Super effort.

So Jim Harbaugh and the Chargers, wearing their Powerpuff blue uniforms (Joe loves them), want to play big boy football with the NFL. Old school Big Ten. Smashmouth.

Well, the Chargers just met the new bully on the block. (more…)

Not-so secret weapon.

Since Sean Tucker went nuts against the slimy Saints, running for 136 yards, the Bucs have put him on ice. (more…)

He did it! Todd Bowles pulled it off.

And Joe has to give a standing ovation. (more…)

So this isn’t your 2023 Buccaneers.

This team is ready to punish defenses with brute force. (more…)

Defensive progress invisible.

Anthony Nelson saved the season. That’s great, but for Joe, it’s like a dude standing in the middle of his burning house hollering, “It’s fine, it’s all fine!” (more…)

Damn, this game took years off Joe’s life.

Wow!

No style points for the Bucs today, but what a special day for electric rookie running back Bucky Irving, Mike Evans, money kicker Chase McLaughlin and game hero Anthony Nelson, whose overtime forced fumble might have saved the season.

Irving hammered away in the second half to rack up 24 carries for 158 yards and a touchdown in regulation. It’s about damn time the Bucs freed him up for true bellcow work. (more…)

So a former All-Pro linebacker, a guy who spent years hating the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, is a huge Bucky Irving fan. (more…)

“Mr. Glazer, let me show you the schedule again.”

So the signature voice of NFL Network is surely one that grabs attention in the expensive offices at One Buc Palace. (more…)

Saved by the schedule?

OK, since it is Thanksgiving, you’ve got to have a Thanksgiving story, right? It’s the law, ain’t it? You know, like an 11th commandment? (more…)

The 2024 numbers do not lie. (more…)

Baker Mayfield and Bucky Irving react to Irving’s 56-yard run in the fourth quarter yesterday. (Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.)

Welcome to Victory Monday! Been too long for Joe to type that. What a fun, cool game. Playoff hopes remain alive. Bucs fans, we have reasons to be thankful Thursday after watching that win. Fill your coffee mug up and let’s roll! (more…)

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BY IRA KAUFMAN

Simeon Rice’s Hall of Fame case remains on slow boil.

Since sacks became an official statistic in 1982, only 20 players have deposited quarterbacks on their rumps more often than No. 97, a terror off the right edge in Tampa Bay for six seasons.

Yet Rice’s name doesn’t trigger much enthusiasm among the 49 selectors who decide who will be fitted for gold jackets in Canton. It’s an enduring mystery because Rice has been eligible for induction since 2013. (more…)

Team Glazer is lurking.

Consider that through this ugly Bucs four-game losing streak the Todd Bowles defense has allowed 15 touchdown passes against 0 interceptions — all while opposing quarterbacks have completed 99 of 131 passes, a 75.6 completion rate. (more…)

Will Vita Vea and the Bucs return to Germany in 2025?

Bucs fans who enjoy traveling to road games have a coin flip of a chance they’ll need a passport in 2025. (more…)

A guy who a growing sect of Bucs fans wants to coach the team next season has watched a lot of Bucs football lately. (more…)

Star is born?

Who knew something good could come out of something horrible? But it seems that’s what has happened with Bucs tight end Cade Otton — and he’s not happy about it. (more…)

Buccaneers manbeast defensive tackle Vita Vea recorded multiple career highs tonight against a strong Chiefs offensive line. (more…)

“Are you hearing this blasphemy, Jason?”

One ex-Buccaneer and one former Super Bowl winner had what felt like an online wake for the Bucs today. (more…)

The NFL might not have functioning goal line cameras, but its statistical software in good working order. (more…)

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BY IRA KAUFMAN

There’s something about the Buccaneer defense that brings out the best in Kirk Cousins.

It doesn’t matter what uniform Cousins is wearing, he continues to wear out Tampa Bay.

Although he didn’t shout out “You like that?’ when he walked toward Atlanta’s locker room Sunday, that collective groan from Buc Nation made the question moot as Cousins shredded the Bucs for the second time in 24 days. It marked the second time this season that Cousins threw four TD passes against Tampa Bay’s reeling defense. (more…)

It’s almost ironic that on a day that saw Mr. Cleveland, Jameis Winston, put the Browns on his back for a huge interception-free win against the Ravens, Baker Mayfield channeled the ghost of Jameis and threw two more bad interceptions in a Bucs loss. (more…)

Can’t look down any longer.

Bucs legend Lavonte David always likes to talk about “mindset” and “mentality.” He must have been a psych major at Nebraska. (more…)