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Getty Images The Buccaneers want Jameis Winston to make better decisions and throw fewer interceptions this season, but his first giveaway of the year came with mitigating circumstances. Winston put the ball into tight end O.J. Howard‘s hands late in the second quarter of Sunday’s game against...

Getty Images The Buccaneers had the ball with a chance to tie the 49ers or win the game with two minutes to play in Tampa, but they didn’t take very good care of it. Cornerback Ahkello Witherspoon picked off Jameis Winston and returned the ball 25 yards for a touchdown. A two-point conversion...

Getty Images An illness has been making its way through the Buccaneers locker room, but it appears it won’t keep a couple of key players out of Sunday’s opener against the 49ers. Wide receiver Mike Evans missed practice on Friday after coming down with the bug and linebacker Devin White was...

Getty Images Buccaneers rookie linebacker Devin White may not be able to make his NFL debut on Sunday. White has been a late addition to the Bucs’ injury report with an illness. He is now listed as questionable for the opener against the 49ers. The flu has reportedly been going around the...

Getty Images Wide receiver Mike Evans wasn’t on the field to close out the practice week, but the Buccaneers are hopeful that he’ll be ready to go against the 49ers on Sunday. The Bucs held Evans out of practice on Friday because he’s ill and head coach Bruce Arians said, via Greg Auman of...

Getty Images 49ers defensive end Nick Bosa got in his third limited practice of the week on Friday and it looks like he’s set to make his NFL debut against the Buccaneers this weekend, but the team isn’t ruling him in just yet. Bosa is listed as questionable on the team’s final injury report...

Getty Images The NFL season kicked off on Thursday with a win by the Packers 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. Questionable players are uncertain to play, doubtful players are...

Getty Images 49ers safety Jimmie Ward has dealt with many injuries over the course of his career and he suffered another one this week. Ward broke his finger in Wednesday’s practice. The injury casts doubt on his availability for Sunday’s game against the Buccaneers. Tarvarius Moore filled in...

Getty Images Most coaches in the NFL end up with staffs that look a lot like them, or at least a certain way. For years, to be the Seahawks defensive coordinator, you seemingly had to be bald with a goatee. But Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians has put together a staff that looks a lot more like...

Getty Images 49ers defensive end Nick Bosa returned to practice Monday, his first work with the team since Aug. 7. But the team didn’t have to turn in a practice report Monday. They did Wednesday. The 49ers listed Bosa as limited as he works his way back from a high-ankle sprain. Bosa vowed...

Getty Images The 49ers hope Nick Mullens doesn’t see the field this season. But they know, based on last year, that the backup quarterback is an important spot. C.J. Beathard wouldn’t say who won the battle for the backup job to Jimmy Garoppolo, but Mullens told reporters he won it. It...

Getty Images The Buccaneers claimed running back T.J. Logan off waivers from the Cardinals on Monday, the team announced. Logan played 10 games for the Cardinals last season, gaining 39 yards on nine touches. He played 21 snaps on offense and 53 on special teams in 2018. The Cardinals waived...

Getty Images Nick Bosa practiced for the first time since Aug. 7 when a teammate fell on his lower leg. He got back from his high-ankle sprain quickly, vowing to play in the season opener. “I don’t think I’ve ever been as motivated in my life to get back,” Bosa said Monday, via Matt Barrows of...

Getty Images Buccaneers defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh is no stranger to league discipline for on-field actions and he was subjected to some this preseason. Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that Suh has been fined $21,056 for a roughing the passer penalty during the team’s August 23 matchup...

Getty Images The Buccaneers and Steelers hooked up for a trade on Saturday. Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times reports that the Steelers will send tackle Jerald Hawkins to Tampa. Greg Auman of TheAthletic.com reports that the teams will swap 2021 late-round picks as part of the deal. Hawkins...

Getty Images The Buccaneers kept rookie kicker Matt Gay, releasing Cairo Santos. Youth was served in Tampa today. The team announced its roster moves to reach the 53-player limit, and of the initial roster, only three players are 30 years old or older. The Bucs waived running back Bruce...

Getty Images Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians took a break from making cuts to get the team down to 53 players to update a couple of injury situations ahead of Week One. Linebacker Lavonte David had knee surgery to repair a torn meniscus in early August and has been rehabbing with an eye...

Getty Images The Buccaneers have said farewell to quarterback Vincent Testaverde for the second time this summer. Testaverde signed with the Bucs in late July and waived him in early August before bringing him back last week. He went 4-of-8 for 41 yards and an interception in the preseason...

Getty Images Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians says the players may need fewer preseason games, but the officials need more. Arians said that if the NFL reduces the preseason to two games, he worries that the officials won’t be ready to go when the regular season starts. “We keep talking about...

Getty Images [Editor’s note: We’re keeping track of the moves as NFC teams make them this weekend, as they have to get to their 53-man roster limit by Saturday at 4 p.m. Check back throughout the weekend, as we’ll update throughout.] Dallas Waived nine players, including running back Darius...