Praised by coach.

The stats say one thing. Bruce Arians says another. (more…)

“Keep an eye on the scoreboard, Ed. It’s fun.”

This is what happens when you lose to the wrong teams. (more…)

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Yes, Victory Monday is here just two days after Christmas! And if you ask Joe, yesterday’s win was the best present under the tree. And you didn’t have to worry about the dog eating the wrapping paper. NFC South Champions, baby! So let’s get rolling. (more…)

The sheet says 10 catches for 101 yards, plus 6 Tom Brady smiles and 140,000 sneers by Antonio Brown haters. (more…)

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The Sage is dealing strong opinions on all kinds of Bucs subjects of the day, including diving into the question on every Bucs fans’ mind, “Can the Bucs recover from all these injuries?” All the podcast fun is made possible by Bill Currie Ford!

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 Sullivan at the Bill Currie showroom.

Big Storm beer from Big Storm Brewing Co. is the official beer of the podcast and their Clearwater location is where Ira watches ALL Bucs road games with fans. Try Florida’s best craft beer, especially Bromosa, their amazing tangerine IPA. Listening to Ira is fun, free and easy! Click play above or listen at Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Podbean.com, Stitcher, too, and more.

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The Sage of Tampa Bay Sports is all fired up in this can’t-miss podcast. The Bucs buffet is full as Ira wrestles with Joe. All the fun is made possible by Bill Currie Ford!

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 Sullivan at the Bill Currie showroom.

Big Storm beer from Big Storm Brewing Co. is the official beer of the podcast and their Clearwater location is where Ira watches ALL Bucs road games with fans. Try Florida’s best craft beer, especially Bromosa, their amazing tangerine IPA. Listening to Ira is fun, free and easy! Click play above or listen at Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Podbean.com, Stitcher, too, and more.

Why? Why? Why?

Why have the slimy Saints clubbed the Bucs in seven consecutive regular season games? (more…)

Should the Bucs offense have looked as bad as it did after Chris Godwin, Mike Evans and Leonard Fournette left the game?

Of course not. (more…)

Enough!

Too many folks are trying to hold the Buccaneers’ head coach to a 2020 one-liner that has no clearly defined meaning.

Stop it! (more…)

Richard Sherman (left) whiffed on this open field tackle of a Bills tight end with time running out. He talked about it this week.

Safety is a new role for Richard Sherman, and it showed on Sunday. (more…)

One of the most underrated quotes of this Bucs season came from right tackle Tristan Wirfs. (more…)

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Dive into the iconic Ira Kaufman Podcast with The Sage of Tampa Bay Sports. Bucs, Bucs and more Bucs with Ira and Joe. All the fun is made possible by Bill Currie Ford!

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 Sullivan at the Bill Currie showroom.

Big Storm beer from Big Storm Brewing Co. is the official beer of the podcast and their Clearwater location is where Ira watches ALL Bucs road games with fans. Try Florida’s best craft beer, especially Bromosa, their amazing tangerine IPA. Listening to Ira is fun, free and easy! Click play above or listen at Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Podbean.com, Stitcher, too, and more.

A touchdown-saving, likely-game-saving tackle was made with 29 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter yesterday. (more…)

Whatever is needed.

Yeah, Richard Sherman, the Bucs veteran corner and now a sometimes safety, may at times look like a shell of his former self. But you cannot tell Joe that his attitude and professionalism is not rubbing off on his young teammates. (more…)

Joe’s appreciation of Ndamukong Suh grows weekly, a little more than usual today after the legendary defensive tackle sacked Matt Ryan twice. (more…)

Ring the bell! The Bucs — and everyone else — will have a lot more cash to spend on free agents and in-house players next season. (more…)

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Sage Ira is all jacked up after the fallout from his Antonio Brown column. But make no mistake, this podcast is primarily Joe and Ira diving into all things Bucs leading into Sunday’s Bucs-Falcons game. All the fun is made possible by Bill Currie Ford!

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 Sullivan at the Bill Currie showroom.

Big Storm beer from Big Storm Brewing Co. is the official beer of the podcast and their Clearwater location is where Ira watches ALL Bucs road games with fans. Try Florida’s best craft beer, especially Bromosa, their amazing tangerine IPA. Listening to Ira is fun, free and easy! Click play above or listen at Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Podbean.com, Stitcher, too, and more.