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Browns Swap Picks With Vikings

Patrik Nohe — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 23:13:04 +0000

The Cleveland Browns moved up one spot, from 4th overall to 3rd, likely to ensure they could select Alabama RB Trent Richardson. The move will cost the Browns a 4, 5 and 7, but effectively locks the Bucs out of the Richardson sweepstakes by insuring they can’t come up to three and take the former Crimson Tide runner.

The draft now starts at four, and Tampa’s nightmare scenario could be coming true, if the Vikings want to go corner, both of the Bucs favored prospects will be off the board and Tampa will have to go to the next tier of the their draft evaluations.

As we said last night, if that happens the Bucs have plenty of options.

The new CBA and the rookie cap have clearly changed what it takes to move in the first round. We’ll have more as it develops…

Bucs should not release Kellen Winslow

Joe Soriano — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 20:38:45 +0000

After a tremendous 2010 season in which he caught 67.3% of the passes thrown at him and was arguably the best tight end in the NFC, Tampa Bay Buccaneers tight end Kellen Winslow turned in a horrible 2011 performance with a -0.51 WPA and a -13.0 EPA. Winslow had 75 targets, but he was also [...]

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Fake Recaps: Week One vs. Cleveland

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 01:48:12 +0000

How will Freeman start of his sophomore season?

For anyone not familiar with the site, Whatifsports.com, this highly-innovative site will simulate any game you desire. If you wanted to see how the ‘92 Bucs would do against the Bucs of today, then you could enter the information into the site, and in a matter of seconds, a full box score of the game would pop up. Instead of wasting this tool on matchups of yesterday, I decided to utilize this tool to predict how the Bucs will fare in the 2010 season. Without further ado, let’s take a look at how their Week One meeting with the Cleveland Brown will “theoretically” turn out. (more…)