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Getty Images When the NFL suspended Buccaneers receiver Antonio Brown for eight games earlier this year, the punishment came with a caveat: More sanctions could be added, based on developments in the lawsuit filed against him in September 2019 for sexual assault and rape. That case, Britney...

Getty Images Four of the Raiders’ starting offensive linemen are on track to return for Sunday’s game against the Buccaneers. The team removed left tackle Kolton Miller, center Rodney Hudson, right guard Gabe Jackson and left guard Denzelle Good from the reserve/COVID-19 list Saturday...

Getty Images In the aftermath of the swift and, given the past words of coach Bruce Arians, surprising decision of the Buccaneers to swoop in and to sign free-agent receiver Antonio Brown, a question was posed regarding the potential motivation of the Seahawks for speaking candidly about their...

Getty Images As the Buccaneers and Antonio Brown go, so will go Antonio Brown’s compensation. According to NFL Media, his one-year deal with the Buccaneers pays slightly above the league minimum. It also includes individual and team incentives. The team incentives are fine. The individual...

Getty Images The news that the Buccaneers have agreed to terms with receiver Antonio Brown is a bit of a surprise on the surface, given that coach Bruce Arians had said he’s not interested. Taking a closer look at their current approach to constructing a roster, it’s really not surprising...

Getty Images As the date for the potential return of Antonio Brown approached, we floated this idea on PFT Live: Would one team’s interest in Brown prompt other teams to get involved? That’s quite possibly what happened, with Seattle’s acknowledged interest in Brown prompting Tampa Bay to...

Getty Images Week Seven of the 2020 NFL season kicked off on Thursday with a win by the Eagles 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 release...

Getty Images The Buccaneers, who already have Mike Evans, Chris Godwin and Rob Gronkowski, soon could have another star weapon for star quarterback Tom Brady. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports the Bucs are “very close” to a deal with the still suspended Brown. A report this afternoon broke...

Getty Images Well, that didn’t take long. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports the Buccaneers and Antonio Brown have agreed to a one-year deal that will reunite the star receiver with quarterback Tom Brady and coach Bruce Arians. The sides still must finalize language, and Brown must pass both a...

Getty Images Two weeks ago, the NFL huffed and puffed and ultimately didn’t blow the Tennessee Titans’ house down. With the Raiders potentially derailing their Week Seven game and possibly sparking what would be the eighteenth week of the 2020 season, the NFL should blow the Raiders’ house...

Getty Images The Raiders got good news from the latest round of COVID-19 testing. No additional players have tested positive after two Raiders players tested positive this week, and several additional players went into self-quarantine because of close contact with those players. The Raiders...

Getty Images Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady‘s decision to pass on a post-game handshake with Bears quarterback Nick Foles after the teams played a couple of weeks ago became fodder for questions from reporters this week, but Brady won’t have to answer any about missing a chance to interact...

Getty Images The Raiders’ latest run-in with COVID-19 has resulted in their Sunday game being flexed out of prime time. The next question is whether the game will be moved to Monday or Tuesday. The Raiders surely would prefer a delay, given that they are missing key pieces during the practice...

Getty Images Word of a trade sending defensive tackle Steve McLendon from the Jets to the Buccaneers broke shortly after the Jets lost 24-0 to the Dolphins last Sunday, but it didn’t come as a surprise to McLendon. McLendon told reporters on Friday that he actually found out about the trade...

Getty Images The Buccaneers practiced without their two biggest offseason acquisitions on Wednesday, but both players were back on the field Thursday. Quarterback Tom Brady‘s return was not a great surprise. He was not listed with an injury and was taking a rest day to start off the practice...

Getty Images It ranks as one of the greatest games in NFL history. It also is one of the league’s most controversial. The Raiders held a 13-10 lead with 1:50 remaining in a 2001 divisional postseason game played in a snowstorm in New England. The Patriots had a first-and-10 at the Oakland 42...

Getty Images The Buccaneers lost to the Bears on Oct. 8 after Tom Brady‘s mental error perhaps cost his team. The quarterback was available to the media last week, but no one asked about his postgame sprint to the locker room after the loss. Someone asked today. Brady didn’t have a good...

Getty Images Week Seven already is upon us. On every Thursday of every week of the season, Simms and I close out PFT Live with a look at the most compelling individual matchups of the week, draft style. I mention that for obvious reasons. This week’s matchup draft appears in the attached...

Getty Images With Vita Vea out for the year, the Buccaneers needed help at nose tackle. Enter Steve McLendon, who played for Tampa Bay defensive coordinator Todd Bowles in New York. “They asked me, and yes, I stood on the table for him,” Bowles told reporters on Thursday regarding McLendon...

Getty Images On Wednesday afternoon, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll made it clear that his team is taking a look at receiver Antonio Brown, whose suspension ends in 10 days. On Wednesday evening, Carroll used even stronger language to indicate that the Seahawks will be players in the potential...