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W L T PF PA
New Orleans 7 0 0 273 154
Atlanta 4 3 0 171 149
Carolina 3 4 0 128 166
Tampa Bay 0 7 0 96 203

(updated 11.3.2009 at 4:44 AM EST)

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers Injuries

Probable

Player Injury Type Injury Date
Aqib Talib ankle 11/06/2009
Jeremy Zuttah shoulder 11/06/2009

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Michael Clayton wrist 11/06/2009
Antonio Bryant knee 11/06/2009
Elbert Mack ankle 11/06/2009

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Josh Bidwell hip 08/16/2009
Jermaine Phillips thumb 09/22/2009
Byron Storer knee 05/17/2009
E.J. Biggers shoulder 09/19/2009
Xavier Fulton knee 09/05/2009
Kelly Campbell quadriceps 08/30/2009

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FANTASY WEEKEND REPORT by Craig T

Craig T's FFH (we lied about the year established. Stolen via Google search. How's that for honesty.

Craig T's FFH (we lied about the year established. Stolen via Google search. How's that for honesty.

Our good buddy Craig T has his internet down, let me guess, Brighthouse? Remember when Brighthouse tried to make everyone think the NFL Network was the bad guy? Now BH is the only one that Doesnt have it. Heck, I get NFL Network on a sprint phone for goodness sake!! " You carry 8 shopping channels, but no NFL Network!!!"

Anyways..This message brought to you by Verizon's Fios. JK, ....

Take it away Craig T...

Welcome, BucEm fans, to what will be our weekly look at some fantasy football help some of you might be musing over. With 8 weeks down and 5 to go, many of you are likely jockeying for playoff berths, so let's get down to it...

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Friday Happy Hour: The Launch of the Good Ship Freeman

Josh, just let your Soul Glow this Sunday!

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Josh, just let your Soul Glow this Sunday!

 

So, a new era begins this weekend for the Buccaneers. When a team reaches drafts a quarterback in the first round, they gamble the next five years on his development. Against the Packers, we’ll see our first Josh Freeman game. Now, everyone will tell you "don’t expect much", "it is not the quarterback’s fault this team is bad", and other nonsense. Let’s be honest, if Peyton Manning was our quarterback and every other player was the same, we’d be a 4-3 team at worst. I firmly believe in the team concept, and how the entire team working together wins games, not one player. But, a great quarterback cures a multitude of sins. Think back to the Gradkowski era, and how his complete inability to pass within ten feet of Buccaneer receivers made the defense look bad. The Buccaneers would hold teams in the first half, but fall apart in the second after 56 consecutive three and outs by the offense and a total time of possession of ten minutes. We all heard how Shaun King was working on his footwork to improve his accuracy. IT NEVER GOT BETTER!! So, while Freeman may not command the offense this Sunday, here are five clues that you have the makings of a great quarterback, and hopefully Raheem won’t need an annulment:

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When did the Dungy Turnaround really happen?


You will find different checkmarks on calanders when you ask people to put down a time when the Bucs really changed things around under Tony Dungy. You'll get everything from the date he was hired, to the day we drafted Sapp and Brooks. Most people forget the steps along the way and the terrible start to 1996 that forged the season that started it all. But a little known fact about two starters who really messed up and embarrassed the coach, may have been the catalyst that started it all.

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Oft overlooked numbers point to optimism for Bucs

We all saw the results of the Buc 'Em poll posted this week.  Based on our readership, the glass was most definitely half empty on Morris and his coaching to date.  For the sake of full disclosure, I voted as "Undecided" which came with the addition of giving him through (at least 2010) to prove himself.  We've all debated and discussed his successes and failures to this point.  What I want to focus on is a few points that are often overlooked that actually reflect positively on the Bucs.

Coaching is more than giving the General Manager your opinion on a player.  As a head coach who has both an offensive and defensive coordinator, he does not generate the game plan, but oversees it.  We've documented a few of the issues on the defensive side of the ball, the "lackluster" personnel for the current scheme being the chief issue.  We've talked about the offensive coordinators (yes, plural) and some of the oddities in the play calling, namely not running the ball.

But the discipline, in regards to on the field play, has improved.

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Throwback memories; A Video History of Green Bay vs Tampa Bay

The games were many, some decided in overtime, some blowouts like the 55-14 beat down the Packers put on us in 1983. That game was 49-3 at half time. Of course this is all before the days of Warren Sapp and Brett Favre having their play time on the screen. Before the return to Monday Night Football where Dilfer threw two perfect slants to Green and Emanuel, there was the very last Monday Night game for Howard Cosell, who didn't want to take the trek to San Francisco for game 16, thus making the Bucs snoozy 12-9 OT loss to the Packers his last, and our last for 15 seasons on the prime time show.

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New Feature on Bucem: Weekly Caption Contest

Former starting QB Josh Johnson. Have at it Bucs fans. Type a funny caption in the comments section to enter the contest.

Former starting QB Josh Johnson. Have at it Bucs fans. Type a funny caption in the comments section to enter the contest.

 

We have decided to implement a new feature here on Bucem that is popular on many other blogs. Every Thursday we will select a photo and let the readers of Bucem try to come up with the funniest caption for the picture. If you would like to enter, simply type a caption for the photo in the comments section.

Please remember that all captions submitted must fall within the community guidelines of Bucem. We want you to be funny, but not offensive.

If you would like to vote for a caption then simply "Rec" it. To Rec a comment, just click "actions" and the "Rec". Whichever caption receives the most Recs will win the weekly contest. All votes will be tallied on Tuesdays. 

(NOTE: Niko will be offering up ONE Bucs game of your choice for the winner on DVD. You can pick from a list once you've won.)

Your wit and cleverness will be celebrated amongst Buccaneers fans across the United States. Don't hesitate to wade right in and put something down. It is also perfectly fine to submit more than one entry, and you can "Rec" more than one as well. Good luck!

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On This Day- 11/5/1978- Bucs lose Doug Williams with Broken Jaw.

This halfback pass for TD tied the Game in the 4th Qtr.

This halfback pass for TD tied the Game in the 4th Qtr.

The Bucs were fresh off of 0-26, winning the last two games of the 77 season, and going into 1978 had a strong armed QB named Doug Wiliiams who was able to flick his wrist and give the Bucs a scoring chance. That helped Ricky Bell out a little bit and the defense had to watch out for the pass. The Bucs were 4-5 after a two point loss to Green Bay, and were playing at the Los Angeles Rams in the Memorial Coliseum, where John McKay won many games, Rose Bowls, and others, as Coach of the USC Trojans.        The Bucs had the #4 defense in 1978, and its very possible the Bucs could have ended up with a winning record or even a playoff spot , basically doing the whole 1979 Worst to First a year earlier...but Doug Williams was hit by Rams Defensive lineman Fred Dryer who broke his jaw, and despite Mike Rae coming in and almost pulling the game out, the Bucs only won one game the rest of the year. And so a 5-11 record made way for the 1979 magical season were about to celebrate on Sunday..

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A Chat with Brandon from Acme Packing Company;

 


Today we have a nice little talk with Brandon, who is the lead blogger over at SB Nation's Green Bay blog the Acme Packing company, definitly a cool name for a blog. I was pleased to see that Brandon has been a long time Packer follower going back to 1980, so he really has an affinity for all things Green and Gold in the land of Wisconsin. So lets get down to it....

Niko:  Ok Brandon..first things first...Brett Favre- "Vini, vidi, vici..." , But what are Packer fans really thinking now? ...And How do they feel about GM Thompson? Coach McCarthy after last weeks game?

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