you know, that's dirk koetter talk. that's my personal opinion. >> reporter: many fans have taken umbrage with the fact that evans decided to sino just because of his political views, but because it happened on this weekend. veterans day weekend and that day when the buck were honoring -- buccaneers were honoring the military and veterans day. dirk koetter displeased when i asked him if any others would join he. he was unaware. >> the story certainly doesn't stop here. you shared your thoughts about this on wtsp.com and our facebook page. you can still join the the air. >>> and folks, we are taking a live look at the beautiful downtown tampa on your monday evening. bobby deskins as your weather at "10news at 11". that's it for "10news at 6". >> for breaking news and 24/7 local radar wtsp.com is always on. make sure to find all of us on facebook as well. we will see you tonight for "10news at 11". have a ? know you have a dedicated advisor and team who understand where you come from. ? know you can craft an investment pl

coach dirk koetter tells us it's a tough situation. >> you know, we support the military. i think it's important that we honor the flag and honor the people that paved the way, but we also have to respect a person's freedom of speech and freedom of expression. >> reporter: evans was protesting the election of donald trump. right after the game he slammed the president elect. >> when he ran, i thought it was a joke d >> reporter: even state senator weighing in with harsh words for evans stating, "i will exercise my own right to protest by not setting foot in raymond james stadium until either he apologizes or is off the team." coach koetter is still deciding what action to take. >> this is unchartered territory in that respect, but that's something that we'll definitely be addressing this week. are supporting evans, but others are giving him a lot of heat tonight, especially taking a stand against a newly elected president, especially since evans did not choose to cast a ballot in this latest election. if you'd like to tell us what you're thinking, you can head to our faceb

coach dirk koetter said he would not speak for evans but says he is disappointed. mike evans, sitting during the national anthem, sitting because donald trump is the president-elect. >> when he ran, i thought it was a joke. the joke continues. >> reporter: nfl fans don't find the stunt evans pulled, funny. >> reporter: coach dirk koetter wouldn't say anything negative about evans. >> i'm disappointed for that it again, i respect mike's freedom of speech and freedom of expression. >> reporter: evan's protest comes after colin kaepernick yelled earlier in the season. evans says his reason is totally different. >> i'm doing it for a different reason, for how a reality store -- star can be the president of america. that's not a good look. >> reporter: but so recognizing the real heroes is not a good look for evans. if evans sticks to what he says, tampa may feel some embarrassment for a long time. >> when ashton kutcher comes out and says we have been punk, i will stand again.>> reporter: there were comments online as to if he voted this year or not. he is a registered

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the topic was bit more discussed around here with head coach dirk koetter. >> no, i feel going at him one on one, hopefully he'll match me. i'm a big fan of him. >> you can't after number one guy and say, okay, we're not going to him. that doesn't mean he's not going to get covered times. >> you've got to be aware of one of the best corner backs in the nfl, but i like my gin that match-up. mike is having an amazing year. >> oh, i heard this today from dick say ban and jimbo fisher. they said you don't practice until you get it right. you practice it until you can't get it wrong. then i heard dirk koetter talk about the past few weeks hopefully it's a similar signal. >> since the thursday night game, the last three weeks, our practices have definitely taken a step up from a telephone poo standpoint. coaching-wise, you're always trying to increase the tempo, but it's got to come from the players. what the players decide to do it you know things are looking up. >>> moving on to usf i think we can trust the bulls tomorrow that they all they need to do is play smart football, let that offe

bucs head coach dirk koetter was hit with question >>> and dirk koetter was hit with question after question about his wide receiver to the turned a victory monday into a divided fan base and the blow out win over the wears. >> it is all new territory. >> he standspy the when is this the issue >> i hope it does not affect the people. i'll try to minimize the effect it has on the team. this is unchartered water. >> after performances the bucs flipped the switch and utter about. >> a cheese bake. everything house made. >> are you going to fish that if they make the playoffs should you get what tid he we think about the win. >> one at a time. it game thoughts, not good. i thought we may give it a hit evans he did the scramble after that i thought where is the deer. >> i'll agree. it was the sack in the end zone. that's what i had this feels good. >> and the dolphins and bucks win. >> that doubles the chances that you will be >> yes. >> you go to three and greater chances. >> and got lucky, they were lucky. >> and every doing has its day. what other cliche. did you think he would get successled.

