This will not be a week remembered for high-level thinking at One Buc Palace. (more…)

If you’re not sure what kind of team the Bucs are, what their identity is, head coach Todd Bowles has a clear answer for you. (more…)

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BSPN: Bucs should be sellers.

The Bucs have no run game. The passing game is, well, certainly not good enough to make up for an inept running game. (more…)

Titans RB Derrick Henry.

Are the Bucs serious about making a playoff run, and perhaps winning a game or two (or more?) in the postseason? Joe will know the answer to that question by late this afternoon. (more…)

Smelly last three games.

Joe remembers a few weeks ago someone brought up to Bucs coach Todd Bowles that Ryan Neal isn’t playing all that great. (more…)

Buds coach Todd Bowles

This here Joe has maintained on the “Ira Kaufman Podcast” that the Bucs defense is not the problem with the team. For the most part, the Bucs defense is holding opponents to scores that should not be insurmountable for a decent NFL offense. (more…)

Cornerback Carlton Davis.

A not-so-nice distraction from Devin White’s 14-game sackless streak is Jamel Dean’s 20-game run without an interception — while fellow cornerback Carlton Davis hasn’t grabbed a pick in his last seven games. (more…)

Bucs right tackle Luke Goedeke opens up.

Joe’s not sure how this happens through a full game unless coaches aren’t picking up on it, or they don’t know how to adjust. (more…)

Todd Bowles defends.

Joe knows these people lurk. (more…)

“Make us an offer.”

For Bucs fans who want the team to bite the bullet and trade for a running back (or a pass rusher?) as well as fans who want the Bucs to start stockpiling draft picks in order to draft a quarterback in April, Bucs coach Todd Bowles has depressing words for you. (more…)

Points > takeaways.

Long-time readers of JoeBucsFan.com know Joe winces and gets very frustrated upon hearing coaches place so much weight on takeaways. (more…)

Signed today.

Joe knows some Bucs fans, fully and justly frustrated by the league’s second-worst ground game, thought maybe, just maybe, Playoff Lenny could return to Tampa Bay. (more…)

Demands change.

If the NFL wants fans to believe it is a credible organization and not one to bend the rules for favored teams, an influential stenographer of the game bangs his shoe on his desk and implores the league to change its ways no later than the kickoff to the 2024 season. (more…)

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Face of NFL Network, Rich Eisen.

On gameday mornings and during the NFL combine and draft, Rich Eisen is the face of NFL Network. (more…)

Helping those who need it.

It was reaching to the point where Joe thought a doctor prescribed Joe crazy pills and just didn’t tip Joe off. (more…)

Is he available or not?

Joe isn’t sure about jumping into the deep end of the pool. (more…)

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

Losing three games in a row has turned the Bucs from a possible playoff team to one standing in line outside the restaurant waiting for a table to open. (more…)

“Complacent” – marked by self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies : marked by complacency : SELF-SATISFIED. (more…)