NFL NEWS AND NOTES

Tampa Bay has fired head coach Jon Gruden and general manager Bruce Allen. The Buccaneers won the 2002 Super Bowl under Gruden after trading several draft picks to Oakland for the right to sign him, however, Tampa Bay has failed to win a playoff game since including this year when they won nine of their first twelve games to start the season, but lost their final four games of the year, in the process becoming the first team in NFL history to miss the playoffs after starting out 9-3.