When right tackle Luke Goedeke went down with a foot injury, the Bucs’ pass blocking quickly deteriorated.

Your eyes were not deceiving you. The Bucs’ pass blocking imploded once right tackle Luke Goedeke left the game. (more…)

Offensive coordinator Josh Grizzard.

Last year the Bucs led the NFL in third-down conversion rate at 51 percent.

Keep in mind 40 percent or better is quite good by league standards. (more…)

Bucky Irving always ready to roll with Baker Mayfield.

One thing Joe knows from experience: Bucky Irving does not like to talk to reporters after a game. (more…)

Certain things are a must in the church of Todd Bowles. (more…)

Texans RB Nick Chubb ran into wall after wall.

Texans running backs averaged 3.8 yards per carry tonight.

That’s a nice total for the 1992 season, but in the modern game, it means the Bucs did a strong job stopping the run. Again. (more…)

Former NFL doctor weighs in.

UPDATED 12:12 a.m. – Now Joe has to preface what this physician has to say about Bucs tackle Calijah Kancey. (more…)

Calijah Kancey

Crushing blow for the Bucs’ defense tonight in the thrilling comeback win against the Texans. (more…)

Heroic Rachaad White.

Guess who took the first Buccaneers handoff tonight in Houston? (more…)

History.

You don’t often see teams with back-to-back game-winning drives in the final two minutes of games. That’s why Joe is typing this here story. (more…)

Statement.

This was not just another victory.

Todd Bowles and Baker Mayfield shook off serious demons in Houston. It’s even got Joe thinking about February, and that has nothing to do with the NBA All-Star Game’s new format. (more…)

History smiles on the Bucs after Monday’s win. (more…)

Giddy.

Joe doesn’t know if Lavonte David was any happier when the Bucs won the Super Bowl than he sounded on the Buccaneers Radio Network after the game from the Bucs’ locker room. (more…)

First-career sack!

Joe loves sacks.

They’re drive killers. They get in quarterbacks heads. They jack up a defense and change games. (more…)

After hearing over and over this offseason how critical turnovers are to the Bucs being successful, Joe is ecstatic — and impressed — Tampa Bay is now 2-0 without forcing a turnover.

You like that, Todd Bowles? (more…)

Willed team to a win.

How awesome was this win? (more…)

Kicker Chase McLaughlin

Perhaps Busch Gardens will add a new roller coaster and simply call it: Todd Bowles’ Buccaneers. (more…)

Kickoff at 7 p.m., the first half of the Monday Night Football doubleheader.

Comment all game long below with Bucs fans and the resident haters. 

Save your insults for game officials, not each other.

Go Bucs!

Rachaad White is back.

Joe wasn’t touching anything with tonight’s game until it became official at 5:30 p.m. that right tackle Luke Goedeke is playing. (more…)

Baker Mayfield is not among the NFL’s top running quarterbacks. He’s no Kyler Murray or Jalen Hurts, but for one coach and for one night in particular, Mayfield is right there. (more…)

Flash poll posted at 3:05 p.m. Poll closed at 4:09 p.m.

Game 2

Bucs at Texans

Kickoff: 7 p.m.

TV: BSPN. Game will be simulcast on WFTS-TV Channel 28 with Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Laura Rutledge and Lisa Salters.

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