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Defenses worth looking at for playoff push

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You would have been hard-pressed to find many fantasy owners riding the Kansas City Chiefs defense one month into the season. The team had just surrendered a combined 74 points the two previous games on the way to a 1-3 start. The final month of the season is a different story. The Chiefs have a superb set of matchups during the rest of the fantasy football season and are a must-add for anyone looking for a defensive lift in the…

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The 5,000-day streak: Bucs look as if they’ll miss playoffs again

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Things to think about: If the Tampa Bay Bucs do not win a playoff game this season – stop laughing, won’t you? – then it will at least 5,000 days between victories. Ouch. The Bucs, who last won a playoff game when they won the Super Bowl on Jan. 26 of 2003 (4,706 days ago), have a sad little streak going. It isn’t the longest streak – seven teams have longer ones – but to Tampa Bay, it’s long enough.…

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Bucs’ disappointing loss to Saints threatens playoff chances

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Perhaps the Bucs were just fooling themselves for a while. Perhaps, they are not good enough to make the NFL playoffs. The Bucs fell to role of chaser Sunday, losing a 24-17 decision to the New Orleans Saints in a game that left Tampa Bay two games out with three to play. The Bucs are 6-7, but they haven’t beaten a team with a winning record all season. They’ve lost to the three worst defenses – the Saints, the Colts…

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Even after loss, Bucs’ Lovie Smith thinks his team is relevant

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They have been away from the playoffs so long, it sounds odd to hear their name in connection with a possible visit. Are the Tampa Bay Bucs really alive in the race? Numerically, they’re still in at 5-6. But the next two weeks, when the Bucs play against division opponents they beat on the road earlier in the season, will be crucial. Tampa Bay hosts Atlanta this week and New Orleans the following week. “You want to be relevant, you…

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Are Bucs – don’t laugh – really playoff contenders?

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Are the Tampa Bay Bucs playoff contenders? Really? The Bucs are 5-5, and at the moment, a .500 record seems like flying high. Especially with last year’s 2-14 record. Even with this year’s 1-3 start. But the question remains of just how good the Bucs can be after their dominating 45-17 victory over Philadelphia Sunday. The Bucs are now ranked as the No. 12 team in the ESPN power rankings, an interesting number since 12 teams make the NFL playoffs. “It’s…

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Rowdies take over fourth place in NASL, eye playoff berth

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For the Tampa Bay Rowdies, the playoffs are within sight. After a Fall Season in which the Rowdies have struggled – they are tied for seventh in the Fall – Tampa Bay has fought its way back into fourth place in the standings. Tampa Bay beat the Carolina Railhawks, 1-0, as the Fort Lauderdale Strikers lost 2-1 to the Indy 11. That gives the Rowdies 39 points in the combined standings, one point ahead of the Strikers. If Tampa Bay…

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Tampa Bay Rowdies begin final push against league-leading Ottawa

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With a month to go in the season, the Tampa Bay Rowdies would like to think of this as the time to make a final playoff push. This week, however, it won’t be easy. The Rowdies of coach Stuart Campbell, whose team is on a 1-3-1 slide, play host to the league’s top team in the Ottawa Fury, a team that tops the standings in both the Fall and Combined seasons. Ottawa has scored 31 goals in the Fall, almost twice as…

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