Cadillac Williams Out For Season

Tampa Bay officials confirmed that Williams, the team's leading rusher since entering the league as a first-round draft pick in 2005, sustained a torn right patella tendon at the end of an 18-yard run in the first quarter of Sunday's game. The third-year veteran, who was examined Monday by noted orthopedic surgeon James Andrews of Birmingham, Ala., will undergo surgery later this week. Williams faces a long and arduous rehabilitation and, given the typical timetable for such injuries, might not be completely recovered for the start of training camp next summer. This will be a huge loss for the Buccaneers, who have really relied on Williams because of the poor passing offense.