.>>> buccaneers head coach dirk koetter reacts to mike evans protest during the >>> 10 points behind montrial in the division and a five-game road trip a big week for the lightning especially starting islanders and then going to detroit to take on the red wings down one of the frontline defenseman. he is out tonight listed day-to- day with an upper body injury. he might not play the entire trip. he will get the start in net, bishop will go tomorrow. it is victory monday, a players day off after a victory and it is the win we should be talking about, but the headlines by sitting during the national anthem yesterday. on military appreciation day. evans said his actions were not intended as disrespect, it was directed as a protest to donald trump being elected as president and he didn't even vote. today dirk koetter the head coach was inundated with his thoughts on the protest. >> i hope it doesn't affect the necessary to try to minimize what effect it has on the team. i am not sure. this is uncharted water. >> are you disappointed? >> yes, i am disappointed for that, but i also respect

. >>> coming up next in sports, our exclusive one-on-one with dirk koetter. >> dan lucas sits big win against seattle. >>> sports on news channel 8 is sponsored by your gulf coast honda dealers. koetter's corner. here is dan lucas. >> reporter: some interviews need no introduction but tonight's exclusive buccaneers bonus koetter's corner -- koetter's corner tackles football and life. their win over the seattle seahawks is the biggest win for the bucks in 2016 but as head coach dirk koetter tells us, every buccaneers player was in pain for one of their teammates. >> when hall of famer's are saying come would you agree? >> it's funny because i saw warren sapp before the game and it was like a crucial part of the game in the 4th quarter and i just happened to look over my right shoulder and i see derrick brooks hovering right there and i was going what is he doing? it just cut me so off guard. brooks, get in there. >> a few weeks ago after the atlanta game, you and mike smith had gotten together. diluted back terminology wise what these guys play it a little bit more. one of explained th

don't forget to catch our exclusive chat with the head coach dirk koetter each monday during the season in our 6:00 newscast. >>> you play recall a little controversy at the end of the 1st half on sunday. koetter and bucs players furious with officials over the clock running out while the bucs were trying to run a final play. here it is right here of koetter explained himself today cameron brate was knocked out of bounds not the issue. it was the seconds that followed. >> my issue was just what took them so long to spot the ball? and part of it, it's a long story, but the mechanic has change of the umpire in two minute used to be behind the defense and he'd be right there for the players. for the umpire to have to run to the sideline, get a new ball and run back to the hatch, that's execution. i get the mechanics. an explanation for. >> bucs are standing there waiting to run a play. >>> this is how you pass out t- shirts. usf basketball hosting kennesaw state tonight. lewis santos helped the bulls build a 20 point lead at halftime. four different bulls hit double figures tonight. they j

dirk koetter thinks there's an outside chance martin might make it back for the bears. he can't count on martin yet. >> no information for you guys. i'm sorry. we'll have an injury report on wednesday like we're required to. >> the bucs are still unsure who will be in the backfield come sunday against the bears. they already have gone through four feature backs this season, but the one positive are the guys up front who have been opening holes for whoever >> i think the offensive line has done a good job. we can definitely play better. we used this little mini bye-week to do a lot of work studying ourselves. we definitely can play better. >> it's not only injuries to running backs that slow down the progress. they have key injuries all over their roster, which is exposing the real problem. a lack of quality depth. kevin o'donnell, fox 13 sports. >> we have good news. jameis winston and mike were back on the practice field today. >> thank you so much. before we go, thanksgiving is not quite here, but already disney kicked off the official holiday season. >> never too ear

dirk koetter said the tep has hey! grandma! there you go... there's no more room. oh look who's here! i know i had one more... hmmm... more. how's it looking? 20 more minutes... 8, 9... we need 1 more yes... let's enjoy. we need more rolls and she became friends with every animal she met. it's getting late, grandma should go. one more? in the end, all we really need more of, is each other. happy thanksgiving from publix. ?do you know about this adorable little guy? he's crusoe, the celebrity dachshund .. this is him and a friend playing hockey .. if you didn"t know, crusoe and this is why what a great person. >> and >> and it is amazing to me. >> and the one thing about this is that the visibility it pops you look through a camera or in the distance when the air mass. and a few minutes and venus showing up in the western sky. and worked out nicely. and 80 and 70 on sunday and the warm up we'll stay near average and nothing getting at getting crazy between now and early next week. close to average for the next several days. and i see some fair weather clouds out in

here is dick dirk koetter -- here is dirk koetter, when we went back over this bye and looked at all the players there were things that we can do better at every position and >> you can catch it all sunday here on fox 13 starting 1590:30 with tailgate sunday and followed by pregame coverage. and bears and bucs. cowboys and steelers to follow. >>> usf heeds to memphis chasing temple. they need to have a chance at the conference championship game. can be tough >> and bulls quarterback having a record setting season. 79 rushing yards and the player in program history shy with three games to go. just me but for windon. and you all here me say you are getting better or worse. no one stays the same he is better than what he was. >> and if he is better our team is betr. >> and all the messages for the cubs in chalk on the brick around wrigley field. some were encouragement and others were sames a nice little peace of artwork there. but it hated to do so. it had to go. they have it preserved. >> too bad they cannot save that. >> thank you. >>> candidates both awaiting results in the big appl

