Go Bears!
January 10th, 2021
So much on the line today for our beloved Buccaneers — and Bucs fans — in New Orleans.
Joe is hoping the Saints get rolled by the Bears for three reasons.
First, a quick and disappointing exit by Drew Brees means he’s probably a sure bet to retire after the season. Joe can’t wait to stop seeing Brees torture the Bucs. Bring on Taysom Hill or America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, to lead New Orleans next season. Joe likes those odds over 16 games, versus having Brees in there.
Second, and most important, a Bears win means the Bucs will face the Rams — at home — next weekend in an NFC “final-four” playoff game.
What a gift that would be for long-suffering, game-attending Bucs fans, and Joe likes the matchup of Tom Brady getting a second look at the Rams’ No. 1-ranked defense.
Yeah, the Rams’ defense is excellent, but in many ways it’s a better matchup for Brady than the Saints’ suffocating crew.
Third, well, that one is a tie. Joe would love to see Jameis watch the Bucs celebrate a playoff win after all his dancing and jawing for the cameras following the Saints beating the Bucs 38-3 two months ago in Tampa. But Joe also be extremely satisfied watching Alvin Kamara, Michael Thomas and Brees share a field for the first time since mid-November today — and lose.
Joe can almost smell how smug the Saints are now because they’re healthy and coming off two blowout wins.
Let’s go Bears!
January 10th, 2021 at 12:34 pm
As much as I would like to have a home game, it would be awesome to go to New Orleans and beat their a$$e$ and retire Drew Brees with a loss. I would not urinate on Sean Peyton if he was on fire.
January 10th, 2021 at 12:35 pm
No way.
There simply is no way the Bears are beating the Saints.
No way.
January 10th, 2021 at 12:37 pm
The last time the Bears played the Saints, it went to overtime before the Saints finally won.
I am hoping for a Bears upset too today.
January 10th, 2021 at 12:39 pm
First off…this year there is no homefield advantage. I do not have stats to back this up…just watching football in empty stadiums…weird at first but now I’m getting used to it…although I haven’t heard play by play guy for most of the season because the Nets have overcompensated for no crowd by laying down absurdly loud crowd noise to make it seem like the good ole days. They have yet to learn how to mix the sound.
Go ahead and hate on me. With all due respect to the Rams who are playing well right now and will give us the same battle as NO…we either bring our A or A+ game or the season ends whether it’s the ‘Aints or the Rams.
A win against the ‘Aints” is a statement game against our most bitter rivals for NFC South Supremacy. I know…I know…just win baby…I want to beat the best so there is NO DOUBT who is the best. I hope we face the ‘Aints and eventually the Chiefs in the SB. I do not want to back in due to the luck of the draw. Yeah I get it…call me as crazy as a Q Anon believer.
January 10th, 2021 at 12:40 pm
It had to be tough for Joe to type jw’s moniker. It’s so wildly irrelevant. But whatevs.
Bears win is better for our advancement. We are off our game against them. We absolutely can beat them, but a broken thumb qb sounds much better.
Goooo Bucs!!!
In BA I Trust!
January 10th, 2021 at 12:40 pm
Them = Saints. Argh
In BA I Trust!
January 10th, 2021 at 12:41 pm
Why ya hatin on Q?
January 10th, 2021 at 12:46 pm
The way the Saints have been knocked out of the playoffs the last few years, the Bears have a chance. Everything seems to work out for a reason. And the Bucs going to the Big Easy to send Brees off into the sunset next week is the way it’s looking. The Bucs owe the Saints for the season and years of abuse. If you wanna be the best, you gotta beat the best.
January 10th, 2021 at 12:47 pm
GO BEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
January 10th, 2021 at 12:48 pm
Brees will light up the Bucs secondary!
January 10th, 2021 at 12:50 pm
If the Saints lose it would ruin my parlay but who cares GO BEARS!
January 10th, 2021 at 12:53 pm
This could be Brees’s last game.
January 10th, 2021 at 12:53 pm
But Joe also be extremely satisfied watching Alvin Kamara, Michael Thomas and Brees share a field for the first time since mid-November today — and lose.
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I like that Joe……. I be satisfied too if that be happening!
January 10th, 2021 at 12:53 pm
There is always one surprise team win
Hope is the bears
January 10th, 2021 at 12:54 pm
And for all of you ” No Way the Bears can beat the Saints” people, you must forget that the Saints needed OT to beat the Bears by 3 earlier this season
January 10th, 2021 at 1:02 pm
Road teams are 2-1 in the playoffs so far this season. Let’s go Bears. Beat the Saints and the Packers. Then lose to the Bucs at Ray J in 2 weeks.
January 10th, 2021 at 1:04 pm
I would prefer the Rams upset the Pack and the Bucs beat the Saints.
What is a Bucs playoff year without Rams vs. Bucs? 1979, 1999… we missed 2019, but 2021 will do.
