Cornerback Jacob Parrish sacks Jets QB Tyrod Taylor.

Joe has to assume that when Bucs veteran corner Jamel Dean reworked his contract before the season, it somewhere included a bonus for interceptions. (more…)

Now here’s an argument in favor of starters playing more in the preseason. (more…)

Soon to get stronger.

The wild thing to Joe about the Bucs being undefeated after three games is the Bucs are doing this with a fully decimated offensive line. (more…)

Looking at lucky stars?

The Bucs are now the kings of the comeback, the standard bearer for cardiac rallies. The new never-say-die team. (more…)

No one in Atlanta is laughing.

You just hate to see it. (more…)

Back to right tackle smart?

Sunday morning, Joe typed that when Bucs All-Pro left tackle Tristan Wirfs returns, with all the other injuries the Bucs have at offensive line, might it be better to temporarily keep Graham Barton at left tackle, Ben Bredeson at center and put Wirfs back to right tackle where he played when the Bucs won the Super Bowl for the 2020 season? (more…)

Bucs edge rusher Haason Reddick.

As winners of two of the last eight Super Bowls, the Philadelphia Eagles have become the gold standard in the NFC. (more…)

Steve Spurrier, the original Bucs quarterback, swings a sword after he gave Bucs fans a hype speech from the pirate ship Sunday. Spurrier was one of an estimated 140 ex-Bucs who took part in the Bucs’ celebration of 50 seasons in the NFL.

Joe got a ton of questions both Sunday and today about which ex-Bucs showed up as the team celebrated 50 years of Bucs ball. (more…)

Emeka Egbuka cooks Jets CB Sauce Gardner.

While it’s still way early after three games, it’s hard for Joe to think of a more valuable player in the NFL than Bucco Baker Mayfield. (more…)

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Top NFL insider explains.

It’s no exaggeration to suggest folks watching a football game on TV and folks watching high above the field are watching two different games. (more…)

So All-Pro, All-World left tackle Tristan Wirfs is on a path toward returning to play Sunday against the Eagles. (more…)

Only a tiny nugget of news on Mike Evans’ new hamstring problem today from Bucs head coach Todd Bowles.

This afternoon Bowles said Evans will have an MRI on Tuesday and his hamstring issues is “low grade.”

There is some hesitation in this here story for Joe, but there is also a happy ending. (more…)

Haason Reddick (No. 5) and YaYa Diaby celebrate Diaby’s sack of Jets QB Tyrod Taylor yesterday.

Heralded newcomer Bucs edge rusher Haason Reddick has been eating a huge load of snaps and doing some good things.

Is he producing enough? (more…)

So what was going on behind the scenes at One Buc Palace last week when it was learned the Bucs lost their starting guards due to injury: Cody Mauch and backup-turned-starter Michael Jordan? (more…)

Bucs GM Jason Licht.

Joe had to smile reading a high-profile national column devoting a lot of space to the history of the Bucs’ makeshift offensive on display yesterday against the Jets.

It was as if Monday Morning Quarterback author Albert Breer asked Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht to email him a full breakdown of each starter and Breer played cut-and-paste. (more…)

Mike Evans left the field immediately following his hamstring pull late in yesterday’s game.

There are many Internet doctors among us. They include former NFL players studying games for major networks. (more…)