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that doesn't mean dirk koetter doesn't have a lot of work to do. he has more now, because he knows the chargers are looking at areas to exploit and he has to fix a win over seattle didn't come without controversy there. cam was hit hard by k.j. wright. the clock keeps running and the refs rule it was forwards momentum that stopped the play. koetter was fine with it. it's how long it took to get it to center joe holly that upset the coach. he said it could have been more efficiently. koetter is much calm irat halftime. he gave these guys an earful. >> for the umpire to run to the sideline and get a new ball and runback to the hash, we got so many ball boys on the sideline i don't have a place to watch the game there's so many down there. i wasn't -- i had no issue with them winding the clock. my issue is why didn't we get the ball spotted? that's exkuks. that's t mechanics i was getting an explanation for. >> they were in field goal range, to that was a big play there. florida gators play for the s.e.c. championship this weekend for a second straigh

dirk koetter who just spoke a couple minutes ago said jameis we'll see as the week starts and they get ready for the bears. this moment was very cool bucs fans could be proud of. former bucs safety john lynch inducted into the people's ring of honor. lynch was joined by more than 70 bucs alumni and family, quite an honor for a guy that one day may be in the hall of fame. >> stuck to what my parents taught me as a kid, just outworking your competition and could eventually change it here and we did that. when they took that banner off and my name was up there next to derrick brooks and warren sapp and doug williams and paul gruber and lee roy selmon and john mckay, that's just incredible. >> reporter: now the current bucs roster is hard to find a guy that one day might be in this ring of honor. bucs are 0-4 at home. coming up later including that jameis winston injury. back to you. >> i was thinking to myself what kind of highlight could dan possibly show us tonight and it was john lynch. that is the highlight of this night for sure. >> dan lucas live at raymond james stadium, thank you,

. >>> less than four months ago dirk koetter was asked about colin kaepernick's decision to kneel. his response, i would be disappointed if are players did it. he stood by that statement today when mike evans set out the intimate in protest of donald trump on sunday. >> reporter: are you disappointed that he decided to sit? >> yes, i am i am disappointed but i also respect his freedom of speech and freedom of expression. >> aside from the protest the buccaneers have been bit by the injury bug. smith will miss the next three weeks with the injury. >> tonight the ball to shut out when asked about the sweep the coach said "i wish we played them more" here is what you need to know from the win over the islanders. this kid was styling. 35 saves and his first shutout of the season. he was spectacular. >> here is what you need to see. checked his passing from the capt. steven captain steven stamkos. he assisted on both pe tampa bay outscored the islanders 14-2 in the three- game series win. >> fsu's women's basketball team nearly upset yukon. they had two seconds to win it in the final se

dirk koetter says the offense just lights-out defense. >> we're not going to win very many games scoring 14 points. last night or defense ruled the day. our defense stole the show and deservedly gets the credit. you know, the flipside of that is we need to take advantage of opportunities and and that was a game we should have scored 28 points. >> the bucs verner played a big two days before the game his dad passed away unexpectedly. we show you verner's emotional journey. >> verner took the field to honor his late father and made a stirring play just before halftime. an interception that he dedicated to his dad. the emotion of the moment was overwhelming. i know what have been. would have been smiling and very, very proud. i'm thinking about how he was reacting. so i'm definitely thinking about him. >> the team in turn was thinking about him. he led the effort to rally around his teammate. >> that's my brother. before the game whether i broke it down, i asked the team, i said do we break it down on family to do it, something we say or mean it? pick him up. it was amazing to play this gam

dirk koetter says everyone is doing their part. >> you know, we talk about role playing all the time. play your role and understand your role could change at any second. it's easier to do the grunt work and dirty work when you get some of the glory. these last two games we've been doing a really good job as a football team of playing our roles and the coaching putting them in positions to play and symptom guys' roles expaneded. >> next up is the seattle seahawks. >> it's a brand-new facility and you get the feeling of flying without the fear of heights. >> without jumping out of a plane, which i'm a fan of. the first indoor sky-diving strr opening tomorrow called i fly. it feel features a vertical wind you can go solo, on if you have some friends who want to try that with you, you can do that with them, too. the price is around $60. i fly is located right next to top golf on palm river road in the bradenton area. >> brandon area. >> my bad. it looks pretty cool. >> it looks like a lot of fun. i'm ready to try that. >> there's a chance walter allen will try it out on "good day." >> fir

