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What a Week 1 it was! Savor another can’t-miss episode of The Sage’s podcast with Joe!

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Bucs WR Trey Palmer.

If you think about it, Bucs rookie receiver Trey Palmer couldn’t have landed in a much better spot. (more…)

Flash poll posted at 2:17 a.m. Poll closed at 7:58 a.m. (Last week’s results are here.)

Franchise record holder.

Joe got into a back-and-forth with a loyal reader over the summer about Antoine Winfield. (more…)

Retired Bucs Pro Bowl guard Ali Marpet talks about his former brothers.

The opening-day Buccaneers looked like one hell of a well coached team.

The bar was set high and Todd “Big Balls” Bowles needs to maintain the standard. (more…)

Baker Mayfield

To suggest professional NFL observers who don’t have a zip code located in Florida are skeptical of Baker Mayfield would be like saying it gets breezy near the eye of a hurricane. (more…)

Still balling out.

Joe has to take a moment to embrace how the Bucs have two of the best receivers in the game and two of the best professionals in the game. (more…)

No headscratcher why he’s starting.

Joe likes to joke around on this here website and refer to Bucs nickel corner Christian Izien as “Schiano Man” — because he was a Schiano man. (more…)

Offensive coordinator Dave Canales.

The Bucs averaged 5.1 yards per offensive play last season. That ranked tied for 23rd in the NFL.

So what happened Sunday against the Vikings? (more…)

Bucs punter Jake Camarda has historic stats.

Joe and many other fans take for granted the greatness in the right leg of Bucs punter Jake Camarda. (more…)

Todd Bowles

Joe really enjoys former NFL offensive lineman Brian Baldinger’s video breakdowns of players and teams he posts on X. Usually, he gives out props within those videos..

Not today. (more…)

Chris Godwin has it.

Bucs Super Bowl-winning coach Bucco Bruce Arians was a big “character” guy. For him, the word meant a player had heart and a will to win and refused to lose. (more…)

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…)