No time for slackers, YaYa said.

The Bucs dug their own hole. And if they aren’t careful, that hole in the next eight days could turn into the grave of their 2025 season. [read more]

Offers up takes on Carolina and Bryce Young.

Joe is not a huge fan of Stinking Panthers quarterback Bryce Young. He seems to be more of an inconsistent runaround quarterback than skilled passer. [read more]

Bucs CB Jacob Parrish.

The last couple of games, Bucs slot corner Jacob Parrish hasn’t played as sharp as he did earlier in the season. [read more]

Stop the run.

Joe touched upon this briefly in “GameDay Tampa Bay,” but Joe will dwell on it a bit more here. [read more]

Pressures don’t mean squat.

Aside from YaYa Diaby, the Bucs are so awful at an edge rush, they reached back to five years ago to a glorious year to bank on a former star getting a sack or two in the next three games to save the team from choking away a playoff berth. [read more]

Big day today?

As the stat geeks would holler, small sample size! Beats having no sample size, though. [read more]

Game 15

Bucs (7-7) at Stinking Panthers (7-7)

Kickoff: 1 p.m.

TV: FOX (WTVT-TV Channel 13, locally). friend of JoeBucsFan.com Chris Myers, “Stink” Mark Schlereth and Jen Hale. For a national TV map of where the game will be broadcast via your local CBS affiliate, click here.

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“JPP, if you get a sack against Carolina, we’ll make sure you will have a very, very happy holiday. Promise.”

It is very difficult for Joe to believe Jason Pierre-Paul won’t see the field tomorrow at Bank of America Stadium after the Bucs made this transaction this afternoon. [read more]

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If you don’t count sacks.

Often when Joe discusses stats, Joe mentions being leery of stats that use “expected” (whose expectation?) or “adjusted.” That’s playing games with numbers. [read more]

One would think a game played between two division rivals tied for first place on the week of Christmas would be shown to a good chunk of the country. [read more]

Stop him!

Yes, the Bucs’ pass defense is so bad, watching it causes brainfreeze. You know, like when you were a kid trying to chug a Slurpee? [read more]

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Finally healthy?

Benjamin Morrison was damaged when he first set foot in Tampa as the Bucs’ second-round draft pick in April. And to hear Bucs coach Todd Bowles, Benjamin has been hurt ever since but is now, finally, a healthy man. [read more]

Pass defense struggling.

The Bucs pass defense has been rotten to the core this season. Again. [read more]