Winning in the postseason requires talent.

There are no smoke and mirrors come January. (more…)

How bout that Buccaneers’ defense!

After being humiliated for three consecutive weeks, the defense found its footing today, with an assist to a weak Arizona offense that moved the ball 396 yards on Tampa Bay. (more…)

The Fighting Canaleses showed they are very much for real today with a stunning win against the Rams in Charlotte. (more…)

Return soon.

Jalen McMillan is Exhibit-A why Joe loathes worthless preseason games. Thankfully, McMillan’s nightmare of a 2025 season is about to end. (more…)

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A true crossroads game for the Bucs is here, with the miserable Cardinals coming to try and extend the Bucs’ annual midseason nosedive. The Sage of Tampa Bay Sports is all over it with Joe.

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Flash poll posted at 9:11 a.m. Poll closed at 11:19 a.m. Last week’s poll results linked here.

Chris Godwin

So what’s been going on with receiver Chris Godwin behind the scenes at One Buc Palace? (more…)

Latest QB to light up the Bucs.

Here we go again. (more…)

In reality, the Bucs are in a very similar cylcle to what they were in during the 2022, 2023 and 2024 seasons. So perhaps a fan freakout now is borderline ridiculous? (more…)

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Running back Sean Tucker on his 43-yard touchdown run.

So in the last two weeks, Bucs running back Sean Tucker, who began the season as the team’s RB3, established himself as the Bucs’ best available back. (more…)

This Ray Davis return ended at the Bills’ 49 yard line yesterday.

So Joe caught up with core Bucs special teams player Josh Hayes yesterday in the locker room after the Bills buried the Bucs 44-32.

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Quit running at worst time.

Joe typed many times before today’s loss in Buffalo that if the Bucs could get rolling on the ground, they had a great shot of winning. (more…)

Physical! The Buccaneers came to play today, well, not really on special teams, but the defense was flying around in the cold Buffalo wind and the offensive line was winning consistently.

Hell, Baker Mayfield even started running and again and lowering his head.

It did not matter. The Bucs weren’t good enough against a very flawed Buffalo team battling its own injuries.

Buffalo rung up 400-plus yards of offense rather easily. Heck the Bucs owned time of possession.

Did the Bucs beat themselves? It sure feels like it. (more…)

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Pregame with the Ira Kaufman Podcast as the Bucs head to Buffalo!

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Without the benefit of All-22 film, retired Bucs tight end and current team radio analyst Dave Moore blasted Antoine Winfield for his play leading to a crushing touchdown for the Patriots on Sunday.

Moore went there a few minutes after the game.

Bucs legend Rondé Barber, after watching the game film, spanked Winfield on his WFLA-TV streaming show, aka The Rondé Barber Show. (more…)

Luke Goedeke

After two months on the shelf with a bad foot, Luke Goedeke magically returned Sunday and got through the entire game.

Todd Bowles hopped on radio to evalute his return. (more…)