Hardly any spark from leadership.

When it rains, it pours. [read more]

How will the thumb respond?

A little after 11 a.m. this morning will be telling for the Bucs and how they develop a battle plan for their game Sunday at Carolina. [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]

Under the weather.

There appears to be a virus among us. At least in the Bucs locker room. [read more]

Unsettling explanation.

Boy, this is a sad statement. And it makes Joe wonder even more how Zac Robinson is still employed. [read more]

Full practice today.

So Baker Mayfield returned to practice today, the first time full-go since he dislocated the thumb on his throwing hand in the loss to Minnesota. [read more]

One man is completely in charge of who gets on the field for the Buccaneers. [read more]

“Jeff, did you hear the one about the coach who won’t play a hot, high-impact edge rusher?”

Joe sincerely hopes Team Glazer has a membership meeting and all attendees are strapped to a polygraph machine and asked what they think the Buccaneers’ record would be this season if edge rusher David Walker played twice as much. [read more]

Ready?

It’s a prove-it week for Bucs quarterback Baker Mayfield. [read more]

Todd Bowles has been known to have favorite players and share that information publicly. [read more]

At least the Buccaneers aren’t a robotic group just going through the motions. [read more]

Jalon Daniels searches for a receiver.

This is tough to look at. [read more]

Teammates rush to celebrate with Rueben Bain after he takes down Aaron Rodgers for the Bucs rookie’s first career sack.

Now Joe isn’t saying no other player does what Bucs rookie outside linebacker Rueben Bain does before each game. But it’s the first time Joe has seen it. [read more]

Use of Rueben Bain questioned.

Back in this spring’s draft, the Joe typing here was one of the very few not popping champagne bottles over the Bucs selecting the Miami Mauler, Rueben Bain, with the No. 15 pick. [read more]

David Walker takes down Aaron Rodgers for one of his two sacks.

The Legend of David Walker continues to grow, even though his defensive coordinator doesn’t seem to be all that impressed with his budding star edge rusher. [read more]

Sad state of the Bucs.

Let’s have fun with numbers, shall we? Because we sure as hell are not having fun with the Bucs on the field. [read more]

“Jason, I thought we addressed this.”

It was early April of 2025 when Joe sat at a resort breakfast table with Todd Bowles and the Bucs head coach started talking about his team needing to develop a killer instinct. [read more]