OK, so after two years this much is clear: For whatever reason, Lovie Smith and/or his staff cannot coach up cornerbacks. The evidence is too clear. (more…)

Lovie’s best friend right now is Bucs OC Dirk Koetter.

Earlier this year, when the Bucs started terribly, Joe openly wondered how Lovie Smith was going to save his job. Oh, there was time to turn things around, but limited time. (more…)

CB Alterraun Verner understands what soon may be his Bucs fate

When the Bucs signed Alterraun Verner to essentially replace Darrelle Revis in early 2014, both the Bucs and Verner were riding high. (more…)

This Bucs season just got a few hours longer. (more…)

Losing has its privilege.

Yes, there is a silver lining from the deuce the Bucs took on their home turf this afternoon. (more…)

The Bucs will get one heck of an honest test next Sunday. The Panthers still haven’t locked up the No. 1 seed in the NFC. (more…)

Over in Jacksonville, Jaguars fans screamed for head coach Gus Bradley’s head after last year’s 3-13 finish with a rookie quarterback in 2014.

They bellyached that Bradley should be fired for two consecutive ugly seasons. (more…)

Lovie was surprised.

Nope, nope, nope. The Bucs were not surprised by anything the Bears did, offense or on defense. That’s what the Bucs told Joe repeatedly in the locker room. (more…)

Some folks need counseling.

As Bobby Bowden might have said, “Why, people have plumb lost their dang-gum minds.”

Joe was actually getting Twitters late in the game today claiming the problem with the Bucs is not the sieve of a secondary in Lovie Smith’s defense, is not impotent pass rush, is not the chronic dropsies of Bucs receivers. (more…)

Joe has written many times that coincidences are as rare as Joe getting invited to pool parties by hot women.

(Yeah, it happens once every decade.) (more…)

Bucs RB Doug Martin’s season was turned upside down today. (Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.)

The almost-NFL’s leading rusher sure looked like the scrub from the past two years today. Doug Martin was a total non-factor. (more…)

Austin Seferian-Jenkins (right) had plenty of time on the bench today.

Joe finds it noteworthy that Tampa Bay second-year tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins is healthy and revived but is getting limited snaps. (more…)

Jameis says blame Jameis. (Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.)

In his post-game comments, America’s Quarterback, Bucs signal-caller Jameis Winston, was rather subdued. Whether he was still feeling the effects of a vicious hit in the third quarter (he was walking in the locker room like Frankenstein) is unclear. (more…)

Gerald McCoy talks run defense

One shocking reality of the Bucs’ throttling by the Bears today was Tampa Bay’s stellar run defense not showing up.

The Bears had 39 rushes for 174 yards. This was a Bucs defense allowing an NFC-best 3.3 yards per carry. (more…)

Final bow before Bucs fans?

Alterraun Verner, a former Pro Bowler, came to the Bucs with high hopes last season, for all intents and purposes to replace future Hall of Famer Darrelle Revis, who Lovie Smith deemed unworthy of playing for him. (more…)

Feel free to scream till you can’t breathe. Joe gets the frustration, but Lovie Smith is not getting fired in eight days, nor should he be fired. (more…)

What the hell is going on here? The Bucs have gone from “relevant” and “good” — Lovie Smith’s adjectives — to losers of three consecutive games to stinky football teams.

Your Buccaneers are a hot mess. (more…)