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Getty Images Yes, Buccaneers receiver Antonio Brown led the team in receiving on Sunday, with five catches. But he was on the field a lot less than he previously had been. Emerging from the bye week, a time during which the coaching staff presumably made conscious, strategic adjustments to the...

Getty Images Most of the NFL’s COVID-19 protocols make sense. Some don’t. For example, the league refused to let Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians and quarterback Tom Brady play a round of bye-week golf. “It’s like, ‘O.K., you can go to the office and spend 10 hours together, but you can’t play...

Getty Images With three games to play, Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady has 30 touchdown passes in his first season with the team. With three more, he’ll tie Jameis Winston for the most touchdown passes in one season in team history. Winston set the record in 2019, when he also became the...

Getty Images Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians said last December that the team would not let Shaq Barrett leave the team as a free agent in the offseason. Arians was proven correct when the Buccaneers used the franchise tag to ensure Barrett would stay in Tampa. They never got a long-term...

Getty Images The Tampa Bay offense has endured much scrutiny this year, and the best part of the bye week (for them) was the absence of things to scrutinize. On Sunday, everything went well. Coach Bruce Arians wasn’t bashful to say so. “When asked early this week about our identity, I think...

Getty Images The absence of a competent kicker cost the Vikings dearly today in Tampa Bay. Minnesota kicker Dan Bailey missed all three of his field goal attempts, as well as his only extra point attempt, as the Vikings lost to the Buccaneers, 26-14. The loss drops the Vikings to 6-7 on the...

Getty Images Mike Zimmer publicly has backed Dan Bailey, but after the kicker’s four missed kicks in Sunday’s 26-14 loss to the Bucs, the Vikings coach wasn’t quite as supportive. “At this point, we’re not really worried about feelings anymore,” Zimmer said, via Ben Goessling of the Star...

USA TODAY Sports Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians made running back Leonard Fournette a healthy scratch on Sunday, giving his spot to veteran LeSean McCoy. McCoy made the most of it and, in turn, he made Arians look like a genius. “I love Leonard,” Arians told reporters after the game. “I think...

Getty Images Every week we bring you all the inactives from the 1 p.m. ET games in one post, constantly updated with the latest information. One of the biggest 1 p.m. kickoffs features the Cardinals and the Giants from MetLife Stadium. Both teams are trying to find their way into the playoffs...

Getty Images The Vikings are outplaying the Buccaneers today in Tampa Bay. At every position except kicker. Minnesota kicker Dan Bailey has missed an extra point and two field goals, and as a result the Buccaneers are beating the Vikings 7-6. The Vikings’ offense has moved the ball well, with...

USA TODAY Sports After graduating from high school, Tom Brady left California for Michigan and then landed in New England, where he stayed for 20 years. Now that he’s spending the first half of December in warm-weather climate for the first time since his late teens, he’s not keen on spending...

Getty Images Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans didn’t practice on Thursday, but he is expected to play on Sunday. Evans went from limited to out of practice with a hamstring injury, which raised concerns about whether he’d be able to play against the Vikings this weekend. Evans was back on...

Getty Images Vikings tight end Kyle Rudolph is not expected to play this weekend and that would mark the end of a long run in the team’s starting lineup. Rudolph has started 93 straight games, but he is listed as doubtful to face the Buccaneers because of a foot injury. Rudolph’s streak is the...

Getty Images Week 14 of the 2020 NFL season kicked off on Thursday with a win by the Rams and it continues with 14 more games on Sunday, which means that the 24 teams in those games submitted their final injury reports of the week on Friday. The teams playing on Monday night won’t release...

Getty Images Safety Darian Stewart, who made three tackles, a sack, a forced fumble and two pass breakups for the Broncos in Super Bowl 50, announced his retirement. He last played in 2019 with the Buccaneers. Stewart, 32, played 10 NFL seasons with the Rams, Ravens, Broncos and Bucs. He made...

Getty Images The pandemic continues to rage through a populace that has been desensitized by ever-growing rates of infection and death. And it won’t be getting better any time soon. In fact, it could be getting a lot worse — specifically in the city where the Super Bowl will be held, at or...

Getty Images Wide receiver Mike Evans was named the Buccaneers’ nominee for the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award on Thursday morning in recognition of his on- and off-field work, but there’s some question about whether he’ll be doing any on-field work against the Vikings this weekend. Evans...

Getty Images Justin Jefferson was the fifth receiver selected in the 2020 draft, but he’s outperformed every other wideout in the rookie class. Jefferson has 61 receptions for 1,039 yards and seven touchdowns in 2020. He became just the second rookie in team history to eclipse 1,000 yards last...

USA Today Sports Vikings running back Dalvin Cook had a season-high 38 touches against the Jaguars in Minnesota’s Week 13 victory, rushing for 120 yards on 32 carries and making six receptions for 59 yards. He now has 1,564 yards from scrimmage and 286 touches — leading the league in both...

Getty Images The Buccaneers didn’t play in Week 13. Which means that there was no reason for Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians to directly criticize (a/k/a be honest) or to passive-aggressively snipe at quarterback Tom Brady. Instead, Arians heaped praise on Brady. “It’s been fantastic,” Arians...