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LAKE BUENA VISTA — There was a whole lot of popping going on at Disney's Wide World of Sports on Sunday morning as Tampa Bay put on the pads, and the hits, for the first time on the third day of training camp.

There were even old-school blood pit drills, heated one-on-one collisions in which first-year Bucs guard Toniu Fonoti (6-4, 350) swallowed opponents and rookie defensive end Charles Bennett and free-agent offensive tackle Torrin Tucker had a scrum.

Linebacker Shelton Quarles blew up a Carnell Williams sweep to the left, but fullback Mike Alstott crushed him in the process, sending Quarles limping to the sideline. He returned a few snaps later.

"It felt good," said veteran cornerback Brian Kelly. "Every year I'm afraid (the pads) are going to feel like 20 pounds, but it went well."

However, the workout wasn't a hit with coach Jon Gruden.

"We've got a long way to go, I'll say that," Gruden said. "It's the first day of pads. We've got to pick up the intensity more tomorrow and the next day and the next day. Other than that, that's about all I have to say."

Then he said more: "I think the first day of pads every year you have a lot of new players getting acclimated to how we are going to practice. You've got to get your pads on again. You've got to get your pads down. You've got to play with leverage."

ODD COUPLE — This time last year, then second-year receiver Michael Clayton went out of his way to befriend then-rookie running back Cadillac Williams.

They knew each other from their Southeastern Conference playing days when Clayton played for LSU, Williams for Auburn.

Now they're training-camp roomies at the Celebration Hotel.

What's Clayton like as a roomate?

"Well, he does a lot of phone talking — to his wife," said Williams, grinning and shaking his head. "He snores when he sleeps, and he's kind of messy. I have to pick up after him, and sometimes I have to rough him up. Really, I do because he sometimes gets out of line (leaving) stuff everywhere, and the way I put him back in line is to rough him up physically. But he's come a long way.

"But he's got a long way to go as far as cleaning."