The Bow Tie Chronicles: 5 things to know about the Tampa Bay Bucs

What happened to Tampa Bay this season?

The Bucs (4-9) were supposed to battle the Falcons (8-5) for supremacy in the NFC South after going 9-7 last season.

The Bucs are set to host the Falcons at 8:30 p.m on “Monday Night Football” in what the league thought would be a marquee late-season matchup.

But the Bucs have regressed in Jameis Winston’s third season as the starter and now there’s talk of coach Dirk Koetter getting fired.

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D. Orlando Ledbetter

D. Orlando Ledbetter, Esq is the award-winning Atlanta Falcons beat writer for the newspaper, has been on the staff since 2003. Every day D. Orlando strives to provide inside in the Falcons and the NFL. He finds the most joy in providing insight into the team, the coaching moves, the offseason business moves, the draft and the games.

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