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Bowles was set to interview with the Bears on Saturday, one day after talking to the Vikings

TAMPA, Fla. — The Bucs may not have to worry as much about how they plan to protect Tom Brady in Sunday’s NFC division playoff game against the Rams.

Plus, previewing the divisional round games, top story lines this week, some highly paid quarterbacks still alive and more.

After great success as Bucs OC -- not only with Tom Brady but also with Jameis Winston -- former Steelers QB Byron Leftwich has been a hot head coach candidate.

TAMPA, Fla. — It’s game day.

Wild-card weekend didn’t produce much excitement, but the divisional round looks as if it will. Bengals-Titans is the lone game that isn’t a rematch from earlier in the season. With all four games having point spreads of under a touchdown, expect close, interesting matchups. From 14 to eight, who will…

We went 4-2 straight-up and 3-3 against the spread in the wild-card round to begin our playoff run. Two of our wins were near Exactos. Bengals won 26-19; we had it 27-20. And Bucs won 31-15; we had 31-13. But we misfired badly on picking an upset by Cardinals, and…

TAMPA, Fla. — It’s become a common exercise for the Bucs to exorcise demons, to be more concerned with avenging previous losses than merely seeking revenge for them.

Andrew Whitworth and Taylor Rapp were still out Thursday, as were Tristan Wirfs and Ryan Jensen for the Bucs.

TAMPA, Fla. — The bay area’s most scrutinized hamstring apparently is nearing a game-ready level.

The Rams and Buccaneers have both undergone changes since they last met in Week 3, both good and bad