Potty mouth.

So it seems all of the Big Apple, except for some Jets fans who scatter into the cracks when the lights are turned on, is abuzz about the Messiah, Daniel Jones. [read more]

It was quite a brutal almost historic second half for the Buccaneers secondary, one that was supposed to be repaired. [read more]

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Presented by Bill Currie Ford, Sage of Tampa Bay Sports Ira Kaufman is firing away after Sunday’s truly soul-crushing Bucs defeat. It’s Ira’s twice-weekly tangle with Joe. NO offseason on The Ira Kaufman Podcast!

Click play above or listen at iTunes, Google Play or Podbean.com, Stitcher, too. Stay informed, thinking and smiling. Listening to Ira is fun, free and easy!

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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]

Buccaneers co-chairman Joel Glazer and Team Glazer members have to be ill today

There are losses, and then there are the humiliating kind before a massive television audience on your home turf against a very popular franchise that plays in the nation’s biggest-by-a-mile market. [read more]

“The Sage” delivers in his thrice-weekly column.

BY IRA KAUFMAN
JoeBucsFan.com columnist

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Come on back, Ronde.

On a day the Bucs honored a star from yesteryear, Tampa Bay’s current defense pushed the rerun button, looking like the sieve on display the previous two seasons at Raymond James Stadium.

There were plenty of culprits, with rookie kicker Matt Gay front and center, or rather, wide right, but the Giants won Sunday because rookie quarterback Daniel Jones shredded Tampa Bay’s defense — despite the absence of Saquon Barkley.

All four of New York’s TD drives covered at least 75 yards and monster games by Mike Evans and Shaq Barrett weren’t enough as the Bucs fell to 0-2 at home before beginning a treacherous road stretch.

It’s difficult to overestimate how demoralizing this setback was to Buc fans who were starting to believe in this team. A Todd Bowles scheme that had played so well for 10 quarters had no answers for Eli Manning’s replacement as Jones threw for 213 yards in the second half.

If this Buc season falls apart, supporters will point to the afternoon of Sept. 22 as the dispiriting turning point. Here’s how it all went down, literally and figuratively: [read more]

In the record books.

In the season-opening game against San Francisco, Bucs stud receiver Mike Evans was almost a no-show because he was sick. [read more]

Fun with kickers

Joe has to give props to Matt Gay. The Bucs rookie kicker sure channeled one of his predecessors, Roberto Aguayo, in missing two extra points and a game-winning field goal in a one-point loss to the Giants. [read more]

An Abe’s Place feast should be in your future. It’s one of the best things for soothing yourself after a Bucs loss.

Their menu is huge and always fresh, and their wings have won countless awards. That’s them pictured below. The image has not been enhanced. Abe’s is a great spot for lunch and dinner, and it’s a super home to watch college football and the NFL. The beer is ICE cold.

Click through below to see the Abe’s Place menu and specials.

Scared football.

What a stale biscuit! [read more]

Perhaps the saddest aspect to today’s shocking crumble at the Den of Depression is how the Bucs didn’t play with the same intensity in the second half that they displayed in the first.

Instead of stepping on the proverbial throat of the Giants, they went soft. [read more]

Bad day for Todd Bowles

Bucco Bruce Arians wasn’t all sunshine and daisies about his defensive coordinator after today’s game. [read more]

Welcome to the career of Jameis Winston.

America’s Quarterback is inconsistent within games and overall. And the team loses repeatedly. But how much is he to blame for today’s loss? [read more]

Matt Gay is a bad NFL kicker.

He’s three games in and he just lost the Bucs a football game and nearly was a goat in Week 2. [read more]

Embarrassment rules the day in Tampa.

Head to Publix and ask for a paper bag.

The Bucs just crapped all over themselves against a bad Giants team with a rookie making his first NFL start.

Anyone still think Todd Bowles is a great defensive coordinator?

Jason Licht and Bucco Bruce Arians should feel ashamed. [read more]

Comment all game long in the comment section below during this critical, critical NFC clash against the winless Giants.

Play nice! Go Bucs!

Would it surprise you to know the Bucs were spelling the name of a franchise icon incorrectly for years?

Of course not. [read more]

Rookie receiver Scotty Miller is set for his NFL debut

Here’s today’s list of sidelined Buccaneers against the Giants: [read more]

Inspiration.

Last week Bucs outside linebacker Shaq Barrett briefly led the NFL in sacks with four. He’s currently second only to Myles Garrett who has five. [read more]

Bowles vs. Jones chatter.

Gamblers, listen up! [read more]

Wait-and-see approach.

One reason Bucs fans have been so down in the dumps in recent years isn’t just the losing, but the gut-punches the team inflicts on fans. [read more]