Photo Credit: Buccaneers.comOkay, we can stop kidding ourselves. This isn’t a playoff team. I know we’re just 5 games into the season and there’s a lot of football left to be played. I know the Bucs lost a close game. No, the season isn’t over at all. But we need to reset our expectations, folks. Barring a …Read More
The Buccaneers look to bury a division opponent and get themselves back in the race after a 2 game losing streak and a bye week. Who are the Bucs? The team that dominated New Orleans and Philadelphia and nearly beat Pittsburgh, or the one who laid an egg in Chicago? We’ll find out today! Here are …Read More
Photo Credit: Cliff Welch / Pewter ReportTwo very similar teams coming off ugly defeats look to right their ships in a key NFC South Divisional matchup. For Atlanta (1-4), their season may be on the line, for Tampa Bay (2-2), it’s an opportunity to put the final nail in a division opponent and make the NFC South race a 3-team affair. …Read More
Photo Credit: Buccaneers.comFor the third consecutive week, the Bucs had every opportunity to “eat a W” but fell short, this time on Monday Night Football against the defending NFC Champion Atlanta Falcons. Pieces of Eight 1) I don’t know why, but I had a sneaky suspicion before this ballgame that the Bucs would compete hard. Of course, …Read More
Photo Credit: Buccaneers.comAny sliver of hope the Tampa Bay Buccaneers had of getting back into the playoff race went up in smoke on Sunday as Julio Jones and the Atlanta Falcons thrashed the Bucs 34-20. So we can stop that nonsense. Where do we go from here? Pieces of Eight 1) The drumbeat began low, whispered in …Read More
Photo Credit: Charlene Welch / Pewter ReportYes, I watched it again – so you don’t have to. It wasn’t pretty but as 33 point losses go, it wasn’t quite as bad as I thought it was. Simply stated – it was one of those games that just seemed to get away from Jameis Winston and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. You’d think …Read More
Photo Credit: Cliff Welch / Pewter ReportThe Tampa Bay Buccaneers went up to the ATL and put a beat down on those dirty birds. Jameis threw for four touchdowns, The Wrath of Kwon had 17 tackles and Atlanta fans went home grumbling something about Kyle Shannahan. It looked great on television the first go around, but were the Bucs really as …Read More
“We certainly have a long way to go, but it’s a good start.” – Falcons Quarterback Matt Ryan As recent as 2012, the Atlanta Falcons were the team to beat in the NFC South. They wanted the Lombardi Trophy but settled on an impressive 13-3 record and falling just short of the Super Bowl. It …Read More
