When two historic division rivals meet for the first time in the postseason, there is bound to be enough tension to stretch from Austin, Texas, to Atlantic City, N.J. ...more

January 13, 2008

After 18 weeks and 260 games, we're down to the NFL's elite eight. According to the Vegas oddsmakers, top seeds Dallas, New England, Indianapolis and Green Bay figure to advance by capitalizing on the bye week and homefield advantage. ...more

January 11, 2008

Dungy is returning to Tampa. Eric Dungy, that is. The sophomore wide receiver and son of Indianapolis Colts and former Bucs coach Tony Dungy enrolled at Plant and began classes Tuesday when the school reopened following the holiday break. ...more

January 10, 2008

Bucs coach Jon Gruden discusses the first-round playoff loss to the Giants, and looks ahead to the offseason, in his Monday news conference: ...more

January 7, 2008

Jeremiah Trotter is on the other side of the issue now. With the Bucs' playoff berth secured, he is one of the many reserves who will benefit from the plan to rest the regulars for much of their game Sunday against Carolina. ...more

December 29, 2007

Jeff Garcia did an assessment of the talent around him and concluded late last summer that the dream was not a fantasy. Reaching the playoffs, he thought, was a realistic possibility for the Bucs. ...more

December 16, 2007

This is probably the most basic fundamental of the Bucs defense. It is a concept that coordinator Monte Kiffin preaches every hour of every day, and it has long since been ingrained into the mind-set of his players. We mention it here again because it cannot be overemphasized, especially when you're facing a running back like Clinton Portis. He's not a football player; he's a locomotive who can change direction faster than Harry Potter on his broomstick playing Quidditch. The only way to shut him down is to throw a lot of bodies at him and plug all the gaps he will consider slicing through. Portis usually starts running to his left, but he'll cut back to his right away from the pursuit, so the Bucs have to seal off the cutback lanes and tackle low to keep Portis from beating them. ...more

November 25, 2007

They say they have moved on. Nearly four months after their rookie head coach implored them to do that, after he suggested their survival depended on it, it seems they have. ...more

November 18, 2007

The Bucs have had chances to take a commanding, if not insurmountable, lead in the NFC South race, but they wasted them, losing at Detroit and at home to Jacksonville. ...more

November 17, 2007

Buc coach Jon Gruden discusses Sunday's game at Atlanta and other topics. ...more

November 15, 2007