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Sage Ira dives into the state of the Bucs following the Super Bowl.

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Aging roster.

Unless a team has arguably the best coach in NFL history and finds ways to keep salaries down and squeeze the most out of everyone on the field, sooner or later a team will tumble from its former championship ways. [read more]

Really bad numbers.

When opposing offenses threw in the flat against the Bucs, the results were flat out embarrassing. [read more]

How hot?

This may come as a bit of a shock to some Bucs fans, but when looking at the NFL landscape, Bucs coach Todd Bowles isn’t on the hottest seat entering the 2026 season.

That’s the way long-time NFL scribe Ralph Vacchiano of FOX Sports sees it. [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]

One of several vanishing acts.

The 2025 season, or at least how it ended, reminded Joe of the 2008 season, Chucky’s last with the Bucs. [read more]

The Bucs need productive inside linebackers and Joe suspects Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht would be pleased to fill those roles with veterans on one-year contracts. [read more]

Bucs GM Jason Licht.

So future Hall of Fame edge rusher Von Miller was on Super Bowl’s Radio Row last week. [read more]

Notre Dame RB Jadarian Price.

Joe already stated sleep would not be lost if the Bucs somehow had Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love fall to them at No. 15. [read more]

Mixed messages from the desert.

Again, Joe brings this information because Joe knows there is keen interest in this subject.

Joe is also a businessman. As noted humanitarian Sam Giancana once said when asked why he and his colleagues work in the business they’ve chosen, Giancana said, “We give [customers] what they want.” [read more]

Find a quality replacement first.

Joe has seen enough of Bucs coach Todd Bowles’ defense over the years to know you don’t let a decent corner walk out the door. [read more]

Bucs OC Zac Robinson.

Some coaches learn right away. Some have to learn the hard way. [read more]

Keith Tandy is no longer a Bucs assistant special teams coach.

It almost feels like Team Glazer called in the MRSA-era hazmat team, this time to exterminate coaches from One Buc Palace. [read more]

Joe is really growing tired of the high-horse crowd that wags a finger at Bucs fans for thinking the team isn’t well coached.

How dare anyone tell fans how to feel about coaching, especially after Todd Bowles himself moved on from several coaches on his staff. [read more]

Joe is always chasing answers. [read more]

Jason Licht.

Joe isn’t saying this synopsis of the Bucs is wrong. In fact, it may not go far enough. [read more]

Las Vegas DE Maxx Crosby.

It’s been quite a while since Joe linked to a story typed by his good friend, former Washington Post and CBS NFL scribe, heavy metal headbanging Jason La Canfora. [read more]

Former (?) Browns TE David Njoku.

For most of the 2025 season, Joe believed there was only one hole in the starting offense. [read more]

Longshot.

By and large, Bucs fandom is down on the 2026 season. [read more]