8:20 PM EST, NFL Network - Line: Panthers -6.5, Over/Under: 49.5 Division Rivals looking to avoid disappointing 0-2 starts clash on a short week, as the Carolina Panthers play host to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, from Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. After years of mediocrity and on the verge of yet another rebuilding project, the Buccaneers (0-1, T-4th in NFC South) ultimately decided to hit the proverbial button anyway, … [Read more...]
NFL Preview 2019: Tampa Bay Buccaneers
We finally conclude our 2019 NFL Preview with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who have once again hit the proverbial reset button with the hopes of starting a new (successful) era of football. Needless to say, it's been quite a while since the Bucs have been any good, having won more than seven games just once in the last decade, with most recently yet another Last-Place finish in the loaded NFC South, their eighth in the last ten years, prompting their … [Read more...]
Atlanta Falcons @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
8:30 PM EST, ESPN - Line: Falcons -6.5, Over/Under: 48.5 A pair of teams traveling very in different directions meet tonight in a matchup ripe with Playoff Implications for one of them, as the struggling Tampa Bay Buccaneers play host to the reigning NFC Champion Atlanta Falcons at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. As disjointed as this season has been for the Falcons (8-5, 3rd in NFC South), who endured a disappointing 4-4 start to the … [Read more...]
New England Patriots @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
8:25 PM EST, CBS - Line: Patriots -5.5, Over/Under: 55.5 A pair of teams desperately searching for answers clash tonight in Tampa Florida, as the Buccaneers host the reigning Super Bowl Champions New England Patriots at Raymond James Stadium on Thursday Night Football. After securing their fifth Lombardi Trophy of the Brady/Belichick Era and enjoying an uncharacteristically busy Offseason, the Patriots (2-2, 2nd in AFC East) were expected by … [Read more...]
Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ Dallas Cowboys
8:25 PM EST, NBC - Line: Cowboys -7, Over/Under: 47 If we had told you back in August that tonight's meeting between the Dallas Cowboys and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers could be a potential Playoff Preview, you'd probably have called our bluff, but midway through December that's precisely the case as these two division leaders have their eyes fixed squarely on the Postseason. The Buccaneers (8-5, T-1st in NFC South) were indeed a question mark … [Read more...]
Fantasy Fab Fives: Week 14
Welcome back to our weekly article, where we highlight fifteen players/units that you should definitely make a move on, or in some cases, avoid like the plague. If you're a weekly subscriber to this column, then last week there were plenty of helpful suggestions to help you rule your weekend. It was a great week for my Sleepers, with Ryan Fitzpatrick (390 yards, 2 TD), Thomas Rawls (123 all-purpose yards, 1 TD), and even DeVante Parker (63 yards, 1 … [Read more...]
(2) Florida State Seminoles @ (25) Louisville Cardinals
7:30 PM EST, ESPN - Line: Florida State -3.5 A Top 25 Clash kicks off this weekend of College Football, as the second-ranked Florida State Seminoles travel to Louisville to face the newly-minted twenty-fifth-ranked Cardinals on Thursday Night Football. With the release of the first annual College Football Playoff Rankings, the Seminoles (7-0, 4-0 in ACC) can be breathe easy knowing that as long as they remain undefeated they should sit comfortably … [Read more...]
(22) Clemson @ (1) Florida State
8:00 PM EST, ABC - Line: Florida State -14.5 The only matchup today to feature ranked teams, the 22nd-ranked Clemson Tigers travel to Tallahassee to face the top-ranked, yet shorthanded, defending National Champion Florida State Seminoles. Of course, when these teams met last season, it was billed as must-see TV, as both teams were ranked in the Top 5, but in the end it turned into a rout, as the Seminoles stormed into Memorial Stadium and pounded … [Read more...]