Rick Stroud

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Bucs/NFL beat writer for Tampa Bay Times. Co-author of the Players’ Coach with Tom Moore. Host Sports Day Tampa Bay, a podcast on Apple Podcasts (ITunes)

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Baker Mayfield on Bills QB Josh Allen. Says turn Baffalo signal caller is so tall he has to use a walkie talkie to speak to him.

#Bucs Pro Bowl QB Baker Mayfield on Liam Coen FaceTiming him and the OLine in the Bahamas to tell him he was taking the Jaguars HC job. “I left him on red a little bit,” he said. But Mayfield understood it was an opportunity Coen couldn’t pass.

#Bucs WR Chris Godwin (headband) practices for the first time since dislocating his ankle last season.

Baker Mayfield said he hated the Saints. He didn’t back off. He said today they play was “not clean.”

Bucs WR Bucky Irving (7) and WR Chris Godwin (gray sweats) prepare to practice Thursday. Both were limited Wed but could play vs Bills.

#Bucs WR Mike Evans on what could be his last trip to Houston or his home state of Texas as an NFL player.

Emeka Egbuka (2) has returned to practice.

Bucs coach Todd Bowles said Bucky Irving will not play against the Rams but is “trending up” to play vs Cardinals next week. Says he got hurt and “didn’t handle it well..” but doing fine.

Bucs HC Todd Bowles on how Miami DL Rueben Bain Jr. was dominant during the first rookie minicamp practice. “He looked like he was in midseason form.”

Good news for #Bucs. WR Emeka Egbuka has returned to practice. WR Chris Godwin and T Tristan Wirfs also working but not expected to play.

Bucs WR Jalen McMillan enters the locker room after the game wearing a neck brace.

Bucs Mike Evans returned to practice.

Bucs Mike Evans was asked by some fans if he was coming back for another season. “We’ll see. There’s always a possibility.”

Bucs QB Baker Mayfield says he’s matured but hasn’t changed that much. When you’re winning, they call it “moxie.’ “Same shit, different day.”

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Bucs coach Todd Bowles has not yet met with the Glazer family about his future but said “I’ve earned the chance. I’ve won three straight division titles so that says at lot as far as I’m concerned.”

Bucs QB Baker Mayfield on his wife Emily expected a boy. “I’m going to have a little shithead on my hands.”

Bucs coach Todd Bowles confirms they have such a lack of confidence in covering kickoffs that they’ve opted to try for touchbacks and let teams start at the 35 yard line. He also said the blocked FG was a low kick by Chase McLaughlin.

Bucs WR Emeka Egbuka says new USF HC Brian Hartline is a perfectionist and that mentality is what drew him to Ohio State. “Good job’ isn’t what we want to hear.” The goal is much higher.

Ted Hurst says his brother is hard on him about “What’s my why?” which allows him to finish practice hard. Hurst’s older brother who played for Valdosta State is Darrell Myers Jr.. Darrell was a wide receiver on the Blazers' 2018 Division II National Championship team.

Bucs coach Todd Bowles confirms T Tristan Wirfs (toe) out for Sunday’s game at Miami. Benjamin Chukwuma to start at LT.

Bucs rookie Emeka Egbuka on his dropped pass in the end zone that would’ve given the Bucs the lead in the fourth quarter. “You know, I can’t help but feel I let them down today. I’m on this team for one reason and it’s to catch the ball.”

Bucs running back Bucky Irving addresses the struggle he had being hurt and how he leaned on his faith to get through it.

#Bucs T Tristan Wirfs says he’s tired of the #Saints taking late hits on QB Baker Mayfield. Sunday it was Tyrann Mathieu who bruised Mayfield’s ribs and was flagged for roughing the passer.

Bucs co-owner Joel Glazer acknowledged the team is looking at a major renovation to Raymond James Stadium but they have not completely communicated those plans to Hillsborough County but he said there has been dialogue.

Ronde Barber receives his PFHOF gold jacket from Mike Tomlin and John Lynch. What a moment.

Bucs QB Baker Mayfield says he has to realize while he wants to play, if sitting one game out helps him play the rest of the season, he has to be smart about it.

Roger Craig belongs in the Pro Football Hall of Fame as the first of only 3 players to have 1,000 yards rushing and receiving in the same season. More than his records, he was the engine of the 49ers West Coast Offense under Bill Walsh and a three-time SB champion. Vote him in now.

#Bucs QB Baker Mayfield says he understands why people were upset about the way Liam Coen’s deal with the Jaguars went down but he helped him as a QB and should do tue same for Trevor Lawrence.

Todd Bowles had a profanity-laced assessment of his team after the loss to the Falcons. “You gotta f—-ing care enough to where this shit hurts…there’s no f—-king excuse.”

Bucs QB Baker Mayfield says he and the offense was more to blame than the defense for last Thursday’s loss to the Falcons. “Blame me. Don’t blame Todd (Bowles).”

Bucs run game coordinator and OLB coach Larry Foote says he believed Haason Reddick’s sack numbers would be higher although he does have a lot of QB pressures.

Bucs coach Todd Bowles on giving up more huge plays on defense in the 44-32 loss to the Bills.