People have awfully short memories of Aqib Talib’s history with the Bucs.

It was almost predictable. Joe was on Twitter Sunday and the moment cabbie-punching, granny-hassling, gun-totin’, helmet-wielding, Adderall-popping Aqib Talib ran back a pick-six on Josh McClown, Joe’s Twitter mentions were filled with how the Bucs screwed up. (more…)

“Simple as that, Jay. We put it on you.”

Last year, the 1-8 Bucs went to Washington and beat the snot out of the Redskins 27-7. Even ghostly Michael Johnson had a sack, one of six for Tampa Bay on the day.

So Skins head coach Jay Gruden is speaking out, clearly knowing his sorry team is in a world of trouble come Sunday. (more…)

What has you down on Bucs WR Mike Evans?

Bucs second-year man, wide receiver Mike Evans, is not off to the best start of his short football career.

Hampered by a nasty hamstring in preseason, Evans has been all but invisible — or dropping passes — thus far in the passing game. (more…)

An Xs and Os guru weighs in

The Bucs have done a strong job protecting America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, in recent weeks.

Who could forget J.J. Watt and the Texans, which dumped mobile Blake Bortles three times yesterday, being unable to take down Jameis? (more…)

The sight of Aqib Talib makes Shaun King angry

You want to know a guy who bleeds Buccaneers red? That’s former Bucs quarterback Shaun King, who grew up in St. Pete loving the Bucs, and then realized his dream when he led Tampa Bay to the NFC title game.

King can’t even watch football on a Bucs bye week without getting enraged. (more…)

No wonder Mike Jenkins is smirking

Are the numbers lying this morning?

After yesterday’s slate of NFL games, the Buccaneers own the league’s fifth-ranked defense. (more…)

There is true rage and rancor at JoeBucsFan.com world headquarters this morning. (more…)

Is there a hidden agenda for Jameis to fail?

Joe understands just the mention of “America’s Quarterback,” Bucs signal-caller Jameis Winston, brings out the worst in the blowhard hater crowd.

Never has Joe seen a promising rookie so reviled by so many. (more…)

In these unsettled times of devastating Bucs losses, constant change and growing pains, Joe thought it would be wise to bring back THE OPTIMIST.

THE OPTIMIST is Nick Houllis, a Bucs fan and an accomplished writer whose steadfast allegiance to the Buccaneers goes back to the 1970s. Houllis is the founder, creator and guru of BucStop.com, a place Joe goes to get lost in time via Houllis’ stunning video collection.

THE OPTIMIST will shine that positive light in your eyes. Some will love it. Some won’t. … Of course, THE OPTIMIST’s opinions are his alone and are not influenced by Joe. (more…)

The oozing sore at the Bucs’ cornerback position, hand-picked veteran Tim Jennings, is not Sabby The Goat bad.

Jennings seems to know exactly where to be on the field, explains a great source familiar with the Bucs’ defense. (more…)

The Bucs entered the bye week victorious. Additionally, the Bucs entered the bye week with a home win, which has become about as rare in these parts as a snowplow. (more…)

Can TE Austin Seferian-Jenkins play in a smashmouth offense?

Soon, maybe as soon as Sunday against the Redskins, tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins will return from battling an injured shoulder he suffered in the win over New Orleans.

Joe is wondering how ASJ will fit in? (more…)

The right medicine for struggling defensive playcaller Lovie Smith.

There’s a reason Joe drank so much beer today. Suffering through four quarters of Redskins-Jets football will do that to a man. (more…)

Doug Martin gets loose against Jacksonville. (Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.)

It began in training camp, where Doug Martin ran like a wild man. So much so that Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht was scared by the defensive front and ran out to sign defensive tackle Tony McDaniel. (more…)

Given the bizarre illness of moldy Mike Koenen, the viral mess Lovie Smith cooked up in his Chicago basement during his year out of football, and the Bucs’ devastating pre-Lovie woes with the MRSA, is it any wonder Lovie just sold his suburban Chicago house to an infectious disease professor? (more…)

(Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.)

It’s not a huge surprise that Lovie Smith ripped defensive end George Johnson from the starting lineup and replaced him with true manbeast Will Gholston, who has very little fat on him but still stands 6-6, 280 pounds.

Johnson and fellow defensive end Jacquies Smith were very skinny on the NFL scale for defensive ends. (more…)

Gerald McCoy dishes on “America’s Quarterback.”

Gerald McCoy, who enters the bye week with the most sacks of any defensive tackle in the NFL, hopped on “Movin’ the Chains” co-hosted by Pat Kirwan and Jim Miller last week. (more…)