The Tampa Bay Buccaneers braced for life without Brian Griese on Tuesday, acquiring Tim Rattay from the San Francisco 49ers to back up young quarterbacks Chris Simms and Luke McCown.

Griese injured his left knee during Sunday's 27-13 victory over Miami. The Bucs still haven't commented publicly on his condition or said how long he will be sidelined after helping them to a 5-1 start.

The Bucs sent what was believed to be a sixth-round draft choice to the 49ers for Rattay, a six-year veteran who lost the starting job to No. 1 overall draft pick Alex Smith.

Allen said the Bucs explored the prospect of acquiring Rattay during the off-season and were excited to find he was available before Tuesday's NFL trading deadline.

Simms and McCown have made a combined six starts as pros. Rattay, a seventh-round pick in 2000, started nine games last season and beat out Smith in training camp this summer. But he performed poorly after an opening victory over St. Louis and was benched.

Rattay has played in 32 games with 16 starts. He has completed 356 of 586 passes (60.8 percent) for 3,941 yards, 24 touchdowns and 18 interceptions.

The Rams were ahead 17-0 in the second quarter when Bulger threw a pass that was intercepted by Cato June. On the return, Bulger was hurt on a block by linebacker David Thornton.

The younger brother of the St. Louis Rams' Leonard Little was shot to death, and a 17-year-old girl was taken into custody after trying to flee police on Tuesday.

Investigators found Jermaine Little, 24, lying on the floor of a friend's home about 5:30 p.m. Monday in Harriman, about 40 miles east of Knoxville, Tenn.

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