January 10th, 2021 at 1:06 pm
Buc1987; out of the 1000 posts i’ve read, yours is BY FAR the most accurate. How in the Hell could anybody argue with that? The got a QB that was in the middle of installing mufflers and brakes and he shredded our secondary. Does anybody with an i.q. higher than their age really think “statue” Todd can fix this???????? Our only hope is Brees has a horrible game or our D-Line kicks his a^# back to Bourbon Street. I guess some us have very short memories Saints game 1, and Saints game 2. shredded us both times like fishing in a barrell
January 10th, 2021 at 1:06 pm
Even better Da Bears beat Who dat Saints and send the Pack packing. Bucs beat the Rams then steamroll the Bears all at the Den Of Depression. And last but not least home game for the Superbowl three home games in a row. The Bucs only other Superbowl win it looked like everything was lining up their way. So why not a repeat of that Go Bucs!
January 10th, 2021 at 1:07 pm
Don’t care who we play, home or away. Just glad I have not looked at the 2021 draft class once.
January 10th, 2021 at 1:11 pm
No Roquan Smith + Trubisky starting= Saints win
January 10th, 2021 at 1:15 pm
Is it wrong of me to wish injury on Cam Jordan?
January 10th, 2021 at 1:19 pm
If the Bears beat the Saints and the Rams beat the Packers, we actually have a chance to play the rest of the season out at Ray J
January 10th, 2021 at 1:36 pm
On the one hand I would be happy to see the Bears jump up and knock the Saints down. On the other hand I can’t wait until the next time we play New Orleans.
I want us to to tear them a new rectal passage the very next time we play them. (I mean by “them” the Saints including Drew Brees. I really hope this happens and he does not escape us by retiring first.)
Anyway, Go Bucs! Win now no matter what.
January 10th, 2021 at 1:40 pm
Da bears!
January 10th, 2021 at 1:46 pm
I would much rather play the Rams than the Saints. Jared Goof is terrible, and he has a bum thumb that was operated on with hardware placed, a mere 13 days ago. Their backup QB was taken to the hospital yesterday with a neck injury. Goof was his old goofy self. Yes, their defense is very good, but Aaron Donald was a bit banged up yesterday.
January 10th, 2021 at 1:47 pm
Two Bears wins will result in the Bucs playing at home all the way to and including the super bowl.
I prefer to see a road game win against the Saints and a road game win against the Packers. That will be a legit way to make it to the super bowl.
January 10th, 2021 at 1:50 pm
I’m with you Jimbo. Home for the stretch would be great but, I would love to DRAG the Saints.
January 10th, 2021 at 1:51 pm
So do i have this right? We play either the Saints or Rams next week? No scenario that we play the Packers or Bears next week?
January 10th, 2021 at 1:52 pm
You gotta eat who ever you play, it’s the damn playoffs…win or go home. That said, GO BEARS, I wanna see us at home wearing all pewter to exact revenge on the ailing Rams and then welcome the Bears for the NFC title game!!! We can hope until there’s no hope! Either way gotta win 3 more to accomplish the goal of the year, SUPER BOWL CHAMPS!! Go Bucs!!
January 10th, 2021 at 1:54 pm
Home field is great but stomping the Saints would be really great.
January 10th, 2021 at 1:59 pm
Naples you have turned this into a x-rated post
January 10th, 2021 at 2:00 pm
Of the teams left the Saints are the one that kicked our @ss for 4 quarters. We beat the pack, outplayed the Rams in the second half, should have beaten the bears and even outplayed the chiefs in the second half. The Saints owned is in the first game and then beat us worse in the second.
January 10th, 2021 at 2:05 pm
Saints is the only team I don’t want to see..
January 10th, 2021 at 2:08 pm
there is no team in playoffs that we can’t beat, the all the teams in playoffs can beat us. so no rooting for a specific match…. would love though for TB12 to play in RJ….. so go Bears…. 🙂
January 10th, 2021 at 2:08 pm
Bucsfan81 What!!! We actually have the advantage over the Saints because they beat us twice. Do you know how difficult it is to prepare mentally for a team you’ve beaten twice and drug once?
January 10th, 2021 at 2:09 pm
Conte P,
You are correct and I’ll add that Sean “butthole lips” Payton has our number. He knows how to hurt us.
I hate him.
I wish he was our coach.
January 10th, 2021 at 2:10 pm
win like me joe…
go thru the saints…
then the packers…
then the chiefs…
and then simply adjust your crotch while talking with terry bradshaw at the podium at the trophy ceremony
#WinLikeMen
🙂
January 10th, 2021 at 2:14 pm
adam Verily I say unto thee: the Chiefs will not be there.
January 10th, 2021 at 2:14 pm
If the bucs defense play the way they played last night, any team will beat the bucs. The front 4 needs to put up pressure on the opposing QB. Last night, the front four does not have the power and energy.
January 10th, 2021 at 2:20 pm
W
January 10th, 2021 at 2:21 pm
Let’s go bears but I’ve always thought since that second saints game that for us to reach a super bowl, we are going to have to beat them and go through New Orleans. Similar to how we had to beat Philadelphia in the 2002 season to finally beat them. Let’s see what happens but Bucs may get their shot to send brees into retirement and end the reign of terror on the nfc south.
