Who should be the starting quarterback when Jameis Winston returns from suspension? That’s been a hot topic in the media and a big debate among Bucs fans for a couple of weeks now. Well, the time has finally come. Jameis is a free man and back with the team at One Buc where he belongs. …Read More
Photo Credit: Cliff Welch / Pewter ReportOkay guys and gals, Monday night sucked. For me, it started when it took me two hours to get from the Himes exit off of I-275 south to my parking lot on the south end of the stadium causing me to miss the entire first quarter of the game. It ended with a 3-point loss …Read More
Photo Credit: Cliff Welch / Pewter ReportWeek 2 is in the books and so is another win. The Bucs have started the season 2-0 for the first time since 2010 when they did it with Raheem Morris and Josh Freeman. Back then, they did it by beating the Browns here in Tampa and a bad Panthers team in Carolina. This year, …Read More
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are 2-0…how sweet does that sound? It hasn’t happened since 2010 and they haven’t started 3-0 since the 2005 season. That’s what they’ll be looking to do on Monday night against the 0-1-1 Pittsburgh Steelers. I’ll get into my “Playaz 2 Watch” for this week in a minute, but first let’s review …Read More
The Week 1 invasion of the port in New Orleans was a success. The Buccaneers were able to enter the Mercedes-Benz Superdome a ten point underdog and exit with a division road win after beating the Saints 48-40 in an offensive shootout. Last week’s “Playaz 2 Watch” were Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas and defensive …Read More
Respect is never given, respect is earned. Nobody knows that better than the 2018 Tampa Bay Buccaneers. A lesson they learned last season after going from potential playoff contenders at the beginning of the season to 5-11 pretenders at the end of it. After going 9-7 in 2016, the Bucs were crowned as “offseason champs” …Read More
Photo Credit: Cliff Welch / Pewter ReportDuring the fourth quarter of the final preseason game against the Jacksonville Jaguars last Thursday night, Jason Licht was asked on air if Jameis Winston was going to be the starter when he returns from his 3-game suspension in Week 4 when the Bucs travel to Chicago to play the Bears. He chose to answer …Read More
This year, we here at WTB are trying to bring you more weekly content during the football season. One of my contributions to that effort is going to be my Deez Playaz 2 Watch segment. Each week, I’ll pick an offensive and defensive player from the Bucs opponent that could have a big impact on …Read More
Photo Credit: Cliff Welch / Pewter ReportBoy has this been a hot debate over the last few weeks. Dirk Koetter allowed offensive coordinator Todd Monken to assume playcalling duties during the preseason. The results? An aggressive, downfield attacking style passing offense that was putting points on the board against opposing defenses almost at will. A complete 180 from the vanilla offense …Read More
Photo Credit: Cliff Welch / Pewter ReportThe preseason is over, which means it’s time for teams to whittle their rosters down from 90 players to the final 53 players. The Bucs did just that on Saturday releasing their trimmed down team to the public. Most of the cut downs were as expected, but there were a few surprises and some other …Read More
