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Bucs’ Vincent Jackson may miss several weeks with knee injury

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The Tampa Bay Bucs may be without one of their leading weapons Sunday, and perhaps for several Sundays afterward. Wide receiver Vincent Jackson missed practice Wednesday with an injured knee, and there are reports that he could be absent for weeks to come. “We’re not there,” Bucs coach Lovie Smith said. “He didn’t practice today. He has a knee injury. As far as multiple [weeks], we’re not ready to go into much more detail than that because we don’t know…

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Bucs’ Lovie Smith has one of the NFL’s hottest seats, says USA Today

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For Tampa Bay Bucs coach Lovie Smith, the seat is getting hotter. At least, according to USA Today, it is. Smith took the biggest jump of any coach in the newspaper’s hot-seat rankings this week, jumping from seventh to third in the rankings. He trails only the Colts’ Chuck Pagano and the Lions’ Jim Caldwell (a former Bucs’ assistant) in the rankings. Smith is ranked 10th at coacheshotseat.com. Smith seemed to admit Monday that he didn’t have a very good…

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Bucs’ Lovie Smith tries to explain how the Washington game got away

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Coach Lovie Smith thinks his Tampa Bay Bucs are more of the team that took a 24-0 lead Sunday than the one that got outscored 31-6 afterward. The record says the Bucs are both. “That football team that played in the first half, we’re that team,” Smith said in his day-after press conference Monday. “We’re, unfortunately, also that team that played in the second half. I think we’re more along the lines of what we saw in the first half.”…

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Tampa Bay’s Jameis Winston throws four interceptions in loss to Carolina

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Two more missed field goals. Three losses in the season’s first month. Four more interceptions. Numbers? You want numbers? For the Tampa Bay Bucs, they all add up to defeat. The Bucs more or less presented the undefeated Carolina Panthers with a 37-23 victory at Raymond James Stadium Sunday. The Bucs fumbled on their third play, and threw an interception returned for a touchdown on their fifth, and it paved the way for the Carolina victory. Seven total interceptions in…

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Bucs coach Lovie Smith says he still believes in his kicker

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Tampa Bay Bucs’ placekicker Kyle Brindza is tied for 29th in the NFL when it comes to accuracy, but head coach Lovie Smith says he still has confidence in him going into this week’s game against Carolina. “He’s responded well,” Smith said. “When you have a game like that you go out to the practice field and you start trying to get it through the goal posts. In practice he’s hit every one this week. That’s about all you can…

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For win at Raymond James, Bucs need fewer flags, fewer drops

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The Tampa Bay Bucs would like to try something new this week. They’d like to win at home. It’s been a while. The Bucs haven’t won at home since Dec. 8 of 2013, 10 games ago. Coach Lovie Smith has never won a game at Raymond James Stadium. “It would be great just for this city to have some wins behind it.” said quarterback Jameis Winston. “Unfortunately our only win was on the road this year, but it would be…

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Despite most recent defeat, coach Lovie Smith says Bucs are getting better

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Lovie Smith says his ballclub is getting better. The Bucs are 1-2, and they were beaten by Houston on Sunday, but Smith swears he can see an upturn in his team’s performance. “Our ball club is getting better,” Smith said Monday. “I know the record isn’t showing that right now, but that is going to change. Talking about yesterday though, offensively, the offensive line played well and it was a good front we were playing against. The offensive line played…

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