Takeaways didn’t help much.

Joe is an old-school football guy in one respect: Joe believes if you do not play fundamentally sound football, your team has a ceiling. (more…)

Frustrates gamblers.

Joe has typed the following and likely will again. It’s astounding how unpopular Bucs coach Todd Bowles is. (more…)

The Joe typing here would wager large quantities of cash that Mike Evans will suit up for the Buccaneers later this year. (more…)

Shop so many spectacular offers now at Tampa’s first family of Ford dealerships. Visit Bill Currie Ford, which is celebrating 65 years of family-owned service to the Tampa community. And ask GM Sean Sullivan for the JoeBucsFan/Ira Kaufman Discount.

The remaining 2025 vehicles — and there aren’t many — must go.

Joe is just taking a moment to wish Bucco Bruce Arians well.

Arians hopped on Today on NBC this week for an in-studio promotional sitdown with Rob Gronkowski. There, Arians shared that he will have “open heart surgery” on Friday, Feb. 6, in Philadelphia. No other details were shared, other than that Arians will watch the Super Bowl from a hospital room.

Obviously, this isn’t emergency surgery, but open heart surgery is always serious. Arians is 73 years old.

Good luck, Coach!

Baker Mayfield likes a fiery hot kind of coach. (more…)

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Loaded podcast to close January. Enjoy!

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A family business since 1960, Bill Currie Ford is one mile north of Raymond James Stadium on Dale Mabry Highway, and Bill Currie Ford GM Sean Sullivan is Ira’s great friend. He’s ready to help you personally — and to give you the Ira Kaufman discount on top of all their amazing deals. E-mail, call or visit Sean at the Bill Currie showroom.

Fall guy 2025 Bucs offensive coordinator Josh Grizzard landed squarely on his feet under the umbrella of a Super Bowl-winning head coach and a future Hall of Fame general manager. (more…)

Get him the ball.

Back in his lone season running the Bucs’ offense, Liam Coen had probably the most complete offense Tampa Bay has seen outside of the two seasons the Bucs won the Super Bowl. (more…)

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It’s that time of year, when the Best In Class podcast heats up studying draft prospects and the Bucs’ offseason happenings and plans.

Listen by clicking above or enjoy at Apple Podcasts and other platforms. All the fun is presented by Bill Currie Ford, where savings are fantastic with 0% financing on remaining 2025 vehicles. Sean also is the eager Bill Currie Ford GM ready to help you personally with all of your automotive needs. Fire off questions on football and more to Sean at BestInClass@BillCurrie.com.

Where does he rank?

Joe has never seen anything like it. Or heard anything like it. Or read anything like it. (more…)

The JoeBucsFan Show has an 11 a.m. kickoff today on WDAE radio, 95.3 FM and AM 620. Joe is talking all things Bucs immediately following The Rock Riley Show. Listen online to Tampa Bay’s all-sports powerhouse, or via the iHeart Radio app, or below.

Joe’s been back on the WDAE airwaves every weekend since February 2024. Varying times.

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Looking ahead to Super Bowl LX, Todd previews why any combination of 0, 3, 4, 7 are the two numbers you need to win in a squares contest and why he will answer the impossible question of “What’s the final score” of any NFL game for the rest of his life with 20-17. The Todd Wright TODDcast is presented by Heads and Tails and Brandon Legal Group. Click above to listen or to download. Or listen via Podcast Addict, iHeartRadio, TuneIn and other platforms.

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Joins an impressive group.

Is YaYa Diaby a future Hall of Famer? If you think that, you’ve probably had too much to drink. (more…)

Joe always has the following reaction when folks sweat the NFL salary cap: (more…)

Bragged on by new OC.

It’s pretty clear listening to new Bucs offensive coordinator Zac Robinson and hearing Baker Mayfield on Rondé Barber’s WFLA.com streaming show, both Robinson and Mayfield have a mutual admiration for each other. (more…)

What is he thinking?

“Chillin'” and “adulting.” (more…)