Taking advantage of the salary cap room created by last week's monster contract extension with defensive end Simeon Rice, the Tampa Bay Bucs on Monday continued the restructuring of their offensive line, reaching accord with unrestricted free agent John Wade.

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The five-year veteran, who played his entire previous NFL tenure with the Jacksonville Jaguars, becomes the second free agent lineman acquired by the Bucs in less than a week. Last week, Tampa Bay signed former New York Giants starting guard Jason Whittle to a five-year contract.

ESPN.com reported at the time that the Bucs would likely add Wade to the roster when they cleared sufficient cap funds. They gained that room when Rice agreed to a blockbuster five-year, $41 million contract that actually saved the club about $3 million in cap room.

Financial details of the contract were not immediately available.

In another move, ESPN.com has learned that former Chicago Bears starting quarterback Jim Miller will visit with Tampa Bay officials later this week, and if he can pass a team physical exam, likely will be signed as the primary backup to Brad Johnson.

Miller was released by Chicago two weeks ago and the nine-year veteran recently had surgery to repair a rotator cuff problem in his right shoulder. The 32-year-old Miller started eight games for the Bears last year, after leading the team to a 13-3 record and the NFC Central title in 2001.

Tampa Bay currently does not have a backup quarterback under contract. Rob Johnson signed with the Washington Redskins and Shaun King is still an unrestricted free agent and exploring other options. The Bucs did not make Joe Hamilton a qualifying offer to retain his rights.

Sources said that Bucs coach Jon Gruden likes Miller's toughness and his veteran savvy.

Wade, 28, was a fifth-round pick of the Jaguars in the 1998 draft. He has played in 54 games and started 34 and, when healthy, has been a physical blocker inside. He missed all but two games of the 2000 campaign with a fractured right foot, served as a backup in 2001 and then regained a starting spot last year.

The former Marshall standout is the kind of aggressive blocker that Gruden and line coach Bill Muir prefer on the unit.

Len Pasquarelli is a senior writer for ESPN.com.