Benching Jameis Winston is theoretically an option, but Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians has acknowledged he doesn’t have a better choice. Jameis Winston had a vintage bad performance on Sunday against the Carolina Panthers in London, with five interceptions and six total turnovers. He also threw the ball 54 times, and had 400 yards through
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As he heads into the middle of a make-or-break season, Jameis Winston is proving the Tampa Bay Buccaneers should be ready to move on. It’s rare for a quarterback taken No. 1 overall in the draft to play out the final year of his rookie contract. But that’s what the Tampa Bay Buccaneers did with
Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians took the delay of game penalty intentionally to help out his kicker Matt Gay. No, it didn’t work. In what was one of the more exciting games of the Week 3 slate in the NFL, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers were battling down to the wire with the New
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA – SEPTEMBER 12: Vernon Hargreaves III #28 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers forces Christian McCaffrey #22 of the Carolina Panthers out-of-bounds short of the first down marker on fourth down late in the fourth quarter of their game at Bank of America Stadium on September 12, 2019 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA – SEPTEMBER 12: Luke Kuechly #59 of the Carolina Panthers warms up before their game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Bank of America Stadium on September 12, 2019 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images) What is with this Thursday Night Football camera angle? by Matt Verderame The Carolina
Hopes of Jameis Winston finally breaking out in year five may have been extinguished after Sunday’s lackluster performance for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. It takes some quarterbacks longer to fully mature than others. For Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston, that day may never come. After back-to-back 5-11 seasons, the Buccaneers turned things over to
TAMPA, FL – AUG 03: Quarterback Jameis Winston (3) has a word with Head Coach Bruce Arians during the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Training Camp on August 03, 2019 at the AdventHealth Training Center at One Buccaneer Place in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Top 5 MLB prospects who could impact
Waiting this late to sign a free agent is supposed to net NFL teams bargains. The Buccaneers didn’t get any discount from Ndamukong Suh. The Buccaneers are guilty of overpaying a defensive tackle named Ndamukong Suh. The former Rams defensive tackle definitely fills a need for Tampa Bay, but there was no reason to hand
LOS ANGELES, CA – JANUARY 12: Los Angeles Rams nose tackle Ndamukong Suh (93) celebrates after making a tackle for loss during the NFC Divisional Football game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Los Angeles Rams on January 12, 2019 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, CA. (Photo by Jordon Kelly/Icon Sportswire
After finally cutting Gerald McCoy, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers should have looked beyond Ndamukong Suh as a replacement. Up against the salary cap, the NFL’s worst-kept secret was defensive tackle Gerald McCoy and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers would be parting ways. It happened on Monday. So a replacement was needed, and multiple reports immediately suggested
Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive tackle Gerald McCoy remains one of the best players at his position, but the organization was unable to find a team willing to acquire his $13 million cap hit over the next three years. Since coming into the league nine years ago as the No. 3 overall pick out of Oklahoma,
Bruce Arians is the newest head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Can he lead this team from the NFC South basement to an elusive division title? Ponder for a moment that the only team in the league that currently owns a longer playoff drought than the Tampa Bay Buccaneers these days is the Cleveland
TAMPA, FL – NOVEMBER 25: Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive tackle Gerald McCoy (93) during the second half of an NFL game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Tampa Bay Bucs on November 25, 2018, at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, FL. (Photo by Roy K. Miller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Craig Kimbrel may be
TAMPA, FL – DEC 02: Jason Pierre-Paul (90) of the Bucs celebrates sacking Cam Newton of the Panthers during the regular season game between the Carolina Panthers and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on December 02, 2018 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Sarah Kaufman embraces a
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers seem to have been rebuilding since the departure of Jon Gruden. Is the team finally putting some polish on this extended reconstruction? The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have seen flashes of greatness from beleaguered quarterback Jameis Winston and other skill players, and now with a new head coach (again), the team hopes
Former NFL running back Reggie Cobb, who also worked as a scout in the league for a long time, has passed away at the age of 50. Reggie Cobb, a former NFL running back and scout, died Saturday morning in California at the age of 50. His cause of death was not immediately given, but
It’s been more than a decade since the Tampa Bay Buccaneers reached the playoffs. Can their latest head coach lead them back to the postseason? There has been zero playoff appearances for the franchise since then-head coach Jon Gruden led the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to the NFC South title with a 9-7 record in 2007.
How does the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2016 NFL Draft class look three years later? In 2015, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers drafted who they believed was their future franchise quarterback in Jameis Winston. Even with a rookie under center, many believed the championship window was open. While Winston won Rookie of the Year, the Bucs finished
A new head coach and a top ten pick in the 2019 NFL Draft have the Tampa Bay Buccaneers fans excited for next season. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are as perplexing of a team as there is in the NFL. They looked poised to make a playoff run with some defensive upgrades during the 2018
It’s pretty clear head coach Bruce Arians isn’t enamored with Gerald McCoy. It’s also clear that the defensive tackle may leave the Buccaneers as a result. The Buccaneers hired Bruce Arians to change the entire culture surrounding the team. Evidently, part of that directive seems to be getting rid of players he doesn’t feel are
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are looking to cut ties with Gerald McCoy. Here are five teams that would be wise to trade for him. Gerald McCoy has been one of the most dominant interior defensive lineman in the NFL throughout his career. Coming from Oklahoma, McCoy was drafted the same year as fellow disruptive defensive
Head coach Bruce Arians is ready to turn things around in Tampa Bay. To do that, the Buccaneers need to draft one of these five guys in Round 1. Bruce Arians’ arrival in Tampa Bay is going to give the Buccaneers a much different feel this season. The organization still needs more talent if they’re
With a new coaching staff ready to lead the way, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are looking to reverse last season’s fortune and it starts with the 2019 NFL Draft. Despite no roster moves happening yet, there is optomism in Tampa Bay that the 2019 season is going to be much better than the 2018 season
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers finished in the NFC South basement for the second straight year. Could the following five players help this team in 2019? It’s now 11 straight seasons and counting for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in terms of missing out on the playoffs. The franchise’s last postseason appearance came in 2007 when the
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers need all the talent defensively they can get, so keeping Gerald McCoy is a good plan. Gerald McCoy will not be hitting the free agent market and will stay with the Buccaneers for his tenth season. McCoy was rumored to be a potential cap casualty this offseason, but Rick Stroud of the Tampa
Kareem Hunt is being investigated by the NFL over an alleged assault in February but that hasn’t stopped the Buccaneers from showing interest in signing him. Kareem Hunt currently sits on the commissioner’s exempt list while the league investigates an alleged assault committed by Hunt in February 2018. In the video released by TMZ Sports
Bruce Arians believes the Buccaneers can compete right away, but it might be a little more complicated than that. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers recently knocked it out of the park with their hire of Bruce Arians as head coach. Not only did they bring one of the most respected football minds in the NFL to
New coach arrives in Tampa Bay with a critical mission to fix the former No. 1 overall draft pick and fix the fortunes of a moribund franchise. Plaxico Burress thought he knew it all. Then Bruce Arians showed up. As the 66-year-old Arians makes his seventh stop in the NFL, the central question to whether
If Bruce Arians becomes the next head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, his primary task will be to fix Jameis Winston. Bruce Arians retired as head coach of the Arizona Cardinals after the 2017 season, as that franchise shifted toward a rebuild. Arians has surfaced as a candidate for head coaching jobs now, with his
As the Tampa Bay Buccaneers search for a new head coach, they seem ready to try to coax Brian Kelly out of the college ranks. Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly has surfaced as a potential candidate for NFL jobs at times over the years, and he interviewed with the Philadelphia Eagles before they hired