Blain Gabbert? Jarett Dillard? A 41-14 loss to the Jaguars? Really? The Good It took 13 games, 12 plays, and a fourth down conversion, but the Buccaneers finally recorded a first quarter offensive touchdown. Greg Olson’s fourth down call — a playaction option bootleg — was what Tampa fans have been screaming for all season; …
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It’s official. The Buccaneers are the worst team in the division, and after a 38-19 blowout loss to the Panthers, they might be the worst team in the conference. They’re losers of six straight, and outside of a few flashes of competence, are a shell of the near-playoff team we saw a year ago. The …
No excuses. The Titans aren’t the Packers. They aren’t the Saints, or the Texans, or the 49ers. They’re not a Super Bowl contender, an elite offense, or a stifling defense. They’re a team with problems: no offensive playmakers, an underachieving defense, and a crippling inconsistency that threatens their chances at the division crown. They are, …
It wasn’t a game they were supposed to win. And pundits relax – they didn’t. The Buccaneers fell 35-26 to Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay machine, but Tampa left Lambeau with more than a tally in the loss column; they played with more confidence and passion than they had all year, and delivered a …
The Good Head coach Raheem Morris promised “changes” in his post-game press conference. Believe it when you see it, but it’s something. The normally level-headed Buccaneer figurehead seemed visibly perturbed by the 37-9 loss to Houston — which was appropriate — but it was a far deviation from his normal, cliched, passive responses to reporters …
I think, someday soon, we need to agree upon a definition for the term “draft bust.” There needs to be some accepted criteria, because as it stands, it has no meaning. It’s synonymous with some of the biggest flops in NFL history (as it should be), but is also used to categorize successful players who …
It’s getting ridiculous. All of it. The interceptions, the dropped passes, the offensive predictability… One week, the Buccaneers need a 17-point comeback to overtake the 1-6 Vikings; the next, they’re smashing the Saints and breaking Sean Payton’s legs. They have no identity. The team exists somewhere in between the 48-3 West Coast beatdown and the …
What a difference a week makes. Seven days after the worst loss in team history, the Buccaneers defended Raymond James Stadium against the surging Saints. They sent the fleur-de-lis back to New Orleans with a division loss and a maimed coach, earning the first quality win of the Raheem Morris era. THE GOOD Welcome back, …
The Buccaneers set a new standard for losing last Sunday, tying the franchise record for largest margin of defeat. It was a soul-shattering loss for the young Bucs, a confidence shaking defeat at the hands of a team who had no business delivering it — a loss so thoroughly devastating, it threatens to derail the …
The line-up is set. You’ve spent days tweaking the roster, researching every fantasy football site on the Internet. You’ve acquainted yourself with the depth chart of every NFL roster. Sunday morning, you don’t bother with chores around the house; you tackle the waiver wire hoping to strike fantasy gold. And, when all the games are …
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