Around the NFC West: Rams' big chance
Mike Sando, NFC West...record set by the expansion Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1976-77. With a...
Blog | November 01, 2009Around the NFC West: Assessing Coffee's role
Mike Sando, NFC WestPosted by ESPN.com's Mike Sando Matt Barrows of the Sacramento Bee assesses the 49ers' running backs. He wonders whether Glen Coffee might ul...
Blog | July 24, 2009NFC West schedules: 2009 strength projections
Mike Sando, NFC West...com's Mike Sando TAMPA, Fla. -- The 49ers played the...105 1 .588 5. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 148 107 1 .580 6...
Blog | February 02, 2009More starters, fewer victories for NFC West
Mike Sando, NFC West...Chiefs 2-13 39 Green Bay Packers 5-9 39 Minnesota...Houston Texans 7-8 36 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 9-6 35 Tennessee Titans...
Blog | December 24, 2008Audibles: NFC West Week 7 preview
Mike Sando, NFC West...Seattle Seahawks (1-4) at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4-2), 8:15 p...
Blog | October 17, 2008Giants are miles ahead of the competition
Mike Sando, ESPN.comIn the race for NFC playoff positioning, the Giants are miles ahead of their competitors.
Story | Conversation | December 03, 2008Mediocre market has allowed role players to cash in
Mike Sando, ESPN.comA lot of money has been spent in free agency, but most of it has gone to role players who don't appear to have large upsides, writes Mike Sando.
Story | Conversation | March 11, 2008High risks, high costs associated with high picks
Mike Sando, ESPN.comThe draft always will be a guessing game to some extent, but with rookie salaries escalating sharply for top picks, NFL teams appear increasingly wary of picking early.
Story | Conversation | February 27, 2008Few recent combine stars have become productive NFL players
Mike Sando, ESPN.comESPN.com analyzed the 25 best combine performers in six key categories since 2000. The performances show how important -- and unimportant -- raw ability can be.
Story | Conversation | February 20, 2008Is Brady best ever? Not yet, but time is on his side
Mike Sando, ESPN.comWhile seven seasoned evaluators placed Tom Brady solidly in the top 10 quarterbacks of all time, Johnny Unitas consistently ranked higher than any other QB, Mike Sando writes.
Story | Conversation | January 23, 2008In the playoffs, the only guarantee is that there is none
Mike Sando, ESPN.comA strong playoff team needs to run the ball well and be able to stop the run -- or does it? Mike Sando measures that "truth" and others against recent NFL playoff teams to get a handle on the postseason.
Story | Conversation | January 02, 2008'07 Dolphins have plenty of company in recent football futility
Mike Sando, ESPN.comThe Dolphins still might become only the 12th team since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger to finish a full season with fewer than two victories. There are colorful stories behind the Excruciating Eleven.
Story | Conversation | December 18, 2007In young QB market, Cutler hot, Eli Manning not
Mike Sando, ESPN.comAmong a group of 11 young quarterbacks, Denver's Jay Cutler is most likely to join Peyton Manning and Tom Brady in the very elite class, Mike Sando writes.
Story | Conversation | December 05, 2007Who's the best of the inferior NFC bunch?
Mike Sando, ESPN.comWho will get the privilege of losing to either Indy or New England in Super Bowl XLII? Mike Sando sizes up the 12-best teams in the highly mediocre NFC.
Story | Conversation | October 25, 2007Bucs unravel in Garcia's absence
Mike Sando, ESPN.comAfter one game, it's already clear that QB Jeff Garcia is the Bucs' most indispensable player, writes Mike Sando.
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