October 9th, 2011 
Matt Loede 
Posted in The way they played Sunday, the Bucs should have never gotten off the bus. Alex Smith tied a career-high with three touchdown passes and the 49ers had their largest margin of victory in the regular season since 1987, rolling over the Buccaneers, 48-3. “We were flat in the beginning, flat in the end and flat [...]
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Buccaneers Bombed in San Francisco in Awful 48-3 Loss
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Comments OffColts Ready for Tampa and the Improved Colts
The Colts are finding it every bit as difficult to win without Peyton Manning as they suspected it might be. Still, star defensive Dwight Freeney says that doesn’t mean the team doesn’t expect to successful. “No team that’s 0-3 is in a great mood. But it’s not as bad as people may think it is, [...]
Colts Gab NFL Week Four Preview: Indianapolis at Tampa Bay
The Colts have won their last two appearances on Monday night. Making it three in a row would prevent their worst start since the injured Peyton Manning was a rookie. Looking to avoid going 0-4 for the first time since 1998, the Colts travel to face the Buccaneers. Indianapolis (0-3) remained winless after last Sunday [...]
NFL Odds For Week One of the NFL Season (9/8 to 9/12)
Date & Time Favorite Line Underdog Total 9/8 8:30 ET At Green Bay -4 New Orleans 47 9/11 1:00 ET At Baltimore -2.5 Pittsburgh 36.5 9/11 1:00 ET At Tampa Bay -2 Detroit 41 9/11 1:00 ET Atlanta -3 At Chicago 41 9/11 1:00 ET At Kansas City -6.5 Buffalo 40.5 9/11 1:00 ET At [...]
Tennessee Inks Veteran Free Agent LB Barrett Ruud
Veteran middle linebacker Barrett Ruud has agreed to a one-year deal with the Titans, Jim Wyatt of The Tennessean reports. Financial terms were not disclosed. A second-round pick out of Nebraska by the Buccaneers in 2005, Ruud became the full-time starting middle linebacker in 2007. Over the last four seasons, Ruud has accumulated 511 tackles, [...]
Lions Crash Bucs’ Playoff Hopes with Streak Snapping Road Win 23-20
The Lions have had to overcome a lot this season, the loss of their quarterback, the loss of their second quarterback, the twin turf toes of Jahvid Best and a slew of bad calls. They have spent all season getting close but no cigar, but the last two weeks the Lions have overcome it all to deal [...]
Falcons Stay Atop the NFC South; Top Bucs 28-24
The Falcons easily could have chalked up a loss Sunday in Tampa, but led by a huge Eric Weems 102-yard kickoff return, the Falcons rallied for a 28-24 win over the Bucs. Matt Ryan threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to Michael Jenkins as the Falcons rallied from a 10-point deficit to beat the Buccaneers for [...]
Buccaneers score a shutout of the 49′ers 21-0
THE GOOD The Run Game The Bucs finished with 42 carries for 162 yards, their third game in the last four with 154+ yards. Rest has been good for Cadillac Williams. He had a juking, clobbering, tackle-busting 26-yard run in the 4th to put the 49ers away for good. The Run Defense Pounding the rock [...]
