Three weeks ago, Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles had a finite assessment of the team’s performance when they were drubbed at home by the Lions. (more…)

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

Prior to the galling loss at Houston, the Bucs had one of the best defenses in the league as far as keeping opponents off the scoreboard. (more…)

A delicious plate of Hooters wings and their great salads, sandwiches and shrimp make for a heck of a lunch or dinner! Get it done! Locations are across the Bay area and online ordering is always easy from Joe’s great friends.

Bucs cornerbacks after playing zone.

This is just mind-boggling to Joe on a couple of levels and it’s a bad look for the man running the Bucs defense. (more…)

Praised internally.

The Buccaneers have the worst rushing attack since the 2013 Ravens, but it is getting slightly better.

A man who is perhaps the greatest Bucs insider has some of the in-house details. (more…)

No sacks, no playoffs?

Joe has been harping about this, kvetching about this, hollering about this, stomping feet about this for years and years. (more…)

“Mike, I got a different definition of ‘involved,’ too.”

A couple of thoughts on the Bucs offense from Todd Bowles yesterday had Joe nodding in approval — and completely perplexed. (more…)

Strong receiving numbers.

Earlier this season, Joe began referring to Bucs running back Rachaad White as a misplaced slot receiver. Joe was being half-sarcastic because White sure isn’t a dangerous NFL running back. (more…)

Promotion.

Joe wrote this Sunday night and will type it again. (more…)

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

Joe knows that some Bucs fans were aggravated on top of their anger that the Bucs lost to Houston because they believe head coach Todd Bowles blew the game. (more…)

Todd Bowles

In the Bucs’ locker room, Todd Bowles sure seems respected if not liked. So did the horrible defensive play last Sunday kill the head coaching career of the team’s respected head coach? (more…)

Some Bucs fans might not understand why fans like Joe rail about the Tampa Bay rushing attack to such a strong degree. (more…)

Benched Bucs safety Ryan Neal only played 20 snaps on Sunday in the Houston Horror.

He made his mark (stain?) in the game, but overall he largely yielded his position to veteran Dee Delaney. (more…)

Rookie edge rusher YaYa Diaby talks pain.

Joe loves some of the optimism pulsating through a sect of Bucs fans, not the typical war mongers prone to comment on this site. (more…)

Wanted time, not a timeout.

Maybe it is just Joe, but the blowback Bucs coach Todd Bowles is getting after saving 10 seconds of clock on Tampa Bay’s final drive Sunday is over the top. (more…)

The mirage of practice.

Joe remembers a story that former Bucs commander Greg Schiano told about practice and games. (more…)

Kyle Trask insight.

Bucs fans are angry and Joe cannot blame them the way the defense shat all over itself like it did Sunday in Houston. (more…)

“Hi Todd!”

Joe might have to nurse a bottle of Big Storm Distillary’s Coyote Ugly bourbon to wash away the memory of Sunday’s shatfest in Houston. (more…)

Joe didn’t expect the Bucs to be mentally weak yesterday in Houston.

But that was the picture head coach Todd Bowles painted during a TV appearance today. (more…)

Handicappers will tell you quickly that rest is usually a team’s best friend, especially if the team has more rest entering a game than its opponent.

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