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Ask the Expert: Jerry Angelo

December 22, 2014 general

Monday, 10:16 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. The Eagles aren’t playing well, and […]

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McCown takes his place among bad Buc QBs

December 18, 2014 general

Thursday, 9:21 a.m. TAMPA Throwin’ Samoan? Meet the Ball’s-on-the-Ground McCown. Bruce Gradkowski? Meet Josh McCownski. Sleepy Josh Freeman? Meet Snoozing Josh McCown. Steve Spurrier? Randy Hedberg? Jerry Goldsteyn. Move over. Chris Simms? Gary Huff? Byron Leftwich? You have company. This, then, is his legacy. In the years to come, we will remember Josh McCown as […]

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Nightmare in Tampa Bay, Part XIV: Bucs bad again

December 17, 2014 general

Wednesday, 8 a.m. The worst of all years was hopeless. In the worst of all years, the Tampa Bay Bucs were lost. They were weak on offense, and inconsistent on defense, and overwhelmed on almost every play. One week was more miserable than the rest, and the quarterback was without answers, and the coach was […]

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Ask the Expert: Jerry Angelo

December 15, 2014 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 question will be selected. Another day, another meek performance by the Bucs’ offense. […]

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Will the Glazers dabble in free agency again?

December 12, 2014 general

Friday, 11:39 a.m. TAMPA Soon, it will be their game again. Soon, all of the decisions will belong to them. The evaluation will be theirs. The understanding. The poise under pressure. The credit card. Soon, this game will leave the hands of Josh McCown and Gerald McCoy, and of Lavonte David and Mike Evans. Soon, […]

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Ask the expert: Jerry Angelo

December 8, 2014 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 question will be selected. The Bucs currently have the No. 1 pick in […]

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Can the Bucs lose enough to catch the Raiders?

December 2, 2014 general

Bad news from the front: When it comes to losing, turns out, the Bucs aren’t quite creative enough. As slow as they are going, egad. the Oakland Raiders are parked. Darn the luck. It is a tragedy, of course, that the fans of Tampa Bay have had to endure all of this ugliness, and yet, […]

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Ask the Expert: Jerry Angelo

December 1, 2014 Florida State University

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. Bengals’ coach Marvin Lewis ran onto the field Sunday […]

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You can’t count on the Bucs to pull out victory

November 30, 2014 Tampa Bay Bucs

TAMPA This is complicated stuff, so let us begin small. When a team is taking baby steps, keeping it simple is a good thing. 1…2…3…4… So far, this is easy, Even a kid could do it. Why, it’s Cat in the Hat stuff. There are four seasons in a year, four downs in a series. […]

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Bucs, Bears share history with Angelo

November 21, 2014 general

Half of his DNA belongs to the Bucs. The other half belongs to the Bears. This week, in particular, what is a guy to do? Jerry Angelo looks into his coffee cup and smiles. He sits at a restaurant in south St. Petersburg and laughs about the good times, some of them here, some of […]

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