January 10th, 2021 at 2:22 pm
We can lose to anyone….anywhere…..We can beat anyone…….anywhere
January 10th, 2021 at 2:26 pm
123 I don’t agree. They applied good pressure but the qb kept escaping which he would not have done if 45 was there
January 10th, 2021 at 2:26 pm
I want us to play the Saints and beat the hell out of them like we beat the hell out of Philly. We have to get the Saints’ monkey off our backs just like we had to get rid of the Philly monkey.
Besides, if we win the Super Bowl without beating them, they will always think they are better because they beat us soundly, twice.
I’d love it if America’s P grabbing turnover machine played and coughed up a couple of picks.
January 10th, 2021 at 2:28 pm
Sports is all about matchups and we simply don’t match up well against the Saints. I know other Bucs fans would love to get revenge on the Saints, but the easier path to the Super Bowl is if the Bears knock them out of the playoffs.
It also gives us a chance to be THREE HOME WINS AWAY from a 2nd Lombardi.
Bears beat the Saints and upset the Packers (you never know) then we’d get to host next week, the NFC Championship, and of course the Super Bowl at RayJay.
Anyone not rooting for that possibility no matter the odds is crazy.
January 10th, 2021 at 2:29 pm
Richardtyson: yes it is wrong despite the fact that Cam Jordan is a punk a$$ bit¢h. Bad Karma.
January 10th, 2021 at 3:23 pm
@atlBucs:
i just want to go thru the best…
that’s all i’m sayin my brother…
if we play all the sh!tist teams by default and win the superbowl it’s cool…
but to take down the saints, then go into lambeau, and then win the superbowl would be quite a feat
January 10th, 2021 at 3:26 pm
also, the raven have been really heating up the past few weeks
January 10th, 2021 at 3:36 pm
hoping for broke ribs and concussion and covid exposures for our beloved nfc south rivals
January 10th, 2021 at 3:38 pm
if karma is real then the above wishes happen
January 10th, 2021 at 3:40 pm
If the Crows hold on, 3/4 of the visiting teams have won…so far.
January 10th, 2021 at 3:46 pm
Bears haven’t beat the Saints since 2008 and there is no chance it will happen today. Don’t be praying for the weaker opponent. It is only right that they prove they belong in the super bowl or nfc championship by beating the Saints a team they can’t beat. Our 2002 Super Bowl champions beat the teams in front of them like the Eagles who Dungy couldn’t beat
January 10th, 2021 at 3:52 pm
the ravens are hot hot hot !
January 10th, 2021 at 3:53 pm
Hey!! Do you notice that the haters and trolls are silent? This winning streak must me very hard on them. Lets keep them in our prayers.
January 10th, 2021 at 3:56 pm
Pewter Power if the Bears beat the Saints then by your logic they ARE NOT the weaker opponent!! Think man! We are rooting for a home game not a weaker opponent!
January 10th, 2021 at 4:01 pm
IF? There isn’t a bigger if in the 2020 nfl season than the Saints losing to the bears barring some kind of in game injury to like the entire starting offense. Check the injury report, bears don’t have the a few of their best players. Of course I would love a home game but rooting for that means Saints losing but hey miracles do happen so don’t let me ruin your fantasy
January 10th, 2021 at 4:05 pm
I’m just calling out your rooting for a weaker opponent comment…they took the Saints to overtime with Nick Folk…Bears have played way better just to get a chance to be on the playoffs. Hope is alive until it’s not…same way the Bucs are going to the SUPER BOWL until they aren’t!!! Go bears!! GO BUCS!!
January 10th, 2021 at 4:07 pm
Pregame saying Payton is impressed with JW for next year!! Yeah, until a better prospect is available. Who knows though, maybe a new team and some humble pie helps JW be a better QB! Probably not…
January 10th, 2021 at 4:08 pm
**Correction Nick Foles…
January 10th, 2021 at 4:09 pm
Go Bucs!
And let’s see the Bears put the heat on Brees and Hill!
January 10th, 2021 at 4:11 pm
It’s all good my friend but Bears are not the same team as they were when they beat us and what they did when folk was quarterback is irrelevant seeing how he got benched and tribuisky is in a quarterback. Nothing about his history says he can go into the Saints stadium and pull off the upset of the year without a corner back and middle linebacker and one of their best receivers but hey go bears lol
January 10th, 2021 at 4:15 pm
One of these QB’s is playing their last game for their respective team.
January 10th, 2021 at 4:17 pm
We should be able to go into New Orleans and beat the Saints if we are a good team.
January 10th, 2021 at 4:17 pm
Pewter, agree to sorta disagree…we’ll see in the next 30 minutes or so how it goes!! Underdog story of the year or Saints doing what the Saints do…time will tell.
BUCS GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL, until they aren’t! GO BUCS!!
