Baker Mayfield takes home the coveted Angry Runs award in Week 1.

Minutes after Baker Mayfield stiff-armed a Vikings cornerback and threw him out of the club yesterday, Joe was taking a screenshot and hitting up NFL Network host Kyle Brandt. (more…)

Retired Bucs Pro Bowl guard Ali Marpet weighs in on Rachaad White.

Bucs running back Rachaad White talks a lot. And that’s a beautiful thing in a professional athlete. (more…)

“Hey Schefter, tell your pal Mike Greenberg I’m hunting $40 million next season.”

And here is possibly Exhibit 6.7 why Todd Bowles chose Baker Mayfield as his quarterback well before the Bucs officially ended the August competition between Mayfield and Kyle Trask. (more…)

Mic’d up on the stiffarm!

Joe watched this great video released by the Buccaneers and wondered what would happen if Rachaad White ran with this kind of fire when he took handoffs. (more…)

Bucs demonstrate discipline.

This was sort of incredible to Joe. (more…)

“Blaine, somebody coached up Baker.”

Bucs fans who thought they were watching Tom Brady on Sunday against the Vikings weren’t delusional. (more…)

Bring it.

Bucs coach Todd Bowles knows all about how everyone outside of Tampa Bay seems to think the Bucs are chasing college quarterback Caleb Williams next spring (#CollapseForCaleb). Why else would the team replace Tom Brady with Baker Mayfield, the naysayers say. (more…)

Gambler.

Are we seeing the transformation of an NFL coach before our very eyes?

Maybe. (more…)

Changing perception?

Joe mentioned the following many, many times over the offseason. Without Tom Brady and with Baker Mayfield, just about the entire universe outside of Tampa Bay believed the Bucs were low-key tanking and among the favorites in the Caleb Williams sweepstakes (#CollapseForCaleb). (more…)

Rookie defensive tackle and first-round pick Calijah Kancey.

The Bucs had a thrilling opening-day win against the Vikings yesterday, and it seems they didn’t lose any players in the process. (more…)

It sounded this evening like Baker Mayfield is more of a Todd Bowles kind of quarterback than 45-year-old Tom Brady was. (more…)

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Anthony Nelson’s late-third-quarter sack of Kirk Cousins yesterday.

Buccaneers outside linebacker/edge rusher Anthony Nelson got a payday this offseason.

It was a relatively quiet re-signing of the team’s top sack artist off the edge from a year ago. (more…)

Major playing time for Logan Hall.

As of Monday morning, the Buccaneeers have the No. 1 run defense (yards allowed) in the NFL this season. (more…)

One of Joe’s offseason themes was “Todd Bowles needs wins.” (more…)

Peter King

After NBC Sports super insider tripled down on his Bucs criticism last week, Joe thought King’s popular Monday morning column today would feature King issuing some form of mea culpa.

No chance, and King sort of took an extra shot in Tampa Bay’s direction. (more…)

The Bucs put their faith in Matt Feiler and Baker Mayfield.

A cynic might say Todd Bowles put his career on the line yesterday in a 17-17 tie game with the Bucs having a 4th-and-1 at their own 32 yard line with 8 minutes left. (more…)

Heart.

Clones! You won’t believe who is pulling for the Bucs. (more…)

(Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com)

It’s Victory Monday!

OK, Joe is on the road in Minneapolis and is physically shot. Mentally, Joe’s awake, still buzzing from the win over the Vikings at U.S. Bank Stadium just two train stops from Joe’s downtown hotel.

(Yes, Joe can still hear that damn Vikings horn.)

So let’s get after it. (more…)

Got the job done.

When yesterday’s game got into crunch time, Baker Mayfield delivered. (more…)