Kelly To Test Free Agency

Brian Kelly, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' cornerback who played opposite Ronde Barber for the past decade, said he plans to become a free agent the St. Petersburg Times reported. Kelly, 32, is scheduled to earn $3.2-million in 2008. But he said he plans to "buy back" the final year of his contract by exercising a $480,000 option in the second week of March.