Bears QB Justin Fields.

It almost sounds like the Bucs defense has to be like the kickoff team. (more…)

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

Joe has always considered the best coaches to be flexible coaches that can adjust as needed to best take out their opponents. (more…)

Not Todd Bowles, Bucs’ OC says.

Who knows how this season plays out? But whenever the day comes when Todd Bowles is no longer the Bucs coach, unless he has a full transformation and installs an Air Raid offense, he will forever be remembered by Bucs fans as the man who took the ball out of Tom Brady’s hands. (more…)

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

Interesting numbers when it comes to the early weeks of the 2023 NFL season. (more…)

Carlton Davis

Bad news on the Buccaneers’ injury front today. (more…)

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Drops.

Joe made this point on the Ira Kaufman Podcast: don’t blame Dave Canales for Mike Evans dropping an early bomb from Baker Mayfield and then a short throw later.

And don’t point a finger at Canales for Mayfield overthrowing Ko Kieft at the goal line. (more…)

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Starting Bucs left guard Matt Feiler.

Interesting window in the mindset of the Buccaneers’ new playcaller. (more…)

Moxie.

Joe thought it was pretty cool when Bucs running back Rachaad White let the cat out of the bag that Baker Mayfield had the Vikings defense all figured out. (more…)

Offensive coordinator Dave Canales.

Tampa Bay’s run-first offense was a mixed bag on Sunday and offensive coordinator Dave Canales explained. (more…)

It’s about 75 hours until kickoff of the Bucs-Bears home opener in Tampa and the Bucs have loads of tickets available. (more…)

Lost in Bakermania, Antoine Winfield getting the rare sack-strip-recovery and a 57-yard Chase McLaughlin field goal for the win was an eye-popping Sunday by Buccaneers savior linebacker Devin White. (more…)

When did injury occur?

So yesterday it surprised the heck out of Joe when the Bucs released their first injury report for Bears week and Baker Mayfield was listed having an injury to his throwing shoulder. (more…)

Bears QB Justin Fields.

Joe was too busy Sunday covering the Bucs in Minnesota to monitor for a second what was going on in the Packers-Bears game. (more…)

Jonathan Taylor and the Bucs.

Disgruntled Colts running back Jonathan Taylor and his team are still at odds over a contract issue. And a former standout NFL running back thinks the Bucs could be or should be in play to get Taylor on their roster. (more…)

Update.

So Calijah Kancey’s NFL debut wasn’t as flashy as Trey Palmer’s or even Christian Izien. But the Bucs rookie defensive tackle made an impression on Joe. (more…)

Baker Mayfield

After Sunday’s game and its media aftermath, Joe has a much better understanding of why Bucco Bruce Arians was a such a huge Baker Mayfield fan in 2018. (more…)

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Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

After Week 1, no NFL defense has given up fewer rushing yards than the Bucs’. (more…)

Injured.

Corrected at 4:25 p.m. – Well, having an offensive lineman’s mentality sometimes means you get dinged up like an offensive lineman. (more…)

The Buccaneers’ head coach does not hesitate to say he needed to put his stamp on the 2023 Bucs, in part by reworking the team’s chemistry. (more…)