Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

Are the Bucs going to resort to only working on fundamentals this week in practices leading up to their final game of the 2025 NFL regular season, Saturday? [read more]

Freefall.

Joe is just going to throw this out there: If the Bucs miss out on the playoffs this weekend (not only do the Bucs have to win to make the playoffs, so too do the slimy Saints), is this the biggest collapse in franchise history? [read more]

Needs more touches.

Alright, if the Bucs are going to win Saturday with the hope and a prayer they can make the playoffs — the slimy Saint also must win on Sunday — it might be time to get the running game going. [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]

“Learn to love me, Bucs fans!”

Joe has a love/hate relationship with the Big Easy, New Orleans. [read more]

Spoiler alert.

Things had gotten so ugly for the Bucs, they were in danger of finishing with a worse record than Atlanta if the Falcons beat the mighty Rams at home tonight.

And that’s exactly what happened. [read more]

The Bucs have developed an edge rusher. [read more]

So how is Baker Mayfield feeling? [read more]

Chin music.

Once upon a time two decades ago, there were loud rumblings/rumors that Team Glazer was hunting former Steelers Super Bowl-winning head coach Bill Cowher to lead Tampa Bay. [read more]

Former Bucs receivers coach and playcaller, Todd Monken, the Ravens offensive coordinator.

So who will coach the Buccaneers in 2026? [read more]

Silent.

Everywhere Joe turns today Bucs fans are talking about firing Todd Bowles. [read more]

Status quo.

If a head coach isn’t going to toss any assistant overboard for incompetence with just one game left in the regular season, there’s no need to show the guy up now. [read more]

Scorn earned.

Joe’s good friend, NFL columnist/humorist Mike Tanier, was appalled by what he watched yesterday, and he’s not even a Bucs fan. [read more]

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

Here is evidence the Bucs don’t have a good team. [read more]

Vita Vea (50) and Logan Hall (90) celebrate with YaYa Diaby after YaYa sacked Miami QB Quinn Ewers.

Did dudes go down to Mexico during the bye and drink the wrong water? [read more]

Joe is going to have to eat Advil all week in order to try to sound positive and giddy with the fact this awful Bucs team still has a chance to win the division and make the playoffs. Advil and gallons of coffee and Mountain Dew will help Joe fake it. Joe is that depressed. If somehow the Bucs make the playoffs, Joe knows what will happen in the first round. So let’s get to it as it sure seems inevitable that the guillotine will soon come down on some people, maybe big names in the coming days, weeks and months. Something has to give with this emotionless, losing team. Buckle up and grab your coffee. [read more]

Struggled Sunday.

This shows you the difference in the defensive coaching staffs of the Bucs and the Dolphins. [read more]

The Buccaneers’ historic choke job has earned them a showcase game in Week 18. [read more]

Team Glazer members.

It’s gotten too easy to make a case for firing Todd Bowles. [read more]