Joe knows Bucs fans are not in the Christmas spirit. They want to dump coal in the stockings of Bucs offensive coordinator Mike Sullivan and, to a lesser degree, Bucs commander Greg Schiano.

(The lunatic fringe wants to dump more than just sedimentary rock in the stocking of Bucs rock star general manager Mark Dominik. These types are firmly entrenched on Santa’s naughty list and will be banished to spend Christmas Day at an OTB, where the only other patrons will be wandering around drinking scotch and water at 10 a.m. dressed like Al Davis.)

Joe has firmly believed, and has written and spoke about the subject with Joe’s good friend, the dean of Tampa Bay sports radio, “The Big Dog,” Steve Duemig, that if the Bucs really, truly believe Mike Glennon is the quarterback of the future, then current Bucs offensive coordinator Mike Sullivan must be retained. (more…)

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Bucs news forthcoming.

Want to rid your backyard of mosquitoes? Burn a church down. [Examiner]

Cops discover, with X-Rays, suspect has stolen necklaces in his stomach. [TheSmokingGun]

Uh, dumping your girlfriend’s baby at a convenience story (wrapped in newspapers) probably isn’t the wisest thing to do. [MyNews13]

Just because a co-worker was awarded “Employee of the Month” doesn’t mean you have to shoot up her car. [Complex]

A look at the 2013 Rays roster. [RaysIndex]

Don’t start looking for the Bucs to turn into a no-huddle offense anytime soon, Greg Schiano explained.

Count Joe among those stunned when Mike Glennon jumped into a no-huddle/hurry-up offense at the end of the first half yesterday and marched the football into the end zone – a seven-play, 76-yard touchdown drive in 78 seconds – to pull the Bucs to within 17-7 at halftime.

It was a shocker. (more…)

Mike Sullivan is rumored to be a candidate to take over Army.

Joe was just typing a post about how Bucs offensive coordinator Mike Sullivan may be a Bucs scapegoat when Joe learned of this rumor floated from a national NFL scribe.

Mike Garafolo of FoxSports.com Twittered that Sullivan is expected to interview for the newly opened head coach position at Army, as Rich Ellison, after getting sunk (again) by Navy over the weekend, is not expected to return as the leader of the Black Knights of the Hudson. (more…)

theMMQB’s Peter King seems to have a pulse on the immediate future of Bucs commander Greg Schiano.

Joe is trying not to get too worked up over the punch-out the 49ers delivered to the Bucs yesterday. Joe expected a chain-whipping because, on paper, the match-ups were dismal-looking for the Bucs. So Joe is tying to be reasoned here.

As Tuna Parcells famously said, “You are what your record says you are.” The Bucs are among the NFL’s bottom-feeders. The 49ers, the defending NFC champs, are swimming in the cream. Joe won’t lose much sleep over one of the best beating one of the worst. (more…)

The infamous “Black Monday,” when multiple NFL head coaches and their staffs are fired, is just 14 days away.

With no public blessing for 2014 from Team Glazer, Greg Schiano remains on a seat that could be yanked from under hiim. That’s just a reality for any second-year coach of a 4-10 team in that situation. (more…)

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Xs and Os guru Dave Moore, the former Bucs tight end and current Buccaneers Radio Network game analyst, weighed in on all things Bucs-Niners this morning on WDAE-AM 620.

Moore talked a lot about the Bucs bad tackling and about how he could see Mike Glennon going through his progressions and not seeing “a whole lot open.”

Well, that’s what happens when your No. 3 receiver got cut for ineptitude, and your No. 2 receiver had hamstring surgery. There’s plenty more in the interview below. Moore also explains how the legitimate-threat status of Tim Wright should help the passing game in various ways for years to come.

The Bucs’ increase in sacks doesn’t mean much

The Bucs have 33 sacks with two games to play! Hip, hip hooray!

That’s a big number around these parts, one that hasn’t been seen in years, but dig into the numbers and you can see it’s not so impressive in a league that throws the football like never before.

Consider the Bucs had the NFL’s No. 2 ranked defense in 2007. (more…)

The Niners, Lions and Panthers all allow four yards per carry. The Bucs averaged 2.2 against those teams this past month.

Last year at this time, offensive line coach Bob Bostad was a miracle worker, leading a group that was blowing open holes with four of five linemen in positions where they didn’t start the 2012 season.

Now, it seems, Bostad is captain of the Bucs’ fastest sinking ship. (more…)

Mike Glennon and the Bucs offense had a woeful fourth quarter.

Joe knows many Bucs fans are aghast this morning about how their offense has slid the past month or so, making Mike Glennon now look like a stop-gap plan for another quarterback under maybe a different regime in the not-too-distant future.

What seemed like the only times the Bucs tried to push the ball up the field with any degree of urgency and purpose yesterday, Glennon looked sharp, engineering two touchdown drives, the first coming late in the first half. Glennon was nearly perfect throwing the ball. (more…)

The question brings Greg Schiano’s development skills into the spotlight

Fans by nature, yearn for the positive. It’s what feeds their hope. And sports are all about hope. It’s what makes August such an exciting time of year.

Joe actually even had a Bucs fan last week, a smart guy Joe knows for years, passionately explain to Joe why Greg Schiano is a “great” NFL coach. Not a good coach, not a promising a coach, a great coach. (more…)

Mike Glennon and the Bucs were battered and bruised yesterday.

A long look at the Bucs yesterday, today, and what to expect tomorrow and beyond.

If there was one redeeming value in the Bucs getting curb-stomped by the 49ers yesterday, it was the Bucs currently still have a great 2014 draft slot – seventh overall factoring in Joe’s calculation of strength of schedule tiebreakers for the entire season.

Frankly, there are any number of ways the Bucs could go. Joe is awfully sure secondary, linebacker and running back will not be on Bucs rock star general manger Mark Dominik’s notes for the first round.

Joe would be fine with a first round pick of any of the following positions, but of course would love a certain quarterback from College Station who Nick Saban couldn’t slow down: Offensive line, wide receiver, quarterback, defensive end.

Joe has a hunch Dominik will go offense first, a combination of Dominik being gun-shy of drafting another defensive lineman high and the offense having a lot of leaks. Just a hunch, nothing more. (more…)