Talking with Gus on his television show, he admitted he wasn’t sure how the team would respond but that by Wednesday’s practice they were looking forward to the game against the Bucs.
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As the Bucs prepare for Sunday’s matchup against Jacksonville, a pair of 1-3 teams are sporting different agendas.
Yeldon hasn’t found the end zone yet, nor have any Jacksonville ballcarriers, but he did get his first 100-yard game last weekend in an overtime loss at Indianapolis.
The National Football League record for consecutive home setbacks is 14, shared by the 1988-89 Cowboys and 2008-10 St. Louis Rams.
Bucs coach Lovie Smith said Mankins is healing.
■ On playing in the no-huddle: “I like the up-tempo, but we have one of the best offensive coordinators in the whole league [Dirk Koetter, who was once a Jaguars assistant]”.
Somehow, I can’t quite see the Bucs losing this game. The Bucs’ victory this season was 26-19 at New Orleans. They’ve changed coaches and general managers and churned the roster, but the home scoreboard remains grim. That said, when everyone on defense does do their job the Bucs look pretty good overall. “We’re all frustrated beause nobody wants to be a loser”.
ABOUT THE BUCCANEERS (1-3): Winston passed for a season-high 287 yards last week but also threw four interceptions. More than 15,000 youth and community members representing over 100 organizations from Tampa Bay have been rewarded through the annual program. “I really liked this week as far as the attention to detail and those concepts”, Bradley said after Friday’s walk-thru.
“It was awhile ago, ” said Jackson, who comes off a 10-catch game against Carolina. Race participants will also have the chance to win a pink autographed Buccaneers football and enjoy the free Florida Hospital photo booth full of Bucs and pink props to create fun digital photos that can be used in social media to help spread the word. We saw that when he was in college and now he is displaying it here at our level as well. “Raymond James needs to be a tough place to play”. His first pass attempt in each of the team’s two home games this season have resulted in a pick-six.
Smith, who went 45-27 at Soldier Field during his nine years as coach of the Bears, was asked about his 0-10 albatross in Tampa. “But we held him out another day”. “Can’t live in the past”. You can be standing right in front of him and you’ll miss.
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Most people remember Connor Barth from his four year kicking career at Chapel Hill. They have been outstanding. “You don’t feel good when you’re 1-3”. That’s what we will eventually have. “It has been exciting to see the kind of spirited support we have received on this important initiative, and we value the corporate backing from great partners like Florida Hospital that strive to make a difference in our community”, said Tampa Bay Buccaneers Chief Operating Officer, Brian Ford. “Why not this week?”
