Sunday’s mass shooting in Jacksonville, which saw three people killed and nine injured at a Madden NFL video-game tournament, hits close to home for the Bucs, who play host to the Jaguars in Thursday’s preseason finale, with many close ties between the two teams.



“I’ve still got a lot of close friends there, so I texted them,” said Bucs punter Bryan Anger, who played four seasons with the Jaguars before coming to Tampa Bay last year. “Luckily, everybody was good. If you think about it, we were there a year ago almost today. Two years in a row we went out there and played, and we stayed pretty close to The Landing, too. That’s where it hit home for me: ‘We were out there.'”



The Bucs have spent four days in Jacksonville in each of the past two preseasons before this year, holding joint practices with the Jaguars before preseason games there. Bucs coach Dirk Koetter was the Jaguars’ offensive coordinator from...