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Super Bowl 2021: Chiefs-Buccaneers score predictions, prop bets, kickoff time, MVP picks and more

Super Bowl LV kicks off on Sunday at 6:30 p.m. ET, with the Kansas City Chiefs looking to defend their title against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Bucs quarterback Tom Brady will be seeking his seventh ring — and first outside of New England — while Patrick Mahomes will be trying to earn his second in […]

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NFL 2020 all-short-guys team: Drew Brees, Aaron Donald and more

Let’s get this straight from the jump: This is a celebration, not a list making fun of short players. It’s not a hey-isn’t-it-cute pat on the head, it’s a by-gawd confetti-tossin’, piñata-bustin’ celebration. Why? Because as any of the hundreds of NFL players I have interviewed have seen, I am short. Vertically challenged. Front row […]

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Sources: Chiefs’ Le’Veon Bell, Sammy Watkins and Buccaneers’ Antonio Brown, Antoine Winfield Jr. expected to play in Super Bowl

Several injured players for the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers are expected to be healthy for Super Bowl LV. Chiefs running back Le’Veon Bell (knee) and wide receiver Sammy Watkins (calf), as well as the Bucs duo of wide receiver Antonio Brown (knee) and safety Antoine Winfield Jr. (ankle), are all expected to […]

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Super Bowl predictions, picks, odds, preview and big questions for Chiefs-Buccaneers

The most unusual season in NFL history will end with something (else) that has never happened: The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will become the first team to compete for a Super Bowl title in its home stadium. Super Bowl LV will be played on Feb. 7 at the Buccaneers’ Raymond James Stadium, a date the NFL […]

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Defense stars as Tampa Bay Buccaneers reach conference championship in Tom Brady’s first season in NFC

The Buccaneers signed quarterback Tom Brady this offseason for moments like this: to go head-to-head with a New Orleans Saints team that has had an unrelenting grip on the NFC South, to get Tampa Bay back to the postseason for the first time in 13 years, and to become the first team in NFL history […]

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Antonio Brown catches first TD for Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who rally past Atlanta Falcons

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ 31-27 win over the Falcons on Sunday in Atlanta not only improved their record to 9-5, ensuring their second winning season since 2010, but inched them one step closer to their first playoff berth since 2007. And the play that ultimately got them there came from the one player whom many […]

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NFL Week 14 takeaways, stat leaders: Offensive outbursts for Bears and Cowboys, but letdown for Giants

Week 14 in the NFL saw offensive outbursts from the Broncos, Bears and Titans, an AFC West-clinching win for the Chiefs, a big letdown for the Giants and a huge win for the Buccaneers in their chase for an NFC wild-card spot. In all, six of the week’s opening eight games — including a Rams […]

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New York Giants’ Joe Judge on picked-up penalty flag: Thought official ‘made the right call the first time’

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — A picked-up penalty flag in the final minute allowed the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to edge out the New York Giants 25-23 on Monday night at MetLife Stadium. Giants coach Joe Judge thought it was the wrong call. Bucs coach Bruce Arians thought it was the right call. The officials thought it […]

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Buccaneers’ Devin White and Lavonte David emerging as league’s top linebacking duo

TAMPA, Fla. — One was stiff-armed by Christian McCaffrey as a rookie last season and now has McCaffrey calling him “the best in the league.” The other, his teacher, has produced such gaudy stats over the past nine seasons that his résumé could easily be mistaken for a Hall of Famer’s if not for all […]

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NFL playoff risers in 2020: Are the Packers, Cardinals and Buccaneers really this good?

Last week, I looked at the NFL teams whose playoff chances have fallen most significantly since the start of the 2020 season. This week, I’m going in the opposite direction and looking at the five teams whose chances have improved the most since the beginning of the campaign, according to the estimates of ESPN’s Football […]

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