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Getty Images Word on Monday was that linebacker Nick Kwiatkoski did not tear his pectoral muscle in Sunday’s win over the Panthers and the team has reportedly gotten more good news about another player who had to leave that game. Right tackle Trent Brown hurt his calf three snaps into the game...

Getty Images Six years ago this month, fans and pundits began to predict the demise of Tom Brady after a blowout loss in primetime to the Chiefs. The Patriots went on to win their first Super Bowl in a decade that same year, followed by another two years later. Followed by another two years...

Getty Images Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas hurt his ankle late in Sunday’s win over the Buccaneers, but word after the game was that he was walking fine in the locker room. Monday brought a brief update on Thomas’ condition. NFL Media reports that it is a high-ankle injury and that...

Getty Images Bruce Arians showed Sunday night he isn’t afraid to criticize Tom Brady publicly. The Buccaneers coach did it again Monday. Brady went 23-of-36 for 239 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions, one of which was returned for a touchdown. It was not what Arians, Bucs fans or...

Getty Images Raiders linebacker Nick Kwiatkoski appears to have dodged a serious injury in Sunday’s win over the Panthers. Kwiatkoski suffered a pectoral injury after playing 22 snaps and recording six tackles. Head coach Jon Gruden said after the game that they were hoping for good news from...

Getty Images In what arguably amounted to garbage time during Sunday’s Saints-Buccaneers game, the victors may have sustained a setback. Saints running back Alvin Kamara rolled up on the lower leg of Saints receiver Michal Thomas near the goal line. Thomas hobbled off. Per a source with...

Getty Images Patriots coach Bill Belichick rarely if ever criticizes his players publicly. Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians has shown time and again that he won’t shy away from doing so. On Sunday, Arians wasn’t bashful when assessing the two interceptions thrown by his new quarterback, Tom...

Getty Images In 2014, Tom Brady famously said he’ll retire when he sucks. While he’s still a very long way from that category, Brady has accomplished a feat typically reserved to those who do. As noted by ProFootballReference, Brady has become the first quarterback since Matt Schaub and Blaine...

Getty Images The Buccaneers might not have a full-strength Mike Evans, but at least they’ll have Mike Evans. Their star receiver is active for this afternoon’s game against the Saints, though he’s been bothered by a hamstring injury, and may be on some degree of pitch count. The Buccaneers...

Getty Images This new guy the Buccaneers have at quarterback is pretty good. Tom Brady, in his first drive as a non-Patriot, led the Buccaneers to a quick touchdown and a 7-0 lead over the Saints. He ran for the touchdown himself (Take that, Cam Newton), after leading a nine-play, 57-yard...

Getty Images Drew Brees has another record, and got his team on the board. The Saints quarterback broke Brett Favre’s record for pass attempts (10,169) early in the second quarter of their game against the Buccaneers. Brees already owns the records for passing touchdowns and passing yards...

Getty Images There was some breaking news about Saints linebacker Demario Davis while Davis was playing against the Buccaneers in New Orleans on Sunday afternoon. Erin Andrews of FOX Sports reported during the broadcast that Davis signed a three-year extension with the team on Saturday night...

USA TODAY Sports For much of the afternoon, the two old guys looked mostly like two old guys. In the fourth quarter, the slightly less old one pulled away. Drew Brees threw a pair of touchdowns to lead the Saints to a 34-23 win over the Buccaneers, in Tom Brady‘s first game outside of New...

Getty Images At a time when many wonder whether Buccaneers tight end Rob Gronkowski will be on a pitch count in his return to football, Buccaneers receiver Mike Evans is more likely to be playing limited snaps, for different reasons. Via Ian Rapoport of NFL Media, Evans is “likely” to play on...

Getty Images Instead of playing his first game as a non-Patriot in the place where he won his first Super Bowl, Tom Brady could have been playing his first game in the state where he went to college. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that the Bears made an offer to Brady during his first foray...

Getty Images On Monday night, defensive end Jadeveon Clowney will suit up for the Titans. He could have been playing today, for the Saints or the Ravens. He’s not in New Orleans or Baltimore (we’re told that it would have been Baltimore, not New Orleans) because the league put the kibosh on...

Getty Images The Tampa Bay Buccaneers officially have exercised their privilege to elevate two players from the practice squad to the 53-man roster, making it a 55-man roster for Sunday. Receiver Cyril Grayson and cornerback Mazzi Wilkins have made the climb from practice squad to roster...

Getty Images Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians suggested that wide receiver Mike Evans would be a game-time decision for Week One’s game against the Saints as a result of the hamstring injury that kept him out of practice on Wednesday and Thursday, but the team gave Evans an injury designation...

Getty Images The Saints won’t have two starters for their season opener against the Buccaneers. The team has ruled out right defensive end Marcus Davenport and right guard Cesar Ruiz. Neither practiced this week. Davenport has an elbow injury and Ruiz an ankle issue. Nick Easton is listed as...

Getty Images The 2020 NFL season kicked off on Thursday with a win by the Chiefs and it continues with 13 more games on Sunday, which means that the 26 teams in those games submitted their final injury reports of the week on Friday. The teams playing on Monday night won’t release their final...