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Injuries killed the Bucs.
A lot of folks — Joe included — like to holler the Bucs defense has sunk the 2025 team. But a seasoned analyst working for the four-letter believes the other side of the ball sank the pirate ship. [read more]
Breakdown.
Injuries. It all boils down to injuries. [read more]
Todd Bowles
Remember the first Saints game this year in New Orleans?
The Bucs won big but also needed eight tries to score once from the 1 yard line. [read more]
Bucs’ success rate of offensive plays almost total opposite of 2024.
The Bucs’ third-down percentage against the slimy Saints was atrocious on Sunday. [read more]
So Sunday in the shocking loss to the slimy Saints in Tampa, Bucs running back Bucky Irving got off to a poor start. [read more]
The Bucs haven’t found a repellant for the injury bug. [read more]
Jason Pierre-Paul plans to be vocal with teammates.
The more Joe reads and hears about the Bucs throwing a Hail Mary, signing a guy just days away from his 37th birthday, hoping a guy who hasn’t had a sack in three years can somehow produce on the field wasn’t so much about production on Sundays but about the culture of the locker room. [read more]
“We need a spark, Tae.”
Joe heard Bucs players, coaches and officials say over and over again all offseason the team has a very special group of leaders.
The veteran leadership on the team is top-shelf, they said. [read more]
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Jason Pierre-Paul (right) on a glorious night about five years ago.
The Colts just signed 44-year-old quarterback Phillip Rivers to possibly replace injured Daniel Jones.
The longtime Pro Bowl QB hasn’t played since the 2020 season. Joe read comments and writings on various Colts blogs, and the move seems to be embraced by Colts fans. [read more]
The Bucs’ starting left tackle on Sunday was no Charlie Heck. [read more]
Headed to IR.
Ben Bredeson’s (regular) season is done. That’s the news coming out of One Buc Palace today.
Rookie receiver Emeka Egbuka.
The late and sometimes great NFL receiver Mike Williams, the Bucs’ fourth-round pick in 2010, was handed the Tampa Bay’s No. 1 receiver job a handful of weeks after he was drafted.
It wasn’t too big for him, despite no-name rookie receivers playing opposite him. [read more]
“Mr. Glazer, there’s a reason my guy Christian Izien led the team in tackles Sunday.”
What’s wrong with the Bucs? [read more]
Depressing chart.
It’s official. Josh Grizzard has gone full-blown Liam Coen, except not with Coen’s positive results. [read more]
Purging Sunday’s memory.
The Bucs don’t have time to lick their wounds. [read more]
Another bad defensive game.
Is Joe the only guy who has had it with opposing quarterbacks reaching milestones against the Bucs’ defense? [read more]
Don’t get started.
There’s a reason why the Bucs won a Super Bowl in 2020. [read more]
Panic.
The last we saw of Jason Pierre-Paul, he packed up his belongings in his downtown Tampa condo and watched the moving company haul them away. JPP then climbed aboard a private jet and left Tampa seemingly for good, laughing hysterically, waving goodbye to Tampa from hundreds of feet in the sky. [read more]
