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 readingTAMPA, Fla. — It will soon be a Wednesday night in Week 8 of his first NFL season, and just as he did the week before and every Wednesday and Thursday prior, Tampa Bay Buccaneers rookie safety Antoine Winfield Jr. will go to his most trusted resource as he prepares for this week’s opponent, the […]
Continue readingHere came the Browns on Sunday, rolling into Pittsburgh looking nothing at all like the Browns we’re used to. They carried a 4-1 record and a four-game win streak into Heinz Field, eager for a chance to prove their legitimacy at the home of a 4-0 division rival. And they got smoked. Caring absolutely nothing […]
Continue readingIn the second quarter against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, quarterback Aaron Rodgers attempted to hit Davante Adams on third-and-10, with second-year cornerback Jamel Dean jumping the route and returning it 32 yards for a touchdown to cut the Packers’ lead to 10-7. It was just Rodgers’ third pick-six in 6,215 career pass attempts. Then, on […]
Continue readingDon’t tell Aaron Rodgers that Super Bowl LV is at Raymond James Stadium. That hasn’t been the Green Bay Packers quarterback’s happy place. Twice he has left Tampa, Florida, injured: a shoulder in 2008 and a calf in 2014. He showed up there Sunday hoping for something different, saying this past week: “I’m hoping the […]
Continue readingThe NFL trade deadline used to be a waste of time. Not anymore. While there were no actual trades on deadline day a year ago, we saw 11 significant trades in the two weeks leading up to it. The big acquisitions seemed like cornerback Jalen Ramsey (Rams) and wide receivers Mohamed Sanu (Patriots) and Emmanuel […]
Continue readingThe six-time Super Bowl winner threw two interceptions, including a pick-six, in a 34-23 loss to the host New Orleans Saints. It was just his fourth loss in a season opener. And it was the third consecutive game in which he threw a pick-six (last season’s AFC wild-card game vs. the Tennessee Titans and a […]
Continue readingA few teams took part in padded practices at 2020 NFL training camps on Friday, including the Dallas Cowboys, New York Jets, Denver Broncos and Jacksonville Jaguars. In some cases, it was the first chance for our NFL Nation reporters to get a look at the rookie draft picks in their uniforms. The day also […]
Continue readingTAMPA, Fla. — Despite seeing two players diagnosed with the coronavirus and an assistant coach test positive last week, Tampa Bay Buccaneers players are continuing to hold group workouts at a local high school. The Tampa Bay Times reported that quarterback Tom Brady and several teammates were working out at Berkeley Prep on Tuesday morning, […]
Continue readingThe bulk of NFL free agency is in the rearview mirror, which means we have a much better feel for the teams that will be contenders during the 2020 season. Yes, the NFL draft will have an impact, but that process is a bit of a crapshoot and we shouldn’t be making drastic changes to […]
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