Frustrating delay may prove costly.

This is both encouraging and incredibly frustrating. (more…)

Good defense doesn’t need takeaways.

Most football coaches would go nuts reading the following, but Joe is adamant about it. (more…)

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It was largely status quo (woe?) on the Bucs’ official injury report today.

Rookie cornerback Carlton Davis and Demar Dotson remained limited with knee injuries, so did Gerald McCoy (shoulder). Isiah “Run Into The Wall” Johnson (concussion) was upgraded to limited after not practicing yesterday.

Justin Evans (toe) and DeSean Jackson (thumb) didn’t practice, as was the case for Jason Pierre-Paul (knee/hip).

JPP practiced yesterday and was in very good spirits when Joe saw him in the halls of One Buc Palace today.

Center Ryan Jensen was talking about his penalties today and it led Joe to a plausible theory for the resulting 100-plus yards lost to the Bucs offense. (more…)

Derrick Brooks is talking all things Bucs on this week’s Q&A episode of TAMPA TWO with JoeBucsFan.com columnist Ira Kaufman, presented by Caldeco Air Conditioning & Heating. It’s another great production by The Identity Tampa Bay. (Look for tomorrow’s game preview episode!)

“Dude, are you going to bust that thing out again in Dallas next week?”

Joe is always cautious of guessing the vision of Team Glazer. If anything, they have proven predictably unpredictable. (more…)

It was all “we,” “we,” “we,” yesterday when Dirk Koetter was talking about his current team.

And that changed when the head coach starting talking about 2019. (more…)

When your team is 11-21 in its last 32 games, the national heavyweight analysts start sniffing change in their travels. (more…)

Surging.

There is a trend in college football, if you haven’t noticed, that could (should?) be a factor for the Bucs in the final week of the season. (more…)

“Jason, were you listening to Mark Dominik this morning?”

Joe has seen the data crowd peg the Bucs with a 1-in-166 chance to make the playoffs. (more…)

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Coming off strong outing.

A lot of fans believe some Bucs have checked out and are mentally focused on a secluded sunny Caribbean beach bar with warm island women and cold drink. (more…)

Prior to the season, Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht said he wanted to build a nasty offensive line. (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. (more…)

Running on first down a struggle.

Later on the internationally popular Ira Kaufman Podcast this subject is tackled in more detail with Joe and others. There is a perception that the Bucs (read: coach Dirk Koetter) often run on first down. (more…)

Look out, NFL. Jason Pierre-Paul is practicing on a Wednesday.

He doesn’t always do that, and perhaps it means he’s extra crazy serious about getting to the Pro Bowl roster, which will be announced next week. (more…)