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Bucs need Bruce Carter to step up; LaVonte David should play

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For Bruce Carter, the time is now. Carter, an offseason free agent signee, was quickly beaten out for the middle linebacker job by Kwon Alexander, the Tampa Bay Bucs’ fourth-round draft. And although Alexander has gone on to be thought of as a solid defensive rookie of the year candidate before testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs, Carter has slipped from focus. This week, however, Carter will start in the place of Alexander against the Saints and quarterback Drew Brees. “I’m…

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How strong will the Bucs’ defense be in their game vs. Saints?

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It sounds like the worst nightmare imagable for the Tampa Bay Bucs. No Lavonte David. No Kwon Alexander. Not much Gerald McCoy. That was what coach Lovie Smith had to work with on Thursday in anticipation of the upcoming game against Drew Brees – the quarterback who has beaten the Bucs more than anyone – and the New Orleans Saints. “I would be concerned if my favorite players aren’t practicing,” Smith said. “If they have been here long enough they…

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Bucs’ Lavonte David says he needs to be harder on himself

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Lavonte David says he isn’t interested in excuses. Just in execution. David, usually a pro bowl-caliber type of linebacker, has struggled with missed tackles and dropped interceptions this season. He hasn’t made his normal impact on the Bucs’ defense. How does he fix it? “Holding myself accountable,” David said. “Knowing guys depend on me to make plays and make those plays. I have to be harder on myself. I’m already hard on myself. I have to be even harder on…

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Bucs’ stars Gerald McCoy, Lavonte David haven’t made their usual impacts

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They are the defense’s biggest stars. They make the defense’s biggest checks. Lately, however, they have not made the defense’s biggest plays. For the Tampa Bay Bucs, that’s a problem. Linebacker Lavonte David and defensive tackle Gerald McCoy are household names locally, two of the last players you would name when discussing the team’s problems. Yet, it’s been a difficult season for them both. McCoy has four tackles in the last three weeks. David has been noticeable for the tackles…

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Bucs expect defense to be better, but can it stop Marcus Mariota?

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The effort to have a top 10 defense and an improved football team, Tampa Bay Bucs’ defensive tackle Gerald McCoy says, starts Sunday. To McCoy, that will help to establish what kind of football team the Bucs will be. “We didn’t win a game at home last year,” McCoy said. “None. So if we want to get to where we want to get, which is in California, it starts Sunday. It really started in the spring, but, as far as…

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Bucs’ Gerald McCoy highest ranking digital player for the team, too

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Forget the Pro Bowl. Forget the awards circuit. Madden is out. The annual ratings of players across the National Football League by the John Madden video game has been announced again, and the players as well as game players want to discuss it. The game has become a phenomenon because of the way it ranks each player, and each team, at their positions. For instance, the Bucs’ Gerald McCoy is the second-rated defensive tackle in the league with a 95,…

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Now that Bucs’ Lavonte David is rich, he needs to win

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TAMPA In the moments after he became a rich man Sunday, the Bucs asked Lavonte David to take a few minutes to take a few photographs. David declined. “I need to get back to my meeting,” he said. And that story, told by Bucs’ general manger Jason Licht, illustrates as much as anything of why David will remain hungry despite achieving wealth. “Football matters more to me than anything,” David said. So David went back to work, and the Bucs…

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