eight dirk koetter credits that to evans discipline and maturity: and here's a look at the bucs next five games. and it doesnt get much easier. the only break could be this sunday... hosting the 2 and 6 chicago bears. after that, they're on the road facing the kansas city chiefs... a team thats ?perfect at home. then they're back home week and then they fly out west to san diego... on week 13. they also still have to play the saints ?twice... and face a ?road game against the ?very hot dallas cowboys the week before christmas. when we come back, i'll have another check on your monday forecast. also after thbr sooner state, after a late night ?earthquake. good day is back, in less than two hillary clinton: i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. vo: in times of crisis america depends on steady leadership. donald trump: "knock the crap out of them, would you? seriously..."vo: clear thinking... donald trump: "i know more about isis than the generals do, believe me." vo: and calm judgment. donald trump: "and you can tell them to go fu_k themselves." vo: because all it takes is on

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he seemed to effects of his hamstring injury but dirk koetter wouldn't he will lab bore fly. now we're crossing over into injuries and game plans. >> reporter: so there's still a lot about doug martin we don't know. the buccaneers back field will consist of james and barber. like they have shown all season it doesn't matter who is in the back field because the number one goal on offense is to establish a running game. offense. that's the only way we really get things going. we have to establish the run. >> reporter: reporting with the bucs, john sabol, abc action sports. >> wide receiver mike evans continues to practice but he is definitely working his way back to playing on sunday. evans will have a concussion test and by the end of tomorrow we are going to know if's go for center joe hawley did return to practice. this guy has been injured almost every week, and he comes right back. >>> willie taggart's usf bulls are ready to head to memphis. the bulls would love to follow up that win over navy with another w in a place they have had zero success under will lee. plus a win

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head coach dirk koetter said if things don't change it's going to be a long second half to the season. so what needs to change? here's john sabol. >> the buccaneers have given up a combined 72 points and 1,000 yards of offense in the last two games. that's unacceptable by an nfl defense but that is exactly what has happened. >> we have all hasn't coached at the level that we need to coach coached. we haven't played at the level that we need to play. >> one of the reasons why the defense has struggled has been the drop in production of linebacker devonta. you can thank mike smith's defense for those stats. >> it is somewhat different. a pro bowl player in the past. season but he's doing everything that we're asking. we have to make sure that we put him in position where he can make some plays. >> is he and the bucs defense has to get ready for a bears offense that has had issues all season except for last weekend over the vikings. reporting with the burks john sabol, abc action sports. >>> after starting 6-0 on a quick turnarou thursday night. this week at this point the lain has the b

now, dirk koetter said months ago when asked about colin kaepernick's decision to kneel during the national anthem he would be disappointed if one of his players decided they would not stand during the nation ended 30 minutes ago, he echoed that same sentiment. >> are you disappointed that mike decided to sit? >> yeah, i am disappointed for that. again, i respect mike's freedom of speech and freedom of expression. >> reporter: he said he texted with mike evans last night. he would not divulge the details of that conversation. this story has enraged fans valladolid spoke with that fan who -- mike evans' jersey. >> to see it happened is shocking. >> reporter: adam james is outraged over tampa bay buccaneers mike evans sitting out during the national anthem to protest president-elect donald trump. >> america is not right right now. i have common sense. >> reporter: this video of james setting evans jersey on fire he says he doesn't regret it. >> reporter: would he burn it again? >> absolutely. >> reporter: the bucs game was held to honor our military heroes for veterans appreciation day. >> to

coach dirk koetter said he was disappointed by evan's decision and then today, evans was saying something much different. the statement he released today: "i want to start by apologizing to all the us military members, their families, and the fans who i offended by my actions on sunday." he went on to say "this sunday, i will be back t >>> not many people can claim they predicted the outcome of last week's presidential election but a tampa consultant can. he anticipated trump's win months ago and he can prove it. >> reporter: adam goodman said he saw into the future at least once. >> i just felt something that to me was clear. >> reporter: adam wrote his prediction in a column for the daily beast back in june, writing "if trump is within a united states." the explanation goes back more than 30 years. rack in philadelphia, where goodman worked with a local somewhat trump like mayor" named frank rizzo. >> he always dramatically under pulled even in his own polls. it wasn't considered socially acceptable for people to outwardly embrace frank rizzo but darn it if he didn't do well on election

