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8 | 8 | 0 | 315 | 308 |
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3 | 13 | 0 | 244 | 400 |
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Sun 09/27 | L 0 - 24 |
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Sun 10/11 | L 14 - 33 |
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Carolina
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Sun 10/18 | L 21 - 28 |
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New England
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Sun 10/25 | L 7 - 35 |
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Sun 11/15 | L 23 - 25 |
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New Orleans
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Sun 11/22 | L 7 - 38 |
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Sun 11/29 | L 17 - 20 |
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Sun 12/06 | L 6 - 16 |
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Sun 12/27 | W 20 - 17 |
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Atlanta
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Sun 01/03 | L 10 - 20 |
Part I: Beefing up the secondary through free agency
by Paul Mueller on Feb 10, 2010 7:00 AM EST
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In this first of three looks at free agent safeties this offseason, the focus is on a couple of teammates from Green Bay. Strong safety Atari Bigby and free safety Nick Collins were key players on the Packers’ 2nd-ranked defense (5th against the pass) in 2009.
Both are currently unrestricted free agents, meaning they can sign with any team they like when free agency opens on the evening of February 26. However, if no collective bargaining agreement is reached by the March 5 deadline, which is likely, both will become restricted free agents under the uncapped system, meaning the Packers will have a chance to match any offer from another team and could receive draft choice compensation if the player is not retained.
Regardless of their free agent status, both would be solid solutions for a Bucs secondary that struggled often in ’09.
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Coming this Saturday- Get to know your Buc'em.com crew!
by Niko Houllis on Feb 10, 2010 4:00 AM EST
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This Saturday, from 8AM until 2PM, each hour you will be treated to a post from each member of BucEm's staff, with their own personal bio! You read our stuff, now you will get a chance to look inside each writer, or at least as far as each will let you!!
The 2009 Football season is officially over, and we are looking forward to providing you with the absolute BEST content this 2010 season! With BucWild all over every angle on the NFL and Bucs situations, Paul's in depth look at Free Agency that he is Syncing up with SB Nation with, and Craig T's Draft knowledge, there isnt an angle we dont have covered.
With light hearted looks at life from BucsFanDave, and the best photos youll ever put a capture too by LeeCaz, you will know your at the right place for your Bucs Coverage.
And we will keep this Bucs universe in touch with others with Sai's help (thats that other guy, well, you'll see Saturday who I'm talking about), and I will keep you in touch with your Bucs memories all summer long, with highlight films of the 25 best Bucs games of all time!
So Don't miss our Bio's this Saturday from 8AM to 2PM!
Get to know us!!
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Bucs’ secondary should be a primary concern in free agency
by Paul Mueller on Feb 9, 2010 2:58 PM EST
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When head coach Raheem Morris took over as defensive coordinator in Week 12, he inherited the 26th-ranked defense and a secondary among the worst in the league in allowing plays of 40-plus yards.
Despite their early season struggles, the Bucs’ defense finished among the top ten in the NFL against the pass. After Morris took over, the Bucs did not allow a 300-yard passer, allowing just six touchdowns through the air in as many games. Opposing quarterbacks averaged 204 passing yards per game on Morris’s watch, and eventual Super Bowl MVP Drew Brees threw for just 253 yards and one touchdown as the Bucs defeated the Saints in New Orleans in Week 16.
Still, with free agency . . .
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Prospecting the Draft: Prospect #2 - DT Gerald McCoy
by Craig T on Feb 9, 2010 7:00 AM EST
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Intro: Continuing with the impact defensive tackle theme, we roll along here on Prospecting the Draft with a review of the other perceived impact defensive tackle projected to be taken in the first half of the first round....Oklahoma DT Gerald McCoy. McCoy is considered by many "pundits" to be a can't miss one-gap defensive tackle prospect that the Detroit Lions and their 4-3 defense should be targeting. However, there's no telling what trades may take place on draft day, or what avenues the Lions may take.
