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  1. Captain Fear

    Patrick Mahomes misses chance to join 500 club (but he’ll get there)

    USA Today Sports Eighteen quarterback have thrown for 500 or more passing yards in a game. Through the first half of Sunday’s game against the Buccaneers, No. 15 for the Chiefs seemed destined to be No. 19. After throwing for 219 passing yards in the first quarter and 359 in the first two...
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    Bruce Arians thinks Ronald Jones needs 20 touches a game

    Getty Images Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians has had a lot to say about quarterback Tom Brady recently, but he turned his attention to another player on the offense Monday. Running back Ronald Jones has had 20 touches as the Bucs have lost to the Rams and Chiefs over the last two weeks. On...
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    Tyreek Hill has 203 receiving yards in first quarter

    Getty Images Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill may be having the best first quarter in NFL history. The first quarter isn’t even over yet as we’re posting this, and Hill has seven catches for 203 yards and two touchdowns. It’s been utterly ridiculous watching Patrick Mahomes and Hill humiliate...
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    Patrick Mahomes, Tyreek Hill put up huge numbers as Chiefs beat Buccaneers

    Getty Images When Patrick Mahomes and Tyreek Hill are connecting, it’s just not fair. That must have been how the Buccaneers felt today when Hill had more than 200 receiving yards before the first quarter was over. It appeared that the Chiefs’ offense couldn’t be stopped. As the game...
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    Tom Brady makes quick exit from press conference after question about coaching

    Getty Images Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady faced the virtual music with reporters after Sunday’s loss to the Chiefs. But he didn’t face it for very long. The post-game press conference ended after less than two-and-a-half minutes, with this question from Jenna Laine of ESPN.com prompting a...
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    Bucs place Vita Vea on COVID-19 reserve list, activate Jack Cichy from IR

    Getty Images The Buccaneers placed defensive lineman Vita Vea on the reserve/COVID-19 list Saturday, the team announced. Vea went on injured reserve Oct. 13 with a broken leg that ended his season. Inside linebacker Jack Cichy, who went on injured reserve the same day as Vea, was activated...
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    Tom Brady: “No excuses for when we don’t get it done”

    Getty Images The days following Tampa Bay’s latest loss included multiple comments from multiple members of the coaching staff that seemed, in totality, to shift blame from the coaching staff for offensive struggles (specifically with the deep ball) to quarterback Tom Brady. On Friday, Brady...
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    Sammy Watkins set to return for Chiefs

    Getty Images The Chiefs are set to get wide receiver Sammy Watkins back in the lineup for Sunday’s game against the Buccaneers. Watkins has not played since Week 5 because of a hamstring injury, but he was a full participant in practice all week and did not receive an injury designation on the...
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    NFL Week 12 injury report roundup: Will Tua Tagovailoa play on Sunday?

    Getty Images Week 12 of the 2020 NFL season kicked off on Thursday with wins by the Texans and the Washington Football Team and it continues with 12 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...
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    Byron Leftwich on Tom Brady’s influence on the offense: “The quarterback is the offense”

    Getty Images The Tampa Bay offense isn’t consistently clicking. As a result, questions have been swirling regarding the responsibility of quarterback Tom Brady for the execution of the attack, and for its design. Is he being asked to do things he’s not comfortable doing? How involved is he in...
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    Ali Marpet, Donovan Smith questionable for Bucs

    Getty Images The left side of the Buccaneers offensive line is questionable to play against the Chiefs on Sunday. Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians said that left tackle Donovan Smith and left guard Ali Marpet will each get that designation on the final injury report of the week. Smith is...
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    Monday night injury apparently ends Bucs center A.Q. Shipley’s career

    Getty Images The playing career of Buccaneers center A.Q. Shipley seems to be over. Coach Bruce Arians told reporters that Shipley will be going on injured reserve, and that he’ll be “starting his coaching career.” Arians suggested that Shipley’s Monday night injury, originally downplayed as...
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    Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald is really tired of being held all the time

    Getty Images Los Angeles Rams All-Pro defensive tackle Aaron Donald is the best interior defensive lineman in the NFL. As such, opposing offenses have to do whatever can do to try and keep Donald from completely ruining their day each and every week. For Donald, that means double and triple...
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    Patrick Mahomes: I don’t know if I’m on Tom Brady’s level

    Getty Images Patrick Mahomes has won a Super Bowl, a Super Bowl MVP, and a regular season MVP over his first two years as a starting quarterback. That’s an enviable resume, but he has some work to do to make his list of accomplishments look as good as the one Tom Brady has compiled over the...
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    A.Q. Shipley may have suffered career-ending injury

    Getty Images Late in Monday night’s game between the Rams and the Buccaneers, Tampa Bay center A.Q. Shipley was out and guard Ryan Jensen had moved back to his original position of center. The broadcast didn’t mention an injury, although it seemed obvious that something had happened. After the...
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    Sammy Watkins gets in full practice Wednesday

    Getty Images The Chiefs made wide receiver Sammy Watkins a late scratch last weekend, but this week started off with a sign that his extended absence from the lineup could come to an end this week. Watkins has been out with a hamstring injury since Week 5 of the regular season and was...
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    Bruce Arians on lack of big plays from Antonio Brown: “Well, he was open”

    Getty Images Through three games with the Buccaneers, receiver Antonio Brown has 18 catches for 157 yards and no touchdowns. Coach Bruce Arians apparently thinks the numbers should be higher. “Well, he was open,” Arians told reporters on Tuesday when asked why Brown hasn’t made more big plays...
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    Bruce Arians: Bucs’ offense comes down to whether “quarterback plays well or not”

    USA Today Sports The season-long dance of the awkward continues between Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians and Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady. The Bucs have won seven games and they have lost four. When they lose, Arians has no qualms about placing blame on Brady, if need be. On Tuesday night...
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    Tom Brady apparently snubs Jared Goff

    Getty Images This year, Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady has faced two quarterbacks he previously played in the Super Bowl. He has lost to both of them. He has snubbed both of them. After Monday night’s loss to the Rams, L.A. quarterback Jared Goff was doing the John-Travolta-in-Pulp-Fiction...
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    Patrick Mahomes becomes the clear MVP favorite

    Getty Images Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is the best player in the NFL. He’s now the odds-on favorite to win the MVP award. Via PointsBet, Mahomes has seen his odds change from +180 to -125 in the past week. Now, it takes a bet of $125 to make $100. In turn, Seahawks quarterback...
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