dirk koetter said on friday he should be able to practice this afternoon. take a look at the injured list from thursday night's game. anton smith and howard jones done for the year. they suffered season ending knee injuries. the other four bucs on this list injuries not considered serious. of course we'll know their status throughout the rest of sunday. the bears on a bye week this past sunday. now they have two full weeks to prepare for the buccaneers. we certainly hope that gets cleared up with the bucs injuries. busy day yesterday with the nfl. saints and the 49ers, tampa bay said good-bye to second place in the division thanks to new orleans, 41-23 win over san fran. the saints move up a game on the bucs. new orleans comes to town on december 11th. not ly second place in the division, they're now tied with carolina. cam newton, and the panthers beat the rams yesterday 13- 106789 bucs panthers will meet again in the season finale. that's your sports report enjoy your monday everyone. >>> right now a gunman opens fire on two georgia deputies killing one o

dirk koetter will have his team lick its wounds after playing over 13 minutes of overtime, giving up a zillion yards to oakland. and going to go to 0-4, in this ballpark. >> cris: just think the reality set in tonight, don't you? and that several of those guys playing 100 plays, turn around four days later, in the middle >> al: it was a leaky defense to begin with. that will be collected at the 44 yard line, by hooper. one thing about this division, look at that. points per game this season. the falcons one, saints two, panthers fourth. and the bucs below the norm. and in point ace lowed -- all >> cris: like the chicken or the egg, right? great offense or not so great defense. >> al: yep. >> cris: but it's a fun division to watch. >> al: the bottom feeders right there. and atlanta, with matt schaub, finishing up the game. here's tonight's -- another trivia thing for you. if you wear a single digit for atlanta, there's four guys active tonight. what's your first name? >> cris: matt. >> al: and somebody told me on son, who is named matt, sims. >> cris: right. >> al: he has number 2 or

the bucs have racked up 27 sacks dirk koetter says the offense just needs to keep pace with the lights-out defense. >> we're not going to win very many games scoring 14 points. last night or defense ruled the day. our defense stole the show and deservedly gets the credit. you know, the flipside of that is we need to take advantage of opportunities and and that was a game we should have scored 28 points. >> the bucs part. the fact he played at all is remarkable. two days before the game his dad passed away unexpectedly. we show you verner's emotional journey. >> verner took the field to honor his late father and made a stirring play just before halftime. an interception that he dedicated to his dad. i know what his response would have been. would have been smiling and very, very proud. i'm thinking about how he was reacting. so i'm definitely thinking about him. >> the team in turn was thinking about him. he led the effort to rally around his teammate. >> that's my brother. before the game whether i broke it down, i asked the team, i said do we break it down on family to do it say or mean i

coaching as far as dirk koetter, mismanagement clock issues. now, he held on to those two time-outs yesterday in the first half. it was just awful. every second counts for the bucs. i give him a d. d as in dirk. bad, bad for the buccaneers. and then overall grading this team, bad football on defense, inconsistent offense, it's been tough to watch so far this year. overal is a d. now, with that here are my weekend picks. let's start with florida- arkansas. defense second best in the nation. they got crushed bioblast week. i think uf covers outright. nc state, a health dose of cook. cover is five and a half. alabama-lsu i think they are one of the best in the country. tonight. we will have highlights for you and tell you what you need to know coming up on "10news at 11". >>> okay. remember the name blayke pribnow. there is a good chance he could become famous. this four-year-old from washington has a swimming technique so good he can swim competitively. he is always asking him mom to pull up youtube videos swimming competitions. he has all of the

it was great to see doug score it's a topic i discussed with head coach dirk koetter during our exclusive koetter's corner interview. >> i think it's tough on any player, especially a running back that has been out that long to come back and be the same old doug martin as you say. i think we are asking too much. i think his role will continue to go up and up and up as he gets his legs back under him. >> when urban meyer was asked if he would pay attention to the college playoff rankings, he said i will be michigan state but the buckeyes are expected to cozy up right behind number one alabama following a crazy saturday where three of the top four teams in the rankings all lost. it was wacky. and butch davis, once again a head coach. cleveland browns and north carolina coach, put in charge of a struggling florida international program today. davis of course was a consultant on the bucs staff in he is very popular down in south florida. we will see what he does with that program.>> anything can happen. >> i watched all three of those upsets and it was a tremendous -- it was tremendous tv. of

bucs head coach dirk koetter cringed when i asked about possibilities after sunday's 19- 17 win over the kansas city chiefs. we are not putting the bucs in the playoffs yet, but with back to back wins to get back to a .500 record meaningful december football is back on the table. i asked koetter our koetter's korner interview. >> one thing that i've found is it's not wise for us to start thinking about anything else except who we play this week and what gives us the best chance to compete. so it's thanksgiving week. we got a lot to be thankful for. i know we're going to fill that stadium up sunday and we're going to be loud. we're going to make it tough on seattle. >> oh, rivalry week. it's finally underway and florida state fans are thinking the lsu tigers are reportedly set to name their new head coach as early as this weekend. fsu's jimbo fisher is target no. 1, worst kept secret in sports. >>> then this bizarre scene in texas today, longhorn coach charlie strong at his own press conference answering questions about reports of his firing in from the of texas players. strong says h

