Bucs need to be able to handle Detroit

December 26, 2020 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. We will not know for some time if the Bucs are capable of beating a good team. The schedule doesn’t allow for such clues. But today, we find out if the Bucs can beat another bad one. It is time for the Bucs to stop the foolishness. It’s time they won, big […]

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Were the Bucs robbed in the Pro Bowl vote?

December 25, 2020 general

Friday, 4 a.m. Let’s agree on this: No one cares about the Pro Bowl. You wouldn’t watch the Pro Bowl to avoid a rent increase. It’s fake football, less interesting than the fourth preseason game. You’d rather watch another Porky’s sequel. What you do care about, however, is who makes the team. Or, precisely, who […]

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Bucs try to overcome their slow starts

December 24, 2020 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. For most of the season, they have moved uphill…across glass…against the wind. The Bucs have spent most of the 2020 season behind, scrambling in an attempt to catch up. But before that happens, they have been bloodied against the ropes. It seems the other team always jumps ahead, then tries to hang […]

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Pierre-Paul is a Pro Bowler once again

December 23, 2020 general

Wednesday, 4 a.m. He was done. With his right hand, he had blown up his career, and all that remained of both was a bloody mess. But Jason-Pierre Paul wasn’t done. He was finished. He had a car wreck, and he had fractured his neck. This time, the odds were too great, weren’t they? And […]

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Looking back on the Bucs’ win over the Falcons

December 22, 2020 general

Tuesday, 4 a.m. 5 Thoughts There are a lot of quarterback statistics that are, frankly, overrated. But one that isn’t is fourth-quarter comebacks, and you can tell because only really great quarterbacks are on top of it. Peyton Manning has 43. Tom Brady has 39. Drew Brees has 35. The overrated guys? Roger Staubach is […]

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Bucs wake up, rally to beat Falcons

December 21, 2020 general

Monday, 4 a.m. The first half was about memories, about all those wasted opportunities, about squandered talent, about hopeless game plans. It was Leeman bad. It was Freeman bad. It was Sabby bad and Lars bad and McCants bad. After two quarters, it didn’t appear the Bucs would make the playoffs. Heck, it appeared the […]

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Alabama’s offense powers win over Florida

December 21, 2020 general

Sunday, 4 a.m. In the end, their offense was worthy of championship. Their quarterback would look good as a statue. Their receivers are as good as. you might have suspected. In the end, however, defense did in the Florida Gators. The Gators, despite the star quality of Kyle Trask and his talented receivers, lost to […]

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Another Buc tests positive for COVID

December 19, 2020 general

Saturday, 4 a.m. As the plot gets thicker and thicker, the Tampa Bay Bucs get sicker and sicker. The Bucs, in the NFC playoff race with three games to go, had another player test positive for COVID 19 on Friday. This time, it was tackle Donovan Smith, who is in charge of protecting the blind […]

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He’s flawed, but Brady has been Bucs’ best

December 18, 2020 general

Friday, 4 a.m. He did it there. You want him to do it here. And so you measure every pass. You blame his age when he throws a wobbly ball. You blame the players surrounding him when he takes a sack. You question his fit in the system every time he loses a game. You […]

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Fournette can change opinions on him

December 16, 2020 general

Thursday, 4 a.m. This could be the week that Leonard Fournette makes his closing arguments. Fournette, not even active a week ago, might find himself in the starting lineup because of the health of starter Ronald Jones II. Jones had pins put in his fractured pinky finger. Later Tuesday, Jones was added to the team’s […]

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