Jon Gruden on the team giving up on Brett Favre now that Jeff Garcia is in camp: “That wouldn’t be fair to Brett Favre.”

A lot has changed in the backfield since Cadillac Williams’ rookie year, but Earnest Graham is sure Williams will be back: “Cadillac will be back. I saw him working out the other day and I thought he looked really well. … He wasn’t making any cuts and he wasn’t in pads, but he was running well. Cadillac is a guy who’s a fighter, man. He’ll be back. He’ll be back and he’ll be back somewhere close to the level he was before.”

After missing the beginning of training camp to celebrate the 35th reunion of his father’s junior-college championship (perhaps the elder Garcia once scored four touchdowns in a single game?), Garcia was sharp as he was in his first practice back.

Safety Sergey Ivanov is joining the team from Russia as the Bucs’ designated NFL International practice squad player.  His favorite player is former Bucs safety John Lynch.

Michael Clayton on proving his 2004 rookie year wasn’t a fluke: “There have been a lot of excuses made and a lot of reasons why I haven’t done the same things I’ve done my rookie year. Basically, it’s time,” Clayton said.  “This is my contract year and I want to go out with a bang.”  Hey, least he’s honest.

Graham might have a new contract and success as a feature back, but he misses playing on special teams.

Gaines Adams is looking to have a big year. For him, the difference in his comfort level is like “night and day.”