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BY IRA KAUFMAN

Mike Alstott has owned the hearts of Buc fans for almost three decades.

Since his arrival in 1996, Alstott has reigned as the most popular player in franchise history, but there’s a feisty gunslinger poised to derail the A-Train. The love affair between Buc Nation and Baker Mayfield grows with each Tampa Bay victory and his swashbuckling style is a perfect fit for this blue-collar region. [read more]

Report cards are in. [read more]

Already an NFL stud.

Well, well, well. Joe is a bit stunned. All of a sudden the four-letter is worshipping the Bucs. [read more]

Receivers coach Bryan McClendon.

Joe has typed about this, but man, Joe has to give a lot of credit to Bucs offensive line coach Kevin Carberry and wide receivers coach Bryan McClendon for having backups ready to play and ready to make plays. [read more]

Not Todd Bowles.

It seems Todd Bowles and Bobby Knight have a couple of things in common. [read more]

Two picks in last three games.

Jamel Dean may have had his best game in the NFL on Sunday. [read more]

You’re out!

He appealed. And the NFL said get lost. [read more]

Chris Godwin

This is disturbing but not surprising. [read more]

Poll posted at 4:57 p.m. Poll closed 6:27 p.m. Last week’s results linked here.

Bonded pair.

The Bucs keep scoring points against good teams. So it’s easy to forget how much Bucky Irving and Mike Evans mean to the Tampa Bay offense when they’re on the field, which they haven’t been for the past two games. [read more]

“Graham, sure am glad you are back at center.”

Video games have warped all of our minds when it comes to football. [read more]

What a comeback by cornerback Jamel Dean, one of the more polarizing players of the Tampa Bay offseason. [read more]

So retired NFL bloviator and NBC super insider Peter King has bad information on Baker Mayfield but a strong assessment. [read more]

“Kyle, I’d call you, but we got a sixth-round pick QB out of North Dakota State on the Raiders practice squad.”

Perhaps the greatest pass of former Bucs quarterback Kyle Trask’s NFL career came against the team that just took a look at him. [read more]

Excellent last two weeks.

Baker Mayfield has been on an absolute heater the past couple of weeks. [read more]

What a player Rachaad White has transformed into. [read more]

The choreographer has spoken. [read more]

Ndamukong Suh

BSPN says the Bucs are the best team in the NFL. ProFootballTalk.com ranks Tampa Bay the same way. [read more]

Respect.

NFL players may want to bash each other’s heads in between the white lines. But there is also a really cool bond between the best of the best, no matter the uniform. [read more]