No rest, no way.

It was 30-6 after three quarters. It was a blowout. Time to pull some starters to prevent injuries and give backups a dozen or so quality snaps, right? (more…)

Step aside.

It took five starts, just five starts. And the Bucs have a new sacks leader. (more…)

Team Glazer is left to ponder the question facing most Bucs fans: “How good are we?”

When your team wins four in a row in December, you’ve earned the right to ask the question without someone throwing a rotten tomato in your direction. (more…)

What problem?

So was Devin White healthy last week and didn’t want to play or was he not healthy and couldn’t play. Bucs fans may never know for sure. (more…)

Bucs GM Jason Licht.

Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht had a pump-the-brakes message on Baker Mayfield today. (more…)

Monster game.

Say it with Joe, all together now: Antoine Winfield is a gamewrecker. (more…)

Admit it, you’re pissed that you didn’t ask Santa for Buccaneers gear when you sent that letter off to the North Pole four weeks ago. (more…)

Detained.

Yes, this is Joe’s sad Christmas Eve tradition. But it is an otherwise hopeful Christmas, as Santa has allowed the Bucs to still be oh so close to a division title. (more…)

Strong return.

Most Bucs fans were like Joe: They had given up on Devin White because it appeared White had given up on the Bucs. (more…)

Interesting comment from head coach Todd Bowles after today’s seal-clubbing of the Jaguars at The Licht House. (more…)

“Blaine, somebody coached up Baker.”

Like many Bucs fans, one Joe at JoeBucsFan.com world headquarters thinks it blasphemy to say Baker Mayfield has been an upgrade from Tom Brady this season.

The Joe typing here thinks Brady is a big boy and can handle the truth. (more…)

So how much might Mike Evans, the greatest receiver in Buccaneers history, command in free agency next season?

After today’s big day, Evans is not just having a strong season, the future Hall of Famer has been elite all year long. (more…)

With a four-game winning streak after a chain-whipping of the Jaguars today, the Bucs are alone atop the NFC South with a record of 8-7. (more…)

It’s official. The Bucs are a good football team.

Could they be a dominant team?

Joe can’t go that far, but a four-game winning streak in December is stunning by any measurement. And the Bucs are improving steadily through the month, dropping a quality ass-wuppin’ today on a good but sliding Jaguars team. (more…)

Hey, hey Tampa Bay!! Comment all game long below during this critical matchup. Pressure is on the Bucs (7-7). The Falcons upped their record to 7-8, which is where the Saints sit after losing Thursday night.

Be respectful. Stay passionate.

Go Bucs!

The hard truth is that receivers Deven Thompkins and Trey Palmer, the rookie, have combined for a ton of snaps but only 26 receiving yards through the past three Bucs games, all wins. (more…)

Yes, Joe realizes the newspaper in Tampa is a twice-weekly enterprise stuck behind a paywall, and that it caters to casual fans who still like to sit on the toilet with handheld periodicals. (more…)

Bucs OC Dave Canales.

Several fans like Joe think getting the ball to Chris Godwin more in Green Bay was the catalyst to one of the best offensive outputs of the season for the Bucs. (more…)

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

One reason Todd Bowles is always obsessed with stopping the run is that he wants a team to throw. He believes if an offense is one-dimensional, it is beatable. (more…)

NFL intel.

The Bucs have three more games in the 2023 regular season. There may be a home playoff game, too. Maybe a road playoff game, as well. (more…)

Bucs SuperFan “JayBuc,” Mike Evans and Evans’ touchdown ball from the win over Green Bay. (Photo courtesy of Jamal Sanders.)

So we all saw what happened last week when Mike Evans gave a Bucs fan the ball from his touchdown catch in Green Bay. And the hassle that followed. (more…)

Game 15

Jags (8-6) at Bucs (7-7) 

Kickoff: 4:05 p.m.

TV: CBS (WTSP-TV Channel 10 locally) with hollerin’ Kevin Harlan, Trent Green and Melanie Collins.

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