Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at 11:18 PM - Permalink
About an hour after the regular season schedule was released Wednesday night, the LVH Las Vegas Hotel and Casino had already installed favorites and underdogs for the opening week games. Jacksonville is the biggest Week One underdog on the LVH SuperBook board. The Eagles are 11-point favorites over...
Pro Football Talk
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at 10:44 PM - Permalink
And that opponent on Nov. 23 should look familiar to Lovie...
Tampa Bay Times
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at 8:49 PM - Permalink
As per recent custom, the NFL has scheduled 16 divisional games for the final Sunday of the 2014 regular season. Here is the entire slate of Week 17 games to be played on December 28, with a quick initial take on each of the contests. The NFL will “flex” one of these games to be…...
Pro Football Talk
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at 8:30 PM - Permalink
Breakdown: The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are going to find out right away if their many offseason moves have helped closed the gap in the NFC South. The Bucs play their three division foes (Panthers, Falcons and Saints) within the first five weeks of the schedule, including the opener at home against...
ESPN
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at 8:20 PM - Permalink
PHOENIX — Cardinals linebacker Daryl Washington was sentenced Wednesday to a year of supervised probation for assaulting his daughter's mother...
Tampa Bay Times
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at 7:54 PM - Permalink
The NFL released the full schedule for all 32 teams on Wednesday and Tampa Bay will open to the season on September 7 at home against Carolina. The Bucs will also travel to Atlanta in a nationally-televised game on CBS in Week 3. The Bucs close out the regular season with two straight home games...
Pewter Report
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at 7:22 PM - Permalink
TAMPA — The agent for Adrian Clayborn, Blake Baratz, said Wednesday the Bucs informed him they won't pick up a $6.96 million option for the defensive end for 2015, a decision that benefits the team and their 2011 first-round draft pick...
Tampa Bay Times
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at 6:26 PM - Permalink
The Buccaneers signed one expensive defensive end this offseason, and they’ve chosen not to have two of them next year. According to Greg Auman of the Tampa Bay Times, the Bucs will not pick up the $6.96 million option for 2015 on defensive end Adrian Clayborn. That puts Clayborn on the...
Pro Football Talk
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at 6:01 PM - Permalink
The Buccaneers completed the second day of their three-day mini-camp on Wednesday. Which QB looked the best? What DB made the most of his reps? Who was lined up returning kickoffs? Get these answers and more in this Bucs mini-camp report from PewterReport.com...
Pewter Report
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at 4:49 PM - Permalink
McCown, Bucs are getting comfortable with one another...
Tampa Bay Times
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at 3:15 PM - Permalink
TAMPA, Fla. -- With the clock ticking, Tampa Bay defensive end Adrian Clayborn doesn’t know if the Buccaneers will pick up his fifth-year option."You guys know anything?" Clayborn said when asked by the media if he’d heard anything about his future.The Bucs have been silent on...
ESPN
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at 3:12 PM - Permalink
Johnny Manziel is on the short list of players that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are heavily considering with their first-round pick in the NFL draft, a league source told ESPN.com's Vaughn McClure...
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Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at 2:00 PM - Permalink
The Buccaneers signed defensive end Michael Johnson as a free agent last month, a move that filled the pressing need for a pass rusher they had entering the offseason. It may not have taken them out of the market for one of the draft’s top pass rushing prospects, however. Bucs defensive end...
Pro Football Talk
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at 1:32 PM - Permalink
Last month, Buccaneers coach Lovie Smith said he was excited to coach the fastest guy in the NFL. Smith was referring to running back Jeff Demps and his previous coaches never got much of a chance to actually coach him because Demps was splitting his time between football and track. Demps’...
Pro Football Talk
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at 12:07 PM - Permalink
Josh Freeman rapidly declined from a franchise quarterback in Tampa Bay to a disappointment in Minnesota to a backup where he is now, with the Giants. But Freeman thinks he can be a franchise quarterback again. Although Freeman knows he has no chance of beating out Eli Manning this season, he...
Pro Football Talk
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at 11:27 AM - Permalink
Offensive tackle visited Raiders, Chiefs, Dolphins, Buccaneers...
National Football Post
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at 10:00 AM - Permalink
ESPN.com Buccaneers reporter Pat Yasinskas says Tampa Bay newcomer Michael Johnson made a wise decision to study film of former Bucs defensive end Simeon Rice, one of the franchise’s all-time greats...
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Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at 8:52 AM - Permalink
Tampa Bay was finally able to get their new revamped defense on the field for the coaching staff to get a close look at. Which players stood out? What is the tentative depth chart? Get these answers and more in this Pewter Report feature from Tuesday's voluntary mini-camp...
Pewter Report
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at 8:00 AM - Permalink
TAMPA, Fla. -- As a new head coach, Tampa Bay’s Lovie Smith still is getting to know his players. But it’s obvious he already has developed a comfort level with his running backs.“I went in there the other day and I asked them if there was a requirement to being under 5-[foot-]10...
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Tuesday, April 22, 2014 at 6:35 PM - Permalink
Tampa Bay's new offense was revealed during the Bucs' first mini-camp practice of the Lovie Smith era. Which players stood out in new offensive coordinator Jeff Tedford's scheme on Tuesday? Get the inside scoop in Pewter Report's practice report...
Pewter Report
Tuesday, April 22, 2014 at 6:19 PM - Permalink
NFL rules prohibit coaches from chastising players who choose not to show up for voluntary work. But the rules say nothing about praising those who do. On the first day of a voluntary minicamp, two weeks after the offseason program launched, new Buccaneers coach Lovie Smith said that his new...
Pro Football Talk
Tuesday, April 22, 2014 at 5:46 PM - Permalink
TAMPA — Carl Nicks says he has pain and nerve damage in his left foot, something the Bucs guard believes he may have to live with for the rest of the life...
Tampa Bay Times
Tuesday, April 22, 2014 at 5:37 PM - Permalink
TAMPA — This week's three-day minicamp is officially voluntary, but new Bucs coach Lovie Smith wasn't surprised to have all 75 players attend Tuesday afternoon's first practice under his new coaching staff...
Tampa Bay Times
Tuesday, April 22, 2014 at 5:06 PM - Permalink
Bucs head coach Lovie Smith held his first post-practice press conference on Tuesday afternoon following a lively two-and-a-half hour workout, the first of a three-day voluntary minicamp. Smith complimented the effort and attendance but says there is still a lot of work to do...
Pewter Report
Tuesday, April 22, 2014 at 4:33 PM - Permalink
TAMPA, Fla. -- From a media standpoint, it's been a shame that Da'Quan Bowers hasn't done more on the field.The guy is one of the best quotes in the Tampa Bay locker room. But, through the first three years of his NFL career, the defensive end hasn't been productive -- or relevant...
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