January 10th, 2021 at 4:18 pm
Mitch Blowfitsky kinda sucks 🙂
January 10th, 2021 at 4:20 pm
Game time baby
January 10th, 2021 at 4:23 pm
if i’m correct, the ravens lost both regular season games to the titans…
now ravens go in their house and beat them…
it’s just not that easy to beat a good team 3 times in one season…
and we qualify as a very good team…
gimme them freakin’ saints…
i want that game 🙂
January 10th, 2021 at 4:24 pm
itchy blowfitski
January 10th, 2021 at 4:26 pm
PUT ALL YOUR MONEY ON THE BEARS!!!!
TRUST ME!!!!! then thank me later 🙂
January 10th, 2021 at 4:26 pm
Da……Bears!!!!
January 10th, 2021 at 4:28 pm
Khalil Mack is ready to eat some ribs! Go Bears!
January 10th, 2021 at 4:32 pm
Adam Lamar did look great today. Basically unstoppable. But Im holding off on the Ravens til i see when Lamar really gets tested.
Call it the Mike Vick effect. At times he played and looked like a superhero……And then he would run into a defense that could take away his legs and match his speed(im talking about the Bucs Tampa2 Defense)……And that was a whole nother story for Vick. When he ran into a great Defense he was not very effective inside thd pocket.
If Jackson can go up against a really great D and find a way to win it with his arm then I’ll really be impressed. Ill be rooting for him. He is a ton of fun to watch.
January 10th, 2021 at 4:37 pm
joe……….don’t you get tired of digging my comments out of moderation Every Day for the past three months? Especially when I did nothing wrong to be put in the corner in the first place.
January 10th, 2021 at 4:38 pm
I suppose a lot of you avoided the school bully by hiding on the playground. No, the Bucs need to go to New Orleans and stick up for themselves after the last game with the Saints.
January 10th, 2021 at 4:43 pm
1987
EVERYBODY lights up the Bucs secondary..! AAFL math students even…
January 10th, 2021 at 4:50 pm
Joe, you bluster and blow about us being wimps…WHAT THE HELL DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH ANYTHING?!?!?! If the Bears beat the Saints then they are “the bully”!!! So don’t b!tch at us for wanting a home game when it has nothing to do with any of us being a man!!
BUCS GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL, until they ain’t! BEARS GIVING US A HIME GAME, until they don’t! GO BUCS!!
January 10th, 2021 at 4:56 pm
The only question I have is if Jameis will “eat a W” after the Saints beat the Bears, after he spent all/much of the game on the sideline with his thumb up his a$$.
January 10th, 2021 at 5:02 pm
Ole Noodle arm can still pick apart a defense with ease.
We’re gonna have to score at least 35 to beat the Saints. Quite the tall order.
January 10th, 2021 at 5:02 pm
Don’t matter who we play. If we are tryin to get to the SB, we are gonna have to beat a couple of really good teams anyway. No fakin when you get to this stage. Its ball out or take your rear end home baby.l
January 10th, 2021 at 5:05 pm
@adam in ny-
I believe they only played once earlier this season, when the Titans won. However the Titans also beat them last year in the playoffs.
Agreed that it’s hard to beat the same team 3x in a row, but the Saints have done that to us quite a bit over the seasons. I mean that Sunday night game this year was downright pathetic… at least we put up a fight during Week 1.
The good news is our offense is playing much better now overall. Our defense? Eh, not so much.
January 10th, 2021 at 5:15 pm
watching Bears and Saints playing, their defenses are so much better than ours. LOL
January 10th, 2021 at 5:17 pm
Y’all on crack if you think the bears have a shot. The Saints already won . what’s a matta yous scared of my Saints??
January 10th, 2021 at 5:21 pm
Mike Johnson. Wrong again. You have not will not can not beat the Saints.
January 10th, 2021 at 5:32 pm
How the hell did 83 drop that TD pass. It went right through the breadbasket and it was almost impossible to drop that! We would have a tie game. Lutz just missed a FG. Trubisky is the Jay Miss of his draft. Goff is the Jay Miss of his draft. Unless of course they came out the same year.
January 10th, 2021 at 5:33 pm
How the hell did 83 drop that TD pass. It went right through the breadbasket and it was almost impossible to drop that! We would have a tie game. Lutz just missed a FG. Trubisky is the Jay Miss of his draft. Goff is the Jay Miss of his draft. Unless of course they came out the same year.
January 10th, 2021 at 5:33 pm
If the Bucs are truly a great team then they have to win against whoever they play. The familiarity the Bucs have with the Saints in a third game is that they know each other’s strengths and weakness.
The Saints have little respect for the Bucs and after the MNF loss the Bucs need to stand up to the bullies.
January 10th, 2021 at 5:41 pm
that personal foul on Kmet was a bullspit call!
January 10th, 2021 at 5:46 pm
Hilarious to see haters change their handle and post a bunch of nonsense. It’s funny that they can’t keep their same name bc they know they are full of so much nonsense that their comments are laughable. Lol
January 10th, 2021 at 5:46 pm
Saints aren’t beating Bears.. Bears beating Bears.
