Despite obstacles, offense must improve.

OK, Joe’s going to get this off his chest. [read more]

Injuries torpedoed Bucs.

When peeling the onion skins back while analyzing the Bucs, Ben Solak of ESPN believes there are three issues fans can point to as why the Bucs are on the verge of blowing the NFC South division race. [read more]

Welcome to your Morning Cup of Joe, an eye-opener to help Joe’s readers ease into their busy workday with a few football links, wacky news and a pleasant distraction. [read more]

Covering Bijan Robinson?

A spreadsheeter who works for Amazon and specifically deals with Thursday Night Football had a couple of alarming nuggets about the Bucs, both on offense and defense. [read more]

Mike is back!

Help for the struggling Bucs offense officially has arrived. [read more]

Uh, oh. [read more]

A family-owned Tampa icon since 1960, one mile north of the stadium on Dale Mabry Highway.

Safety Tykee Smith.

The headline is self-explanatory.

Todd Bowles said today SirVocea Dennis (bad hip) won’t play tomorrow night against the Falcons. Tykee Smith (neck/shoulder) and Cade Otton (knee) will be listed as “doubtful.”

Joe expects Mike Evans to return from his broken clavicle and Tristan Wirfs to play after missing Sunday’s game with an oblique injury. Evans still has to be activated from injured reserve.

Returns Thursday night?

At this moment on this dreary Wednesday morning, all signs for “this Joe” point to a grim evening at The Licht House for Thursday Night Football. [read more]

Second-year Bucs edge rusher Chris Braswell doesn’t play a lot, even a little less than he did in his rookie year. [read more]

Todd Bowles weighs in.

Is Zyon McCollum on the comeback trail?

Joe sure hopes so. [read more]

“You like that?”

Joe won’t lecture anyone on dealing with their short-term investor broker between now and Thursday night. But consider how things are shaping up for the Bucs: [read more]

It’s fair to say the Bucs’ season has no shot at glory if Baker Mayfield is injured. [read more]

Flash poll posted at 7:17 a.m. Poll closed at 8:34 a.m. Last week’s results linked here.

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Bucs fans are still groaning about the pass that should have been a touchdown Sunday in the galling loss to the slimy Saints. [read more]

Injuries killed the Bucs.

A lot of folks — Joe included — like to holler the Bucs defense has sunk the 2025 team. But a seasoned analyst working for the four-letter believes the other side of the ball sank the pirate ship. [read more]

Breakdown.

Injuries. It all boils down to injuries. [read more]

Todd Bowles

Remember the first Saints game this year in New Orleans?

The Bucs won big but also needed eight tries to score once from the 1 yard line. [read more]

Bucs’ success rate of offensive plays almost total opposite of 2024.

The Bucs’ third-down percentage against the slimy Saints was atrocious on Sunday. [read more]

So Sunday in the shocking loss to the slimy Saints in Tampa, Bucs running back Bucky Irving got off to a poor start. [read more]

The Bucs haven’t found a repellant for the injury bug. [read more]