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When right tackle Luke Goedeke went down with a foot injury, the Bucs’ pass blocking quickly deteriorated.
Your eyes were not deceiving you. The Bucs’ pass blocking imploded once right tackle Luke Goedeke left the game. [read more]
Offensive coordinator Josh Grizzard.
Last year the Bucs led the NFL in third-down conversion rate at 51 percent.
Keep in mind 40 percent or better is quite good by league standards. [read more]
Bucky Irving always ready to roll with Baker Mayfield.
One thing Joe knows from experience: Bucky Irving does not like to talk to reporters after a game. [read more]
Certain things are a must in the church of Todd Bowles. [read more]
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BY IRA KAUFMAN
It’s beginning to look like another lovely September for one of the NFL’s fastest starters.
Chalk up another 2-0 getaway for Todd Bowles as the Bucs edged Houston on the road 20-19, overcoming injuries and awful special teams play along the way.
A reshuffled offensive line suffered another blow when Luke Goedeke aggravated a foot problem and had to leave. Calijah Kancey departed with a pectoral injury, but the Bucs rallied in the final minutes for the second consecutive week.
With Tristan Wirfs and Chris Godwin slated to return in the near future, the Bucs are in good shape heading into Sunday’s home opener against the Jets, who have been outscored by 22 points during an 0-2 start.
Buckyball on display.
A ground game that went nowhere in Atlanta found its footing Monday night as Bucky Irving and Rachaad White took turns torching the Texans behind robust blocking up front.
A prolonged slumber by the offense ended when Baker Mayfield directed the winning march, capped by White’s 2-yard TD run with only six seconds remaining.
Players from both sides dropped easy interceptions and for the second consecutive week, the Bucs had no giveaways and no takeaways. The biggest takeaway? Opposing defenses are asking for trouble when Mayfield has the ball with a chance to win with a late drive. [read more]
Texans RB Nick Chubb ran into wall after wall.
Texans running backs averaged 3.8 yards per carry tonight.
That’s a nice total for the 1992 season, but in the modern game, it means the Bucs did a strong job stopping the run. Again. [read more]
Former NFL doctor weighs in.
UPDATED 12:12 a.m. – Now Joe has to preface what this physician has to say about Bucs tackle Calijah Kancey. [read more]
Calijah Kancey
Crushing blow for the Bucs’ defense tonight in the thrilling comeback win against the Texans. [read more]
Heroic Rachaad White.
Guess who took the first Buccaneers handoff tonight in Houston? [read more]
History.
You don’t often see teams with back-to-back game-winning drives in the final two minutes of games. That’s why Joe is typing this here story. [read more]
Statement.
This was not just another victory.
Todd Bowles and Baker Mayfield shook off serious demons in Houston. It’s even got Joe thinking about February, and that has nothing to do with the NBA All-Star Game’s new format. [read more]
History smiles on the Bucs after Monday’s win. [read more]
Giddy.
Joe doesn’t know if Lavonte David was any happier when the Bucs won the Super Bowl than he sounded on the Buccaneers Radio Network after the game from the Bucs’ locker room. [read more]
First-career sack!
Joe loves sacks.
They’re drive killers. They get in quarterbacks heads. They jack up a defense and change games. [read more]
After hearing over and over this offseason how critical turnovers are to the Bucs being successful, Joe is ecstatic — and impressed — Tampa Bay is now 2-0 without forcing a turnover.
You like that, Todd Bowles? [read more]
Willed team to a win.
How awesome was this win? [read more]
Kicker Chase McLaughlin
Perhaps Busch Gardens will add a new roller coaster and simply call it: Todd Bowles’ Buccaneers. [read more]
Kickoff at 7 p.m., the first half of the Monday Night Football doubleheader.
Comment all game long below with Bucs fans and the resident haters.
Save your insults for game officials, not each other.
Go Bucs!
Rachaad White is back.
Joe wasn’t touching anything with tonight’s game until it became official at 5:30 p.m. that right tackle Luke Goedeke is playing. [read more]
Baker Mayfield is not among the NFL’s top running quarterbacks. He’s no Kyler Murray or Jalen Hurts, but for one coach and for one night in particular, Mayfield is right there. [read more]
Flash poll posted at 3:05 p.m. Poll closed at 4:09 p.m.
Game 2
Bucs at Texans
Kickoff: 7 p.m.
TV: BSPN. Game will be simulcast on WFTS-TV Channel 28 with Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Laura Rutledge and Lisa Salters.
