Buffalo At Tampa Bay Friday Injury Report

December 6th, 2013 Matt Loede Posted in Injuries

BUFFALO BILLS

Status Report

PROBABLE

WR Marquise Goodwin (calf), DT Kyle Williams (achilles)

Practice Report

DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN PRACTICE

Wednesday

DT Kyle Williams (achilles)

Thursday

TE Scott Chandler (not injury related)

LIMITED PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Thursday

WR Marquise Goodwin (calf)

FULL PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Thursday

DT Kyle Williams (achilles)

Friday

WR Marquise Goodwin (calf), DT Kyle Williams (achilles)

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS

Status Report

OUT

G Carl Nicks (foot)

QUESTIONABLE

DE Da’Quan Bowers (knee), DT Gary Gibson (calf), WR Vincent Jackson (hamstring), WR Chris Owusu (hamstring)

PROBABLE

G Davin Joseph (knee), CB Darrelle Revis (chest, shoulder), DT Akeem Spence (wrist)

Practice Report

DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN PRACTICE

Wednesday

WR Vincent Jackson (hamstring), G Davin Joseph (knee), G Carl Nicks (foot)

Thursday

G Carl Nicks (foot)

Friday

G Carl Nicks (foot)

LIMITED PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Thursday

DT Gary Gibson (calf), WR Vincent Jackson (hamstring), WR Chris Owusu (hamstring)

Friday

DE Da’Quan Bowers (knee), DT Gary Gibson (calf), WR Vincent Jackson (hamstring), WR Chris Owusu (hamstring)

FULL PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Wednesday

CB Darrelle Revis (chest, shoulder), DT Akeem Spence (wrist)

Thursday

G Davin Joseph (knee), CB Darrelle Revis (chest, shoulder), DT Akeem Spence (wrist)

Friday

G Davin Joseph (knee), CB Darrelle Revis (chest, shoulder), DT Akeem Spence (wrist)

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Falcons At Bucs Wednesday Injury Report

November 13th, 2013 Matt Loede Posted in Injuries, News

ATLANTA FALCONS

Practice Report

DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN PRACTICE

Wednesday

TE Tony Gonzalez (toe), DE Malliciah Goodman (calf), DT Corey Peters (knee), RB Jason Snelling (knee)

LIMITED PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Wednesday

RB Steven Jackson (toe), DT Peria Jerry (toe), LB Sean Weatherspoon (foot), WR Roddy White (shoulder)

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS

Practice Report

DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN PRACTICE

Wednesday

CB Michael Adams (knee), DE Da’Quan Bowers (concussion), G Carl Nicks (foot)

LIMITED PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Wednesday

S Mark Barron (knee), WR Vincent Jackson (knee), G Davin Joseph (knee), WR Chris Owusu (foot)

FULL PARTICIPATION IN PRACTICE

Wednesday

CB Danny Gorrer (groin), T Donald Penn (calf), DT Akeem Spence (wrist)

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Video: Vincent Jackson Talks About the Bucs

November 11th, 2013 Matt Loede Posted in Video

Vincent Jackson talks about the Bucs and his upcoming Monday Night Football match up.

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Bucs Worked Out Kick Returner Darius Reynaud Tuesdsay

November 6th, 2013 Matt Loede Posted in News

Today the Buccaneers worked out former Tennessee Titans return specialist Darius Reynaud.

Reynaud, a 5-foot-9, 201-pound running back with 3,185 career return yards and three touchdowns, played collegiately at West Virginia.

He has previous stints with the Minnesota Vikings and New York Giants.

Last season against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Reynaud became the 16th player in NFL history to return two punt returns for a touchdown in one game.

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Revis Claims Knee Kept Him From Playing Man-To-Man Coverage

November 2nd, 2013 Matt Loede Posted in Injuries

Darrelle Revis said Friday he wasn’t playing all man-to-man coverage early this season because the knee he injured last season hasn’t fully healed and he’s only just beginning to approach 100 percent, Pat Yasinskas of ESPN.com reports.

