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Team Glazer members.
A majority of Bucs fans want Todd Bowles launched from his perch as Tampa Bay head coach. The groundswell has been stunning across local fandom over the past month.
Even calm, measured fans Joe has known for years are chirping for Bowles’ head.
“Fans are smart. Fans know right. Fans know wrong.”
You know who issued that intelligent quote? Buccaneers co-owner Joel Glazer. [read more]
(For the background story on the two former Stinking Panthers cheerleaders and their place in Tampa lore, click the photo.)
Game 17
Stinking Panthers (8-8) at Bucs (7-9)
Kickoff: 4:30 p.m.
TV: ABC/BSPN (WFTS-TV Channel 28, locally). Chris Fowler, Dan Orlovsky, Louis Riddick, Katie George and Peter Schrager.
Job secure?
Look, Joe has never met Dianna Russini of The Athletic. She seems to be pretty cool from her various podcast appearances. [read more]
Appalling defensive stat.
How in the world can this be justified by a defensive-minded head coach? [read more]
Top target to replace Todd Bowles?
Is it too soon to talk coaching change for Tampa Bay?
Of course not! Bucs fans everywhere are buzzing about who will take over the Bucs after the 2025 season is officially flushed down the toilet.
Joe actually went to a Bucs-sponsored community partner event this week to talk to several random fans. [read more]
Insider has intel from One Buc Palace.
Even closet Bucs fan Peter Schrager can’t sugarcoat what’s going on at The Licht House. [read more]
“You warned me, Woody.”
So how will what seems like the inevitable go down? [read more]
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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. [read more]
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Returns today.
Joe has a bad vibe about this. [read more]
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“Pete, I really hope you’re right!”
Being veterans of playoff wars will pay off for the Bucs tomorrow. [read 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? [read 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. [read more]
Let’s get physical.
Joe watched the Dixie Chicks upset the Rams on Monday and the hitting jumped out in that game. [read 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? [read 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. [read more]
