It can be overwhelming, so Athlon is here to help keep up with your favorite team all season long.
Keeping up with your favorite team can be an all-consuming task. We’re here to help indulge that need to follow all aspects of the NFL on Twitter.
For all 32 teams, we’re picking the best Twitter accounts for each franchise. They run the gamut from players, coaches, executives, traditional media, bloggers or simply accounts that keep us informed and entertained.
Whether you’re a Twitter neophyte or simply trying to spice up your feed for football season, we’re here to help. And it all starts with the Tampa Bay Bucs official twitter account:
@TBBuccaneers (Followers: 71,675)
Top Bucs To Follow:
Note: Followers as of date of publication, July 30, 2012
| Name | Pos. | Followers | ||
| 1. | Arrelious Benn | WR | @ArreliousBenn | 34,460 |
| 2. | Gerald McCoy | DT | @Geraldini93 | 29,751 |
| 3. | Ahmad Black | S | @AhmadBlack35 | 28,388 |
| 4. | Vincent Jackson | WR | @VincentTJackson | 25,048 |
| 5. | Adrian Clayborn | DE | @AJaClay | 23,632 |
| 6. | Lavonte David | LB | @Braska_4 | 13,846 |
| 7. | Amobi Okoye | DT | @AO_Fasho | 7,564 |
| 8. | Davin Joseph | OL | @DavinJoseph75 | 6,690 |
| 9. | Doug Martin | RB | @DougMartin22 | 6,614 |
| 10. | Preston Parker | WR | @PrestonParker87 | 6,577 |
| 11. | Keith Tandy | DB | @kytandy | 3,540 |
| 12. | Jeremy Trueblood | OL | @JeremyTRUEblood | 2,891 |
| 13. | Najee Goode | LB | @All_Goode | 2,735 |
| 14. | Dan Orlovsky | QB | @DanOrlovsky7 | 929 |
| 15. | Drake Dunsmore | TE | @D_Duns9 | 576 |
Keep up with the New Sombrero, Raymond James Stadium, @RJStadium (1,904)
The Buccaneers Beat:
Rick Stroud, Writer for Tampa Bay Times: @NFLSTROUD (8,037)
Stephen Holder, Writer for Tampa Bay Times: @HolderStephen (5,122)
Ira Kaufman, Tampa Tribune, also covers Bucs: @IKaufmanTrib (4,752)
Jenna Laine, Sports Xchange/Reuters: @JennaLaineBucs (3,043)
Roy Cummings, Tampa Tribune: @RCummingsTrib (2,306)
Buccaneers Blog Roll:
The Tampa Bay Times has its own beat blog here, the Lakeland Ledger's beat here and SB Nation's blog at BucsNation.com.
ThePewterReport.com has a large following @PewterReport (7,404).
Follow the cleverly named What the Buc? blog, home of passionate, honest and direct fan-based Tampa Bay Buccaneers coverage.
There are plenty of of Bucs blogs to track: BuccaneersGab.com, ThePewterPlank.com as well as the @BucsBuzztap account as well.
The ESPN NFC South blog is run by Pat Yasinskas and you can follow him @ESPN_NFCSouth
2012 Athlon Sports NFL Power Rankings and Team Previews:
No. 32: Jacksonville Jaguars
No. 31: St. Louis Rams
No. 30: Minnesota Vikings
No. 29: Indianapolis Colts
No. 28: Cleveland Browns
No. 27: Miami Dolphins
No. 26: Arizona Cardinals
No. 25: Tampa Bay Buccaneers
No. 24: Tues., July 31
Order your 2012 Tampa Bay Bucs Athlon Sports NFL Preview magazine here
Related: Top Tampa Bay Bucs Top Twitter Accounts To Follow
Related: 2012 Tampa Bay Bucs Schedule Analysis
- by Braden Gall and Mark Ross
