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Getty Images During Carson Palmer’s first season playing quarterback for Bruce Arians in Arizona, he threw a career-high 22 interceptions while posting a passer rating of 83.9 for a team that missed the playoffs. Palmer was much better in 2014 before getting hurt and then turned in the best...

Getty Images The NFL has announced the head coaches for this month’s East-West Shrine Bowl for college seniors hoping to enter the NFL this season. Buccaneers inside linebackers coach Mike Caldwell and Falcons offensive assistant Ben Steele have been tabbed as the head coaches for the two...

Getty Images The Cowboys have two more Pro Bowlers on their roster. The team announced that wide receiver Amari Cooper and linebacker Jaylon Smith have been added to the NFC Pro Bowl roster. They are taking the places of Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans and Panthers linebacker Luke Kuechly...

Getty Images The Patriots not being involved in the divisional round of the playoffs is unusual enough. Having them involved so early in next year’s annual selection meeting will be peculiar as well. With the results of the wild card weekend in the books, four more slots in the 2020 NFL Draft...

Getty Images Buccaneers pass rusher Shaquil Barrett has reason not to be happy with the Associated Press All-Pro team. Barrett, who led the NFL with 19.5 sacks this season, was not chosen first-team All-Pro. That makes him the first player since 2010 to lead the league in sacks but not make...

Getty Images The Associated Press has announced the results of this year’s All-Pro voting and two players were selected as first-team choices by all 50 voters. Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas got the unanimous nod after setting a new record for receptions during the 2019 season. Patriots...

Getty Images Sam Wyche was one of a kind among NFL head coaches. He led the Bengals to the Super Bowl in 1988 but perhaps is best known for taking the field microphone during a game against the Seahawks in 1989. With Bengals fans pelting the field with snowballs after an official’s call went...

Getty Images The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced the modern-era finalists for the Class of 2020 on Thursday night. Seven of the 15 finalists made the list for the first time. The inclusion of first-year eligible players Troy Polamalu and Reggie Wayne was expected. They were joined by five...

Getty Images Devin White was the first linebacker taken in the 2019 draft and he closed his rookie season by making sure the Buccaneers had no doubt about the wisdom of their selection. White had 29 tackles, an interception, a forced fumble and four fumble recoveries over the final five weeks...

Getty Images Nick Bosa was the first defensive player off the board in last April’s draft and he never made the 49ers think twice about their decision to take him with the second overall pick. Bosa missed the preseason because of an ankle injury, but recovered in time to open the year with a...

Getty Images The NFL is a better place when Bruce Arians is coaching in it. But Arians should consider treading more lightly with his public comments regarding quarterback Jameis Winston. It’s clear what Arians is trying to do. It’s a given that coaches and General Managers shouldn’t publicly...

Getty Images As they began a rebuild on defense, the Buccaneers had some degree of hope that Shaquil Barrett could help them. They could have never imagined to what degree. Barrett broke Hall-of-Famer Warren Sapp’s franchise record, and led the NFL with 19.5 sacks this year. He also had six...

Getty Images Deion Jones helped his team win a game, and became the answer to a trivia question. The Falcons linebacker was named defensive player of the week, for his interception return for a touchdown in Atlanta’s overtime win over the Buccaneers. He also recovered a fumble early in the...

Getty Images The Buccaneers may end up keeping quarterback Jameis Winston after his amazing 30-30 season. But they’re at least going to make him sweat. Via Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times, Bucs coach Bruce Arians sent another volley in the direction of the only quarterback in league...

Getty Images Only 12 teams are still in business this morning, which means 20 of them are in full offseason mode. At least one of them’s on the clock, but perhaps two as the Bengals’ expected selection of Heisman-winning quarterback Joe Burrow from LSU will clear the way for Washington to pick...

Getty Images Jameis Winston‘s first pass as a member of the Buccaneers was intercepted and returned for a touchdown. Will his Buccaneers tenure end the same way? Winston’s final pass of the 2019 season was intercepted and returned for a touchdown by Falcons linebacker Deion Jones in overtime...

Getty Images The Falcons have already declared the key jobs safe for 2020, and they can’t go to the playoffs, so they’re having a little fun today. They’re already up 10-0 on the Buccaneers, with a pass to backup tackle Ty Sambrailo going for a touchdown pass. Sambrailo had reported eligible...

Getty Images As the 2019 regular season ends, an irregular 2020 offseason could be looming. Free agency currently promises to consist of a laundry list of quarterbacks with recognizable names. And while contracts done (and/or tags applied) between now and the middle of March could remove some...

Getty Images Jameis Winston is givething more than he’s takething away today. The Buccaneers quarterback has thrown his 29th interception of the season, moving him to within one of the league’s first 30-touchdown, 30-interception season. But he’s also made enough positive plays to give the...