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The Buccaneers hired former Bills defensive coordinator Dave Wannstedt as their special-teams coordinator on Friday, ESPN’s Adam Schefter first reported. Wannstedt was fired following the 2012 season, along with the rest of the Bills’ staff. He started at Buffalo in 2011 as an assistant head coach/inside linebackers coach. Source: ProFootballWeekly.com
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