“Short-term” Fitz
Tuesday, September 11th, 2018
Temporary.
You want a stat that will blow your mind? (more…)
Temporary.
You want a stat that will blow your mind? (more…)
Joe was just cruising through tidbits in the wake of the Bucs stomping on the Saints in their own crib on Sunday. (more…)
“I’ll have none of that Dirk and you’re going to like it.”
Joe nearly wept on the Buccaneers’ opening drive Sunday.
A common sense element was restored to the Bucs offense. (more…)
Explains nailbiting moments.
There were tense moments in the fourth quarter of the Bucs win over division rival New Orleans Sunday. (more…)
“Michael, come up with the cash for your Saints beatdown tonight. Don’t make us show up at your son’s Little League game.”
Joe was wondering Sunday when the Bucs were up 24 late in their season opener at New Orleans, just how many thousands of folks had their suicide pools blown up in their faces before 5 p.m. on the opening Sunday of the NFL season. (more…)
Practice makes near-perfect?
My goodness, the way the Bucs opened the season and throttled the Saints on their own voodoo-stained carpeted crib got Joe’s juices flowing. (more…)
“Atta boy, Fitzy!”
A true NFL junkie, Joe enjoys listening to Tom Brady on the Monday Night Football national radio pregame show. (more…)
New life for a couple of ex-Bucs. (more…)
Rookie cornerback Carlton Davis had a lot to ponder before and after Sunday’s game
Yes, the Bucs defense was messy yesterday.
It’s awfully rare to allow 40 points when your offense doesn’t turn the ball over — and you win the time-of-possession battle. (more…)
Night and day difference
Through six Buccaneers seasons, plus a 2010 Tampa Bay training camp, and two seasons with Tom Coughlin’s Giants, retired wide receiver Michael Clayton learned a few things about football. (more…)
Running out of excuses.
Look, Joe loved, loved, loved how the Bucs won yesterday. (more…)
Man, how perceptions change in just four hours. (more…)
“I’m a made man now Mike! But c’mon, man, if you want to remain my consigliere you have to fix that defense, you know?”
My oh my, how some people go from the gutter to the penthouse in less than four hours. (more…)
NFL Network analysis of the Bucs-Saints game was so telling.
Deion Sanders, LaDainian Tomlinson and Shannon Sharpe are in disbelief — and they’re talking about replacing Jameis Winston. (more…)
Still miffed by playcaller-change questions. (What’ll happen when he’s asked about changing the defensive playcaller?!)
The comedy continues from the Bucs head coach. Man, Dirk Koetter despises any question related to who is calling plays and appears to be at war with local media on the subject. (more…)
Programming note here for the many thousands of listeners to various JoeBucsFan.com podcasts.
Bucs Uncensored will have a changed schedule because of travel from New Orleans and won’t be heard today. Stay tuned for the twice-weekly schedule. Monday Morning Joe will be a Monday evening affair after Dirk Koetter’s late afternoon news conference and it will have a Tuesday vibe since the Ira Kaufman Podcast this week will be Wednesday and Thursday, also due to travel. The Todd Wright Fantasy Football Podcast will post last this afternoon.
Very much lost in the shuffle of the monstrous offensive explosion yesterday were two beastly catches by tight end O.J. Howard — on the two balls thrown his way. (more…)
Still hasn’t missed a start.
The Ironman of the Bucs is still streaking. (more…)
DeSean Jackson catches one of his two touchdowns in the Bucs’ season-opening win Sunday. (Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.)
It’s Joe’s weekly in-season feature looking back at the previous day’s game. (more…)
Bucs coach Dirk Koetter reacts to Justin Evans’ scoop-and-score Sunday in New Orleans. (Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.)
The Bucs shook the NFL world yesterday when, despite a horrific defensive effort, they hung 48 points on the defending NFC South champion New Orleans Saints for a season-opening win. (more…)
BY IRA KAUFMAN
It was wild, it was frantic and in the end, it was transcendent for Buc fans. (more…)
Joe has written many times that the Bucs through last season and entering this season were a mentally fragile team.
Well, it seems Dirk Koetter might have had similar thoughts. (more…)
Bruised and battered in celebration.
Based on just today’s results, Bucs fans haven’t been this happy since they saw the Bucs’ cheerleader calendar circa 2010. (more…)