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Pressure Percentage: Final 2009 Results

by Staff Report on February 14, 2010

Back in 2008 Bucs Central broke down how effective each NFL teams was a getting pressure on opposing quarterbacks, well those stats are back! We once again broke down the numbers, armed with are geek squad excel workbook and stats readily available from Profootballfocus.com and NFL.com we added, subtracted and divided to see just how …

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Bucs Will Continue To Build Through The Draft

by Staff Report on January 27, 2010

The unraveling of the Bucs has been in the making long before the hoisting of the Lombardi Trophy, bad drafting, poor personnel decisions, inept coaching, horrendous on field execution and a total lack of conviction to a well thought out plan has the Bucs digressing to the very roots of there existence.  It didn’t happen …

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Air Yards: Talkin’ YAC

by Staff Report on January 20, 2010

Typically many fans, pundits and analyst spend the season evaluating the downfield production of quarterbacks, by how many yards a ball is thrown past the line of scrimmage or how many yards per attempt a quarterback has as a sound measure of how effective a quarterback has done, but by putting it into perspective. A …

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Offensive Line Mediocre At Best

by Staff Report on January 8, 2010

Pundits, fans and even media type’s attribute the failures on offense: To the inabilities of the offensive lineman to adequately pass protect and run block effectively as the number one cause for an offense that was devoid of explosive capabilities and more often then not was ordinary at best throughout much of the 2009 season.
Using …

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Consolation Prize: Ndamukong Suh

by Staff Report on December 7, 2009

The consolation prize for a horrid ‘09 campaign is the fact the Buccaneers are in the running to draft one of the most dominant defensive lineman to come out of the collegiate ranks in over a decade. The last time the Buccaneers drafted a defensive player at the top of the draft from the Big …

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Potential NFL Free Agents 2010 – Unrestricted Only

by Staff Report on November 29, 2009

Just how important will free agency and the draft be this off-season for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers? If there is no new CBA (collective bargaining agreement) reached it could take longer then some fans might expect, before the team becomes competitive again. If the Bucs have to solely rely on the draft to fill holes …

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Morris Bucs’ Defensive Woes Stem From Personnel Issues

by Staff Report on November 17, 2009

The ugly truth of the matter is that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers defense is horrible in pressuring opposing quarterbacks, stopping the run, and third down percentage. Surrendering an eye popping 1,506 rushing yards, a gaudy 167.3 yards per game, a 4.9 yards per carry average, allowing teams to convert 42% on third downs 49/116. Then …

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Bucs Receiver Playing Game Of Cat And Mouse

by Staff Report on November 13, 2009

There’s clearly something not clicking between receiver Antonio Bryant and the brain trust of the Buccaneers, if you hearken back to the comments Bryant made on 7 Nov 09, it would seem Bryant is still fuming over the lack of not being offered a long term contract. Simply stated Bryant has shut it down based …

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Freeman’s Future Looks Bright

by Staff Report on November 10, 2009

Josh Freeman had a ton of critics when the Buccaneers moved up in the first round of the draft, to select the early entry junior from Kansas State. But after one regular season start in which he tossed three touchdowns to one interception and lead a fourth quarter come from behind win over the Green …