dirk koetter says the offense just lights-out defense. >> we're not going to win very many games scoring 14 points. last night or defense ruled the day. our defense stole the show and deservedly gets the credit. you know, the flipside of that is we need to take advantage of opportunities and and that was a game we should have scored 28 points. >> the bucs verner played a big

dirk koetter says everyone is doing their part. >> you know, we talk about role playing all the time. play your role and understand your role could change at any second. it's easier to do the grunt work and dirty work when you get some of the glory. football team of playing our roles and the coaching putting them in positions to play and symptom guys' roles expaneded. >> next up is the seattle seahawks. >> it's a brand-new facility and you get the feeling of flying without the fear of heights. >> without jumping out of a plane, which i'm a fan of. the first indoor sky-diving strr opening tomorrow called i fly. it feel features a you can go solo, on if you have some friends who want to try that with you, you can do that with them, too. the price is around $60. i fly is located right next to top golf on palm river road in the bradenton area. >> brandon area. >> my bad. it looks pretty cool. >> it looks like a lot of fun. i'm ready to try that. >> there's a chance walter allen with "money, power & politics." with "money, power & politics." >> have a great night, everyone. closed captioni

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dirk koetter thinks there's an outside chance martin might make it back for the bears. he can't count on martin yet. >> no information for you guys. i'm sorry. we'll have an injury report on wednesday like we're required to. >> the bucs are still unsure who will be in the backfield come sunday against the bears. they already have gone through four feature backs this season, but the one positive a opening holes for whoever carrying the ball. >> i think the offensive line has done a good job. we can definitely play better. we used this little mini bye-week to do a lot of work studying ourselves. we definitely can play better. >> it's not only injuries to running backs that slow down the progress. they have key injuries all over their roster, which is exposing the real problem. a lack of quality depth. >> we have good news. jameis winston and mike evans were back on the practice field today. >> thank you so much. before we go, thanksgiving is not quite here, but already disney kicked off the official holiday season. >> never too early, right? today was the return of mickey

dirk koetter cranked up the music and crowd noise during today's practice to simulate what is always a noisy bunch in k-c... preparing the bucs to communicate in other ways and using silent counts... watch out for the deer!! ooohh! watch out for the deer!! ooohh! incredible video caught on camera.. shows a cross country runner in pennsylvania, being taken out by a deer. the collision happened over the weekend at a division three college tournament.. after the impact -- one of the runners teamates stopped to help him and the pair finished the race together.. the runner did we're wrapping our series this morning with a local man living out his dream of fighting fires and saving lives. but after three decades of hard work... he''s ready to trade lt. joe horton/largo fire rescue 00:06 - 00:10lt. keri leuitenant horton just put his house up for sale and hopes to move to his cabin in the mountains by the beginning of next year... he's got a lot of land and says's he's gonnna buy a tractor and push some dirt around. he also plans on keeping his fitness up for the 2017 firefighter combat cha

. >> head coach dirk koetter said was happy to hear that mike evans will stand with his teammates this sunday. evans faced the media with a myriad of questions about sunday's protest. john sabol has more. >> reporter: it had been three long days mike evans but now after media and fan backlash for sitting during the national anthem in protest of president-elect donald trump, evans apologized on wednesday. >> this city of tampa is bigger than the military. i know i hurt a lot of people by doing what i did, so i want to appear poll guys. it was the salute to service game. looking back i probably would it's done. it won't happen again. >> reporter: sitting for the anthem was an uncharacteristic move. >> when i was a kid i used to love standing for the national anthem. i still do. i think of our troops but most important i think of the american population. >> reporter: fans tweeted me their opinions over the last few days. the most common argument against evans, if he had any issue with donald trump, why didn't he vote. >> i tried to vote, and i realized, i'm a voartd in texas, i'm register

dirk koetter made a statement about the protest by collin kaepernick. listen to this. i don't know if they need to tell someone that. i would be disappointed if they did not stand up. that's a salute to the people who paveed the way. that is something we believe in and freedom of expression. that's an individual's choice. i would be disappointed and enforce that rule. >> are you disappointed? >> i'm disappointed for that. >> i respect mike's freedom of speech. >> it is clear that it has nothing to do with the decision to kneel. and he votes according to a now and in the post he had not voted in the election. free speech and the right to protest. arson is spreading fear. aaron mesmer is near brian and williams road. what is going on? >> reporter: they don't know. they don't know why it has been targeted. can you see behind me. that was the house that was painted and it has been covered up where the fire was set but it has long been put out. what is left is a this goes beyond the speech and dangerous. someone could get killed. >> it is a jarring message to wake up to. so

