After narrowly escaping with a 25-23 victory last week over the New York Giants on Monday Night Football — a game they entered as 12.5-point favorites — the Bucs were decimated by the New Orleans Saints 38-3 on “Sunday Night Football” to fall to 6-3. The Bucs entered the night looking to not only add […]
Continue readingTHE MAN APPEARING in the doorway of Adam Gase’s office late on an October Wednesday night looks like a character out of a nursery rhyme, squat and nearly square. He is an employer of few words, and his presence in this doorway at this moment attests to the overall seriousness of his purpose. The 2020 […]
Continue readingThe NFC South is just getting warmed up. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers (6-2) and New Orleans Saints (5-2) were already embroiled in one of the NFL’s most compelling division battles heading into Sunday night’s crucial showdown in Tampa (8:20 p.m. ET, NBC). Now they’re about to add two of the greatest receivers of the past […]
Continue readingWe are now through eight weeks of the NFL season — basically, the halfway point. And while it has been a season unlike any other, games have, in fact, been played for eight weeks. Not always in the order expected, but we do have a really good sample size. One of the challenges of fantasy […]
Continue readingTAMPA, Fla. — Speaking to the media for the first time since signing with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, wide receiver Antonio Brown expressed gratitude Wednesday for the opportunity to rejoin a team after a year-and-a-half away from football. “Being away from the game for a year-and-a-half, just to be able to be part of the […]
Continue readingWhile it doesn’t always seem like it, we believe the NFL Power Rankings should look at the bright side of each team. That’s what we’re doing this week, as every NFL Nation writer picks a point of optimism for the team they cover. Whether it’s a player, coach, statistical trend or position group, each team […]
Continue readingIn his weekly radio interview on WEEI in Boston, Belichick expounded on his remarks, saying the current situation is a result of how the Patriots approached the previous five seasons. “We sold out and won three Super Bowls, played in a fourth, and played in an AFC Championship Game. This year we have less to […]
Continue readingBrown was upset about being targeted a career-low two times in Sunday’s 28-24 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers. He vented his frustration an hour after the game by tweeting: “What’s the point of having souljas when you never use them (Never!!)” Harbaugh reached out to Brown, and the tweet was deleted later Sunday night. “I […]
Continue readingBefore Godwin had the surgery on his fractured left index finger this past Tuesday, doctors told the Buccaneers that the Pro Bowler would be sidelined four to six weeks, according to a source. But once doctors put pins in his finger, they adjusted their projections to one to two weeks, according to a source, leaving […]
Continue readingFOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick said that his struggling 2020 team doesn’t have the same level of depth as some past clubs, in part because of the salary cap, which has led to younger players being thrust into action. The 2-4 Patriots, in the midst of their first three-game losing streak […]
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