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Dirk Koetter believes his Bucs’ team has had a productive off-season

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The off-season checklist for the Tampa Bay Bucs is almost complete. Whether the Bucs are as well? We’ll see. “What we accomplished…number one is we put in a whole new defensive scheme,” Bucs’ coach Dirk Koetter said. “A whole new special teams scheme, we integrated 24 rookies and five or six free agents into our system. We continued to develop our offensive scheme. “When you’re going against each other every day, you’re going to have happy (and) sad days. Again,…

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Tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins dismissed from Bucs’ practice

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For his next pass pattern, Tampa Bay Bucs‘ tight end Austin Saferian-Jenkins will run a “Go route.” As in, go. Depart. Leave. Jenkins, the oft-injured receiver of the Bucs, was dismissed from practice by head coach Dirk Koetter Thursday for “not knowing what he was doing.” In what was supposed to be a bounce-back year for Saferian-Jenkins, it was a bad way to start. Koetter admitted he had sent Seferian-Jenkins off the field, but said, “you guys are making too…

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Bucs’ defensive end Noah Spence is starting to get some attention

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For Noah Spence, these are the first steps of the journey. Behind him is scandal and controversy and redemption. In front of him are the quarterbacks of the NFL. Spence, the Tampa Bay Bucs’ second-round draft pick, and his teammates are going through OTAs for the Bucs. It’s early, but already, the praise has begun for Spence, a defensive end from Eastern Kentucky. Teammate Robert Ayers has compared him favorably to all-pro Bronco Von Miller, a former teammate. “He’s looked…

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Bucs begin off-season work with slimmer Jameis Winston

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There are new coaches. New players. New schemes. Heck, even the quarterback has a new waistline. Let’s hope there will be new results. The Tampa Bay Bucs started their first off-season program under new head coach Dirk Koetter Monday, beginning with two weeks of lifting and conditioning. Another eight weeks are to follow for the Bucs. It’s a long road,’’ Koetter said. “Everybody’s excited. The coaches are happy that (the players are back). “I didn’t want to bombard them with…

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Bucs include Doug Martin in their plans at NFL Combine

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Free agency is approaching, but that doesn’t mean that Tampa Bay Bucs‘ running back Doug Martin is going anywhere. Speaking at the NFL Combine Wednesday, Bucs’ general manager Jason Licht said he wanted to visit Martin’s representatives while in Indianapolis. “We’ll be meeting with Doug’s people here. We’ve got a couple of things going for us here on that one,” Licht said. “I know he wants to be a Buc, and I know that we want him to be a Buc.…

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Bucs hope Dirk Koetter can lead a franchise turnaround

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Now that the Tampa Bay Bucs have their football coach established, it’s time for the rest of the organization to step up, too. The Bucs announced Friday morning that Dirk Koetter is their new football coach, replacing the fired Lovie Smith. Koetter is the team’s fifth coach in eight seasons. For Koetter to succeed, however, it will talk effort from a lot of people outside his office, too. Who are going to be his coordinators? Can he draft a defensive…

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Tampa Bay Bucs change the tone again by hiring Dirk Koetter as their head coach

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Around the offices of the Bucs, it is a brand-new verb. Ask a silly question, and you might as well brace for the blunt answer. It may come without diplomacy, without niceties. And just like that, you have been “Koettered.” As of Friday, it is the sound of the Tampa Bay Bucs. Jason Licht, the general manager, was talking about one such instance where he bounced an idea off of Dirk Koetter, and Koetter dismissed him. Yep, “Koettered.” And now,…

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