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Coach Lovie Smith insists the Bucs are ‘a good football team’

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Lovie Smith said it again. The Tampa Bay Bucs are a good football team. Now, about that pesky won-loss record… The Bucs, 2-14 a year ago and 1-2 in this preseason, wind up their exhibition schedule Thursday night against the Miami Dolphins hoping to make some improvements on its Week Three loss to Cleveland. Many of the regulars won’t play long, if at all, but Smith would like to go into the season with a better taste in his mouth…

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Bucs won’t blame rookies for problems with offensive line

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This was where you came in, right? The Bucs had a bad night on the offensive line. It spread to the quarterback. It led to a lopsided victory at Raymond James Stadium. Again. For the Bucs, it might as well have been 2014. The Cleveland Browns caved in the Bucs’ line, and Tampa Bay never had a chance to get rolling. “We had some bad plays last night,” Bucs’ coach Lovie Smith said. “It’s like that most games though. You…

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Bucs defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier doesn’t mind not calling plays

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After a big victory, there is no questioning the lines of communication. Tampa Bay Bucs‘ defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier says that it is a good thing that head coach Lovie Smith is calling the team’s plays. He expects it to continue this week against the Cleveland Browns and beyond. “There were times a year ago where there would definitely be communication on the headsets,” said Frazier of his 25th-ranked unit. “It won’t be any different this year. He’s going to…

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Bucs plan to shut down receiver Mike Evans for the rest of preseason

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The preseason is over for Mike Evans before it really began. Evans, the second-year receiver of the Tampa Bay Bucs, does not have a catch in two games. But after tweaking a hamstring in a victory over the Cincinnati Bengals, coach Lovie Smith announced he was shutting Evans down for the final two exhibition games. “I know right now that Mike probably won’t play anymore the rest of the preseason,” Smith said. “We’ll probably keep him out. Hamstring – you…

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Bucs get off to fast start, finally win at Raymond James Stadium

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Go ahead. Pooh-pooh if you must. After the recent seasons of watching the Tampa Bay Bucs, no one can blame you. So go ahead. Talk about how it was just a preseason game. Talk about practice football. Mention that it doesn’t count, and that no one will remember it in a month. Talk about fake football. On the other hand, the Bucs won a 25-11 game over the Cincinnati Bengals, and along the way, they resembled a real football team…

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Bucs’ Jameis Winston gets his first preseason start at Raymond James

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Now that he is a grizzled veteran of one game, Tampa Bay Bucs‘ quarterback Jameis Winston will try to be a more efficient quarterback. Winston starts for the second time for the Bucs after an up-and-down first game against the Minnesota Vikings. Winston hit nine of 19 passes, but he had a quarterback rating of only 48.4 yards largely due to a slow start. In his second game, tonight against the Bengals at Raymond James Stadium, Winston will try to…

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Bucs head coach Lovie Smith will assume defensive play-calling in 2015

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He grew up on the defensive side of the football. Now, it will bear Lovie Smith’s fingerprints. Smith will call the defensive plays for the Tampa Bay Bucs this season, taking over for defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier. Smith, a former linebacker coach with the Bucs and defensive coordinator with the Rams, will assume personal responsibility for a unit that finished 25th in the NFL last year. And why not? It worked so well for Raheem Morris. Perhaps, with the addition…

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