BENGALS ...23 LIONS ...13 Cincinnati running back Cedric Benson returned from a two-game layoff because of an injured hip and tied the team record with his fifth 100-yard game of the season. The Bengals assured themselves of a winning record for only the second time in 19 years. The other one came in 2005, when Cincinnati won the AFC North and lost its opening playoff game to Pittsburgh. After a solid first quarter, the Lions went nowhere and had the game end badly. Rookie quarterback Matthew Stafford aggravated his non-throwing shoulder with 3:37 to go and didn't return, watching the final minutes from the bench. Benson finished with 110 yards on 36 carries, becoming the third different Bengal to run for 100 yards in the past three games. Carson Palmer threw for 220 yards and a TD to Chad Ochocinco. ...more

December 7, 2009

You knew there would be days like this. Now what happens? ...more

December 6, 2009

Call it the great aberration, if you will, but going into Sunday there was only one team in the NFL that was better at scoring touchdowns inside their opponent's 20-yard line than the Bucs. ...more

December 6, 2009

The Bucs are on their second offensive coordinator and third quarterback. Feeling lost in the shuffle of all that change is franchise wide receiver Antonio Bryant. ...more

December 2, 2009

It seemed like old times again Sunday. It did until the end, anyway. No matter what the Bucs do to their defense, nothing seems to change the outcome. ...more

November 29, 2009

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers seemingly do not have much to play for. Tampa Bay is 1-9, with little chance of making the playoffs and no shot at a winning record with six games left. And defensive players must now answer to their third coordinator since last November after Jim Bates was demoted earlier this week. ...more

November 27, 2009

TAMPA All of a sudden it was like September again. That's how it appeared on the field; that's how it sounded in the locker room; that's how it looked on the scoreboard. Especially on the scoreboard. ...more

November 22, 2009

While the Tampa Bay Buccaneers enter Sunday's game against New Orleans with a healthy roster, the Saints will be well below full strength. ...more

November 21, 2009

This Bucs season went into a wood chipper awhile back, so now it's just a matter of how they stack up the rest of the season. If there's any promise out there, we just hit the magic stretch. ...more

November 19, 2009

Most football fans are aware of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' struggles this season. ...more

November 14, 2009