January 10th, 2021 at 5:52 pm
Bears d looks good.
January 10th, 2021 at 6:03 pm
JOE!!!!
This needs to be cleared by the Buccaneers and the NFL
They were just talking about Kamara not missing a beat while out on the Covid protocol because he was a part of all meetings and video conferencing and film watching remotely.
Um…. didn’t Arians say they had no idea what was up with Ronald Jones for two weeks because they were prohibited from speaking to him?
January 10th, 2021 at 6:04 pm
Jmarkbuc… that’s how the Bears offense rolls.
January 10th, 2021 at 6:04 pm
Bears D pretty good. Bucs D pretty bad we will probably need to score 50 points to beat the saints.
January 10th, 2021 at 6:05 pm
Watch the Bears:
this is the only way to beat Brees and Rogers-
Consistent quick pressure while covering the receivers tight.
January 10th, 2021 at 6:07 pm
Those crappy, no chance Bears are holding the mighty Saints to 7
January 10th, 2021 at 6:08 pm
If Wims catching the damn wide open pass Bears are ahead
January 10th, 2021 at 6:10 pm
Simmer down 81, it is not all that bad.
January 10th, 2021 at 6:11 pm
Talk about going turtle?!?! WOW
January 10th, 2021 at 6:12 pm
Bears should be winning this game.
January 10th, 2021 at 6:12 pm
My god the Bears offense is downright embarrassing.
January 10th, 2021 at 6:14 pm
David is right.
Pay attention Todd Bowles!
January 10th, 2021 at 6:15 pm
That was a slap in the face to your D if you’re the Bears. They just busted their ass to stop the Saints and give the O the ball to try and score before the half WITH 2 TOS in their pocket and they freaking run the damn ball and just give it right back! WHAT A DISRESPECTFUL SERIES TO YOUR DEFENSE!!!!
January 10th, 2021 at 6:18 pm
Soooooooo
The Bears are missing THREEEEEEE starters in their secondary and have held the Saints to 7 FLIPPIN’ Points in the first HALF?????????
January 10th, 2021 at 6:21 pm
Looks like anyone can beat the aints the way they are playing…. they do like to choke in the playoffs
January 10th, 2021 at 6:37 pm
The Bears are a bunch of idiots, they aren’t winning this game.
January 10th, 2021 at 6:42 pm
It doesn’t matter who we play, our secondary is going to be the main struggle. Only way to help them is getting pressure with 4 or blitz and play pressure man. But even if we blitz they have to get home and make the QB rush. The Bucs always make backup QB’s look like superstars and made Brees look like the greatest ever that second game. So if we wanna beat the Saints bench SMB and hit Brees early and often.
January 10th, 2021 at 6:47 pm
You know, all the b!thing and moaning about how horrible the Bucs did against a lesser opponent. Here are the Saints not doing so hot against a lesser opponent!
January 10th, 2021 at 6:49 pm
damn Bears killed themselves on that drive.
January 10th, 2021 at 6:53 pm
Would have loved a better replay angle on that TE catch that set up the 4th Down conversion. But I figured we wouldn’t get one because NFL seems to want the Saints to win. Getting lots of the big calls as usual. Only the Bucs don’t get these calls. For those that followed Brady with the Patriots, we were used to seeing that. Look no further than the God awful Chiefs-Pats game last year. Jerome Boglar’s crew was atrocious.
January 10th, 2021 at 6:55 pm
How did we lose to the Bears again? They look horrible on Offense, but then again our Def could barely stop a 3rd string QB
January 10th, 2021 at 6:58 pm
Nagy is terrible. Trubisky catches a lot of flack but honestly how do you know if he’s any good or not in that system. That run on first down for 1 yard looks familiar.
January 10th, 2021 at 7:04 pm
i don’t fear saint as players go, but…..their coaching beat us no mater where we play…… they may have the best coaching on these playoffs……and we have the worst…..
January 10th, 2021 at 7:06 pm
So this has become like a live thread for the game….
Hilarious.
January 10th, 2021 at 7:07 pm
Bring on the Saints next week!!
January 10th, 2021 at 7:07 pm
This reminds me of a Dungy Buccaneer playoff game…🙄
January 10th, 2021 at 7:08 pm
Naples are you watching the same game? Defense wins championships and they have completely shut the bears down and they have no hope and no life. The defense is dominating. An offense is not going to dominate anyone for a full season and into the playoffs. This win was never in doubt even before it started
January 10th, 2021 at 7:08 pm
Going be the saints fellas. Let’s hope 3 rd times a charm.
Dam D better come correct!!
This Bucs team needs to play mad come out and make a statement!
January 10th, 2021 at 7:09 pm
Trubisky is easily a bottom 10 starting QB
January 10th, 2021 at 7:11 pm
Check out riggosrag.com, seems to be the JBF of the redskins.
They give their defense, I.e. Chase Young the mouth a game grade of “F” , lol
January 10th, 2021 at 7:15 pm
Refs are going to make sure Brees gets to the big game.
