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  1. Captain Fear

    Report: Jets trade Steve McLendon to Bucs

    Getty Images The Buccaneers just finished off the Packers, but they weren’t finished with their work for the night. The Bucs agreed to terms on a trade with Jets for nose tackle Steve McLendon, Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times reports. The rare game-day trade will see the Bucs send the Jets...
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    Leonard Fournette is expected to play Sunday

    Getty Images The Buccaneers are set to have running back Leonard Fournette in the lineup against the Packers. According to multiple reports, Fournette will be in the lineup on Sunday afternoon after being listed as questionable due to an ankle injury. It remains to be seen how much Fournette...
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    Packers activate Equanimeous St. Brown from IR

    Getty Images The Packers are getting some help at receiver. Apart from receiver Davante Adams returning from a two-game absence with a hamstring injury, receiver Equanimeous St. Brown has been activated from injured reserve. St. Brown appeared in 12 games in 2018, but he missed all of 2019...
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    Fans will be present for nine of 14 games this weekend

    Getty Images The virus continues to spread, the cases continue to spike . . . and the NFL continues to expand the number of venues into which fans are welcome. NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy points out on Twitter that nine of 14 games to be played this weekend will have fans present. Fans will...
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    Bucs think Chris Godwin can play Sunday, Mike Evans a gametime call

    Getty Images The Buccaneers have a few injury issues at wide receiver heading into Sunday’s game against the Packers and Friday brought some positive news about one of the ailing players. Bucs head coach Bruce Arians said, via Greg Auman of TheAthletic.com, that he thinks Chris Godwin is...
  6. Captain Fear

    Week Six injury report roundup

    Getty Images There was no Thursday night game this week, so Week Six of the 2020 NFL season kicks off on Sunday afternoon. There will be 12 games on Sunday, which means that the 24 teams in those games submitted their final injury reports of the week on Friday. The four teams playing on Monday...
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    Receiver injuries are holding back the Tampa Bay offense

    Getty Images Last year, Tom Brady had a collection of healthy receivers who collectively weren’t very good. This year, Brady has a collection of good receivers who can’t stay healthy. Although there’s a chance all of the Buccaneers receivers will dress and play on Sunday, coach Bruce Arians...
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    Jamaal Williams: Aaron Rodgers would never lose track of downs

    Getty Images Eight days have passed since Tom Brady‘s uncharacteristic mistake at the end of the loss to the Bears. No one has forgotten. Packers running back Jamaal Williams threw some shade at the Buccaneers quarterback this week. “Come on, man,” Williams said on The Jamaal Williams Show...
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    Chris Godwin, Mike Evans are limited in Thursday’s practice

    Getty Images Mike Evans still has “some” soreness in his ankle, but he will play through it Sunday. The Buccaneers star receiver returned to practice Thursday, getting in limited work after sitting out Wednesday. It also appears the Bucs will have receiver Chris Godwin on Sunday. Godwin...
  10. Captain Fear

    Tom Brady wants revenge on Aaron Rodgers . . . at golf

    Getty Images In 2018, Tom Brady got revenge for his only career loss to Aaron Rodgers. Brady now wants revenge against Rodgers for their only head-to-head golf competition. “He beat me on the golf course, which I didn’t like,” Brady told reporters on Thursday, three days before his Buccaneers...
  11. Captain Fear

    Davante Adams: Frustration about not playing led to deleted tweet

    Getty Images In the hours before the Packers played the Falcons on Monday night in Week Four, wide receiver Davante Adams posted and deleted a tweet saying that he would not be playing in the game despite feeling his hamstring was well enough for him to play. Adams wrote that he’d done...
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    Bruce Arians disputes notion that Bucs are among league leaders in dropped passes

    Getty Images Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians, like the rest of us, is entitled to his own opinions, but not to his own facts. When it comes to dropped passes, which are an unofficial statistic, sometimes fact and opinion overlap. Some have tabulated the Bucs as being among the league leaders in...
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    Mike Evans out of practice, Chris Godwin limited

    Getty Images The Buccaneers got wide receiver Chris Godwin back on the practice field Wednesday, but Mike Evans wasn’t able to join him. Evans sat out practice with the ankle injury that’s been bothering him in recent weeks. It has not kept him from playing in games, however, and the Bucs may...
  14. Captain Fear

    Jason Pierre-Paul: Nobody can run on us

    Getty Images The Buccaneers won’t have defensive tackle Vita Vea in the lineup for the rest of the season, but his loss hasn’t dimmed Jason Pierre-Paul‘s confidence in the team’s run defense. Pierre-Paul, Vea and company have allowed a league-low 58.4 rushing yards per game so far this season...
  15. Captain Fear

    Packers place Josiah Deguara on injured reserve

    Getty Images The Packers placed tight end Josiah Deguara on injured reserve Tuesday, the team announced. Deguara will miss the rest of the season after tearing an anterior cruciate ligament last week. Deguara, a third-round choice this spring, made one catch for 12 yards. He played two games...
  16. Captain Fear

    Bucs put Vita Vea and Jack Cichy on IR

    Getty Images The Buccaneers lost defensive tackle Vita Vea for the season last Thursday and they moved him off the active roster Tuesday. Vea has been placed on injured reserve due to the broken leg that will end his season. He had 10 tackles, two sacks, three tackles for loss and three...
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    Bruce Arians: You can’t play scared of Aaron Rodgers

    Getty Images The Buccaneers are trying to rebound from a loss to the Bears this week and that effort will be complicated by the guy playing quarterback for their next opponent. Aaron Rodgers is off to a scorching start this season with 1,214 yards, a completion percentage above 70 percent, 13...
  18. Captain Fear

    Bruce Arians has no concerns about Tom Brady chewing out teammates

    Getty Images Last Thursday night, Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady blew a gasket on center Ryan Jensen after a drive that eventually had Tampa Bay facing third and 5. Coach Bruce Arians has no problem with Brady giving the business to his teammates. “That’s just being yourself,” Arians said...
  19. Captain Fear

    Davante Adams practiced on Monday

    Getty Images Packers wide receiver Davante Adams was listed as questionable to play in Week Four against the Falcons, but wound up not playing in the Green Bay victory. Adams didn’t sound thrilled about that decision as he was able to practice in a limited fashion in the days leading up to the...
  20. Captain Fear

    Punts at an all-time low in the NFL

    Getty Images NFL teams are punting less than ever before. This season NFL teams are averaging just 3.46 punts per game. As noted by FootballPerspective.com, that’s by far the lowest in NFL history. Only one team, Washington, is averaging more than five punts a game. Ten teams are averaging...
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