Safety Tykee Smith.

The headline is self-explanatory.

Todd Bowles said today SirVocea Dennis (bad hip) won’t play tomorrow night against the Falcons. Tykee Smith (neck/shoulder) and Cade Otton (knee) will be listed as “doubtful.”

Joe expects Mike Evans to return from his broken clavicle and Tristan Wirfs to play after missing Sunday’s game with an oblique injury. Evans still has to be activated from injured reserve.

Returns Thursday night?

At this moment on this dreary Wednesday morning, all signs for “this Joe” point to a grim evening at The Licht House for Thursday Night Football. (more…)

Second-year Bucs edge rusher Chris Braswell doesn’t play a lot, even a little less than he did in his rookie year. (more…)

Todd Bowles weighs in.

Is Zyon McCollum on the comeback trail?

Joe sure hopes so. (more…)

“You like that?”

Joe won’t lecture anyone on dealing with their short-term investor broker between now and Thursday night. But consider how things are shaping up for the Bucs: (more…)

It’s fair to say the Bucs’ season has no shot at glory if Baker Mayfield is injured. (more…)

Flash poll posted at 7:17 a.m. Poll closed at 8:34 a.m. Last week’s results linked here.

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Bucs fans are still groaning about the pass that should have been a touchdown Sunday in the galling loss to the slimy Saints. (more…)

Injuries killed the Bucs.

A lot of folks — Joe included — like to holler the Bucs defense has sunk the 2025 team. But a seasoned analyst working for the four-letter believes the other side of the ball sank the pirate ship. (more…)

Breakdown.

Injuries. It all boils down to injuries. (more…)

Todd Bowles

Remember the first Saints game this year in New Orleans?

The Bucs won big but also needed eight tries to score once from the 1 yard line. (more…)

Bucs’ success rate of offensive plays almost total opposite of 2024.

The Bucs’ third-down percentage against the slimy Saints was atrocious on Sunday. (more…)

So Sunday in the shocking loss to the slimy Saints in Tampa, Bucs running back Bucky Irving got off to a poor start. (more…)

The Bucs haven’t found a repellant for the injury bug. (more…)

Jason Pierre-Paul plans to be vocal with teammates.

The more Joe reads and hears about the Bucs throwing a Hail Mary, signing a guy just days away from his 37th birthday, hoping a guy who hasn’t had a sack in three years can somehow produce on the field wasn’t so much about production on Sundays but about the culture of the locker room. (more…)

“We need a spark, Tae.”

Joe heard Bucs players, coaches and officials say over and over again all offseason the team has a very special group of leaders.

The veteran leadership on the team is top-shelf, they said. (more…)

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Jason Pierre-Paul (right) on a glorious night about five years ago.

The Colts just signed 44-year-old quarterback Phillip Rivers to possibly replace injured Daniel Jones.

The longtime Pro Bowl QB hasn’t played since the 2020 season. Joe read comments and writings on various Colts blogs, and the move seems to be embraced by Colts fans. (more…)