January 10th, 2021 at 7:15 pm
Bears are done. Put a fork in them. Bucs vs Packers on the frozen tundra. Bears are a total disappointment.
January 10th, 2021 at 7:15 pm
“There is no one in the NFL that knows more about the Bucs weaknesses than
Saints DC Dennis Allen and Poster Kobe Faker”
Kobe Faker
January 10th, 2021 at 7:18 pm
The Bears are morons who shouldn’t have even been in the playoffs, they backdoored their way in because the Cardinals feel apart. They are the best advertisement for why there should only be 12 teams in the playoffs, and not 14.
January 10th, 2021 at 7:19 pm
Bucforever we play the saints. Rams won. Rams are lowest seed. Lowest plays highest. Highest is green bay. Rams play green bay. We play saints.
January 10th, 2021 at 7:22 pm
I hope the Bucs players and most certainly the coaches remember the Saints. Dancing in our locker rooms. Big sign of disrespect. I hope they remember that feeling. It’s time to go punch Sean Payton in his mouth and take his lunch money…
January 10th, 2021 at 7:22 pm
The 2002 Bucs had to overcome the Eagles, who beat them in the previous 2 playoffs and who beat the Bucs during the 2002 regular season.
But that 2002 Bucs had the NFL’s best pass defense ever, and arguably THE best defense ever. They were playing lights out football…
Is this 2020 Bucs offense the equal of that defense? Hell no.
But you don’t always need to be an all-time great something to get it done, you just need to be an all-time great to destroy teams like that 2002 Bucs did. The 1999 St Louis Scams played the NFL’s easiest schedule that year and had the refs hand them that NFC championship against the Bucs – they lucked/bought their way into a SB. In any case they still got a ring.
I don’t care how the Bucs get there and win it, I don’t care if everyone on the Saints has COVID and they have to sign high school kids to fill out the roster, I just care about winning.
January 10th, 2021 at 7:23 pm
Buc4evr we will play NO. LAR are the 6 seed, so they will be going to GB.
January 10th, 2021 at 7:26 pm
that blown touchdown catch by #83 in the first half on that mitch blofitsky perfect bomb was a ridiculously perfectly thrown ball…
bears don’t deserve to win because they haven’t taken advantage of a single opportunity in this game…
da bears sugg!
January 10th, 2021 at 7:28 pm
Alvin, that is an insult to at least 6 other QBs. Mitch is comically inept, and a bottom 3 QB. Give me Dalton, Lock, either Philly QB or Heineicke over him. He’s only ahead (?) of Darnold and whoever starts for jax this year (but not Trevor Lawrence). Pitiful
January 10th, 2021 at 7:28 pm
Sean Payton will bring out the broom in the locker next weekend if Saints beat Bucs. no class. Cameron Jordan before season said Bucs will be playing for 2nd place in division.Arrogant. Start game in hurry up offense and pour it on. no safe lead.
January 10th, 2021 at 7:29 pm
This reminds me of going up to Philly back in 2002. We weren’t supposed to have a chance, they had our number yada, yada, yada. Screw the Saints!!! Matchup my ass, we’ll smoke their smug asses regardless. We’ll have White back, and rested with an extra day off. I like our chances against ANY team left!
January 10th, 2021 at 7:29 pm
Boring.
January 10th, 2021 at 7:29 pm
Devin White better be ready to go and Bowles must dial up the pressure on every down. Then we must pray the Saints playoff curse shows up for us this time.
January 10th, 2021 at 7:30 pm
Tampa at New Orleans. It will be all about the lines- offense and defense.
I believe our O line is good enough and have been playing great so should be able to put up points.
The D line has to get consistent pressure with the DBs playing tighter. If they don’t get pressure and sit back in zone Brees will pick them apart and it’ll be a shoot out. They have to get pressure and play tighter coverage.
January 10th, 2021 at 7:31 pm
Anyone else think the Rams can beat the packers? I sure do! If TB12 goes full F-you mode vs the saints, we’re in business baby!
January 10th, 2021 at 7:34 pm
Da Bears suck
January 10th, 2021 at 7:37 pm
Rod Munch Says:
“2002 Bucs had the NFL’s best pass defense ever, and arguably THE best defense ever. They were playing lights out football…
Is this 2020 Bucs offense the equal of that defense?”
Consider this: 2002. 2020. Same numbers, different order. Irony 😉
January 10th, 2021 at 7:40 pm
Stpetebucsfan Says
First off…this year there is no homefield advantage.
Technically, in the record books, there will be if we go. And besides, they plan to let more fans in for the Superbowl.
January 10th, 2021 at 7:42 pm
We can beat the Saints if Bowles is interested in a game plan that involves covering Kamara out in the flat and their tight end, something he hasn’t tried to do since he became the coordinator of the Bucs.
