Defense needs to show up.

The Rams like the big play. Or at least, they like successful plays. The Bucs like giving up big plays. (more…)

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It’s happened before in Buccaneer history — but you really have to dig through the rubble to find a comparison. (more…)

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It’s a 6-4, Sunday Night Football edition of The Free Stretch! Follow Bobby on X, @bobbygameday. Bobby’s podcast is an extension of his national and local radio shows. It’s been at JoeBucsFan.com for 9+ years. Always a quality listen from a true Tampa native.

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Out.

Bucky Irving officially is out for Sunday night in the City of Angels. (more…)

Uplifting news at One Buc Palace today.

Per head coach Todd Bowles, it seems receiver Chris Godwin, who has only played in two games this season with little production, is likely to play Sunday. Godwin is recovering from a mysterious fibula injury.

Ruled out are running back Bucky Irving, guard Ben Bredeson, cornerback Jamel Dean and edge rusher Haason Reddick.

Reddick didn’t practice all week.

Need points early.

Joe has heard the “start fast” line so often the past few years, it goes in one ear and out the other. (more…)

NFL fans heard the endless buzz earlier this season for Baker Mayfield’s late-game heroics and his status as a strong MVP candidate.

And then it all disappeared. (more…)

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Todd takes the same bad defenses discussed in the previous podcast and spotlights who may put up big numbers against them this Sunday. The Todd Wright Fantasy Football Podcast is presented by Hooters!

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Bucs OC Josh Grizzard.

Hey, Joe is just like every Bucs fan out there right now. (more…)

Injuries have killed the Bucs.

Joe saw screamin’ Stephen A. Smith talking but all Joe heard was Tony Kornheiser. (more…)

Future head coach?

This doesn’t really mean a whole lot. But Joe can see how and why this Bucs assistant coach had his name floated as a potential head coaching candidate. (more…)

Rues missing out on six.

Joe is still tossing and turning at night over Bucs coach Todd Bowles deciding to punt halfway through the fourth quarter Sunday, trailing 37-32 on fourth-and-two from the Bucs-39. The Bucs had been running down the throats of the soft Bills offense. (more…)

Full participant in practice.

The Bucs’ injury report was pretty gnarly yesterday with the flu bug biting so many Bucs, including Bucs quarterback Baker Mayfield. (more…)

You know how Joe likes to bark and moan about how Todd Bowles drops his edge rushers into pass coverage?

Buckle up and listen to Bucs legend Rondé Barber go deep on the subject, one that seems to have him searching for hair on his head to pull out. (more…)

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

So last month, Joe was advised of a non-football issue tied to Bucky Irving, and Joe did a lot of digging to find the truth. (more…)

Five picks before the Bucs drafted edge rusher YaYa Diaby in Round 3 of the 2023 NFL Draft, the Los Angeles Rams selected edge rusher Byron Young out of the University of Tennessee.

Damn those Rams! (more…)