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Bucs WR Mike Evans inactive against Titans with hamstring injury

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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are opening the season against the Tennessee Titans without one of Jameis Winston‘s top receivers, second-year pro Mike Evans. Evans, who had 68 receptions for 1,051 yards and 12 touchdowns as a rookie, has a sore left hamstring. He practiced Friday for the first time since the Bucs’ second preseason game and had been listed as questionable. Cornerback Jason McCourty is out for the Titans with a groin injury. Cornerback Mike Jenkins, running back Mike James,…

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5 quick hits about Sunday’s Titans vs. Bucs game

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Jameis Winston and Marcus Mariota want no part of a debate over which of the Heisman Trophy winners is destined to have the best pro career, a discussion that’s sure to continue long after their first NFL meeting. The top two overall picks in this year’s draft understand the intense interest in their highly anticipated debut against each other, but stress Sunday’s season opener is about the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Tennessee Titans ā€” not which rookie quarterback has progressed…

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Jameis Winston, Marcus Mariota shrug off comparisons before NFL debuts

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Jameis Winston and Marcus Mariota want no part of a debate over which of the Heisman Trophy winners is destined to have the best pro career, a discussion that’s sure to continue long after their first NFL meeting. The top two overall picks in this year’s draft understand the intense interest in their highly anticipated debut against each other, but stress Sunday’s season opener is about the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Tennessee Titans ā€” not which rookie quarterback has progressed…

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Football’s future? QBs training with virtual reality

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Mississippi quarterback Ryan Buchanan straps on a headset that covers his eyes, and instantly, he sees a scene that looks like a video game, all set from his perspective. In about a minute, he runs through a handful of plays, checking his receivers, deciphering defensive coverages and making split-second decisions about where to throw the football. And just like that, practice is over. “I felt like I was in the future putting this thing on ā€” something that you would…

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Bucs must develop culture of winning, but not the Patriots’ model

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Why should Bucs fans or general sports fans from the ā€˜Burg and the Bay care about Tom Brady and underinflated footballs? Itā€™s not like any of this will affect their everyday lives. Why do readers of this publication, whether or not they are sports fans, pay attention to a national story like this? Because it goes beyond sports. Itā€™s the intrigue; itā€™s knowing what you donā€™t know and looking to fill that void. Everyone following the story has an opinion.…

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Grammar check: ‘siege’ is not a verb

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On Wednesday, this reporter wrote about the new slogan being pushed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, ā€œSiege the Day.ā€ In that report I pointed out the slogan doesnā€™t exactly send a positive message to anyone with a remedial high school education or the ability to Google a definition. Siege means ā€œa prolonged period of misfortuneā€ in some uses. And even under the more popular use of the word, referring to some form of occupation, it still doesnā€™t really make sense.…

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Confident Jameis Winston ready to take over Bucs’ offense

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The large billboard standing on a major thoroughfare a few blocks from the home of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers suggests an offensive explosion is on the horizon. Jameis Winston is preparing to lead it. “Cannons will fire,” reads the sign bearing an image of the top pick in the NFL draft presumably poised to throw a touchdown pass. “Whatever it is,” a television commercial implores, “he’s got it.” Coach Lovie Smith and general manager Jason Licht are banking on their…

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