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The question of whether the Buccaneers will thrive in 2019 depends largely on whether new coach Bruce Arians can get the most out of quarterback Jameis Winston. So far, Arians like what he’s seen. Asked by reporters on Sunday whether Winston is where Arians wanted him to be at this point in...

Getty Images The Buccaneers are getting a linebacker back on the practice field on Monday. Jack Cichy was placed on the physically unable to perform list at the start of training camp and the team announced on Monday that he has been cleared to start working with the rest of the team. Cichy...

Getty Images The injury looked bad when it happened, and it was bad. Buccaneers safety Orion Stewart posted on social media that medical tests confirmed a torn anterior cruciate ligament. Stewart will miss the season. “This is tough, but the MAN above makes no mistakes,” Stewart wrote on...

Buccaneers safety Orion Stewart was crated off the field during Sunday’s practice with an apparent right knee injury, Eduardo Encina of the Tampa Bay Times reports. Stewart was covering tight end Cameron Brate in an 11-on-11 drill when their legs got tangled. Stewart landed awkwardly, rolled to...

Getty Images Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians was happy that the team would be putting on the pads. He wasn’t happy with everyone’s performance in pads, however. “It was a little raggedy, more raggedy than I thought it was,” Arians said after practice, via JoeBucsFan.com. “The noise level went up...

Getty Images Vincent Testaverde, the son of former Buccaneers quarterback Vinny Testaverde, signed with Tampa Bay on Sunday, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports. The younger Testaverde tried out for the Bucs at their rookie minicamp after going undrafted. After a year at Texas Tech backing up...

Two-time NFL coach of the year Bruce Arians is back, after a year away from the game. He’s had plenty of health issues, including a couple of bouts with cancer. He doesn’t care about the possibility that he may end up in the hospital at some point during the season. “It might happen again, but...

Getty Images The Robert Nkemdiche era is over in Arizona. The Cardinals announced on Saturday night that they’ve released the 29th pick in the 2016 draft, as he enters the fourth and final year of his rookie contract. The move comes just before Nkemdiche would have earned a $400,000 roster...

The break-in period has ended for the new-look Buccaneers. On Sunday, it’s time to put the pads on. And new Tampa Bay coach Bruce Arians is happy about that. “Football is not played in shorts and it’s not fair to the big guys,” Arians told reporters on Saturday. “So many guys look bad in shorts...

Getty Images At some NFL training camps, rookies are given the task of carrying veteran players’ helmets back to the locker room after practice. At the Panthers’ camp, A 31-year-old six-time Pro Bowler is voluntarily handling that task. That would be Gerald McCoy, who’s in his first year with...

Getty Images Like 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo, 49ers linebacker Kwon Alexander avoided the physically unable to perform list for his first post-ACL tear training camp. Coach Kyle Shanahan nevertheless plans to take it slow with the former Buccaneer to whom the team gave a large pile of...

A coach who curses like a sailor has probably found the right team to lead. The Buccaneers, who have a pirate ship in their own stadium, launched their first training camp with Bruce Arians in charge. And he had a message during his first Tampa Bay training-camp press conference. “Come have...

Getty Images Washington signed free agent running back Shaun Wilson, the team announced Thursday. In a corresponding move, it waived offensive tackle Brian Wallace designating him with a non-football injury. The Buccaneers recently waived Wilson. Wilson signed with Tampa Bay in 2018 as an...

Getty Images The biggest storyline of the Buccaneers offseason has been what the arrival of head coach Bruce Arians will mean for quarterback Jameis Winston. Winston is entering his fifth season and the first overall pick of the 2015 draft has no contract beyond this year, which sets the stage...

Getty Images Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians said in June that Jason Pierre-Paul was at least five or six months away from returning from the neck injury he suffered in a car accident. Despite some recent speculation that Pierre-Paul could be back in October, the previous time frame has not...

Getty Images The Texans signed veteran punter Bryan Anger, the team announced Tuesday. He will compete with second-year punter Trevor Daniel for the job. The Buccaneers, who were scheduled to pay Anger $3 million this season, cut Anger in March. Anger’s deal with the Texans is worth $1...

Getty Images The fifth-year option is a powerful tool, and teams with 2015 first-round picks who panned out are using it, extensively. Of the 2015 first-rounders whose fifth-year options were exercised, only one of them — Rams running back Todd Gurley — has gotten a second contract. All of...

Getty Images Safety Justin Evans started the first 10 games of the season for the Buccaneers in 2018 before suffering a season-ending toe injury and he’s not ready to start practicing yet. The Buccaneers announced that Evans has been placed on the physically unable to perform list along with...

Getty Images One of the few remaining unsigned rookies from the 2019 NFL draft has now agreed to terms. Devin White, the fifth overall pick in the draft, has agreed to a deal with the Buccaneers, the team announced today. White and a few other CAA clients have been slow to sign their rookie...