dirk koetter faced the cameras decision to not stand for the national anthem... the general conclusion... dissappointed by evans decision, but respects his right to do it, and hopes it doesn't distract discourage fan support... he plans to talk to mike on wednesday. koetter seemed to enjoy discussing his teams splendid performance sunday, a little more... great defense... and great quarterback play from jameis winston... overcoming an early interception, he had a pair of t-d passes, nearly 70-percent completion rate... and maybe his single most dynamic play of the year.. an argument could be made it was his best performance of the year... koetter certainly the bad boys from boston are parting ways. legendary rock group "aerosmith" their "aero-verderci, baby!" farwell tour. the band will start in israel wand make stops in europe before walking its way into retirement in 2017. they've been together for 45 years... in fact, they are the best- selling american hard rock band of all time with 150- we're getting our first look at the hotly anticipated live-action remak

i asked head coach dirk koetter about this dire situation in this week's exclusive koetter's korner. >> one of the coaches is meeting with him around the clock to catch him up on just how you call your terminology. so it is nice that you have guysat doing and know they're not having to say what does that mean again? now you still have to go out and play against a good chicago defense. >> don't forget the full uncut version of koetter corner is up now on www.wfla.com. -- koetter's korner is up now on www.wfla.com. you can catch this each monday night during our 6 p.m. newscast. >>> the rays responded to a twitter barrage today that montreal journalist according to the times said a ballpark study was done in the city. the rays reaffirmed their commitment to keeping the club in the bay area. >>> in the usf men's basketball team looking for a bounceback season played an exhibition game tonight against nova southeastern. bo zigler with the finish, the block there by santos, a lot of bibby. the bulls win 72-64. season begins friday at the sun dome against florida a&m. >> boy, the bucs this

head coach dirk koetter echoed that sentiment in our exclusive koetter's korner today. >> if precision was simple, a lot of guys would be doing it, but there's no question we definitely need to be more precise in our pass game. it doesn't matter what the reasons are, but we've got to do better. >> cameras caught a rare monday night blitz as the end of an era took place tonight in the bay area. this is the last year that high school football districts will stage one quarter tiebreakers to determine district champions in the event three teams are tied. they're going to a point system next year. a couple of these tiebreakers took place in the bay area tonight. lakeland waited to see winter haven defeat kathleen 7-0 before they took on the blue this is how you know it's your night. the quarterback get away with a tipped pass instead of an interception. it's right in the hands of his receiver, willy baker. hodgekiss seals the deal with a quarterback sneak. lakeland wins the district. another tiebreaker saw mitchell defeat spring stead. >>> tomorrow night the lightning in their six game road

he should be carrying the ball this sunday...dirk koetter says being without his best running back has been tough to overcome...kevin kiermaier is once again, investing in precious metals in this time of economic uncertainty... last night the rays centerfielder added another gold glove to his growing collection... he of course won the gold and platinum last year.k-k becomes the first american league centerfielder since 1957 to win one in each of his first 2 seasons... he led all a-l centerfielders with 25 runs saved... beating out toronto's kevin pillar and remarkable defensive season and he did it, despite missing a couple months with a broken hand. it's now 5:??. time it is 5:??: time now to find out what's happening traffic". no closed captioning is available for traffic. this week has been all about "getting me ready" for being a new dad! one thing i did.... is take on a class and thankfully st. joes womens hospital was kind enough to let me take my camera with me..... as i stepped into "daddy boot camp" )))))))))nats((((((((((((( (((((( some "guy time".... sitting around on a satu

andrey vasilevskiy has 31 saves as the lightning win 4-1 dirk koetter cautioned, not to get too far ahead of ou playing on sunday is still up in the air... meanwhile, receiver mike evans has cleared concussion protocol and is good to go... guard kevin pamphile and receiver russell shepard are not quite ready to play.potentially having martin in the backfield would be a big boost to this offense... and it's been a slow healing process back from the hamstring... especially re- aggravating the injury last month... martin said he thought he was ready to return right before he tweaked it again... ?so, needless to say he's having to be extra patient this time around... but he's optimistic about a coming up.. nobody likes going to the dentist.. but if you ?need too.. there's a free clinic being held today.. alcides segui will have the details.. and "be we'll show you how this week's hometown hero.. is sharing his experiences.. to help victims of bullying.. y24zwy y12fy now at havertys furniture, it's our veterans day preview. where you can create the perfect home. you'll save an extra one-hundre

