Photo Credit: Cliff Welch / Pewter ReportSo typically in this piece we give you some key anecdotes for the game, some obscure stat you might not be aware of or something that you should watch out for in this Bucs-Jaguars showdown. Well, it’s week 4 of the pre-season and we pretty much got nothin’. So here are some things to watch out for …Read More
Photo Credit: Cliff Welch / Pewter ReportThe offseason is brutal for football fans. Going more than 8 months without live Buccaneer football is torture. Fans get bored. They start to hallucinate and fantasize. They start breaking down, tearing apart and rebuilding the team’s roster. The boredom is bad enough, but then some start to criticize Jason Licht and question why he …Read More
Photo Credit: Cliff Welch / Pewter ReportThree down and one to go. The starters are done until New Orleans, but there’s still a few positions that will be under the microscope in this final preseason game against the Jacksonville Jaguars. With most of the final 53-man roster pretty much set, I figured I would go ahead and take a stab at …Read More
Photo Credit: Buccaneers.comIt was a wild time at the pirate ship at Raymond James Stadium as the Bucs snagged defeat from the jaws of victory in a 33-30 loss to the Lions. While many Bucs fans are upset about the loss, I’m here to tell ya, the Bucs are okay. As pitiful as most of that second …Read More
Photo Credit: Buccaneers.comThe 3rd preseason game is always considered the “dress rehearsal” game because this is the game the starters normally play in. The Buccaneers fell to the Lions 33-30 to put their record at 2-1 this preseason. There were a lot of encouraging things in this game and some things that were concerning. All 3 quarterbacks …Read More
Photo Credit: Cliff Welch / Pewter ReportHere it is, the one week of the pre-season that matters. Okay, maybe not matters but has the most regular season-like feel to it. The Bucs will also fire the cannons at Raymond James Stadium for the first time in 2018. Can the Bucs go 3-0 in the fake games? We talk this and what …Read More
Photo Credit: Tom E. MitchellHere we are, two preseason games down and two to go. The open-to-public days of training camp are over, which means so are my eye witness point of views as to what’s going on within One Buc. So I wanted to list my observations of certain players and positions at this midway point of the …Read More
For many of us Bucs fans, the most memorable moment in franchise history was when they won their only Super Bowl. We all remember where we were and what we were doing when our Jon Gruden and Malcolm Glazer hoisted that Lombardi Trophy. That 2002 defense played a major part in getting them there and in …Read More
If you’re a defensive guy like me, then you were even more disappointed with last season than other Bucs fans. Last year was abysmal to say the least. It was tough to watch. After finishing with the 10th ranked total defense and first in third down percentage allowed in 2016, they finished dead last in …Read More
Photo Credit: Buccaneers.comSo the Bucs won their first pre-season game against the Miami Dolphins, 26-24. Yay. There was certainly plenty to encouraged about in this first outing by the Bucs, but there were also some early warning signs as well. Are the Bucs ready yet or do they still have a long way to go? Pieces of …Read More
