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Random Thoughts: Does Palomalu affect Lynch?

April 12, 2015 general

Hi, I’m former Cowboy Emmitt Smith, and I’m here to tell you I’d still play football despite the blows I took to the head. And can someone please answer that darned phone? — I don’t know what your first thoughts were when Troy Polamalu retired this week, but mine were this; I wonder how badly […]

Tagged as: Buchanon, Bucs, Hernadez, Lightning, Lynch

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Ask Gary: Ranking the locker rooms of Tampa Bay

April 11, 2015 general

Saturday, 6 a.m. (Each week, the readers take over Ask Gary. They send in a question, or a couple, 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 or be funny. Send the […]

Tagged as: Barber, Brooks, Bucs, Lightning, Rays, Rowdies, sportswriters

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To all fields: Bucs have remolded their secondary

April 4, 2015 general

Saturday, 6:31 a.m. The purge is all but complete now. Lovie Smith has his new secondary. Let’s hope it is better. Gone is Dashon Goldson, the Hawk. Gone is Mark Barron, the next Lynch. Gone is Darrelle Revis, Revis Island. Pretty much, Greg Schiano’s fingerprints are off the defense around here. In a year, Lovie […]

Tagged as: Barron, Bucs, Detroit, FSU, Goldson, Lightning, Rays, Revis, Roster, tickets

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Dolphins decide to give Freeman one more chance

April 2, 2015 general

Thursday, 7:44 p.m. Josh Freeman lives! Once again, he will slide a jersey over his head. Once again, he will throw passes. Once again, another team will ask him to show up on time. Who knows? This time, he may do it. Content beyond this point is for members only.

Tagged as: Bucs, Dolphins, Freeman, Morris, Schiani

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Smith isn’t the first Bucs’ coach to love a QB

April 1, 2015 general

Wednesday, 6:30 a.m. At this rate, the Bucs might not just draft Jameis Winston. At this rate, they might adopt him. The Bucs appear to be completely into Winston, lock, stock and cannons. They might put his face on stadium bucks. They might put it on the Content beyond this point is for members only.

Tagged as: Bucs, Chandler, Coach, Dilfer, Erickson, Freeman, Gradkowski, quarterback, Testaverde, Williams, Young

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Ask the Expert: Jerry Angelo

March 31, 2015 general

Tuesday, 6 a.m. 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 question will be selected. Looking back, have the Bucs struggled […]

Tagged as: Bucs, busts, Hernandez, scouting, Sharper, Simpson

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To all fields: What if the Bucs are deadlocked?

March 28, 2015 general

Saturday, 11:40 a.m. At One Buc … Say Lovie Smith loves Marcus Mariota. A lot of people do. In Philadelphia, he’s the quarterback that everyone wants, largely because he played a bit for coach Chip Kelley. He won the head-to-head matchup by a lot. He won the Heisman. So it isn’t that far-fetched to think […]

Tagged as: Bishop, Bucs, Licht, Lovie, Mariota, Naimoli, Vasilevskiy, Winston

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40 lessons for the Bucs and the NFL draft

March 27, 2015 Florida State University

Friday, 6 a.m. How can a team learn its lesson so many times and never get any smarter? How can a team act so smart and have the results make it look foolish so many times? Such is the NFL draft, the humbling factor of a team that has rarely gotten it right. How can […]

Tagged as: Brooks, Bucs, busts, Dilfer, Draft, Jackson, McCants, Reese, Sapp, Selmon, Testaverde, Thomas

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Winston dodging the draft is a bad idea for all

March 25, 2015 Florida State University

Wednesday, 10:30 a.m. If staying home is the quarterback’s idea, it’s a bad one. This is the winter of reconstructing an image, remember. This is the off-season of reputation rehabilitation. These are the months of starting over. For Jameis Winston, this is a time for building a bridge with the fans of the Tampa Bay […]

Tagged as: Bucs, Cutler, Draft, Goodell, Mariota, NFL, Peterson, Russell, Smith, Winston

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How long until the Bucs are good again?

March 23, 2015 general

Monday, 8:08 a.m. What you want them to draft is respectability. In the second round, they can pick relevance. What you want them to draft is instant impact. In the later rounds, they can get an identity. What you want is for the Tampa Bay Bucs to matter again. Does anyone know if you can […]

Tagged as: Bucs, Elway, Manning, Noll, Smith, Walsh, Winston

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