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Bucs want to ride Doug Martin to victory against Chicago

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Going into their final game of the year, there are few surprises remaining for the Tampa Bay Bucs. They will try to run the ball. They will try to start fast. They will try to play good defense. Whether the Chicago Bears cooperate, we will see. Bucs’ coach Lovie Smith talked about trailing early in a game as “having a mountain to climb.” “It’s been like that, I think,” Smith said. “It’s about that start. No reason why we shouldn’t…

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Bucs’ Lovie Smith discusses another disappointing defeat

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They had enough first downs. Thirty of them, in fact. They had enough yards. Five-hundred and nine of them. But, given that, shouldn’t there have been more points for the Bucs in their 31-23 loss to the St. Louis Rams Thursday night? Count Bucs’ coach Lovie Smith among those who think so. The Bucs scored 17 of their points in the fourth quarter, including their last score with 1:34 to play. “When you have almost 30 first downs and over 500…

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Bucs’ Lovie Smith says that despite loss, his team is still in it

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The NFL playoffs look further away than ever for the Tampa Bay Bucs, but coach Lovie Smith says he isn’t surrendering. One day after a disappointing loss to New Orleans dropped the Bucs to 6-7 on the season and two games out of the playoff race, Smith said there is still a chance. “The same goals we had are still there,” Smith said. “Nothing has been decided, so we are still talking about the same thing. We have three games…

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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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Bucs to lose linebacker Kwon Alexander for final 4 games

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The Tampa Bay Bucs will have to compete in their final month of the season without one of their brightest stars. Middle linebacker Kwon Alexander will start serving his suspension for performance-enhancing drugs. Alexander, the only player the Bucs have drafted on defense since coach Lovie Smith took over, had been a starter throughout the season. He has three sacks, two interceptions and two forced fumbles to go with his 93 tackles. Alexander has blamed his positive test on an…

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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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Bucs’ 2-game winning streak ends at hands of Matt Hasselbeck

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Tampa Bay Bucs coach Lovie Smith said that Sunday was not a step back for his football team. Still, it felt that way. A lot of the old problems plagued the Bucs in a 25-12 loss to the Indianapolis Colts, a defeat that kept the Bucs on the bad side of .500. Tampa Bay had won two in a row, and it was looking like a team on the rise. This time, however, it suffered a lot of the roadblocks…

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