It seems Baker Mayfield had his Sophie Cunningham moment last night — football-style. [read more]

“Weird team, Demario.”

Joe has emerged with a couple of interns from the JoeBucsFan.com world headquarters research lab, two doors down from Ira Kaufman’s office and snacks locker. [read more]

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The Buccaneers have a Baker Mayfield problem. A big one.

There’s no use sugarcoating what has become obvious: since the 2025 bye week, Mayfield has been a pedestrian quarterback. [read more]

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Bowling, Food. Fun.

Offense must man up.

Just what you and Joe have been thinking in recent days KitKat-eating Bucs coach Todd Bowles finally said out loud last night after the gutless loss to the Bears. [read more]

Dragging Bucs down.

Trading field goals for touchdowns never works. But boy, it sure seems like the Bucs are hellbent on trying to change that line of thinking. [read more]

Baker Mayfield and Bears QB Caleb Williams greet each other after last night’s choke job by the Bucs offense. (Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.)

What a terrible game last night and an inexcusable display of a pathetic passing attack led by a $165 Million Dollar Man. So, grab your coffee and let’s get rolling. [read more]

What to do with offense?

The Bucs are in a pickle, says a former NFL linebacker. And there’s not a lot the Bucs can do about it. [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]

Optimism.

It wasn’t all dismay and disbelief in the Bucs’ postgame locker room last night. [read more]

So the NBC broadcast began last night with announcers declaring that Baker Mayfield is playing through thumb pain and lingering swelling in the digit that was dislocated during the Bucs’ Week 3 loss to the Minnesota. [read more]

Baker Mayfield.

Joe just wanted to throw something at the TV last night. Good thing Joe remembered what it cost. [read more]

Buccaneers GM Jason Licht.

Will the Bucs be buyers or sellers at tomorrow’s annual NFL trade deadline?

It seems like a silly question. [read more]

Todd Bowles.

Bucs coach Todd Bowles just stared straight ahead at nobody. He couldn’t believe what he just saw. His defense got five turnovers and the Bucs still lost. [read more]

Joe sure hopes Team Glazer looks at the Bucs’ last 10 losses, all by one score, and sees them as an indicator that the team is poorly coached rather than “this close” to turning things around with the current staff.

Among those 10 losses, only four wins were sprinkled in between. [read more]

Monumental effort wasted.

Joe was having flashbacks to 27 years ago. [read more]

As expected, the Bucs ran the ball well again tonight with their bellcow running back.

This time, against a good team, it wasn’t enough to win. [read more]

Shameful.

Zac Robinson is going to drag this Bucs team down with him. [read more]

Lost in the hoopla of Baker Mayfield signing a big contract extension this summer were the actual details of the deal.

ProFootballTalk.com published them in the hours after the pact was made. [read more]

What’s wrong?

Joe asked the following on the “Ira Kaufman Podcast” last week. The other Joe and Ira just about freaked out. [read more]