How cold is too cold for football?

So when many teams, not just the Bucs, first learn they are playing a mid-December game in Green Bay, there is one word that springs to mind. (more…)

Critique from NFL source.

Baker Mayfield is not “sustainable.” That’s what one coach/suit has to say about the Bucs’ starting quarterback. (more…)

Strong message.

For Bucs fans hoping offensive coordinator Dave Canales may see the light and start using his superior weapons in the pass game more, rather than pounding the ball between the tackles hoping Rachaad White turns into Marshawn Lynch, Canales had a simple yet strong statement. (more…)

Returns to practice.

The Bucs are on a two-game winning streak. And the Bucs have put this together without the services of former No. 5 overall pick Devin White at inside linebacker. So Joe isn’t sure if the following is good news or not. (more…)

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BY IRA KAUFMAN

He’s not going to win the award, but Baker Mayfield remains a compelling candidate as the NFL’s Comeback Player of the Year.

Although quarterbacks have won the honor in each of the past five seasons, there’s a safety in Buffalo who is the overwhelming favorite to end that streak. Damar Hamlin, who suffered cardiac arrest on the field in January and was hospitalized for nine days after being resuscitated, has played three games for the Bills this season.

Hamlin figures to win the award going away and Mayfield’s odds are currently listed at 30-1. Other names in the mix include Tua Tagovailoa and Joe Flacco, but Mayfield has his own convincing story to tell through 13 games. (more…)

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Todd Bowles is in his 13th NFL season as a head coach, defensive coordinator or a key leader within a defense.

Sadly, his 2023 unit is the worst Bowles has had in one critical category. (more…)

Talkin’ Packers receivers.

In the mind of Todd Bowles, the Bucs have had a good history playing in Green Bay. (more…)

Attention film junkies. (more…)

Deven Thompkins (left) talks to Trey Palmer at practice.

Joe is a production guy. Produce. Let’s see it on paper, as well via the eye test. (more…)

Irresponsible use.

Joe tried, really. But the honeymoon is over. (more…)

Is Todd Bowles a quarterback whisperer?

He didn’t whisper much to Tom Brady last season. (more…)

Bucs running back Rachaad White is fired up to hit the 1,000-yard rushing mark this season. He even told a national audience about it this week. (more…)

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

The Bucs are 6-7 with four games to play, including two against very tough teams the next two weeks. (more…)

A comment from Todd Bowles this week had an express-route tie to something voiced by Buccaneers legend Rondé Barber six weeks ago.

And it’s something that must be fixed. (more…)

Bucs edge rusher Markees Watts. (Photo courtesy Buccaneers.com.)

In the first, oh, 11 games, when the Bucs played rookie outside linebacker YaYa Diaby, things happened. (more…)

What’s up?

So Devin White has missed the last two games with a bum foot and was not seen at the Dixie Chicks’ nest last Sunday. Internationally popular JoeBucsFan.com columnist Ira Kaufman has heard surprising if not unpleasant things related to the veteran Bucs linebacker — which Ira discussed in one of his recent podcasts. (more…)