Archive for 2023

ESPN: Baker Mayfield When It Matters

Monday, August 21st, 2023

Bucs QB Baker Mayfield.

Has this really been a competition between Baker Mayfield and Kyle Trask? Or is this just a charade now because the Bucs don’t want to hurt Trask’s feelings? (more…)

Blocking Is Getting Better

Monday, August 21st, 2023

Improving.

Boy, Joe honestly didn’t think it was that bad. (more…)

Logan Hall Has Been Located

Monday, August 21st, 2023

Bucs DL Logan Hall.

Joe thinks Logan Hall has been found. At least, that’s what Bucs coach Todd Bowles said yesterday, in so many words. (more…)

Keeping Offenses Out Of The End Zone

Sunday, August 20th, 2023

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

You can slice and dice how a defense played, if dudes tackled or didn’t tackle, what kind of pass rush there was or how corners covered receivers all you want. (more…)

Sean Payton, Russell Wilson, Dave Canales & The Bucs

Sunday, August 20th, 2023

Bucs offensive coordiantor Dave Canales.

Interesting study revealed by former slimy Saints head coach Sean Payton, who now coaches the Denver Broncos led by ex-Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson. (more…)

Todd Bowles Punts On Formal Quarterback Call

Sunday, August 20th, 2023

Todd Bowles was not naming a starting quarterback this morning during a chat with local reporters. (more…)

“Penetration Up The Middle”

Sunday, August 20th, 2023

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

For folks that hollered themselves hoarse and have plantar fasciitis from stomping their feet so much over right tackle Luke Goedeke, there is another area of concern for which you may want to store energy. (more…)

Knee Swelling A Factor In Ryan Jensen Absence

Sunday, August 20th, 2023

The whole truth and nothing but the truth is not something that typically is delivered by a football team to its fans. (more…)

Rookie Class Is Beginning To Look Special

Sunday, August 20th, 2023

Impact from rookies.

One thing jumped out at Joe after last night’s game: If production in a worthless preseason game is in any way a window into the regular season, the Bucs may have a dynamite rookie class. (more…)

Kyle Trask Has Career Night; Gets Exposed By Todd Bowles

Sunday, August 20th, 2023

GM Jason Licht weighs in.

What a Saturday night it was against the Jets for competing Bucs quarterback Kyle Trask.

He threw darts, stayed poised, protected the football, didn’t get rattled when Bucs receivers dropped passes, and turned in a stat line worthy of a solid NFL quarterback. (more…)

Where’s Logan Hall?

Sunday, August 20th, 2023

Logan Hall at the Bucs’ underwear football practice on Thursday.

With veteran defensive tackle Vita Vea resting tonight and last week, along with injured first-round-pick rookie Calijah Kancey, Joe was eager to see what Logan Hall would deliver in their absences during the first two preseason games. (more…)

“They’re All Doing Outstanding”

Saturday, August 19th, 2023

Bucs GM Jason Licht.

Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht is felling it! (more…)

“Big Play” Trey Palmer Shines Again

Saturday, August 19th, 2023

Put me in, coach.”

If this keeps up, Joe may have to start calling Bucs receiver Trey Palmer “Big Play Trey.” (more…)

A Todd Bowles Kind Of A Game

Saturday, August 19th, 2023

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

Someday, when Bucs coach Todd Bowles publishes his memoirs, tonight’s win over the Jets in the Bucs’ second worthless preseason game will be remembered as the kind of win Bowles drools over. (more…)

Running Game Still Sad

Saturday, August 19th, 2023

“Hey Sean, you might start.”

Joe has been harping on this since February. And it is glaringly clear now. (more…)

Baker Mayfield Rested With Starters Against Jets

Saturday, August 19th, 2023

Baker Mayfield

UPDATED 9:49 p.m. – Last week, head coach Todd Bowles strongly implied that competing quarterback Kyle Trask and fellow QB Baker Mayfield would get the same amount of snaps tonight in Preseason Game 2 as each had in Preseason Game 1. (more…)

Bucs-Jets, Open Thread

Saturday, August 19th, 2023

Showtime! Preseason Game 2! Comment all night long right here. Play nice! All kinds of stuff to analyze, and Joe will be doing just that into the wee hours.

Go Bucs!

Gameday Tampa Bay

Saturday, August 19th, 2023

Preseason Game 2

Bucs at Jets  

Kickoff: 7:30p.m.

TV: WFLA Channel 8. Game will be rebroadcast on NFL Network Sunday at 10 a.m. and Monday at 8 p.m.

(more…)

New Season, Old Picture

Saturday, August 19th, 2023

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Sad but true: no quarterback drafted by Tampa Bay has ever received a second contract from the Buccaneers.

Sad but true: except for the stretch from 1999-2002, this franchise has never posted more than two consecutive winning seasons.

These two depressing facts are, of course, related. (more…)

Career Night For Kyle Trask

Saturday, August 19th, 2023

Bucs QB Kyle Trask.

What a landmark day/night this is for Kyle Trask. He’ll make his first NFL start, albeit preseason, in a road game against the Jets. (more…)

Troubling Timing For Baker Mayfield Family And Financial Distraction

Saturday, August 19th, 2023

Family trouble for Baker Mayfield.

Not Joe, but many fans and media believed Tom Brady was distracted last season because he was losing about $30 million in a shady, high-profile cryptocurrency deal.

Yeah, it’s a lot of money, but Brady is a walking ATM. He could make up those losses without breaking a sweat. (more…)

Stop Worrying About “Sleepers”

Saturday, August 19th, 2023

Todd continues reviewing thousands of mock drafts and stresses hitting on consistent starters in early rounds should be your focus.

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