At 6'4", 295 pounds, McCoy is a hair undersized for your typical 4-3 undertackle. However, his lean frame gives him room to put on a bit more weight and put him in the 305-310-lb range that many undertackles carry. The benefit of his current playing weight is that it suits the primo feather in his cap - quickness. Taking this into consideration with the Buccaneers defensive system and style of play, he might be an even better prospect than Ndamukong Suh for the Buccaneers.
Taking a quick look at his college productivity, his numbers certainly didn't disappoint:
| Stats Overview | Tackles | Misc | Interceptions | |||||||||||
| YEAR | TOT | SOLO | AST | SACK | STF | STFY | FF | BK | INT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | PD |
| 2007 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 26 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 32 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Check out his video highlights:
Also, make sure to read MockingTheDraft's outstanding scouting report here.
Analysis: Generally speaking... on the scale of brute power vs. greasy speed, McCoy falls squarely on the side of speed. That's not to say McCoy can't get pressure through a power move/bull rush. He can. What he does is explode off the line and get on the outside shoulder of his blocker and get into the pocket quickly. He probably boasts the quickest first step out of any interior defensive lineman in this draft and possibly in the past 3 or 4 years. As we all know, quick, pocket-collapsing DT's are a premium in the Tampa 2, so, at first glance, McCoy's speed through a single gap would put alot of pressure on opposing guards in one-on-one matchups and would likely draw help from an offensive linemate, freeing up a lane for the quick Geno Hayes to blast into the backfield. That simple chain of events would likely cause the opposition to keep a running back in the backfield to chip the linebacker, taking another receiving threat out of the play. That's the ripple effect that an impact defensive lineman can create.
More after the jump...
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Random Offseason Caption Contest: Round Deux
by LeeCaz on Feb 8, 2010 3:23 PM EST
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Alright gentlemen. This one is pretty self explanatory. These were the top five captions from the contest we had last week. Please vote for which one you find the most humorous. The winner will receiver the Bucs' game of his choice on DVD. Vote away.
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Your Superbowl Champs
by Some other guy who does not care on Feb 7, 2010 9:51 PM EST
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Congrats to them, They deserve it. The TB curse has failed and now we shall moan. Go over to Canal Street chronicles and congratulate them- I started a fanpost here. Don't worry, I won't bash them for being a team of destiny anymore. See ya'll tomorrow morning, and have a nice night.
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Le Superbowl Gamethread
by Some other guy who does not care on Feb 7, 2010 4:00 PM EST
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Drew Brees is cool and inspirational. 5 Things i want to see tonight:
1) A good game
2) A good halftime show
3) TIM TEBOW or the Ads
4) Cool Chants
5a) Brees getting picked off- Not gonna happen but i can wish for things.
5b) a 146 comment gamethread at least.
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Birth of an American Holiday
by Niko Houllis on Feb 7, 2010 1:03 PM EST
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When it comes to Holiday Origins, Christmas and New Years Eve really need little explanation. For the most part however only a handful know the origins of say, Halloween. Yet all of these holidays have been part of our history for generations if not centuries.
And then you have today, where there is the Super Bowl; at some point 93% of US Homes will have the TV tuned into this event today. And for the other poor souls like myself who work in the hospitality industry, they will concur that today is the second most gluttonous day in the country right behind Thanksgiving Day. Only instead of Turkey, Chicken Wings are the 'time honored' cuisine of the day.
In fact, more people will go out for the SuperBowl than for New Years Eve, which is something else when you consider that this is an event that did not even exist when the Beatles played their last concert at the Hollywood Bowl!
The Super Bowl was nothing more than a consolation prize, a Championship game for the 'other' team, the AFL team to play the more established NFL champion for the 3 or so years until the two leagues would be merged. The name is a creation of AFL legend Lamar Hunt whose children were playing with a Super 'Ball'. If not for their toy, we may still be saying " Hey where are we going for the "AFC-NFC World Championship Game" tonight???
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