“It’s a process that you’ve got to go through,” Revis said. “ACLs take a while. It’s a process. I’m not all the way there yet. You’ve got to change your game up and that’s what I had to do.”

Fans had been criticizing the coaching staff for using Revis, who is considered one of the top cover corners in the league, mostly in zone coverage. Revis said he lacked stamina and explosiveness early in the season.

“You need that buildup,” Revis said. “I wasn’t getting that. I wasn’t even feeling comfortable even running from press coverage to go. It’s just something that’s going to take some time.”

“Darrelle has had like 2½ weeks of great practice and played lights out against Steve Smith the other night,” coach Greg Schiano said. “Darrelle is the consummate pro. I have nothing but faith and belief that he knows what he can do and can’t do and that’s why we give him a lot of latitude on technique, how he wants to do it because he knows better than anybody.

“He’s one of the best to ever play the position. He knows what he can and can’t do and that’s kind of how we’ve gone with it since he’s arrived.”

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Check Out The New “Salute to Service” Camouflage Caps By New Era

November 2nd, 2013 Matt Loede Posted in Features

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This month, the NFL will unveil their “Salute to Service” initiative to honor our troops.

For the first time during this initiative, New Era, the official cap of the NFL, has created an exclusive line of camouflage caps that will be worn on the sidelines by all players, coaches and staff during games throughout the month of November.

Fans will see the caps for the first time during Thursday night’s (November 7th) Vikings-Redskins game. The Eagles will be wearing the caps starting on Sunday (November 10th).

These special caps are available for purchase at www.neweracap.com, with a portion of proceeds going to the troops.

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Bucs Still Trying How To Use CB Darrelle Revis

October 29th, 2013 Matt Loede Posted in News

The use of cornerback Darrelle Revis, who has been employed about half the time in zone schemes, has become an area in which Bucs coach Greg Schiano and his staff have been most criticized, Roy Cummings of the Tampa Tribune reports.

Fans and some NFL analysts have suggested the Bucs overpaid for Revis because they say the team is wasting his talent by using him in zone coverage. For his part, Revis has mostly steered clear of the controversy.

He asked to meet with Schiano early in the year to say he was not the source of a story that suggested he was unhappy with how he was being used, but offered only tepid support for the team’s game plan following the loss to Carolina on Thursday.

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Bucs Tickets Are At Bargain Prices As They Search For Their First Win Of The Season

October 24th, 2013 Greg Cohen Posted in Tickets

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will be looking for their first win of the season Thursday night against the Carolina Panthers. The Buccaneers will be without running back Doug Martin, who injured his shoulder in last week’s loss to Atlanta Falcons. Since switching to rookie Mike Glennon from Josh Freeman at quarterback, Tampa Bay still hasn’t won a game, but have scored over 20 points in a game the past two weeks, the only two such occurrences of the season for the Bucs. Glennon will face a very tough Carolina defense that sports one of the best front sevens in the league.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers tickets are currently averaging $67 on the secondary market, a 36% decrease over the season average at Raymond James Stadium. The average price has also dropped 18% in the last week. Fans in the Tampa Bay area don’t seem to be too excited with the way the Buccaneers are currently playing. The $67 average price is the lowest for any game during Week 8 and lower than the get-in price for four other games this weekend. The starting price for this game is also a fairly low $17, the third lowest for Week 8 games. No longer are Buccaneer fans willing to pay a premium to see this team play this year.

Head coach Greg Schiano thinks this team can win by playing “Buccaneer football,” but that style of play hasn’t worked in six games and isn’t making fans too eager to see this team play. If The Bucs are going to turn this season around as they travel to Seattle to play the Seahawks next week and could easily be looking at a 0-8 record without a win against the Panthers. This has been a season of turmoil for the Bucs between the release of Freeman and outbreak of MRSA at the team facility, but it would be hard for Tampa Bay’s season to get worse from here.

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