Peter King pities Todd Bowles.

It seems a heavy-hitter TV guy and typist of many NFL words is almost willing to give Bucs coach Todd Bowles a pass. (more…)

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

Joe has been harping for months how the Bucs defense can be quite good this year. If it can develop an edge rush, this defense could be lights out. (more…)

Can he carry the Bucs?

Yesterday, Joe brought word from good guy Jeff Kerr of CBS Sports about what the best-case scenario would be for the Bucs, the team’s ceiling. (more…)

Handicappers weigh in.

People who invest in the NFL (indirectly) are not hip to Bucs stud receiver Mike Evans. This year. (more…)

Todd Bowles

Joe needed a quiet moment after reading a new feature on Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles.

Joe emerged trying to choose betwen Rolaids, a bottle of Big Storm barrel aged rum or running head first into a wall. (more…)

Dead at 36.

[UPDATE: 12:10 a.m.] This is damn sad. (more…)

This should put a little smile on the faces of many Bucs fans. (more…)

Bucs center Robert Hainsey

The triumphant return of stud center Ryan Jensen this season turned out to be a fantasy. The reality is Robert Hainsey is back in that role, and he says he’s significantly better. (more…)

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Former Bucs QB and current NBC analyst Chris Simms.

If coaching matters so much, then Joe wonders why Saints head coach Dennis Allen keeps having his team picked to win the NFC South.

The man has a 15-38 record without a good season to his resume. (more…)

Shaq Barrett is now No. 7; Leonard Fournette has no team.

The Buccaneers’ season may come down to one relatively boring element of the game, one the team used to master at a historic level. (more…)

Called out.

One of the oldest sports publications doesn’t believe this story will change. (more…)

Week 1 depth chart made public.

Ah, that scent Joe smells is the thick odor of a sweaty football locker room. (more…)

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NFL shot-callers weigh in.

It’s one thing for sportwriters with sticky keyboards to suggest it (yeah, that includes Joe, but Joe regularly cleans his keyboard); it’s another when NFL suits and coaches suggest it.

But when guys paid major money to know the NFL in and out with access to tons more information than anyone else suggest it, this has Joe’s attention. (more…)

TV guy

Batman found a new cave. (more…)

Breakout?

Joe will call it. If the Bucs win 10 games this year, Baker Mayfield will have had a resurrection and the defense will have played lights out.

And quite possibly, the Bucs will have found a quality edge rusher to help Bucs sacks king Shaq Barrett. (more…)

Future discussed.

Former NFL offensive lineman and NFL on current CBS game analyst Ross Tucker sympathizes with Bucs stud receiver Mike Evans. (more…)