BUCCANEER BIRTHDAYS
There is just one former Tampa Bay player
with a birthday on April 25th and that is Matt
Lehr who celebrates turning 40 today.
He played in every game in 2007 but really
only on kick protection and coverage units
but did get play on the
offensive line in the
final game of the
season.
He moved on to New
Orleans in 2008 and
played one more
season before leaving the NFL for good.
Originally entered the NFL as a 5th round
pick of the Cowboys in 2001 who also played
for Atlanta before signing with the Bucs in
April 2007
THE 2019 SCHEDULE
The official NFL schedule was released with all the
usual leaks and previews being totally wrong and of
course the Bucs were discriminated against by the
NFL. Some things never change.
The Carolina game will be played in London at
Tottenham Hotspur’s new ground which opened last
month. The Bucs’ two previous games in the UK
were both played at Wembley Stadium.
The Bucs do go five weeks without a home game at
Raymond James Stadium due to the London trip
which counts as one of their eight regular season
home games this season.
Sep 8
San Francisco
H
4.25pm
Sep 12
Carolina
A
8.20pm
Sep 22
NY Giants
H
4.05pm
Sep 29
LA Rams
A
4.05pm
Oct 6
New Orleans
A
1.00pm
Oct 13
Carolina
Lon
9.30am
Oct 27
Tennessee
A
1.00pm
Nov 3
Seattle
A
1.00pm
Nov 10
Arizona
H
1.00pm
Nov 17
New Orleans
H
1.00pm
Nov 24
Atlanta
A
1.00pm
Dec 1
Jacksonville
A
1.00pm
Dec 8
Indianapolis
H
1.00pm
Dec 15
Detroit
A
1.00pm
Dec 21/22
Houston
H
tbd
Dec 29
Atlanta
H
1.00pm
All games on Fox Sports except the home game with
the Colts which will be on CBS and the Thursday
night game in Carolina which will be on the NFL
Network. The Houston home game could be
switched to the Saturday otherwise it will be a CBS
game on the Sunday.
IT IS ALMOST DRAFT TIME
The first round takes place tonight in Tennessee and most mock drafts have the Bucs taking DE Josh Allen (Kentucky)
or LB Devin White (LSU) with their 1st round pick but you can certainly see the opportunity for a trade down if a team
wants one of the QBs at the top of the round. The Buccaneers currently have seven selections in the 2019 draft, the
details being as follows:-
Round 1
Pick 5
5th Overall
Round 2
Pick 7
39th Overall
Round 3
Pick 6
70th Overall
Round 4
Pick 5
107th Overall
Round 5
Pick 7
145th Overall
Round 6
traded to Arizona Cardinals
Round 6
Pick 36
208th Overall
obtained from Philadelphia Eagles
Round 7
Pick 1
215th Overall
obtained from Arizona Cardinals
Round 7
traded to Pittsburgh Steelers
The trade with the Eagles was part of the DeSean Jackson deal and they have since passed the 7th round pick on to
the Steelers. The trade with the Cardinals was part of compensation agreed for Coach Bruce Arians.
THE BUCS COMING TO LONDON
I have been asked by many people for advice on travelling to the UK to watch the Buccaneers playing the Panthers on
October 13th. I have put together a guide on this for Bucs Life News and the Bucs London Bound Facebook pages
which you can also find at the link below. Travel tips, accomodation, tourist attractions and the game itself - any other
questions can be addressed through those Facebook pages or directly to me at editor@bucpower.com.
Click here for the London Bucs guide
