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Super Bowl? Yes, that’s the Tampa Bay Bucs doing the talking

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A last-second win over a Dallas team with two victories, and Tampa Bay Bucs coach Lovie Smith no longer recognizes a ceiling. Smith, coach of the 4-5 Bucs, talked about reaching the Super Bowl Monday. This year. “We have the goal of beating our next opponent,” said Smith, a day after a 10-6 win over Dallas. “Our goals are to win the NFC South and to win the Super Bowl. We’re relevant. Everything we’ve set out is in front of…

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Bucs to host Dallas in “Desperation Bowl” on Sunday

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Yes, the Dallas Cowboys are a desperate football team. But Bucs’ coach Lovie Smith doesn’t think they’ll be the only desperate team on the field. “I never quite understood that one team [is] more desperate than the other,” Smith said. “They have six losses, we have five. You would be hard-pressed to find someone in our locker room that didn’t feel like this is a must [win] game. That’s how we’re looking at it. “What’s going on at their place…

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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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To get to .500, Bucs will have to slow down Giants’ quarterback Eli Manning

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Eli’s coming. The eternal little brother, Manning the Younger, invades Tampa Sunday atfternoon. And if you’re wondering, the New York Giants’ Eli Manning already hs the attention of the Tampa Bay Bucs. While Manning can’t match his older brother’s statistics, he is an accomplished quarterback in his own right, one who has won two Super Bowls. And stopping Manning and the Giants’ high-powered offense poses a large problem for the Bucs. “Eli has two Super Bowl rings,” Bucs coach Lovie…

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After losing big lead, Jameis Winston leads Bucs to overtime victory

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This week, the big lead got away again. The game did not. A game after the one that saw the Washington Redskins erase a 24-point lead by the Bucs, Tampa Bay had a 17-point lead fritter away. This time, however, the Bucs reversed their fortunes and managed a 23-20 victory in overtime over Atlanta. The Atlanta Falcons had no problems moving the ball, piling up 496 yards on the afternoons. But the Falcons had four turnovers and were penalized 11…

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Bucs’ Jameis Winston might be without receiver Vincent Jackson Sunday

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It is appearing more and more that Tampa Bay Bucs’ quarterback Jameis Winston will be without receiver Vincent Jackson when the team plays at Atlanta Sunday. Jackson, who missed the latter stages of the team’s loss to Washington with a knee injury, has been unable to practice all week, although head coach Lovie Smith refused to call him out. “We know what we would like to get accomplished,” Smith said. “If Vincent can’t go, that’s just a part of it.…

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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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