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Getty Images Buccaneers rookie Devin White was in the blue medical tent when Thursday night’s game was delayed by lightning. The game has resumed, but the Bucs have ruled him out. White, the team’s first-round draft choice, has a left knee injury and apparently the left knee brace he put on...

San Francisco 49ers rookie linebacker Dre Greenlaw wasn’t expecting to play a full starter’s workload of snaps in his first career NFL game. But when Kwon Alexander got ejected late in the first quarter for lowering his head on a hit to Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston, Greenlaw...

Getty Images The Panthers will again be without veteran pass-rusher Bruce Irvin, but they should have one of their key offensive parts back on the field Thursday. The Panthers ruled Irvin out for Thursday’s game against the Buccaneers after he missed the entire week with a hamstring injury...

Getty Images The Bucs will still be without their backup quarterback, but they’re otherwise healthy entering Thursday’s game. While Blaine Gabbert is still out with a preseason shoulder injury, all the other Buccaneers on the injury report practiced fully all week, which means they’re fine...

Getty Images Based on a critical non-call of pass interference in the final minute of the 49ers-Buccaneers game, it appears that the standard for throwing a flag via replay review is higher than it was believed to be. “It was determined that both the offensive player and defensive player were...

Getty Images Gerald McCoy might not have been thrilled with the way his departure from Tampa Bay was handled, or that they gave his jersey number to a mercenary before his locker was cold. But he still has fond memories of the place, for some reason. Via Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times...

Getty Images Panthers quarterback Cam Newton invited questions about his surgically repaired right shoulder after 37 of his 38 passes traveled less than 20 yards in the air. Newton said after the loss to the Rams it was a function of decision-making rather than physical ability that kept him...

Getty Images Panthers defensive tackle Gerald McCoy will be playing his former team on Thursday night and one of his teammates from his Tampa days was on his mind when he spoke to reporters on Tuesday. McCoy was asked about quarterback Jameis Winston, whose long-running issue with turning the...

Getty Images With defensive tackle Malik Jackson out for the year, the Eagles had a need at the position. They’ve quickly filled it. Per a league source, the Eagles have signed defensive tackle Akeem Spence. Spence, 27, started 16 games for the Dolphins in 2018. A fourth-round pick out of...

Getty Images Tuesday’s #PFTPM opens with a discussion of something that was widely missed during the cluster of Week One games. The 49ers-Buccaneers games included during the final minute a non-call of defensive pass interference that was subject to replay review, on a fourth and six play from...

Getty Images For Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston, the hope is that 13 becomes a lucky number. Winston, according to JoeBucsFan.com, has lost 12 road games in a row. Twelve. He’ll try to keep it from becoming a baker’s dozen when the Bucs’ 11 play at Carolina on Thursday night. Winston...

Getty Images There were eight head coaching hires made this offseason and none of the new coaches squared off against one another in Week One, which meant there was a chance that the new coaches could go 8-0 to open the season. That possibility remained alive after Matt LaFleur’s Packers beat...

Getty Images If the weight of being a franchise quarterback weren’t enough for Jameis Winston, it may have gotten a little weightier after three interceptions, two of them pick-sixes, and a 45.4 passer rating in the first game of a make-or-break season. The Bucs promoted Dirk Koetter in 2016...

Getty Images The Buccaneers are placing safety Justin Evans on injured reserve, Greg Auman of TheAthletic.com reports. Evans has had an Achilles issue since early August and was inactive Sunday. He is eligible to return Week 10. He missed six games last season with a toe injury that landed...

Getty Images Free agent outside linebacker Noah Spence is working out for Washington on Tuesday, Jenna Laine of ESPN reports. Spence worked out for the Bills last week. The Buccaneers made Spence a second-round choice in 2016. He played 34 games with six starts in his three seasons in Tampa...

Getty Images The Bucs have informed offensive tackle Caleb Benenoch they are waiving him, Ian Rapoport of the NFL reports. Benenoch started all 16 games at right guard last season, but he played only four special teams snaps in Sunday’s loss to the 49ers. The Bucs drafted Benenoch in the...

Getty Images The Buccaneers came into this season with the hope that head coach Bruce Arians’s arrival would clean up the kinds of mistakes that have led to painful losses in recent seasons. Arians’s debut showed that such a project is very much a work in progress. Four turnovers, including a...

Getty Images Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians didn’t wait long to make his first challenge under the pass interference replay rules and he picked a good play to try out the new process. Arians threw his flag after officials didn’t throw a flag on 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman on a pass down...

Getty Images 49ers linebacker Kwon Alexander‘s return to Tampa has come to an early end. Alexander left the Buccaneers as a free agent this offseason and he’s left Sunday’s game in the first quarter. Alexander was ejected for lowering his helmet to initiate a hit to the head of Buccaneers...

Getty Images 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo said he likes to throw into coverage in the preseason to see how his receivers fight for balls, but throwing into coverage proved to be a poor choice in Tampa on Sunday. Buccaneers quarterback Vernon Hargreaves picked off a poor throw by Garoppolo...