After all the guesswork, we can finally say for sure.
The Giants-Bucs wild card game will be played Sunday at 1 p.m. at Raymond James Stadium, the NFL just announced. The game will be televised by FOX.
It was an interesting season to say the least. We were able to see LB Barrett Ruud carry former LB Shelton Quarle's torch with flawless ease.
Hey, guess what I forgot to do! Oh well, it's not like there's a lot to preview this afternoon. The Bucs will play mostly third-stringers and ball boys and Carolina will start Matt Moore at quarterback and the whole thing will be as sloppy and uncoordinated as first-time sex, except this will last about 90 times longer. After a season where the big free-agent acquisition for the Panthers was David Carr, I'm pretty sure they'll just be happy when they can stop pretending that they even have pride left to play for. I just saw where the goals for the Panthers should be to "finish strong and be professional".
Read the rest of this story »For what it's worth, the season finale is about to get underway.
And the Bucs are going to look quite different today. The starting lineup includes Luke McCown at quarterback, Chad Lucas at receiver, Michael Pittman at running back and Jeremiah Trotter at middle linebacker.
The inactives are as follows: Jeff Garcia (third quarterback), Ike Hilliard, Jermaine Phillips, Earnest Graham, B.J. Askew, Barrett Ruud, Dan Buenning and Joey Galloway.
Read the rest of this story » Where: Raymond James Stadium
Who: Bucs and Panthers
When: 1:00PM Est Time
Rotoworld is reporting that QB Jeff Garcia, WR Joey Galloway, WR Ike Hilliard, RB Earnest Graham, and LB Barrett Ruud will all be INACTIVE today against the Panthers
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and New York Giants are a week away from squaring off in the first round of the Playoffs... Both Head Coaches have different approaches going into the final game of their respective seasons:
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A pair of NFC South foes wrap up the regular season in Tampa this Sunday when the Panthers face the Buccaneers. The Panthers eliminated themselves from playoff contention with last week’s 20-13 loss to the Cowboys. Carolina has been held out of the postseason since 2005. The Bucs, who have already secured the division title, were clipped by edged by the 49ers last week, 21-19. Tampa Bay is locked in to the fourth seed in the NFC playoffs, and will meet the New York Giants in the opening round. The Buccaneers beat the Panthers 20-7 in Week Four.
Rookies Marvin White and Chinedum Ndukwe lined up as the starting safeties for Cincinnati’s interstate battle against Cleveland. This is a sign of things to come in the Bengals’ secondary for 2008.
White and Ndukwe have intrigued coaches throughout the summer and into the regular season. They quickly established themselves as backups behind Madieu Williams and Dexter Jackson. Williams will be a free agent this coming spring. He’ll likely be overpaid by somebody else. Jackson is a stop-gap veteran with limitations. That means the Bengals could go into the 2008 season with White and Ndukwe as full-time starters.
