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“By No Means Was That Up To Our Standards Offensively”

Sunday, October 26th, 2025

The Bucs’ glorious 23-3 blowout of the slimy Saints today left nearly every Bucs fan scratching their head about the Tampa Bay offense.

What’s going on with the offensive line? (more…)

Defensive Domination

Sunday, October 26th, 2025

Here’s a list that will make you drool: (more…)

Buccaneers Hero And NFC Defensive Player Of The Week Anthony Nelson

Sunday, October 26th, 2025

Haason who? (more…)

Buccaneers 23, Saints 3

Sunday, October 26th, 2025

Suffocating defense ruled the day and Tampa Bay got the job done with relative ease for a division game.

The Bucs are 6-2! They’ve officially avoided the Todd Bowles midseason meltdown and now rule the NFC South by two games entering the bye week.

What a glorious Sunday it is! (more…)

Buccaneers-Saints, Open Thread

Sunday, October 26th, 2025

Comment all game long after this critical 4:05 p.m. kickoff in New Orleans.

Be decent to each other. It’s easy.

Go Bucs!!!!

Saints Hate Extends To Bucs GM Jason Licht

Sunday, October 26th, 2025

Baker Mayfield hates the slimy Saints and wasn’t hiding it this week.

He’s got company at One Buc Palace. (more…)

Panthers, Falcons Lose; Bucs Can Take Two-Game Lead In NFC South

Sunday, October 26th, 2025

What a fun early afternoon in the NFC South.

The Buccaneers rivals are about to lose by a combined 50-plus points. (more…)

Betting The Bucs (Week 8 Edition)

Sunday, October 26th, 2025

Through seven weeks, Joe has a 12-9 record on Buccaneers-related wagers in this space and is up $137.00 on the season.

That’s not worth a standing ovation, but it is quality work. (more…)

Chris Braswell’s Big Chance

Sunday, October 26th, 2025

Three months ago, beloved and heralded Bucs rookie edge rusher David Walker was lost for the season with a knee injury.

On Monday, free agent Bucs edge rusher Hasson Reddick, endured knee and ankle injuries and will not play today. (more…)

Vita Vea Versus Luke Fortner

Sunday, October 26th, 2025

So New Orleans lost its two-time Pro Bowl center to a bicep injury last week. Erik McCoy was and is the heart, soul and force of the Saints’ offensive line.

For the Joe typing here, this is the key to today’s game. (more…)

JoeBucsFan Show TODAY At 11 A.M. On WDAE

Sunday, October 26th, 2025

Miss it yesterday? Then dial up The JoeBucsFan Show TODAY at 11 a.m. on WDAE radio, 95.3 FM and AM 620. Listen online, too, or via the iHeart Radio app, or below, immediately following Fantasy Fix from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

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

Run, Run, Run The Ball

Sunday, October 26th, 2025

Big workload today for Rachaad White?

Now Joe isn’t one of these guys who believes you absolutely, positively have to run the football to win football games. Joe never has been that-guy and never will be. (more…)

Third-Down Defense Has Chance To Dominate

Sunday, October 26th, 2025

Lavonte David and the Bucs’ third-down defense could be spectacular today.

Not lost on Joe (but Joe is confident it has been lost on others) is the steady improvement of the Bucs’ third-down defense. And it’s been happening against good teams. (more…)

Being In A Rotation Doesn’t Irk Jamel Dean

Sunday, October 26th, 2025

Jamel Dean celebrates his first of two pick-sixes this year.

Just on face value, it seems the Bucs are hellbent on running off Jamel Dean. (more…)

Charlie Heck Said More Snaps, Starts Has Made Him A Better Player

Sunday, October 26th, 2025

Improvement.

Joe remembers last year when Justin Skule took over for concussed Luke Goedeke at right tackle against Detroit. It was a brutal baptism. (more…)

GameDay Tampa Bay

Sunday, October 26th, 2025

Game 8

Bucs (5-2) at Slimy Saints (1-6)

Kickoff: 4:05 p.m.

TV: FOX (WTVT-TV Channel 13, locally) Kenny Albert, Jonatha Vilma and Megan Olivi. For a national TV map of where the game will be broadcast via your local FOX affiliate, click here.

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“Tez Johnson Is A Great Player”

Saturday, October 25th, 2025

Rookie receiver Tez Johnson.

Joe is impressed by how many accomplished NFL players have fallen for Tez Johnson. (more…)

Devin White Says Jason Licht Isn’t Being Honest

Saturday, October 25th, 2025

Former Bucs linebacker Devin White.

In August, Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht stepped out of his public persona and threw a dart at his 2019 first-round draft pick. (more…)

“They Just Didn’t Seem To Have The Horses”

Saturday, October 25th, 2025

Bucs GM Jason Licht

Do the Bucs have enough juice to win a Super Bowl after the major injury to Mike Evans, among others?

A Hall of Fame quarterback and the face of NFL Network took on this topic yesterday. (more…)