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Tampa Bay's Wirfs agrees to $140.63 million extension, becoming highest-paid OL in NFL history
Tampa Bayโs Tristan Wirfs became the highest-paid offensive lineman in NFL history after agreeing Thursday to a five-year, $140.63 million contract extension.
Mayfield staying with Bucs after agreeing to 3-year deal worth up to $115 million, AP source says
A person familiar with the deal tells The Associated Press that quarterback Baker Mayfield is staying with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after agreeing to a three-year contract worth up to $115 million.
Switching from one side of the offensive line to the other is among the NFL's underrated tough tasks
Driving a car with the opposite foot or shaving with the other hand would be major challenges for anyone.
Brady, Tampa Bay Bucs can clinch NFC South with victory over Panthers
Little has come easy this season for Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers who despite their struggles can repeat as NFC South champions and guarantee themselves a home playoff game by beating the Carolina Panthers on Sunday.
Brady, improved defense keys to Bucs winning Super Bowl
Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady during NFL football practice, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021 in Tampa, Fla. The Buccaneers will face the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl 55. (Kyle Zedaker/Tampa Bay Buccaneers via AP)TAMPA, Fla. โ Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers wonโt be denied. The 43-year-old six-time Super Bowl champion may no longer be the best quarterback in the NFL, however, heโs shown in his first season with the Bucs that heโs still good enough to lead a team to the NFL title game. You want to make some moves that hopefully get your team into the Super Bowl.
Bucs, Browns, Bills out to follow footsteps of champ Chiefs
Aside from winning the final Super Bowl before the merger in 1970, the Kansas City Chiefsโ biggest claim to fame for over half a century was team founder Lamar Hunt coining the phrase Super Bowl. Three long-downtrodden teams โ the Browns, Bills and Buccaneers โ have made it to the divisional round this weekend and are certain they have as good a chance as the Chiefs, Packers, Saints, Ravens or Rams of winning Super Bowl 55. Thatโs heady stuff for a franchise that has never made it to the Super Bowl. I think Bills fans, including myself, didnโt think he was going to be this good this good this early. And he has proved a lot of people wrong.โNo, thereโs no comparing this Bills team to those of his playing days, Thomas said.
No preseason, no problem: NFL rookies shine in strange year
Young and Jefferson made the Pro Bowl, and surely more rookies would have joined them as alternates at the leagueโs now-canceled all-star game. โItโs crazy unusual for a rookie, I think, to have the type of leadership that Chase has, genuine leadership,โ Washington quarterback Alex Smith said. โI think a lot of young guys, especially high picks, I think you feel pressure to do it some way or somehow. โTalk about a rookie coming in, starting every game and just being focused,โ Browns Pro Bowl guard Joel Bitonio said of Wills. โWeโre growing and weโre starting to get a hang of the game,โ said Dolphins right tackle Robert Hunt, a second-round pick and one of six Miami rookies starting on offense.
Tom Brady at QB has Buccaneers thinking Super Bowl
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS (7-9)CAMP SITE: Tampa, FloridaLAST YEAR: Extended NFLs second-longest playoff drought to 12 consecutive seasons. IMPORTANT ADDITIONS: QB Tom Brady, TE Rob Gronkowski, T Tristan Wirfs, S Antoine Winfield Jr., RB KeShawn Vaughn, WR Tyler Johnson. IMPORTANT LOSSES:QB Jameis Winston, RB Peyton Barber, RT Demar Dotson, WR Breshad Perriman, OLB Carl Nassib, DL Beau Allen. EXPECTATIONS: Bradys arrival has transformed Bucs, who havent won playoff game in 17 years, into Super Bowl contenders. Brady appeared in nine Super Bowls, winning six, in 20 seasons with New England.
Bucs draft offensive lineman Tristan Wirfs
TAMPA BAY, Fla. โ It took until the 13th spot before a trade was made, Tampa Bay moving up one slot to get tackle Tristan Wirfs of Iowa to help protect new/old QB Tom Brady. The Buccaneers got that pick from NFC champion San Francisco, which went next and selected Javon Kinlaw of South Carolina. That made five defensive linemen in the first round of the past six drafts for the 49ers, who last month traded DT DeForest Buckner to Indianapolis for the pick they dealt to the Bucs.