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Receiver Antonio Brown makes his debut tonight with his fourth NFL team. And the Buccaneers see the potential for high reward, and little risk. Or as the case may be no risk.
“It’s an opportunity that we’re giving him, another opportunity, but it’s a one-year deal and if it...
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Week Eight of the 2020 NFL season kicked off on Thursday with a win by the Packers 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 on Monday night won’t...
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Saints coach Sean Payton wouldn’t say if quarterback Drew Brees is playing Sunday. The team’s practice report did, though.
Brees does not have a designation after being a full participant Friday.
He is playing.
Brees’ injured right shoulder, which limited him Wednesday and...
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Buccaneers wide receiver Chris Godwin appears to be on track to return to action against the Saints this weekend.
Godwin had surgery last week after fracturing his finger and did not play against the Giants on Monday night. He returned to practice on Wednesday, but waited to see...
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The Saints aren’t saying if quarterback Drew Brees or wide receiver Michael Thomas will play on Sunday.
Brees was limited in practice this week with a right shoulder injury while Thomas is trying to make his way back from the ankle and hamstring injuries that have kept him out...
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The Saints have several of their top offensive players on their injury report this week and one of them made a step in the right direction on Thursday.
Running back Alvin Kamara moved from limited to full participation in the team’s second practice session of the week. Kamara is...
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On Wednesday, Drew Brees downplayed his presence on the Saints’ injury report. He was listed as limited with a right shoulder injury.
But Brees is working off to the side at the start of Thursday’s practice, according to multiple reports. He does not appear to be wearing shoulder...
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Buccaneers defensive lineman William Gholston wasn’t at the team’s practice on Wednesday because he came into contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19.
Gholston announced the reason for his absence on Twitter Wednesday afternoon. He said he the exposure happened...
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The Saints got receivers Michael Thomas and Emmanuel Sanders back to practice Wednesday, Amie Just of the Times-Picayune reports.
Running back Alvin Kamara is not practicing, however.
Sanders went on the COVID-19 reserve list Oct. 23. He missed games against the Panthers and...
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Saints running back Alvin Kamara was limited at Wednesday’s practice with a foot injury. Kamara expects to be a full participant Thursday, calling his injury minor.
“I’m playing on Sunday,” Kamara said, via Luke Johnson of the Times-Picayune. “You ever stub your toe on the corner...
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Drew Brees popped up on the injury report with a shoulder injury that limited him. The Saints quarterback, though, said he’s always limited on Wednesdays as routine maintenance.
“It’s pretty standard,” Brees said Wednesday.
Brees played with tape on his shoulder Sunday but...
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Buccaneers kicker Ryan Succop is the NFC special teams player of the week after going 4-for-4 on field goals in Monday night’s win over the Giants.
Succop made field goals of 37, 40, 43 and 38 yards on Monday night.
The 34-year-old Succop has won the special teams player of the...
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The Buccaneers plan to have Antonio Brown in their receiving corps for Sunday night’s game against the Saints, but it will be a few days before they know if Chris Godwin will also be in the lineup.
Godwin had surgery to repair his fractured left index finger last week and did not...
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Wide receiver Antonio Brown had his first day of practice with the Buccaneers on Wednesday and he met with reporters for the first time since signing with the team after the session.
Brown called it “a blessing” to be back in the NFL after playing one game in 2019 and serving...
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Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians may have some sleepless nights this week preparing to face Saints running back Alvin Kamara on Sunday night.
Arians said that Kamara is an even tougher player for defenses to stop than Marshall Faulk, whom Arians coached when Faulk was a rookie in...
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Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady has invited Buccaneers receiver Antonio Brown into the house Brady is renting from Derek Jeter in Tampa. Brady explained the arrangement to Jim Gray of Westwood One on Monday.
“Antonio is a good friend of mine and, again, we’ve gotten to know each...
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Buccaneers wide receiver Antonio Brown is expected to be active for the first time in more than a year on Sunday night against the Saints, but coach Bruce Arians doesn’t know what his role will be just yet.
“It really depends on how the game goes,” Arians said, via the Tampa Bay...
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Antonio Brown is back. Officially.
The Buccaneers activated the Pro Bowl receiver from the reserve/suspended list Tuesday, the team announced. The Bucs waived receiver Cyril Grayson in a corresponding move.
Brown, 32, signed with the Bucs on Oct. 27, but he had to finish his NFL...
Giants head coach Joe Judge wasn’t happy that a pass interference flag initially called against the Buccaneers on the Giants’ last-gasp two-point conversion attempt was picked up.
Judge said after the game that back judge Nate Jones correctly threw a flag for interference and shouldn’t have...
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The Buccaners came into Monday night’s game against the Giants off a pair of wins that saw them outscore the Packers and Raiders by 53 points, but things didn’t come their way quite so easily in New Jersey.
They trailed 14-6 at halftime and could have been on their way to overtime...