Photo Credit: Cliff Welch / Pewter ReportIt’s a new season, folks and it’s finally here. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers take the field for the first time in the 2018 regular season against their arch-rivals, the New Orleans Saints. A lot has changed since the Bucs secured a last-minute victory against the NFC South Champions. Can the Bucs pull off another upset? …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
Photo Credit: WTB StaffWe’ve made it, folks. Training camp since the end of July, the never-ending pre-season. It’s done and here we are on the precipice of the start of the 2018 NFL Regular Season for your Tampa Bay Buccaneers. How will the Bucs do in 2018? Our team of writers gets together to give you their thoughts on …Read More
Photo Credit: Cliff Welch / Pewter ReportThe fourth preseason game is like the NFL’s version of the Hunger Games. It’s a fight for survival for some guys. It’s typically the last chance for those “bubble guys” to show the coaching staff what they have to offer the team and give them a reason to keep them around. At this point in …Read More
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
