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USA TODAY Sports For much of the afternoon, the two old guys looked mostly like two old guys. In the fourth quarter, the slightly less old one pulled away. Drew Brees threw a pair of touchdowns to lead the Saints to a 34-23 win over the Buccaneers, in Tom Brady‘s first game outside of New...

Getty Images At a time when many wonder whether Buccaneers tight end Rob Gronkowski will be on a pitch count in his return to football, Buccaneers receiver Mike Evans is more likely to be playing limited snaps, for different reasons. Via Ian Rapoport of NFL Media, Evans is “likely” to play on...

Getty Images The Tampa Bay Buccaneers officially have exercised their privilege to elevate two players from the practice squad to the 53-man roster, making it a 55-man roster for Sunday. Receiver Cyril Grayson and cornerback Mazzi Wilkins have made the climb from practice squad to roster...

Getty Images The Saints won’t have two starters for their season opener against the Buccaneers. The team has ruled out right defensive end Marcus Davenport and right guard Cesar Ruiz. Neither practiced this week. Davenport has an elbow injury and Ruiz an ankle issue. Nick Easton is listed as...

Getty Images The 2020 NFL season kicked off on Thursday with a win by the Chiefs and it continues with 13 more games on Sunday, which means that the 26 teams in those games submitted their final injury reports of the week on Friday. The teams playing on Monday night won’t release their final...

Getty Images Week One has arrived. No matter the week, players and coaches will be under pressure. So who’s under pressure this week? Simms and I pondered that question during Friday’s PFT Live. Check out the draft in the attached video (this week, all six of the selections are quarterbacks)...

Getty Images Tom Brady is playing this year for a coaching staff Peyton Manning knows well. Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians was Manning’s quarterbacks coach for his first three years in the NFL. Buccaneers quarterbacks coach Clyde Christensen coached on the Colts’ offensive staff in various...

Getty Images Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans apparently woke up with his hamstring feeling better than yesterday. The Bucs announced that Evans has been upgraded to questionable on their injury report. Yesterday he was listed as doubtful. Either way, Bucs coach Bruce Arians has said all...

Getty Images There may be no team this season as great a curiosity as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Tom Brady is playing for a team not named the New England Patriots for the first time in 20 years. The Buccaneers are trying to snap a 12-year playoff drought with aspirations of being the first...

Getty Images The Saints added defensive back P.J. Williams to their practice report Thursday. Williams was limited with a hamstring injury. Williams is listed as Marcus Williams’ backup at free safety on the team’s depth chart. He started eight of the 14 games he played last season. The rest...

Getty Images Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans remains out of practice with a hamstring injury. The Bucs’ top receiver has been described by coach Bruce Arians as a game-time decision for Sunday’s game against the Saints. Hamstring injuries also plagued him last season, and the Bucs want to...

Getty Images Wednesday’s PFT Live included a draft with a slight twist: Offensive player of the year candidates, but with quarterbacks omitted. Not that the quarterbacks historically have dominated the award. Over the last 48 years, quarterbacks have won it 20 times and running backs have won...

Getty Images It’s a season of new things for Tom Brady. He’s playing for the Buccaneers after two decades with the Patriots, so he’s getting used to a new coach, new teammates and new conference as the regular season gets underway. He’ll also get the rare chance to play the role of regular...

Getty Images When Josh Rosen went 10th overall in the 2018 draft, the last thing on anyone’s mind was that he’d be on a practice squad to open his third NFL season. A trade from the Cardinals to the Dolphins after his first season and the arrival of Tua Tagovailoa in Miami after his second...

Getty Images Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians said on Tuesday that running back Leonard Fournette will have a “solid role” on offense for the first week of the regular season, but he couldn’t say the same of wide receiver Mike Evans on Wednesday. Evans was the only player on the Bucs who did...

Getty Images The Saints attempted to land Jadeveon Clowney. They didn’t get him. They might have a need for him Sunday. The Saints released their first injury report of the season and Marcus Davenport is on it. The pass rusher did not practice with an elbow injury. They list Trey Hendrickson...

Getty Images The Saints kept two punters on their initial 53-player roster. They now are back to veteran Thomas Morstead as the lone punter on their 53-player roster. Rookie punter Blake Gillikin was placed on injured reserve Wednesday after missing practice with a back injury. The move was...

Getty Images The Buccaneers cut Dare Ogunbowale after they signed Leonard Fournette, whom the Jaguars waived. Now, the Jaguars are signing Ogunbowale. That’s the word from Greg Auman of TheAthletic.com after Ogunbowale visited Jacksonville earlier Wednesday. The Raiders also had interest in...

Getty Images It’s hard to argue with Tom Brady‘s training methods. He is 43 and entering his 21st season, his first with Tampa Bay. Brady co-founded TB12, which advocates a holistic approach to health and wellness. Saints coach Sean Payton is sold on TB12’s water. He’s just tired of Brady...

Getty Images It might seem humbling for Josh Rosen, to go from being the 10th overall pick in the draft to the practice squad. But according to Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians, Rosen is in a better place now. Rosen opted for the relative security of joining a solid staff where he can learn and...