A huge NFC clash is here. The Bucs are 4-1 and so are the 49ers.

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Flash poll posted at 8:48 a.m. Poll closed at 10:06 a.m.

Baker Mayfield (right) with offensive coordinator Josh Grizzard.

After playing for more offensive coordinators than years he’s served in the NFL, Baker Mayfield has learned a thing or two about preparing to dissect a defense. [read more]

Pregame with The Sage!

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So long as Tampa Bay is a superior place to live and play, visiting fans will always be an issue.

Unless a weather phenomenon develops like global cooling and Florida weather devolves from warm to chilly to freezing in the fall, Florida will always draw folks from rotten-weather regions of the country. [read more]

Offensive line stabilizing.

Over the years, Bucs types (coaches, suits, players) have pounded it into Joe’s head that stability on an offensive line is beyond critical. [read more]

Beginning to get more targets.

Prior to Week 5, no team in the NFL targeted tight ends less than the Bucs — percentage of passes thrown. [read more]

Devious blitzes coming?

It seems like Mac Jones may be walking into a minefield. [read more]

Game 6

49ers  (4-1) at Bucs (4-1)

Kickoff: 4:25 p.m.

TV: CBS (WTSP-TV Channel 10, locally) with Jim Nantz, the pride of Eastern Illinois University Tony Romo and Tracy Wolfson. For a national TV map of where the game will be broadcast, click here.

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Retired MVP quarterback Cam Newton joining ESPN TV as a football analyst is quite a marriage. [read more]

If you ask Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht about his front office and its accomplishments, there’s a good chance you won’t get an answer for five minutes while Licht rattles off endless names of his subordinates and talks about how they are all rock stars that run the show and make him look great. [read more]

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Another Hall of Famer weighs in.

Baker Mayfield has hit superstar status. [read more]

Say his name!

OK, recently foot-rubbing former Bucs tight end Rob Gronkowski was on that dumb FOX NFL pregame show and in a segment where the laugh-track desk of co-hosts spoke about sensational Bucs rookie receiver Emeka Egbuka, Gronk totally butchered Egbuka’s name. [read more]

The key to 49ers offense.

Last week when the 49ers beat the Rams in overtime in Los Angeles, San Francisco running back Christian McCaffrey didn’t go crazy, but he did just enough to do damage. [read more]