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Albert Breer

How the Buccaneers Deftly Navigated Hurricane Milton Off the Field and on It, Too

Antoine Winfield Jr. celebrated a touchdown Sunday with Buccaneers fans impacted by Hurricane Milton. | Matthew Hinton-Imagn Images

High above the field, in the suites at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Tampa Bay Buccaneers GM Jason Licht was having the same thought a lot of people were watching his team. Those players and coaches, in the wake of Hurricane Milton, had been through a lot, displaced for almost a week, and living and working day to day in New Orleans, through three hotels, a college campus, and, finally, this iconic stadium.

They’d come out of the gate against the Saints like Secretariat.

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