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Will Vita Vea and the Bucs return to Germany in 2025?

Bucs fans who enjoy traveling to road games have a coin flip of a chance they’ll need a passport in 2025. (more…)

Hurting.

So who’s the standout playmaker in the Bucs defense?

Some might argue it’s rookie Tykee Smith. (more…)

Kelce brothers discuss Todd Bowles.

Say what you will about head coach Todd Bowles — and Joe’s readers very much have — you can hear the deep respect NFL players have for the Bucs’ leader of men. (more…)

Calijah Kancey is ready to rock.

For defensive tackle Calijah Kancey, the regular season sort of starts today against the 49ers. (more…)

Challenge for Ben Bredeson.

Yeah, the Bucs are dealing with injuries, no question. But the 49ers are as well. (more…)

Strong 2024.

“This Joe” often referenced Baker Mayfield’s 2023 season, his first with the Bucs, as a career year. (more…)

Prep work on 49ers.

Bill Belichick has a famous saying when he’s studying players for the draft.

Bucs corner Zyon McCollum looks for the opposite when he’s studying an opponent. (more…)

Game 10

49ers (4-4) at Bucs (4-5) 

Kickoff: 1 p.m.

TV: FOX (WTVT-TV Channel 13 locally) with Kevin Burkhardt, Tom Brady and Erin Andrews.

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So Vita Vea played more Monday than he had in one game since Halloween of 2021. (more…)

YaYa Diaby

Once upon a time in 2015, then-Bucs head coach Lovie Smith got annoyed with media for asking about the Tampa Bay defense allowing a galling 70-plus percent completion rate.

Completion percentage doesn’t matter, Lovie insisted. (more…)

If Joe were locked in a room with Todd Bowles and was asked to tell the head coach something that would hurt his feelings, Joe would go directly to one thing. (more…)

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Talks return.

For weeks it has been speculated that Bucs future Hall of Famer Mike Evans might return from his hamstring injury Week 11 at the Giants, the Bucs’ first game after the bye on Nov. 24. (more…)

Position to target.

Yes, Joe is fully involved in the present: The Bucs are preparing to face the defending NFC champs tomorrow at The Licht House. That doesn’t mean Joe is going to ignore a good story typed about the Bucs’ future. (more…)

Offense getting the job done.

The Bucs offense is not the problem. (more…)

Defense too complex?

The Bucs did a nice job keeping Pat Mahomes sort of in check. Sort of. (more…)