dirk koetter says evans is more disciplined the steelers happy to have big ben back - way ahead of schedule... just 3 weeks removed from meniscus surgery... which was scheduled to take 4-6 weeks... but even with roethlisberger under center, that steelers offense was pretty ineffective for the first 3 quarters against the ravens today. in fact, steelers managed just 66 yards of offense in the 1st half, fewest with roethlisberger since 2009. steelers down 21-0...finally roethlisberger finds antonio brown for the touchdown... steelers trail 21-7... caps 75 yard march.then under a minute to play...ben roethlisberger scrambles and scores... steelers down 21-14... :48 seconds left... they gotta chance!!!and... quite possibly the worst onside kick in the history of the nfl......chris boswell misplays it on the kick... (rabona final... pittsburghs 3rd straight loss... both teams tied (4-4) lead in the afc north. so big ben is the quick healer... but no rush for romo...the better dak prescott plays... the slower tony romo heals.and he's playing pretty well...and the browns defense is not.might want

dirk koetter said that tandy has opportunity, he has not gotten it for one reason or another. if you see the leadership on the unit. that's a pretty good precursor to how they're going to fit in on defense. now think are asked to do more things more often but you know good players. this regood football players. >> there you go. i found that the good pregame shows are good this weekend 10:30 a.m. and the corning and the lions and saints at 1:00. followed by the bucs and chargers. and a lot of football this week. 10 minutes and cracking the top 25. and don't be surprised if you hear willie taggert's name pop given the opening. >> and the bulls have top talent. flowers named the offensive player of the year. and the only player in school history and 2000 passing yards rushing. the record10 goals in all earned all conference honors. >> a couple of melt downs we're not talking about the normal but two epic melt brooklyn. doc rivers teed up. watch him go off. he has to be restrained. a second technical when an official thinks he is yelling at a difficulty he said that was not happen

dirk koetter likes his efficiency when he is out of the pocket. , he is doing a good job. i is seeing the field when to throw and and when he does. >> and that's the biggest issue outside of the pocket we wanted him to take less hits. >> and getting ready for the game. >> and that is 11 years old. >> a bad sequence of calls here the final play of the half. first richard sherman jumps off sides. runs into the kicker. flagged for being off sides but not for unnecessary roughness. when they went to kick it again. a delay of game was >> the head said that the crew did not make the correct call. >> it is ridiculous. he is -- he is over on the sideline taunting us. i had some words. i said are you too good of a player to act like a (bleep). that's what i said. >> it was not dirty. you go for a block. even if they said i was off sides. >> free agency starts today. and among the rays becoming free agents. they believe that jep sen will be along the players that the rays would like to retain t. >>> we kiermaier wins gold gloves. and area finalists. kevin pillar. and the announcemen

before turning his attention to the falcons, dirk koetter takes one last look at all the things that went wrong against a illinois family comes together to watch the cubs in the world series. but this family takes their baseball ?very seriously. their five children are named after the sheffield, grace waveland and ivy all reunited at home to cheer for their team. the chicago cubs have not won a world series title since 19-08. again you can he was once one of the biggest actors on the planet... but val kilmer has all but disappeared from hollywood... and this morning, we know why. we find out where he's been and why he's been out of the public eye. any families today don't earn what they need and don't have the opportunities they deserve. i believe families deserve quality education for their kids, childcare they can trust and afford, equal pay for women, and jobs they can really live on. people ask me what will be different if i'm president? well kids and families have been the passion of my life and they will be the actor "michael douglas" is sharing some startling revelations about

dirk koetter said being without his running back has been tougher. i mean you got your 22 starters on different levels. you have elite players. we have 4, 5. they are harder to replace. sometimes you have a good guy behind them sometimes are you holding on -- you're holding on. >> let's why behind the enemy lines the bears off a bye week, we'll get a bunch of starter as couple of guards a nose tackle. all starters t back. he led them to a win in the last game after missing five weeks. the bye week was helpful. >> it is a huge boost look at what is happening the first half and the quarterback position will cripple a lot of teams. >> and we have a full sunday of football here starting 1590:30 a.m. on sunday with tailgate sunday. get you set and then game 1:00 bucs and bears the 4:25 game is the game of the week. dallas taking on pittsburgh. that's 4:25. >>> now may be the time to invest in metals and kevin kiermaier has taken that to heart as can you see. the center fielder and another collection of gold and plats numb he he is the first american leagu