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Getty Images Every week we bring you all the inactives from the 1 p.m. ET games in one post, constantly updated with the latest information. It’s an abbreviated set of early kickoffs on Sunday because CBS will be broadcasting the final round of The Masters before flipping to football in the...

Getty Images Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians wants less Antonio Brown this week. So, of course, we’re already seeing more. Brown played punt returner to cap the opening drive of Sunday’s game against the Panthers. He fair caught the first punt that came his way. Arians previously suggested that...

Getty Images The first turnover of Sunday’s game in Carolina was made by the Buccaneers and the first touchdown came a short time later. Linebacker Shaq Thompson jostled the ball loose from Buccaneers running back Ronald Jones and Panthers safety Tre Boston recovered on Tampa’s 33-yard-line...

Getty Images Tampa Bay will not be well rested for today’s game at Carolina. The Buccaneers’ team plane was delayed so long at the airport that they finally got on another plane that took them to Charlotte more than seven hours late. According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, the Buccaneers had been...

Getty Images It’s a quick trip by air from Tampa to Charlotte. If the plane actually can get into the air. The Buccaneers spent five hours on the tarmac in their plane due to mechanical issues on Saturday, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Media. The Buccaneers, as of Rapoport’s tweet, were...

Getty Images On Sunday night, the Saints blasted Tampa Bay back to the days of the Yuccaneers, embarrassing the home team with a 38-3 beatdown. Coach Bruce Arians believes that his team will respond well to extreme adversity. “I think we have great leadership, and when you have really good...

Getty Images The frequency with which teams have placed players on the COVID-19 reserve list has increased in recent weeks to the point at which most have become numb to the potential implications. On Saturday, the Buccaneers abruptly placed two receivers on the COVID-19 reserve list. And all...

Getty Images Buccaneers cornerback Carlton Davis was added to the injury report on Thursday as a non-participant in practice because of a knee injury. That kind of mid-week development is often followed by a player being ruled out of playing on Sunday, but that’s not the case this time. Davis...

Getty Images The Panthers have placed defensive end Stephen Weatherly (finger surgery) and running back Reggie Bonnafon (ankle) on injured reserve. Neither will play again this season. Weatherly, who signed a two-year, $12.5 million deal with the Panthers in March, started the first nine...

Getty Images Plenty of questions posed to football coaches involve hardcore, X-and-O topics. Some don’t. On this Friday the 13th, which you may not have noticed because every damn day since Friday, March 13th has felt like a Friday the 13th, Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians was asked whether he...

Getty Images Week 10 of the 2020 NFL season kicked off on Thursday with a win by the Colts and it continues with 12 more games on Sunday, which means that the 24 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 When quarterback Tom Brady signed with the Buccaneers, many assumed that receiver Mike Evans would benefit as much, if not more, than anyone. It hasn’t happened. Brady has targeted Evans, on average, 5.77 times per game. In four different games this season, Brady has targeted...

Getty Images Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady hasn’t lost many times in his career. He’s lost few enough times that he doesn’t forget them. “I remember pretty much all the losses,” Brady told reporters on Thursday when asked if some losses stick with him more than others. “I probably don’t...

Getty Images The Panthers are preparing to play without running back Christian McCaffrey this week, but he may be good to go next week. That’s the word from Ian Rapoport of NFL Network who reports that a second opinion on McCaffrey’s injured shoulder revealed that he’s got a good chance of...

Getty Images The Buccaneers made a notable addition to their injury report on Thursday. Cornerback Carlton Davis did not take part in practice due to a knee injury. Mid-week additions to the report often foreshadow missed games on Sunday, but we’ll see how things play out for Davis on Friday’s...

Getty Images Antonio Brown doesn’t have the best reputation around the NFL, but in his first few weeks as a Buccaneer, his position coach says he’s been a model citizen. Buccaneers receivers coach Kevin Garver said Brown has been excellent in practices and meetings so far. “He’s done...

Getty Images For whatever reason, Tom Brady and Mike Evans have not hit it off. Brady is the GOAT, and Evans is one of the best receivers in the NFL. Evans has 52 targets, which ties for 38th in the league. Stefon Diggs leads the league with 91. Earlier this week, head coach Bruce Arians...

Getty Images Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey may be sidelined again on Sunday. McCaffrey’s shoulder injury will keep him off the practice field today and his status for Sunday is in doubt, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports. Panthers coach Matt Rhule has described McCaffrey as day...

Getty Images Buccaneers receiver Antonio Brown debuted with 39 snaps. That was too many for the liking of coach Bruce Arians. “His pitch count was a little higher than we anticipated,” Arians during a Tuesday appearance on Buccaneers.com, via JoeBucsFan.com. “But we tried to go two-minute...

USA TODAY Sports He may be day-to-day, but in four days he won’t be playing football. Joe Person of TheAthletic.com reports that Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey won’t play this weekend against the Buccaneers, due to a shoulder injury suffered in Week Nine against the Chiefs. As...