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Getty Images Someone forgot to mention to the Buccaneers that they weren’t supposed to be able to hang with the undefeated Rams. So far, they’re doing more than that, they’re kind of thrashing the defending NFC champions. The Bucs are up 28-17 at halftime, on the road. Jameis Winston has...

Getty Images It’s never easy with Jameis Winston. But it’s generally exciting, at least. The Buccaneers stunned the previously unbeaten Rams, taking a 55-40 road win which only became close in the late stages of the fourth quarter. Quarterback Jameis Winston threw four touchdowns, as the Bucs...

Getty Images The Buccaneers led the Giants by 18 points at halftime in Week Three, but they wound up losing by one point when the roof caved in for them in the second half. They avoided that kind of ending in Los Angeles this Sunday. They went up 21-0 over the Rams in the first half and let...

Getty Images Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald acknowledged after Sunday night’s game that he hit Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield too high, resulting in a big penalty. The NFL agreed with that assessment. Donald was fined $21,056 for the hit on Mayfield. Although Donald was a frequent...

The one-year experiment with replay review for pass interference calls and non-calls is creating a potential year-long headache for the league. Per a source with knowledge of the situation, the application of replay review to pass interference calls remains a weekly battle within the league...

Getty Images Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians predicted this offseason that wide receiver Chris Godwin will catch close to 100 passes this season and it appears a hip injury won’t get in the way of building toward that total in Week Four. Godwin missed two days of practice this week, but...

Getty Images Good coaches protect their players. Browns coach Freddie Kitchens apparently provided a safety net for quarterback Baker Mayfield after Sunday night’s loss to the Rams. As explained by Chris Simms earlier this week on his Unbuttoned podcast, the much-criticized decision to run a...

Getty Images The NFL’s injury reporting rules always have been largely worthless. The recent Cam Newton foot injury proves how worthless, and potentially dangerous to the integrity of the game, they are. Newton, in a video shot while smoking a cigar and drinking wine, admits that the foot he...

Getty Images The Buccaneers got a couple of offensive starters back on the field at Friday’s practice. Wide receiver Chris Godwin and center Ryan Jensen were both on the sideline Wednesday and Thursday, but got the go-ahead to close out the week with the rest of the team. Godwin has been...

Getty Images Rams safety Eric Weddle got into a Twitter battle with Antonio Brown on Thursday. Weddle didn’t get into trouble with his coach for engaging AB, however. “Those are things where I think he is experienced enough, he’s smart enough to know it was in good fun,” Rams coach Sean McVay...

Getty Images Week Four of the 2019 NFL season kicked off on Thursday with a win by the Eagles and it continues with 13 more games on Sunday, which means that the 28 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 Cross the Rams off the list of teams that may sign Antonio Brown. As if they ever would have. Brown and Rams safety Eric Weddle have been trading barbs on Twitter this afternoon, with most of the vitriol coming from Brown, who has called Weddle “Lil Weedle” and made reference to...

Getty Images The Rams finished second in the league in points and yards from scrimmage during the 2018 season, but they haven’t been as prolific over the first three weeks of this season. There have been a handful of reasons for that. The offensive line underwent some changes in the offseason...

Getty Images The Rams will welcome the Buccaneers to Los Angeles this Sunday and that means they’ll also be welcoming defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh back to the stadium he called home last season. Suh started every game for the Rams during their run to an NFC title and left for Tampa as a free...

Getty Images Jachai Polite has found a new home, his third since May. The linebacker signed with the Rams’ practice squad Wednesday. The Jets drafted him in the third round, cut him Aug. 31, and he signed with the Seahawks’ practice squad Sept. 1. Polite’s stay in Seattle lasted only 22 days...

Getty Images Rams running back Todd Gurley has 44 carries this year, an average of 14.67 attempts per game. Coach Sean McVay hopes to get Gurley more. The objective is to get Gurley to 25 in one game. “That’s the hope,” McVay told reporters on Wednesday. “If you look back at our Denver game...

Getty Images Three weeks of dominance, even against easily-dominated teams, gets the attention of the folks in Las Vegas. After trouncing the Steelers, Dolphins, and Jets — franchise that are a combined 0-9 on the year — the Patriots have seen their odds to win the Super Bowl drop to 7-2, via...

Getty Images With a number of their own linebackers injured, the Oakland Raiders are adding some reinforcements to the group. According to Lindsey Thiry and Paul Gutierrez of ESPN.com, the Raiders are signing Dakota Allen off the Los Angeles Rams practice squad and promoting Justin Phillips...

Getty Images Rams coach Sean McVay says they’re not keeping running back Todd Gurley on a pitch count. Which means Ezekiel Elliott‘s new deal aside, Gurley is still the highest-paid part-time running back in the league. Via Lindsey Thiry of ESPN, McVay disputed the notion that they were...

Getty Images The notion that someone asked Browns coach Freddie Kitchens whether he’ll give up playcalling duties may have seemed odd in isolation. When considering the full context of Kitchens’ day-after-a-loss-to-the-Rams press conference, it makes a lot of sense. Kitchens continued to...