January 10th, 2021 at 7:42 pm
man these bears are just scrubzzzzzzz
January 10th, 2021 at 7:42 pm
LeighRoy
Yes, I think the Rams can beat the Packers. We showed that if you get to Rogers, hit him and pressure him, he gets rattled. The Rams are very capable of doing that
January 10th, 2021 at 7:43 pm
Don’t be such a wuss Joe. Bring on the bully.
January 10th, 2021 at 7:44 pm
Bucs did have 3rd highest attendance % this year! That will never be replicated…. 😂
January 10th, 2021 at 7:45 pm
Bring on the Saints I say!
There is not a single team in the league I would like to beat down more than the Saints! I wanna leave Drew Brees and Taysom Hill laying in a pool of their own tears next Sunday.
If I was Arians, I would have that Sunday night game on a continuous loop for the next week. I wanna see the Bucs (especially the defense) play angry!
January 10th, 2021 at 7:47 pm
The Bucs will win based on the offense, period. The defense isn’t that good and Brees isn’t going to suddenly forget how to destroy Bowles gameplan. The question is if the offense, which is hot, is going to show up or not. They’re going to need another 30+ point game if the Bucs have a chance at winning – if they don’t go into the game believing that, if they think they can hold the Saints offense to 17 points, then they’re morons that don’t deserve to be there.
But I’ve heard it said before, the Saints are the bullies, they’ve beat up on the Bucs for years now — now the Bucs need to punch them in their mouths and make them bleed.
Will that happen? I have no idea, but they’d be advised to show up with some hidden brass knuckles, maybe jump them from behind on the way to the stadium.
January 10th, 2021 at 7:48 pm
If I see zone instead of man coverage against the Saints, Bowles has to go.
January 10th, 2021 at 7:52 pm
@spicoli, yep, I had a brain fart. LoL. I think after watching the bears defense today, the Bucs need to study how they slowed Brees down. I think our Oline has gotten a lot better as the season progressed and the Saints are going to have a tough time stopping Brady. I’m not very confident about our secondary however.
January 10th, 2021 at 7:52 pm
6:40pm EST next Sunday
Extra day of rest at least
January 10th, 2021 at 7:53 pm
Bowles has to go no mater what…..he made Washington offence yesterday, look like ….. well…. ours, and that offence is one of the worst in nfl……
the problem is that the only way for hin to go is a HC job somewhere….lets hope
January 10th, 2021 at 7:55 pm
Time to put up or shut up !! Get down or lay down !!! No excuses superbowl or bust !!! Go Bucs !!!
January 10th, 2021 at 7:59 pm
Any chance we can hire billichek on as an advisor
January 10th, 2021 at 8:09 pm
The Buccaneers need one more pass rusher and one more corner back. Everyone keeps saying they want to put Bowles head on a platter. He’s not out there not executing. Between Bunting and Dean, one of them needed to step up and they rarely have. Between JPP and Barrett, one of them needed a lot more consistent pressure yesterday.
I hope Bowles and BL do not go anywhere. They are both good young coaches, with another year under their belt, next year is going to be even better
January 10th, 2021 at 8:12 pm
And Winfield and whitehead can be a good duo at safety, but they aren’t yet. Everyone keeps talking about how great Winfield is but they have both let a lot of guys get over the top of them this year. Bowles can call the right play 90% of the time but if you only execute half the time this is what happens.
Tyler coverage and more pressure next week. Go BUCS!
January 10th, 2021 at 8:14 pm
Well a Aints remach it is…. Get em this time Bucs..
January 10th, 2021 at 8:14 pm
Statistically the Buc’s defense was top ten this year (8 in pts/6 in yds) so please stop saying that this defense “sucks.” If Bowles would quit with the “soft zone” coverage and get back to a more aggressive press scheme then we could see more three and outs. I honestly don’t believe he’s getting the most out of his personnel.
January 10th, 2021 at 8:19 pm
I don’t mind playing the Saints. We should operate on pure pride because there’s no way that the Saints beat us down for a third time in one season. We should be amped!! Go Bucs!!
January 10th, 2021 at 8:19 pm
IrishTony – This defense doesn’t suck, it’s just not good. The 2002 Bucs defense didn’t go into the playoffs thinking the offense would do their fair share – no, the Bucs defense went into the playoffs thinking they were going to have to win the game. At the end of the playoffs the defense had allowed 31 points against in 3 games, all vs top 8 offenses – meanwhile the defense also scored 28 points. The offense MUST go into these next games assuming they’re going to need score on every possession to keep pace. If the defense can do their job, then great, but you shouldn’t plan on it.
January 10th, 2021 at 8:20 pm
Fvck yes!!!
January 10th, 2021 at 8:22 pm
Sunday 6:40 on Fox.
January 10th, 2021 at 8:24 pm
The Saints looked mediocre offensively. My concern is that Bowles is going to look at this game (based on Brees-Payton’s propensity to dink/dunk and depend on YAC) and think we can play zone the entire game which plays into their hands.They could stymie this offense if they’d use their personnel correctly.
January 10th, 2021 at 8:25 pm
MJ Stewart with a INT. Starting for a solid browns defense. Sure could use him right now…….
