After the Bucs got torched by Kirk “Todd Bowles Can’t Stop Me” Cousins 10 days ago, Joe is so happy to be seeing a quarterback today that is mortal against a Bowles defense. (more…)

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Pregame with “The Sage.”

A quick apology for confusion here.

Last week, Joe wrote a post explaining how the Bucs can be an 8-9 team and make the playoffs. That is and was correct. (more…)

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Todd previews the fantasy championship games in his leagues and openly wonders if Deebo Samuel, Ladd McConkey and George Pickens deserve to start. The Todd Wright Fantasy Football Podcast is presented by Hooters!

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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. (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. (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. (more…)

Stop the run.

Joe touched upon this briefly in “GameDay Tampa Bay,” but Joe will dwell on it a bit more here. (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. (more…)

Big day today?

As the stat geeks would holler, small sample size! Beats having no sample size, though. (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. (more…)

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Draft guru Sean Sullivan dives into the struggling Buccaneers and sprints around the NFL to study how rookies and young players have been performing. Enjoy!

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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. (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. (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? (more…)