Who could forget when Saints loudmouth asshat defensive end Cameron Jordan ripped Donovan Smith publicly when the Bucs’ left tackle signed a fat new contract in March of 2019. (more…)

“Sean, I will send you some cheese curds and Spotted Cow beer next week. During Super Bowl week, Big Storm beer is on me.”

The slimy Saints are known for two things: (more…)

Steve Smith of NFL Network.

Anyone seen Steve Smith of NFL Network?

Joe’s just curious.

Steve Smith on NFL Network, following the #Bucs 47-7 win: “When the playoffs comes the Tampa Bay Bucs are gonna get ran. It’s going to be a good old fashion ass-whopping. I don’t believe the Bucs are going to show up.”

Says Cowboys and Lions are on same category, “Not very good” pic.twitter.com/61fmRg7uQQ

— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) December 26, 2020

For those counting, it was 107 yards from scrimmage tonight from Leonard Fournette, the Bucs’ production leader by a mile in a game where yards were hard to come by against a stingy Saints defense. (more…)

Hero.

How much of a bounceback did Bucs linebacker Devin White have tonight?

Huge! (more…)

Big play!

Just when the Bucs needed it, it came from the guy who they drafted No. 5 overall in 2019. (more…)

What an emotional night this is for Joe and every other Bucs fan, but not too emotional for Joe to be filled with gratitude. (more…)

It wasn’t perfect, but damn, the Buccaneers’ core of young defensive players turned in a heroic and dominant effort tonight against the Saints.

Joe is so freakin’ proud of the secondary for standing tall under a mountain of pressure. (more…)

Ya Gotta Believe!

Joe is fired up to an inexplicable level. Tampa Bay is hammering the Saints.

The Buccaneers are good, damn good!!

One more game (and 4 more minutes) and Tampa Bay will be in the Super Bowl. (more…)

Joe knows his high school coach would have reamed his rear end for this. And guys (including the defensive coordinator) on the Bucs defense are getting paid handsomely. (more…)

Here we go!

The Bucs are playing for a trip to the NFC Championship game.

Bark, laugh, cry and cheer all game long with fellow fans (and a few haters) in the comments below.

Go Bucs!!!!

Ronald Jones is on the field now at The Superdome and looking ready!

Ready to return from his quad injury that kept him out of the Wild Card Round, while still nursing his healing broken finger.

Fellow running back Ke’Shawn Vaughn is inactive.

Looks like RoJo is preparing to play! pic.twitter.com/6aKDXN4V0K

— JoeBucsFan (@JoeBucsFan) January 17, 2021

It appears a couple of Bucs killers will not play today. (more…)

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Divisional Round

Bucs (12-5) at Slimy Saints (13-4)

Kickoff: 6:40 p.m.

TV: FOX (WTVT-TV Channel 13, locally).

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Is the Buccaneers secondary playing better than it was when it walked off the field at the end of the 2019 season?

Joe can’t say that at all, but Joe can say there’s enough talent back there to make game-changing plays in Sunday’s playoff game in New Orleans, and to show Bucs fans that the unit can recapture its early-season form. (more…)

“Now listen, if Marshon Lattimore so much as looks at Mike Evans, you pull that flag out of your back pocket. Or you will work nothing but Jags and Jets games next year, got it?”

It boils down to this: The NFL is a TV league. The reason why offenses have been opened up as a result of rule changes over the decades is because offense sells tickets. (more…)

It’s official.

The road to the Super Bowl in Tampa will go through Lambeau Field. (more…)