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Getty Images The mental approach that makes Tom Brady a champion was on full display on the morning after the Super Bowl, when he was already talking to a member of the Buccaneers coaching staff about what the Bucs can do to be better next year. Buccaneers assistant Clyde Christensen told Rick...

Getty Images The following are PFT’s top 100 free agents for the start of the 2021 league year. The rankings include prospective unrestricted free agents, as well as released players. The list will be updated as events warrant, with signings, tags and re-signings denoted when announced and/or...

Getty Images ESPN draft analyst Mel Kiper Jr. isn’t the only person invoking Tom Brady‘s name when talking about former Alabama quarterback Mac Jones. Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa played with Jones in Tuscaloosa before moving on to the NFL and said on a Yahoo Sports podcast that any...

USA TODAY Sports Earlier today, we pointed out that ESPN’s Dean of Draftniks had Tom Brady as a fifth-round pick and the No. 10 overall quarterback in the 2000 draft. Mel Kiper wasn’t alone, and Brady still derives motivation from the assessment of his skills as he made the leap from Michigan...

Getty Images NFL teams are allowed to start talking to free agents on March 15 and there’s some word about who the Browns might be calling once the legal tampering window is open. Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com reports that Buccaneers linebacker Lavonte David is on the team’s radar as an...

Getty Images The 2021 quarterback class is coming into focus. Only one of them has drawn a comparison to the quarterback who started 2021 with his seventh Super Bowl win. Via Mike Reiss of ESPN.com, Dean of Draftniks Mel Kiper compares Alabama quarterback Mac Jones to Tom Brady. Sort of. “I...

Getty Images The Buccaneers are the hosts this weekend for the Girls Flag Football Preseason Classic, an annual event that attracts 1,200 players, making it the largest girls’ flag football tournament in the world. Tampa Bay is the only NFL team with multiple female coaches on its staff, and...

Getty Images When the Buccaneers won Super Bowl LV a few weeks back, all their touchdowns came from players acquired at least in part because Tampa Bay had Tom Brady: Rob Gronkowski, Leonard Fournette, and Antonio Brown. Brown joined the Bucs in October and was a significant contributor to the...

Getty Images Chris Godwin would prefer to remain in Tampa, and he’d prefer a long-term deal. He might not get both. The Buccaneers want to keep Godwin. The best way for the Bucs to keep the receiver is to apply the franchise tag. “Yeah, I mean, the way I look at it, similar to like a lot of...

Getty Images As he approaches free agency next month, Chris Godwin has said he’d like to remain with the Buccaneers and that he’s not just going to take the most money if it means he’ll be miserable. On the other side of it, Tampa Bay would clearly like to keep Godwin. Head coach Bruce Arians...

Getty Images The Chiefs weren’t able to repeat as Super Bowl champions this year, but running back LeSean McCoy was. McCoy joined the Buccaneers in 2020, which meant that he secured his second Super Bowl ring in as many years when his new team beat his old team earlier this month. McCoy didn’t...

Getty Images While discussing the differences between Tyreek Hill‘s use of the deuces when running to the end zone and the direct placement by Antoine Winfield, Jr. of the deuces in Hill’s face during the Super Bowl, I had an idea. The NFL punishes such behavior with a system of fines. The...

Getty Images Buccaneers wide receiver Chris Godwin says the arrival of Tom Brady changed the team’s entire outlook in 2020. Godwin says Brady turned the Buccaneers into a team so confident that no one in the locker room ever doubted they were going to end up winning the Super Bowl. “I think...

Getty Images Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians has already made it extremely clear he intended to continuing coaching in 2021 after their Super Bowl triumph earlier this month. But exactly how much longer does that the 68-year old Arians want to keep coaching? Well, it may depend on...

Getty Images The New England Patriots had no fans in 2020. They hope to have many fans in 2021. Specifically, they hope to have full stadiums. Via Ben Fischer of Sports Business Journal, the Patriots have delayed the due date for season-ticket payments from March to June 1. In a letter to...

Getty Images The NFL fined Buccaneers safety Antoine Winfield Jr. for flashing Tyreek Hill‘s signature peace sign in the receiver’s face in the fourth quarter of Super Bowl LV. Winfield said afterward that he gladly would pay any fine, which ended up being $7,815. Winfield now is turning the...

Getty Images The Buccaneers hope not many of their free agents move on, but they know some will. The 2021 Buccaneers will not be the 2020 Buccaneers. That team is history. That’s what Bruce Arians said he told his team in their final team meeting following their Super Bowl LV victory over the...

Getty Images Tom Brady left the Patriots a year ago, after 20 seasons in New England. Much has been said and written about why he left. So why not write and say some more now? Via JoeBucsFan.com, Buccaneers quarterbacks coach Clyde Christensen peeled back the curtain a but during a visit to...

Getty Images The Buccaneers placed 11 players on the active roster on the COVID-19 reserve list during the regular season and postseason, including running back Ronald Jones and linebacker Devin White. Four of those 11 players didn’t miss a game. Bucs quarterback Tom Brady stayed healthy the...

Getty Images The Buccaneers have key impending free agents on both sides of the ball and they’ve talked about trying to keep them all, but the realities of life under the salary cap may not make that possible. On Wednesday, head coach Bruce Arians may have provided a little hint about which...