point in 2011, but he was also working with the league's worst group of receivers, which may have saved him from this list's top spot. He's another guy that has to show a lot of development to keep his job in 2012.

2nd worst starting quarterback: Christian Ponder

Yes folks, I put Ponder one slot below Gabbert on this list. The reason is that Ponder, unlike Gabbert, appeared to regress as the season wore on. The game looked entirely too big and fast for him, and his offense was unable to help him out. Another factor in putting him one spot behind Gabbert was that he was throwing to more talented receivers. There's no reason Ponder shouldn't have gotten better throughout the season, but he didn't do that.

NFL's worst starting quarterback: Tarvaris Jackson

To wrap up this list, I declare that Tarvaris Jackson is the NFL's worst starting quarterback. Jackson has been in the NFL since 2006, and he was only able to look like a mediocre quarterback at the best of times in 2011. More often than not, he was the cause of costly turnovers that ultimately doomed the Seahawks. With a better option at QB, I think the Seahawks would have pulled out a wildcard playoff spot.

Note on Tim Tebow's exclusion: Most of you that frequent this blog know that I don't think Tim Tebow is a very good quarterback -- at all. Last year, he had the lowest completion percentage in the NFL. He did one thing, however, that I couldn't ignore that kept him off this dubious list. He won games, lots of them. The fact that he was able to get his team to the playoffs (with a lot of help from his defense) and win there saved him.

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