Months ago, when the Glazers chose coach Greg Schiano to inherit the ruins that Raheem Morris left behind, we assumed their selection was based on Schiano’s character and method — a roughshod drill sergeant who was, for all intents and purposes, the exact opposite of Morris. We weren’t wrong in that assumption. In fact, the …
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It’s been a year and a half since Josh Freeman looked comfortable throwing long routes. The gargantuan passer showcased improved footwork and decent timing, but the nagging inaccuracy from a year ago still pulls his throws off course. It’s preseason, and as fans, we’re privy only to the superficial workings of Mike Sullivan’s offense… but …
Turnover rates are high in professional sports. Coaches and players are fired and replaced weekly, and a plethora of fresh talent and innovative instruction is tossed into the machine, where it either succeeds or gets gnawed and digested to make room for the next man up. It’s a nasty, unforgiving process. But it’s also exciting. …
There’s never much to glean from the first preseason game. In four weeks, after cuts and injuries whittle down the roster, we’ll be analyzing a different team with different goals and different setbacks. But despite the turnover, every team displays subtle tendencies in the preseason — like tells at the poker table — that forecast …
The Bucs and Redskins have met ten times in the preseason and all but one of those encounters was in Tampa. The series is tied, 5-5, and the two teams split their last two matchups. In 1999, the Bucs secured a 16-13 win at then-Redskins Stadium to cap their first unbeaten preseason in 16 years. …
THE GOOD Josh Johnson exists somewhere in that gray area between first and second string. He struggled as a starter in 2009—throwing to Michael Clayton and a gimpy Antonio Bryant—and didn’t do much to dissuade Josh Freeman’s ascendancy, but in the preseason, he’s been an athletic, reckless, yardage-eating dynamo. The Chiefs didn’t have an answer; …
The Buccaneers have won four of the last six meetings, including five of the last seven road contests in the series. New Orleans leads the all-time series 21-15 while the teams are tied at 8-8 as NFC South rivals. The teams split the series last year, with New Orleans winning in Tampa in Week 11 …
The Buccaneers lead the all-time series 6-3, including victories in five consecutive contests. Tampa Bay won the previous meeting at Raymond James Stadium in 2006, 14-13. This week’s game marks the seventh of 10 meetings played in Cincinnati. The two teams first met in 1976 in Cincinnati during the Buccaneers’ inaugural season, with the Bengals …
The Pittsburgh leads the all-time series 7-1, including wins in the last three meetings. Pittsburgh defeated the Buccaneers 20-3 at Heinz Field in 2006 and also prevailed 17-7 in 2002 on Monday Night Football in Tampa. In 2001, the Steelers won 17-10 in Tampa. Tampa Bay’s 16-3 defeat of the Steelers in 1998 was the …
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