WR David Boston (First Team All-American, NFL All Pro)

[billmac91]

This is like deja vu, contrary to what the posted stories say re: Boston last year, the reports/stories read nearly identical as last year (go back 1-2 pages in the thread) when Boston was cut after camp. I hope the results are better this time.

I was thinking the same thing....if he had such a great camp last year why didn't anyone pick him up? It seems more like a Bucs propaganda thing from the coaches than anyone.....the last 2-3 years they break camp with pro-bowlers at every position acording to Gruden and staff

It's interesting that on Profootballtalk they stated Maurice Stovall has taken Clayton's starting spot, and now I see Hilliard is in the mix....w/ so many wideouts all performing well it will be interesting to see if David actually makes the team

 

[Buckskin86]

David Boston, whose comeback is full steam ahead, started ahead of Maurice Stovall at wide receiver. He caught a pass from Luke McCown in the second quarter.

Gruden "crushed" by Alstott departure

A BOSTON COMEBACK
At one point, he was considered to be one of the best receivers the NFL had ever seen. Now, David Boston is just trying to find a job.

Boston was drafted by Arizona in the first round of the 1999 draft. The following year, he gained 1,156 yards with seven touchdowns, and then had eight touchdowns and 1,598 yards in 2001.

There was a knee injury in 2002, 70 catches for 880 yards and seven touchdowns with San Diego in 2003, and then a four-game suspension for performance enhancing drugs, another knee injury, and suddenly he had disappeared.

"A lot of people have forgotten that I even play anymore," Boston said recently, while participating in Tampa Bay's camp for the second consecutive summer.

But last year, he wasn't full go and could only practice three days a week. This year it's different, and so far he is making his presence felt.

"I'm impressed. I'm really impressed. If you ask our players, they will tell you he's really impressive," coach Jon Gruden said. "He was one of the elite receivers in football four or five years ago, and everyone kind of rolls their eyes and forgets that he's not even 30 yet. So far, he feels good. He hasn't missed a thing.

"He's playing three different positions, has great stamina, and his body looks like it's ready to come out of the garage and go for a ride here shortly. I'm excited, man. He fires me up."

Boston is also fired up, and is now humble after some missteps along the way.

"Anybody who has made mistakes has learned from them, and those who don't will continually make the same mistakes in life," Boston said. "I've made a lot of mistakes, and I've seen my career, how it's gone one way for a few years and how it's gone another way for a few years. The thing I've learned most is don't take anything for granted. You never know when the opportunity is going to be gone."

He has the opportunity now, and he also realizes this is likely his last shot.

Boston concluded, "Let's be honest. If I don't make the team this year, I probably won't play anymore. I'm just going out there trying to do as much as I can, be in tune with what's going on and make plays when I can."

NFL Notebook

 

[Buckskin86]

Boston looks for a fresh start in Tampa
Jay Glazer
FOXSports.com, Updated 20 hours ago

"I had some off the field incidents and I had some injuries," Boston said. "I wasn't working as hard as I should have, I was slacking off and I had a poor attitude. I had the wrong attitude to play the game. I wasn't really focused back then on making the team better and how could I make everyone around me better. I was just going through the motions. I was more narcissistic. I think a lot of problems happen when your mind starts to go down that road."

"I made a lot of mistakes and I'd like to think I learned from those mistakes now," Boston said after a midweek practice in Tampa. "I think I'm in the best shape of my life and I'm just really grateful the Bucs gave me a second chance."


Last year, Boston said and did all the right things, too, but didn't make the team. This year, however, his coaches and teammates believe he could actually make the climb back to the big show.

"He's looked awesome," said cornerback Ronde Barber. "He should make our team. He's not the same guy he was the last few years. I can only tell you from what I see out there in going against the guy but I think he's come all the way back."

Currently, Boston is No. 2 on the depth chart behind Joey Galloway, and his play in the preseason will decide his fate. Can he finish the climb back from his drop?

