TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady led three scoring drives — two of them culminating in touchdowns — in the Bucs’ first scrimmage of training camp, Brady’s first time playing at Raymond James Stadium in a Bucs uniform. There were no fans, but there was crowd noise and cannons fired as Brady’s […]
Continue readingTAMPA, Fla. — While a number of NFL teams chose not to practice Thursday in light of the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers carried on, with coach Bruce Arians challenging his team to take action. Arians held a brief team meeting before practice and told players he fully supports […]
Continue readingYes, it really is that time of year again. The 2020 ESPN Fantasy Football Marathon, which means football — and fantasy football — are right around the corner. Nobody has you covered with a more loaded roster of fantasy analysts or NFL Nation team reporters than ESPN. So don’t forget to use both as your […]
Continue readingThe early indication is that the injury is not serious and that the team is trying to be smart and cautious, with the priority of having Sanders ready for the season. “He will be ready to play,” a source said. Sanders, 23, set team records for scrimmage yards (1,327) and rushing yards (818) by a […]
Continue readingTAMPA, Fla. — On the first pass play of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ first padded training camp practice Monday, Tom Brady, playing in a new offense for the first time in 20 years, air-mailed a deep pass to second-year wideout Scotty Miller, essentially erasing all doubt about his arm strength at age 43. The pass […]
Continue readingTAMPA, Fla.– The precision and accuracy that became trademarks of quarterback Tom Brady‘s game don’t appear to have left him as he settles into his new home with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Brady joined teammates for his first practice of training camp that was open to the media Tuesday and their second one overall. LeSean […]
Continue readingThe most important thing for an NFL team is to find a franchise quarterback. The second-most important thing might be surrounding that quarterback with weapons. The Ravens went shopping for the likes of Mark Ingram and Marquise Brown last offseason and helped Lamar Jackson emerge as MVP. The Chiefs have been at or near the […]
Continue readingLet’s break down some of the winners and losers from this NFL offseason. Some of the stories in the short term were obvious — you don’t need me to tell you again who won the DeAndre Hopkins trade — but I’m going to try to take a look at the bigger picture to see how […]
Continue readingFree agency and the 2020 NFL draft have been completed, and now the league enters into an uncertain hiatus. The NFL deliberately kept both of those activities on their original timelines, but with no way to safely practice social distancing, the league canceled organized team activities, and it could do the same for June’s usually […]
Continue readingLeSean McCoy said he isn’t ready to retire despite his decline in production the past two seasons. In fact, he believes he has multiple seasons left in the NFL. “I really just want to play two more years,” McCoy said Friday in an interview with SiriusXM NFL Radio. “I talk to Frank [Gore] about this. […]
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