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  1. Captain Fear

    Bucs kicking some tires in minicamp

    Getty Images If looking at 90 players in minicamp isn’t enough, you can always bring in some tryout guys. The Buccaneers will have five extras this week for a look. According to Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times, the Bucs will look at tackle Cyrus Kouandjio, offensive lineman Josh LeRibeus...
  2. Captain Fear

    Gerald McCoy gets a chance to stick it to the Bucs

    Getty Images It’s unclear whether Cleveland or Baltimore offered defensive tackle Gerald McCoy as much or more than the carefully-crafted Carolina compensation package that tries to top Ndamukong Suh‘s money, but neither the new Browns nor the old Browns could give McCoy what his new team can...
  3. Captain Fear

    Report: Gerald McCoy hopes to have a team today

    Free agent defensive tackle Gerald McCoy remains unsigned, but that could change soon. McCoy hopes to make a decision some time today, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports. The 31-year-old McCoy, who was released by the Buccaneers, is negotiating with the Panthers, Browns and Ravens. If he’s...
  4. Captain Fear

    Ron Rivera crossing his fingers Gerald McCoy picks Panthers

    Getty Images Gerald McCoy is expected to make a decision today. The Panthers, Browns and Ravens are the teams vying for the defensive tackle. All of them like their chances to land the six-time Pro Bowler. “I think we’ve got a good chance, as do the other teams,” Panthers coach Ron Rivera...
  5. Captain Fear

    Ndamukong Suh to wear No. 93

    Getty Images The Buccaneers barely waited for Gerald McCoy to take his belongings and leave before they replaced him. Three days after releasing McCoy, Tampa Bay signed Ndamukong Suh. On Monday, Suh announced on Twitter that he will wear No. 93, McCoy’s old number with the Bucs. It is not...
  6. Captain Fear

    Report: Gerald McCoy heading to Carolina

    Getty Images Apparently, Gerald McCoy didn’t care for the fact the Buccaneers gave away his old number so soon, so he wants to take it out on them. According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, the free agent defensive tackle has decided to sign with the Panthers. McCoy also visited the Ravens and...
  7. Captain Fear

    Gerald McCoy gets $4 million guaranteed, deal heavy on incentives

    Getty Images Gerald McCoy would have had a $13 million base salary this year if he hadn’t been released by the Buccaneers. He’ll make a lot less than that in Carolina, but how much less will depend on how well he plays. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, McCoy gets just $4 million...
  8. Captain Fear

    Bruce Arians suggests JPP may miss up to six more months

    Getty Images Buccaneers defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul sustained a neck injury in an early-May auto accident. At the time, his timetable for a return was set at five-to-six months. Nearly a month later, that timetable remains at five-to-six months. “He’s doing good. His spirits are good,”...
  9. Captain Fear

    Vic Beasley will attend Falcons minicamp

    Getty Images Falcons defensive end Vic Beasley is one of several key players from the team who has been absent from the team’s voluntary offseason workouts, but he confirmed that his absence won’t stretch into the mandatory portion of the schedule. The Falcons will wrap up the offseason...
  10. Captain Fear

    Bruce Arians: Gerald McCoy “just didn’t fit”

    Getty Images The Buccaneers swapped defensive tackle Gerald McCoy and his $13 million salary for defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh and his $9.25 million salary. So why did they essentially trade the third pick in the 2010 draft for the second pick in the 2010 draft. “It just wasn’t a fit,” coach...
  11. Captain Fear

    Baker Mayfield is recruiting Gerald McCoy

    Baker Mayfield acknowledged Saturday that he has reached out to Gerald McCoy, actively recruiting the six-time Pro Bowler to join the Browns. “I have been,” the Browns quarterback said at his youth ProCamp, via Mary Kay Cabot of cleveland.com. Mayfield declined to elaborate. McCoy posted an...
  12. Captain Fear

    Bruce Arians believes Buccaneers’ secondary is “totally fixed”

    Getty Images After the 2018 regular season, many regarded the Tampa Bay secondary as broken. After most of an offseason, the team’s new head coach doesn’t see it that way. Via JoeBucsFan.com, Arians was asked to identify a position that makes Arians believe, after 10 OTA sessions, that it’s...
  13. Captain Fear

    Ndamukong Suh says he brings an aggressive, intense force to Tampa

    Getty Images New Buccaneers defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh says his trademark intensity will be present in Tampa Bay. Meeting the local media for the first time, Suh talked about what he thinks he can bring to the table. “An aggressive, very intense force of change on the line of scrimmage,”...
  14. Captain Fear

    Gerald McCoy wraps Panthers visit, will take weekend to decide

    Getty Images The Gerald McCoy world tour appears to be over, and now he has to decide where he wants to go for an encore. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, the free agent defensive tackle has wrapped up his visit to the Panthers, and will take the weekend to decide. He has also...
  15. Captain Fear

    Ndamukong Suh: People with negative opinions irrelevant in my life

    Buccaneers defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh said on Friday that one of the first people he saw after arriving to the team’s facility was offensive lineman Evan Smith and that there’s no issue between the two of them related to Suh stomping on Smith’s arm during a 2011 game. That’s one of several...
  16. Captain Fear

    NFL tiptoes on the line between safety and violence

    Getty Images Football, at its core, is a game of violence. A player tries to impose his will on an opponent, who simultaneously tries to impose his will in the other direction. It’s essentially free-range wrestling, with certain players based on pre-snap alignment necessarily in position to...
  17. Captain Fear

    Gerald McCoy to visit Panthers on Friday

    Getty Images Free agent defensive tackle Gerald McCoy‘s first visit outside the AFC North has been set for Friday. Word on Wednesday was that McCoy would visit with the Panthers and Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times reports that McCoy will meet with the team to close out the week. McCoy has...
  18. Captain Fear

    Jameis Winston has seen “drastic improvements” from Ronald Jones

    Getty Images One of the goals for the Buccaneers this offseason was to rebuild running back Ronald Jones‘ confidence after the 2018 second-round pick ran 23 times for 44 yards during his rookie season. General Manager Jason Licht said he thought Jones’ belief in himself was growing in April...
  19. Captain Fear

    Gerald McCoy took in Haloti Ngata’s press conference before heading home

    Getty Images Defensive tackle Gerald McCoy was in Baltimore wrapping up his visit with the Ravens on Wednesday and decided to stick around to see how the team honored one of their past players before heading home. Haloti Ngata officially retired as a member of the Ravens on Wednesday and the...
  20. Captain Fear

    Gerald McCoy to visit Panthers

    Getty Images A third suitor has emerged for the services of free agent defensive tackle Gerald McCoy. McCoy will visit the Panthers this week, Joe Person of TheAthletic.com reports. Carolina will be the third stop on McCoy’s free agent tour. He has previously visited Cleveland and Baltimore...
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