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Bucs coach Todd Bowles on young squad: ‘They’ll be known pretty soon’

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Todd Bowles, Bucs Coach, Anticipates Rapid Recognition for Young Squad The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will enter the 2023 season with a much younger and less experienced team after the retirement of Tom Brady. Despite having 13 rookies on their roster, head coach Todd Bowles remains confident in the team’s ability to make a fourth straight … Read more

Le’Veon Bell, Ezekiel Elliott, Todd Gurley and the year the NFL running back position began to lose its power

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“Running backs are expendable.”  Those words, recently spoken by my brother-in-law, stung me like a Clubber Lang punch to the stomach. I grew up in the 1990s, when the NFL’s biggest names were mostly running backs. Emmitt Smith won league and Super Bowl MVP in the same year. Barry Sanders shared league MVP honors with … Read more

Todd Monken on offense getting to the line quicker: ‘[if] you want your quarterback to play his best, you’ve got to empower him’

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Consistently this training camp, the Baltimore Ravens’ offense has approached the line of scrimmage with hefty time remaining on the play clock, and it’s by Offensive Coordinator Todd Monken’s design. “The idea is to leave the quarterback enough time at the line of scrimmage to assess the defense, make changes and be in control,” Monken … Read more