Bucs QB Baker Mayfield.

Baker Mayfield doesn’t want to hear any smack run about the Bucs defense. [read more]

Look, Joe fully understands that every team, on occasion, will have a defensive lineman drop into coverage from time to time. This is nothing new. [read more]

Chase McLaughlin had a different kind of night.

No mas!

Todd Bowles decided the miserable Bucs kickoff coverage unit would no longer pollute the team. [read more]

Made huge difference.

The Bucs offense was not perfect. But the offense didn’t choke the game away and let a quarterback who otherwise looked like he had one foot in a retirement home look like Dan Marino in his prime. [read more]

“You like that?”

The nicest way Joe can put this is that someone in authority with the Bucs doesn’t learn from past mistakes. [read more]

Tonight Todd Bowles channeled one of his mentors, Bruce Arians.

Whoa!! [read more]

So the Bucs have painted themselves into the mother of all corners. The Bucs, barring something totally unforeseen, will need to beat Carolina twice to make the playoffs. [read more]

A week ago the Bucs were struggling but hadn’t lost to a bad football team all year. [read more]

So the Bucs allowed two touchdowns and a field goal to the miserable Falcons in the fourth quarter tonight.

Keep in mind Atlanta was playing a backup quarterback and was without their No. 1 receiver. [read more]

Losing to a crap team at home in back-to-back weeks.

That’s our beloved Buccaneers. [read more]

Comment all game long with fellow Buccaneers fans and the loud haters. It’s a huge division game!

Must-win territory for the Bucs.

Be decent. And be respectful. It’s not difficult unless you’re barking about zebras or the Bucs defense.

Go Bucs!!!

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Game 14

Dixie Chicks (4-9) at Bucs (7-6)

Kickoff: 8:15 p.m.

TV: Amazon, with Al Michaels, Kirk Herbstreit and Kaylee Hartung.

[read more]

What happened?

What happened to Baker Mayfield? That’s a question that Bucs fans will ask, Joe has a hunch, until the 2026 regular season starts. [read more]

Pitch count tonight?

Joe is sure crossing is fingers that Mike Evans and Jalen McMillan aren’t being pushed back too soon. [read more]

Home cookin’?

Hope for many Bucs fans has been hard to find in recent weeks.

Tonight it comes in multiple forms. [read more]

Man, the Bucs sure moved quickly once right tackle Luke Goedeke went public with his beef. [read more]

Bucs’ defense makes Joe grimace.

This is not a December trend you want to see. [read more]

Jamel Dean’s advanced stats remain eye-popping and have caught the NFL’s attention. [read more]

Flash poll posted at 7:13 a.m. Poll closed at 8:39 a.m.

Rookie Ben Chukwuma

Yes, the Buccaneers are claiming a victory! [read more]

So even though it’s the quarterback of a division rival, it’s always a little sad to Joe to see a former Pro Bowl player look like a broken down old man.

Lavonte David isn’t there yet, but he’s moving in that direction. Falcons QB Kirk Cousins is there. [read more]