Free agent DC.

Joe is damn tired of watching a lousy, soft defense week in and week out where it appears edge rushers stop in their tracks once past the line of scrimmage. It’s as if they know they’ll be fined for sacking the quarterback and instead prefer to play horseshoes and hand grenades football when a pass rusher gets close to the quarterback for those all-meaningful pressures. (more…)

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Returns today.

Joe has a bad vibe about this. (more…)

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“Pete, I really hope you’re right!”

Being veterans of playoff wars will pay off for the Bucs tomorrow. (more…)

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

When a team has a former offensive coordinator as a head coach with years of coaching experience on the offensive side of the ball, you’d expect at a minimum, the offense would be, well, average, right? (more…)

Should Josh Grizzard start watching his back?

If the Bucs lose tomorrow, the immediate future of Todd Bowles, his staff and several players is very much up in the air. (more…)

Let’s get physical.

Joe watched the Dixie Chicks upset the Rams on Monday and the hitting jumped out in that game. (more…)

Talkin’ practice.

So how well will the Bucs play Saturday in their win-and-hope, don’t-and-die game with the Stinking Panthers? (more…)

For weeks now the Bucs collectively have played like a lifeless force, a unit taking on the usual public persona of its head coach. (more…)

Might play Saturday.

Since it is a do-and-hope game, or else, the Bucs might pull its last big gun out of the shotgun case. (more…)

Timing with Baker Mayfield good, Bucs say..

A lot of football folks smarter than Joe can’t figure this out. (more…)

Tough break for the Bucs and those yearning for Tampa Bay to limp into the playoffs this weekend. (more…)

Buccaneers GM Jason Licht.

Like most Bucs fans, Joe is looking toward who will be coaching the team later this month. (more…)

Feed him!

Even the Bucs defense is better than this! (more…)

A year ago, the Bucs were not a good tackling team.

They still aren’t. Make that Exhibit 9B why head coach Todd Bowles has failed this season. (more…)

Flash poll posted at 8:27 a.m. Poll closed at 9:40 a.m. Last week’s results linked here.