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Getty Images The pandemic continues to rage, and the NFL continues to work its way through the situation, applying flexibility whenever and whenever it’s needed. In Tampa, flexibility includes defensive coordinator Todd Bowles working virtually this week. Via Mike Garafolo of NFL Media...

Getty Images The Falcons closed their facility on Thursday morning because of a positive COVID-19 test and it appears center Alex Mack is the player who has tested positive. Mack was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list on Thursday afternoon. The team did not announce the reason for the move...

Getty Images Once the Buccaneers activated running back Ronald Jones from the reserve/COVID-19 list, the only obstacle to his return to the lineup was a potential issue with his fractured pinky. Jones had a pin inserted into the finger a couple of weeks ago and he got in a limited practice...

Getty Images As the COVID-19 situation in the country worsens, there’s another team dealing with a positive test. The Falcons announced that the team will conduct all business virtually on Thursday after a member of the organization tested positive. Atlanta did not specify if the positive test...

Getty Images Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians previously has said his team is simply happy to be in the playoffs, regardless of the seeding. That said, they still want the highest seeding they can get. Appearing on SiriusXM NFL Radio, Arians made it clear that his team wants to finish 11-5 and to...

Getty Images The Buccaneers will be going back to returner Jaydon Mickens, signing him to their 53-man roster on Wednesday. Running back Kenjon Barner had filled that role for the past few games, but he’s being placed on injured reserve. Mickens went on the reserve/COVID-19 list earlier this...

Getty Images The Buccaneers activated running back Ronald Jones from the reserve/COVID-19 list this week and that meant he practiced on Wednesday for the first time in over two weeks. In addition to dealing with COVID-19, Jones has also been recovering from surgery to insert a pin into his...

Getty Images The Buccaneers may have their starting running back for Week 17, as the club has activated Ronald Jones from the reserve/COVID-19 list. Jones has missed Tampa Bay’s last two games since going on the list on Dec. 16. Jones also is returning from a broken pinky suffered in the...

Getty Images It’s Tuesday. Which means it’s time to hand out the awards for the sixteenth week of the regular season. That happened on Tuesday’s PFT PM. As usual, MDS, Charean Williams, and I named an offensive player of the week, a defensive player of the week, a rookie of the week, and a...

Getty Images Super Bowl week will be very different this year, for many reasons. One reason relates to the arrival of the Super Bowl teams in Tampa. Per a source with knowledge of the situation, the Super Bowl teams will remain in their normal environments for Super Bowl week, traveling to...

Getty Images The Buccaneers will not rest their starters in Week 17. That’s the word from head coach Bruce Arians, who said today that he wants to finish the season 11-5 and earn the highest seed in the NFC playoffs that the Buccaneers can get. “We’re going to play to win,” Arians said. The...

Getty Images The Buccaneers won’t be resting their starters for their Week 17 game against the Falcons, but it remains to be seen if running back Ronald Jones will be joining them. Jones has missed the last two games while on the reserve/COVID-19 list. Jones could be cleared this week, but...

Getty Images The Buccaneers have a pair of coordinators who could become head-coaching candidates. Their current boss has some advice for offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich and defensive coordinator Todd Bowles. “If I’m either one of those guys, I would counsel them, ‘Don’t take a job...

Getty Images The NFL announced schedule changes for Week 17, and not surprisingly, the Washington Football Team’s game against the Eagles will be the last of the 256 games played this season. The league moved the Washington-Philadelphia game to Sunday Night Football on NBC next week with...

Getty Images The Buccaneers will probably have to win three road games in January to get to play a Super Bowl in their home stadium, but coach Bruce Arians says it’s possible. Arians pointed out after the Buccaneers clinched a wild card berth on Saturday in Detroit that he was the Steelers’...

Getty Images Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford lasted only one series today against the Buccaneers. Stafford suffered what appeared to be an ankle injury on the Lions’ first offensive possession and went to the locker room. He was replaced by backup quarterback Chase Daniel. The Lions look...

Getty Images The Detroit Lions may have turned in the worst half of football the NFL has seen so far this season. Tampa Bay has absolutely dominated in Detroit and leads 34-0 at halftime. The Lions don’t look like they particularly care, particularly on defense, where the Bucs are rarely met...

Getty Images It was 1951. Long before the NFL became a pass-happy league. On September 28, Norm Van Brocklin had a pass-happy day for the Rams, against the New York Yanks. Brocklin generated 554 passing yards that day, a single-game record that has lasted 69 years. That record will last at...

Getty Images In two weeks Tom Brady will play in his 42nd career postseason game, and his first with the Buccaneers. The Bucs clinched a wild card berth with a 47-7 win over the Lions today in Detroit, and that means Brady is going back to the playoffs, where he so often went with the...

Getty Images Slow starts have been an issue for the Buccaneers this season, but quarterback Tom Brady and the offense had no such trouble in Detroit on Saturday. Brady went 22-of-27 for 348 yards and four touchdowns as the Bucs went up 34-0 in the first half and then took his perfect passer...