January 10th, 2021 at 8:29 pm
So MJ Stewart was a bust here… but Ballin’ in CLE?
Maybe it’s NOT the talent but the scheme/coaching.
January 10th, 2021 at 8:30 pm
MJ Stewart with the pick on Big Ben that dude was useless as a Buc We need experienced Free Agency corners going forward we are vulnerable in our secondary thx to SMB and Dean
January 10th, 2021 at 8:31 pm
Surely Bowles remembers the last Saints game..,, and will not play that soft zone BS.
If he had time to think about it between interviews.
January 10th, 2021 at 8:33 pm
@Rod Munch
Agreed about the 2002 defense but that d line was better than this one (although they had fewer sacks that year) but the back end was phenomenal (much better than this one). The 2002 linebackers like Brooks and Quarles were much better than White and David in pass coverage. The team had over 100 pass breakups between the CB’s, LB”s, and safeties. This team has 70. The Saints have like 85.
January 10th, 2021 at 8:36 pm
we need a brand new game plan to beat the saints, that zone defense with Michael Thomas and Cook we gonna get gashed over and over
January 10th, 2021 at 8:41 pm
sunday at 6:40 joe. nfl released sched
January 10th, 2021 at 8:43 pm
Rotflmao….
Cleveland putting it to the Stillers..😂
January 10th, 2021 at 8:44 pm
Holy frickin Cleveland
January 10th, 2021 at 8:47 pm
Joe
Any word on Cappa?
January 10th, 2021 at 8:48 pm
How can anyone root for Tom Brady. Multiple time cheater. Also cheated on bridgett
January 10th, 2021 at 8:50 pm
Looks like visiting teams are going 4 and 2 this weekend!
January 10th, 2021 at 8:52 pm
CLE. Rolling.
And there coach is at home in the basement?
January 10th, 2021 at 8:57 pm
Joe!
Can you please just ban “Brady is a cheater?” He’s nothing but a troll trying to antagonize people
January 10th, 2021 at 8:59 pm
I want to see Tampa start this way against the Saints. (Browns v Steelers)
Running the ball, getting turnovers, just put the Saints in shock early!
January 10th, 2021 at 9:16 pm
@David
100%
January 10th, 2021 at 9:19 pm
David. Poor kid . get the Saints and I out of your head.
January 10th, 2021 at 9:39 pm
Joe is not Big Tech. Joe welcomes if not encourages diverse opinions. Unlike Big Tech, Joe doesn’t talk out of both sides of his mouth.
Besides, Joe doesn’t ban people. People ban themselves. Think about it.
January 10th, 2021 at 9:39 pm
Arians said last night fracture.
January 10th, 2021 at 9:48 pm
Joe reserves the right to put people in the cooler on the site he runs, no?
And he does so…
Both sides of the mouth.. indeed.
January 10th, 2021 at 10:24 pm
“Joe is not Big Tech. Joe welcomes if not encourages diverse opinions. Unlike Big Tech, Joe doesn’t talk out of both sides of his mouth.
Besides, Joe doesn’t ban people. People ban themselves. Think about it.”
Joe is a great American.
January 10th, 2021 at 10:25 pm
Sure the underdogs win everywhere except in New Orleans. It’s a Bucs life!
January 10th, 2021 at 10:40 pm
MJ Stewart back to doing his best Ryan Smith impression… two TDs in a row against now…
January 10th, 2021 at 10:55 pm
There’s diverse opinions then there’s idiocy Joe…,,,
January 10th, 2021 at 11:05 pm
I believe in free speech and diversity and all that stuff, but when people say things that I disagree with they need to be punished – we can’t just have anyone thinking and saying anything. Words hurt, thus people must be reeducated to believe exactly what I believe, and anyone that thinks otherwise needs to be silenced.
Anywho, back to football, the Steelers were idiots for not going for it on 4th down. If you disagree with me, then you’re a fascist and need to be eliminated from the internet, and society.
January 11th, 2021 at 12:38 am
Bucs > Saints on talent alone (albeit only slightly)
Saints >> Bucs in the coaching department
No reason to think the Saints won’t blow the Bucs out again. This one could get so ugly, they might have to call it by halftime.
January 11th, 2021 at 5:39 am
Well, DalvinCookRules takes over the lead for asinine comment of the year (see above).
January 11th, 2021 at 8:22 am
We match up better with the Rams, then we do with the Saints.
January 11th, 2021 at 10:00 am
Joe is not Big Tech. Joe welcomes if not encourages diverse opinions. Unlike Big Tech, Joe doesn’t talk out of both sides of his mouth.
Besides, Joe doesn’t ban people. People ban themselves. Think about it.
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But….Does Joe encourage fascist insurrection against the government of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, like those Big Tech is finally shutting down?
January 11th, 2021 at 1:21 pm
jb – you get him comrade! We can’t have these fascists with different opinions out saying things we don’t agree with! Down with the fascist dogs – they must be eliminated – long live the Soviet Union!