"I'm healthy again, I'm stronger and faster than I've ever been, I feel great," he said. "Like I said, I've learned from my mistakes. I think I took football for granted in the past. Now, obviously family comes first, but football comes right after it.

"Everything I was back then I'm better at everything now," he added. I'm faster, I'm stronger and I'm more explosive than I was back then. "I'm just grateful that I've got a second chance and hopefully it works out."

FOX Sports on MSN - NFL - Boston looks for a fresh start in Tampa

 

[Buckskin86]

Published Monday, August 13, 2007

Bucs' David Boston May Be Getting Last Chance

By Mike Cobb
The Ledger



LAKE BUENA VISTA | Wide receiver David Boston swears he's not thinking ahead, but he says he's also enough of a realist to know that if his shot at making the Buccaneers' 53-man roster doesn't pan out this year, that might be it for his NFL career.

He's played in just five games the past three years, all with Miami in 2005.
He was on injured reserve in 2004. He washed out in 2003 in San Diego because of a dispute with the coaches and the front office. Before a knee injury shortened his 2005 season, he served a four-game suspension for violating the league's substance abuse policy.

He's learned from all of it, he says.

"I've had some ups and downs in my career," Boston said Monday after the Bucs' morning workout. "I think the difference is, sometimes you don't really learn from the mistakes you made.

"I feel like I've paid attention to the mistakes I've made and learned from them. Now I'm moving in the right direction."

And he has a realistic shot at reviving a career that once looked promising when he came out of Ohio State in 1999.

In his first three seasons with the Arizona Cardinals, he had 209 catches for 3,227 yards and 17 touchdowns. In 2001, his third season in the league, he was named to the Pro Bowl after a 98-catch, 1,598-yard season.

Since then, it's been one roadblock after another. Three seasons have been cut short or wiped out with knee injuries. He also had one season in San Diego (2003) that ended when he was labeled a malcontent before being traded to Miami.

A knee injury ended his 2005 season with Miami before he was released. He came to Bucs' camp last year but was never 100 percent, head coach Jon Gruden said.

He played well enough to make the 53-man roster out of camp, but was released two days before the season opener when an injury to starting guard Davin Joseph forced the Bucs to sign another offensive lineman.

"We had to release someone," Gruden said. "We knew (Boston) was on the rise and coming back, but we also knew he wasn't going to be ready early in the season."

So Boston sat out the 2006 season. When it ended, the Bucs called and gave him one more chance.

"I'm really thankful (to the Bucs)," Boston said. 'These guys didn't have to bring me here and give me another chance, and they did. I'm thankful for that."

Bucs' David Boston May Be Getting Last Chance | theledger.com

 

[Buckskin86]

END OF THE LINE?

Tampa Bay may be final stop for Boston
By TOM BALOG

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LAKE BUENA VISTA -- David Boston is trying like there's no tomorrow, because in the back of his mind, this could be his last shot in the NFL.

"To be honest, if I don't make the team this year, I won't probably play anymore," said Boston, who has been out of football for the greater part of three seasons. He turns 29 Sunday.

"A lot of people have forgotten that I even play anymore," said Boston, who led the NFL in receiving yardage in 2001 with Arizona and was named to the NFC Pro Bowl team that year.

Jon Gruden hasn't forgotten about Boston.

Gruden is betting that Boston could be on the verge of a remarkable comeback.

"David has come a long way from last year," said cornerback Ronde Barber.

"His knee is definitely back where it should be. When he gets opportunities, we'll see if he can use them. David has been a Pro Bowl player. Hopefully he can get back that way for us."

Tampa Bay may be final stop for Boston

 

[BuckeyeLiger87]

David Boston caught a 19yrd TD pass tonight in preseason play againts Jacksonville.

 

[Buckskin86]

Boston showing he belongs on the field

BY DAVID DORSEY
FLORIDA TODAY ADVERTISEMENT

JACKSONVILLE - Tampa Buccaneers wide receiver David Boston, a one-time Pro Bowler virtually unheard from in the NFL since 2003, showed Saturday night that he could be making his way back.

