WIth all but two games still undecided, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2011 schedule is already shaping up to be a slate of not so solid food for the Bucs to dine on. Of course teams and divisions change from season to season, but trends do occur. The AFC South for instance is not the feared division it once used to be. Jacksonville is still physical, but they seem to go season to season, and Indianapolis as well as Tennessee are either falling apart or going into rebuilding mode. The NFC North is always tough, but Chicago and Detroit are in flux, and Minnesota, well no one knows what kind of team they will put together in 2011. [...] Read More

Those three names have one thing in common; they started the season as the QB and top 3 WRs, and still are. And that is about the only position on the Bucs team that can say that. Offensive line has been a virtual musical chairs with Keydrick Vincent, Jeremy Trueblood, Davin Joseph and Jeff Faine all gone from the opening day lineup. Good thing the Bucs decided to pony up for Donald Penn [...] Read More

A game of Shoulda, Coulda, and What Ifs- With some Grimm [...] Read More

This list is not scientific, nor is it in order of best to worst. Its in chronological order, these are the 5 plays that helped shape the 2010 Tampa Bay Buccaneers into the 7-3 playoff possible team that they [...] Read More

The Bucs have actually won 4 of the last 6 meetings with the Saints! Of course none may have been more exciting than that week 12 win over New Orleans on the road with Luke McCown as the QB. He was masterful, and had a lot of people believing he could be the answer at QB. Last years home game was as forgettable as it gets, with a 38-7 drubbing taken that pretty much got Jim Bates fired! But the Biggest win over New Orleans? Well besides last years win on the road, down 17-3 at the 4th Quarter mark? The 1977 Week 13 win on the road, the first ever win for Tampa [...] Read More

arichardson@tampatrib.com Published: October 8, 2010 TAMPA – Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback Aqib Talib will not be disciplined by the NFL for allegedly attending the Bucs’ season opener against Cleveland this season. Talib was serving a one-game suspension during Tampa Bay’s home opener for after being arrested in August 2009 for punching a cab driver. He [...] Read More

When it comes to scoring touchdowns in the red zone, to say that both the Bengals and Tampa Bay Buccaneers need to improve would be an understatement. When the teams meet Sunday at Paul Brown Stadium, it will be a matchup featuring two offenses ranked in the lower third of the NFL in red-zone efficiency. [...] Read More

CINCINNATI – To say that both the Bengals and Tampa Bay Buccaneers need to improve theirred-zone offense would be a slight understatement. Sunday’s game at Paul Brown Stadium matches two offenses ranked in the lower third of the NFL.The Bengals (2-2) have just five touchdowns in 13 possessions inside the 20-yard line (38.5percent), ranking them [...] Read More

arichardson@tampatrib.com Published: October 6, 2010 TAMPA – Cincinnati Bengals coach Marvin Lewis has no problems dealing with receivers Terrell Owens and Chad Ochocinco, but apparently has an issue with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Prior to the season, the Bucs signed to their practice squad receiver Dezmon Briscoe, a rookie from Kansas who was drafted by [...] Read More

Published: October 6, 2010 PLANT CITY – Eight first-place winners from Plant City will compete at 10 a.m. Saturday at One Buc Place, the training facility for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, as part of the NFL/Pepsi Punt, Pass & Kick contest. The youngsters advanced to the competition after winning the Sept. 25 Punt, Pass & [...] Read More