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Looking at the Bucs along with Dirk Koetter

August 8, 2017 general

Tuesday, 2 a.m. The Bucs worked on their two-minute drill Monday. Dirk Koetter did, too. Koetter, the coach of the Tampa Bay Bucs, is trying to get his team over the hump from a nine-win team to a playoff team. He’s trying to incorporate new offensive weapons. He’s trying to bide time until running back […]

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Who would be in a Bucs’ Ring of Dishonor?

August 7, 2017 general

Monday, 4 a.m. For 41 seasons, they have rolled the boulder uphill. For 41 seasons, they — and their fans — have pounded their skulls against the wall. Over the years, it has been difficult to be a fan of the Tampa Bay Bucs and their forgettable Sundays. Time and again, fans have sat through […]

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Jackson looks like one of the receivers who lasts

August 6, 2017 general

Sunday, 3 a.m. The legs. The legs are still 18. Elsewhere on the frame of DeSean Jackson, there is age. He is 30 now, the age some receivers are when they turn 50. The legs slow and the hands ache and the middle no longer makes sense to travel through. The hamstrings pop like guitar […]

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Ask Gary: Why did Rays give away Beckham?

August 5, 2017 general

(Each week, the readers take over GarySheltonsports.com and play Ask Gary. They send in a question, or a couple, on Thursday night or Friday morning and we all talk about the world of sports.  Think of it as a radio show where you don’t have to be on hold. Join us and ask a question, make a comment […]

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Are you prepared to trust Aguayo … again?

August 5, 2017 general

Saturday, 3 a.m. The ball leaves his toe, heading for the uprights, and you ask yourself: Do you believe what you see? The kicker lifts his head, watching his latest success, and you ask yourself: Do you believe it will last? Do you think it will travel the same direction when the game is on […]

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An improved Hargreaves prepares for best receivers

August 4, 2017 general

Friday, 4 a.m. Julio Jones is coming. So, too, is Odell Beckham. Streaking downfield, there will be Julian Edelman and Jordy Nelson, Brandin Cooks and Larry Fitzgerald, Jarvis Landry and Kelvin Benjamin, Golden Tate and Greg Olson. Standing between all of them and the goal line? Vernon Hargreaves III. A year ago, Hargreaves wasn’t that […]

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Can Winston satisfy the observers in Year Three?

August 3, 2017 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. On every play, every eye watches every move. His fans. His teammates. His coaches. The media. The concession workers. All of them. Jameis Winston moves, and eyes go with him. He is a tennis ball. When the ball is in the hands of Winston, you cannot look elsewhere. You cannot talk about […]

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Ask the expert: Jerry Angelo

August 3, 2017 general

Jerry Angelo is a former personnel director for the Bucs and former general manager of the Bears. Each week, Angelo answers your questions regarding the NFL. Send your questions to GarySheltonsports@gmail.com with “ask the expert” in the subject line. The most interesting questions will be selected. Thursday, 4 a.m. As teams begin their training camps, […]

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Gruden’s energy led the Bucs’ biggest win

August 3, 2017 general

Thursday, 3 a.m. Before the trophy, before the firing, before the clashing of swords, Jon Gruden was energy. If anything was going to define his stay in Tampa Bay, that should be it. Gruden entered by pushing, prodding and poking a pretty good Bucs’ team. He put a clock on his practices, and he tried […]

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10 questions the Bucs must answer in ’17

August 2, 2017 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. You can measure a training camp by the drills. There are endless drills, endless groups of moving around the field in the name of a regular season more than a month off. You can measure a training camp by the beads of sweat, those relentless beads dripping down an athlete’s body. It […]

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