What’s in the mind of Team Glazer?

Hats off to former Bucs rock star general manager Mark Dominik for taking Buccaneers fans into the collective mind of Team Glazer — at least trying to — at this crossroads time for the franchise. (more…)

Bucs CB gets praise.

Everybody seems to want to know why the Bucs defense has been playing better, even with dudes the team dragged out of a Walmart after the season started. (more…)

Perfect.

Joe has written a few times, half-jokingly, that some 20 years from now when Bucs Bit-O-Honey-snacking coach Dirk Koetter is sitting on his back porch admiring the lush rolling hills and mountains of rural Idaho, family members and friends will catch him grumbling about kickers in the middle of an otherwise peaceful spring afternoon for no apparent reason. (more…)

DC Mark Duffner

Well, the rumor was out there and being spread by a reputable newspaper. (more…)

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Maybe, just maybe, a huge break is coming the Buccaneers’ way. (more…)

Returning?

Dirk Koetter used to call former Schiano-man safety Keith Tandy a “glue guy,” and then Tandy was sent packing by the Bucs after this year’s training camp. (more…)

Denied too long

And this is Exhibit-A why Joe screamed for Dirk Koetter to abandon his outrageous no-mandate, no-veto policy for his defense. (more…)

Must-win games.

The Bucs still have postseason life breathing in their bodies, but they are hooked up to life support. (more…)

Commander Duffner

Little magic is happening at One Buc Palace when it comes to the revival of the Buccaneers defense, per promoted-in-October coordinator Mark Duffner. (more…)

Gauntlet ahead.

Yeah, the playoffs may be a pipe dream, but mathematically the Bucs are still in it. (more…)

Sackmeisters.

At the end of September, if a Bucs fan would have asked Joe when the Bucs would get four more sacks, Joe likely would have said through the whole month of October. (more…)

The Buccaneers’ nice gesture of giving away thousands of tickets to season pass holders and others in the community sure fired up a lot of observers after the stadium still had lots of empty seats on Sunday. (more…)

Scrutinized

Great camera angles and interesting audio here from Sunday’s game. (more…)

“Jason, I have to admit, for a few weeks there I was beginning to think you had the same taste in defensive linemen as you do sport coats.”

The resurgence of the Bucs defense is raising eyebrows. It also may be saving jobs. (more…)

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It’s the weekly, 24-hour Dirk Koetter Confidence Poll. The poll posted Wednesday at 10:20 p.m. See last week’s results linked here.

“Please don’t take too many hits, Jameis.”

It’s one of those moments when fans are likely sitting home in their boxers on the leather couch and America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston, takes off running out of the pocket, and fans start yelling at the TV, “No Jameis, no… good job Jameis!” (more…)

“‘Monk,’ I heard a wise old owl once say, ‘No risk it, no biscuit.'”

So you think Bucs Bit-O-Honey-snacking, Ozark-watching, yams-eating coach Dirk Koetter is too conservative, eh? (more…)

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We’re 27 days from Black Monday and the Bucs are on a two-game winning streak. You better believe the Sage of Tampa Bay sports has plenty on his mind. Loads on the docket today as Ira joins Joe for the twice-weekly wrestling match presented by Ed Morse Cadillac Tampa and Ed Morse Cadillac Brandon.

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