Injuries have killed the Bucs.

Joe saw screamin’ Stephen A. Smith talking but all he heard was Tony Kornheiser. [read more]

Future head coach?

This doesn’t really mean a whole lot. But Joe can see how and why this Bucs assistant coach had his name floated as a potential head coaching candidate. [read more]

Welcome to your Morning Cup of Joe, an eye-opener to help Joe’s readers ease into their busy workday with a few football links, wacky news and a pleasant distraction. [read more]

Rues missing out on six.

Joe is still tossing and turning at night over Bucs coach Todd Bowles deciding to punt halfway through the fourth quarter, trailing 37-32 on fourth-and-two from the Bucs-39. The Bucs were running down the throats of the soft Bills offense. [read more]

Full participant in practice.

The Bucs’ injury report was pretty gnarly yesterday with the flu bug biting so many Bucs, including Bucs quarterback Baker Mayfield. [read more]

You know how Joe likes to bark and moan about how Todd Bowles drops his edge rushers into pass coverage?

Buckle up and listen to Bucs legend Rondé Barber go deep on the subject, one that seems to have him searching for hair on his head to pull out. [read more]

A family-owned Tampa icon since 1960, one mile north of the stadium on Dale Mabry Highway.

So last month, Joe was advised of a non-football issue tied to Bucky Irving, and Joe did a lot of digging to find the truth. [read more]

Five picks before the Bucs drafted edge rusher YaYa Diaby in Round 3 of the 2023 NFL Draft, the Los Angeles Rams selected edge rusher Byron Young out of the University of Tennessee.

Damn those Rams! [read more]

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Running back Bucky Irving will miss his seventh game of this season on Sunday night in Los Angeles. [read more]

Stud Bucs rookie cornerback Jacob Parrish.

The Godfather of Buccaneers defensive backs has spoken. [read more]

Flash poll posted at 7:38 a.m. Poll closed at 9:30 a.m. Last week’s poll results linked here.

Improved offensive focus.

A week ago after dropping a game to New England, Baker Mayfield had sharp words for his teammates in the locker room as he scolded them for a lack of a killer instinct. [read more]

Former Buccaneers head coach Tony Dungy (1996-2001), aka Father Dungy, spelled out the angst of the Tampa Bay defense very succinctly yesterday. [read more]

The first official Bucs injury report of the week was issued last night and one name particularly troubled Joe.

It also told the same old story for Chris Godwin and Bucky Irving. [read more]

Outside snaps Sunday.

Joe browsed through a story on NFL.com about overlooked players having really good 2025 seasons. [read more]

Iowa “thoroughbred.”

NFL Films had some Bills players mic’d up and a native of Iowa was glazing another guy from Iowa who just happened to be wearing a different color jersey Sunday in Buffalo. [read more]