Boston, who turns 29 today, caught a 19-yard touchdown pass from starting quarterback Jeff Garcia with 8:29 remaining in the first quarter of Tampa Bay's preseason game against the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Boston did so on a busted play, on which Garcia eluded a pack of Jaguars defenders before finding Boston downfield. Boston caught just four passes for 80 yards in 2005 while with the Miami Dolphins. Otherwise, he has not played since 2003, when he caught seven touchdown passes for the San Diego Chargers.

But Boston has battled back from two knee surgeries, and Tampa Bay coach Jon Gruden started him at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium. The Buccaneers signed him for last year's training camp and released him because he failed to show the explosive bursts of speed and power he had with the Arizona Cardinals in 1999-2002.

The 6-foot-2, 228-pound Boston appears to be fully recovered -- and in the hunt for a roster spot at wide receiver.

Boston showing he belongs on the field | floridatoday.com | Serving Brevard County and Florida?s Space Coast

 

[Thump]

According to the Tampa Tribune, Bucs WR David Boston was arrested Thursday night on charges of driving under the influence. Boston, 29, was found passed out at the wheel of a dark red Range Rover, Pinellas Park police Capt. Sanfield Forseth said. The vehicle's engine was running. Boston told a Pinellas Park police officer he had left Orlando's Celebration area and was heading to Tampa International Airport, Forseth said. After having Boston complete a field sobriety test, the officer concluded he had probable cause to charge Boston with driving under the influence of a controlled substance or alcohol, Forseth said in a prepared statement. Breath tests indicated there was no alcohol in his system, and the results of a urine test are pending, Forseth said.

 

[BuckNutty]

MyFox Tampa Bay | Bucs' Boston arrested on DUI charges

Comments from Tibs??

 

[TexasBuck]

Can we conclude Boston knew he was going to get cut or is he THAT stupid? So much for his "last chance". Wow... Boston can self destruct with the best of them.

 

[buckeyefool]

Can we conclude Boston knew he was going to get cut or is he THAT stupid? So much for his "last chance". Wow... Boston can self destruct with the best of them.

Is was just that stupid, most reports coming out yesterday before this had him being probally the number 2 receiver. As he was competing with mainly Maurice Stovall for the 2nd receiver spot.

 

[Viking]

It did say that he had no alcohol in his system, not ruling out other stuff yet but I wouldn't totally jump to conclusions. Yeah, he probably did some stuff but you can still hope its one of those truth is stranger than fiction occasions.

 

[BGriffBuckeye]

Not sure what everybody is getting all bent out of shape about. He took the breathalyzer and there was no evidence of alcohol in his system. I would wait until all of the details are out before you start name calling.

 

[BrianO]

I guess that is not too bad. Pinellas Park is within 20 miles of the airport. He was close. He probably just missed the exit off 275.

from: 49th Street and Park Blvd , Pinellas Park, FL to: Tampa International airport - Google Maps

:(

 

[Buckskin86]

No Word On Boston?s Future
Posted By ROY CUMMINGS at Aug 24, 2007 at 02:13 PM
Updated Aug 24, 2007 at 02:16 PM


TAMPA ? The Bucs aren?t saying much about the incident involving wide receiver David Boston, who was arrested last night and charged with driving under the influence of ?something.??

In fact, they aren?t saying anything at all - at least not publicly. No statement has been released on the matter and one is probably not forthcoming, at least not today.

What that means is Boston will probably go to Miami with the rest of the team. And if the coaches so deem, and chances are they will, he will probably play in tomorrow?s game against the Dolphins.

Beyond that, it?s hard to know what will happen to Boston. Because Boston passed the breath test, the key to his future is going to be the result of the urine test he took.

If that test comes back clean, Boston figures to be good to go. If it doesn?t, Boston could be looking at a four-game suspension, which would be his second since first coming to the NFL in 1999.

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