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Reports: S Shilo Sanders signing with Buccaneers as UDFA
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are signing Colorado safety Shilo Sanders as an undrafted free agent, per multiple reports.,Sanders had 67 combined tackles, two tackles for loss, one sack and two fumble recoveries in 10 games last season, when he missed three games with a broken forearm.,The 25-year-old is...

Report: Bucs re-sign DL Eric Banks to one-year deal
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers re-signed defensive lineman Eric Banks to a one-year, $1.03 million deal Friday, Fox Sports reported.,Banks played for the Arizona Cardinals from 2022-23 before missing the entire 2024 season with a torn triceps.,Banks, 27, has recorded four tackles in six games (zero starts...

Report: Bucs re-sign OL Ben Bredeson to 3-year deal
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are bringing back starting left guard Ben Bredeson on a three-year deal worth $22 million, NFL Network reported Monday.,Bredeson, 27, played the 2024 season in Tampa on a one-year deal worth $3 million.,Bredeson started all 17 games last season. He has played in 62 career ga...

Buccaneers restore Jon Gruden to Ring of Honor
Less than four years after removing Jon Gruden from their Ring of Honor, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers restored the distinction for the Super Bowl-winning coach on Thursday.,Gruden was removed from the Ring of Honor in October 2021 after leaked emails showed he used misogynistic, racist and homophobic la...

Bucs decline option on S Jordan Whitehead
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have declined their option on starting safety Jordan Whitehead, who was injured in a car accident early last month, NFL Network reported Wednesday.,The move saves the team $4.5 million, though Bucs general manager Jason Licht said this week they hope to re-sign him. As it st...

Bucs hope to ink WR Chris Godwin long-term: ‘I love him to death’
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are working toward a new contract for wide receiver Chris Godwin as general manager Jason Licht and head coach Todd Bowles rained praise on him when speaking to reporters at the scouting combine Tuesday in Indianapolis.,Godwin, who is coming off a dislocated left ankle that ...

Report: Rob Gronkowski, 35, eyeing return to NFL
Tight end Rob Gronkowski may be interested in coming out of retirement once again, according to a report by DenverSports.com on Tuesday.,Gronkowski spent nine years with the New England Patriots prior to retiring after the 2018 season -- only to come back and play two more years with Tom Brady when ...

Buccaneers promote Josh Grizzard to OC
With Liam Coen out the door for a head coaching opportunity, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers promoted Josh Grizzard to fill their offensive coordinator post Friday.,Grizzard, 34, joined the Buccaneers' staff last year as Todd Bowles' pass game coordinator. He spent the previous seven seasons in a variety o...

Jaguars hire Anthony Campanile as defensive coordinator
The Jacksonville Jaguars hired Anthony Campanile as defensive coordinator.,"Anthony Campanile represents exactly what we want to be as a defensive unit and football team," head coach Liam Coen said in a statement issued Thursday. "He brings an aggressive defensive mindset and a system that is adapta...

Liam Coen: Jaguars will rely on Trevor Lawrence, toughness
With a strange hiring process and the obligatory introductory news conference behind him, Liam Coen officially begins his job Tuesday as the head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars with clear missions in mind: creating a winning culture built on aggressive play and designing a top-flight offense arou...

Reports: Liam Coen accepts Jaguars' head-coach job
After two days filled with twists, Liam Coen reportedly is set to become the Jacksonville Jaguars' head coach.,ESPN reported Thursday night that Coen told the Tampa Bay Buccaneers that he is leaving his job as offensive coordinator to take the top post in Jacksonville. NFL.com reported that the Jagu...

Report: Liam Coen back in talks to be Jags' head coach
In an intriguing turn of events, Liam Coen met with the Jacksonville Jaguars regarding their head coaching vacancy on Thursday, ESPN reported, one day after agreeing to a contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers that would make him the NFL's highest-paid coordinator.,Coen, who recently finished his fi...

Florida man: Liam Coen turns down Jaguars, gets big bucks from Bucs
Liam Coen stepped out of consideration as a candidate to become head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars to remain offensive coordinator with Tampa Bay, according to multiple reports. ,Coen, 39, was scheduled for a second interview with the Jaguars on Wednesday. But instead of the in-person huddle wit...

Report: Jaguars interview Bucs OC Liam Coen for head coach
The Jacksonville Jaguars are interviewing Tampa Bay offensive coordinator Liam Coen for their head coaching vacancy on Wednesday, the NFL Network reported.,The team is searching for a replacement for Doug Pederson, who was fired on Jan. 6 after the Jaguars finished 4-13 in his third season with the ...

Field goal hits goal post on way through, lifts Commanders past Bucs
Zane Gonzalez caromed a 37-yard field goal off the inside of the right upright and through the goal posts as time expired to give the Washington Commanders a 23-20 victory over the host Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday night in an NFC wild-card game.,Jayden Daniels completed 24 of 35 passes for 268 ya...

Buccaneers S Antoine Winfield Jr. cleared to play after four-game absence
Two starters in the secondary received the green light to play for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday night.,Safety Antoine Winfield Jr. is set to return to the lineup for the first time after sitting out four consecutive games recovering from a knee injury and cornerback Jamel Dean plans to play af...

Commanders' Jayden Daniels looks to keep emotions in check vs. Bucs
Jayden Daniels' rookie season is going so well that it makes sense that he sees Sunday night's playoff contest as "just another game.",Perhaps Daniels will feel differently once the ball is kicked off as he attempts to lead the sixth-seeded Commanders past the third-seeded Tampa Bay Buccaneers in an...

Bucs' Mike Evans equals Jerry Rice's record of 11 straight 1,000-yard seasons
Instead of taking a knee to complete a victory Sunday, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers made sure Mike Evans matched Jerry Rice's NFL record of 11 consecutive 1,000-yard receiving seasons.,Evans was five yards shy of the mark, but the team lined up and ran one final play and he turned Baker Mayfield's short...

Bucs S Jordan Whitehead hurt in car accident, out Sunday
Tampa Bay Buccaneers starting safety Jordan Whitehead suffered injuries in a car accident Sunday that will keep him out of Sunday's regular-season finale against the New Orleans Saints.,Whitehead was placed on the reserve/non-football injury list, and the Buccaneers signed Ryan Neal from the practic...

Eyeing division title, Bucs expect 'dogfight' with Saints
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have a simple scenario for extending their season.,If the Buccaneers (9-7) defeat the visiting Saints (5-11) on Sunday afternoon, they will be NFC South champions for the fourth consecutive season and will host a playoff game next weekend.,"We have a chance to control our ow...