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Bucs’ tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins might play against Atlanta

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Often-injured tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins could return to the football field Sunday for the Tampa Bay Bucs. Seferian-Jenkins has been out with a shoulder injury since week two of the season and has played in only 11 of 27 games since being drafted by the Bucs. In that time, Cameron Brate has become a good receiver for the Bucs, but most teams use three or four tight ends over the course of a game. “He’s practiced all week and we have…

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Bucs’ Gerald McCoy hopes his hand injury doesn’t keep him out

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Now that the football is getting good, Tampa Bay Bucs’ defensive tackle  Gerald McCoy is hoping that a “small” surgical procedure on his left hand will not slow him down. McCoy, a three-time Pro Bowler who has been slowed much of the season with a bad shoulder, injured his hand during Sunday’s loss to Indianapolis. He hopes to play Sunday against Atlanta. “I had an injury the first half of the game, got it looked at, kept playing – it…

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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’ star Gerald McCoy tries to fight his way through shoulder injury

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When you’re wondering why these are the worst of times for the Bucs’ pass rush, perhaps you should look first to the best of them. Gerald McCoy, the Pro Bowl defensive tackle of the Tampa Bay Bucs, has been limited by shoulder problems this season. Perhaps that is one reason that McCoy did not have one of his best days as the Bucs blew a large lead against the Redskins. “I think it’s a problem that all of us have,”…

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Despite rankings, Gerald McCoy says Bucs have to get better

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The numbers say the Tampa Bay Bucs have a solid defense. But defensive tackle Gerald McCoy doesn’t agree. Not yet, anyway. The Bucs have the fifth-ranked defense in the NFL, and they’re fourth against the pass. But the Bucs are next-to-last in points allowed and only 25th against the run, so there is work to be done. “You can look at (the rankings),” said McCoy. “But it really doesn’t mean a lot because if you look at how many points…

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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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