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After further review, Bucs still weren’t good enough

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Dirk Koetter can live with the plays where the Eagles beat his Tampa Bay Bucs. He has a little more problem with the plays where the Bucs beat the Bucs. Tampa Bay lost its first preseason game to Philadelphia, 17-9, fumbling deep inside its 20 twice in the first five minutes to gift-wrap touchdowns to the Eagles. The Bucs struggled protecting the ball, avoiding penalties, holding onto passes and converting third down. “Before you start winning games, you’ve got to…

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Bucs debut under Dirk Koetter, but the play matters more than the score

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It is, of course, the biggest game of Dirk Koetter’s life. And we’ll all forget it in a matter of hours. When Koetter leads his Tampa Bay Bucs onto the field against Philadelphia Thursday night, it will be notable because it’s Koetter’s first game. Just that. Oh, you want to see the Bucs have more good plays than bad. You want certain individuals to shine. You want your team to win, because that’s always preferable to the alternative. But, really,…

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Bucs have to improve in red zone to get better as a team

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This is where it begins, in the shadow of the opponent’s goalposts. On first down-and-opportunity. With the cannons firing. With hope in the air. With the Tampa Bay Bucs, trying once again to stop treating the red zone like the dead zone. The Bucs had a sprightly little offense a year ago, with Jameis Winston throwing for more than 4,000 and Doug Martin running for more than 1,400 and Mike Evans catching passes for more than 1,200. In all, the…

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Bucs have found a player in tight end Cameron Brate

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Think of his career as a pass pattern. In his first year, he was struggling to get off the line of scrimmage. In his second, he was fighting to get open. Now, he has the ball in his hands, and he’s heading for the end zone. Such has been the progression of tight end Cameron Brate, who is now starting for the Tampa Bay Bucs as they head into Thursday’s preseason opener against Philadelphia. Brate, a free agent out of…

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Bucs’ coach Dirk Koetter likes defense, but not the team’s penalties

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In their first practice in shoulder pads,  Tampa Bay Bucs’ coach Dirk Koetter liked that his team likes to use them. What he didn’t like, however, was an old problem of the team: penalties. Tampa Bay was one of the most penalized teams in NFL last season. It was one of the main criticisms of former coach Lovie Smith. “What I liked was, obviously, these guys like to hit. That energy was good,” said Bucs’ current coach Koetter. “What I…

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Bucs’ Mike Evans tries to find chemistry with Jameis Winston

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The chemistry between Jameis Winston and Mike Evans is improving by the day. Or, at least, it improved Friday. Winston, perhaps the NFL’s most impressive new quarterback a year ago, and Evans, one of the league’s most disappointing wide receivers, struggled to combine for an impact last season. Evans led the league with 11 drops and caught only three touchdowns, leading him to admit disappointment despite 74 catches for 1,206 yards. “Better than yesterday,” coach Dirk Koetter pronounced. “Part of…

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For the Bucs, improvement begins with quarterback Jameis Winston

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For the Tampa Bay Bucs, getting better  starts with the quarterback. The next item on the agenda? More improvement by the quarterback. For the Bucs, the focus is all about second-year quarterback Jameis Winston. It is his improvement that will determine whether the team can improve on its six-win total of a year ago. Oh, there are other parts to the team, but on the Bucs, they are all on the next level. “Just Jameis, the way he handles every…

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