Team Glazer members Bryan and Ed alongside the Vince Lombardi trophy.

Remember when Dirk Koetter said he appreciated”a lot of courage” shown by Team Glazer when they brought him and his staff back for a third season as head coach?

It was a hell of a line by the head coach as the 2017 season ended. (more…)

Yes, Joe called for the defrocking of Bucs defensive coordinator Mike Smith. This was a move that had to take place if the Bucs hoped to play meaningful games in January. (more…)

Vacation earned

Well done, Dirk Koetter! Let Mike Smith have an early paid vacation, one that he earned like no one before him.

Joe wrote this morning that there was still time to make the right move and fire Smith, leader of the worst defense in the NFL in 2017, and then again in 2018. See the pattern there? (more…)

Bucs defensive coordinator Mike Smith has been fired.

Bucs coach Dirk Koetter relieved Smith of his duties today. Linebackers coach Mark Duffner has been promoted to defensive coordinator.

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The Bucs sure are a freakish team with incredible highs and lows. But a three-game losing streak arrived yesterday and delivered a real fork in the road. Monday Morning Joe is presented by Bill Currie Ford, home of the nationwide lifetime warranty, and Discount Garage Doors, Inc., home of the same-day free service call.

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Matty Ice carved up Bucs.

The seeds of Joe’s discontent with how defensive coordinator Mike Smith runs his defense began with a handful of plays in western New York. (more…)

Talks defense.

It was a touching moment Joe witnessed and Joe wondered at the time what it may have meant. (more…)

Joe often tells people that the NFL is a fluid business, as is covering the NFL.

One day’s truth is another day’s fiction or ancient history. (more…)

May have solution for defense.

The Bucs defense was rotten to the core in the first half. (more…)

Flash poll posted at 8:42 a.m.

Head coach talks about his QB.

It was almost as if Bucs coach Dirk Koetter knew it was coming. (more…)

Offers two cents on Bucs.

Joe has always been a Johnthan Banks fan. He was always good to Joe and Joe thought that a certain coach who now runs a rotten Big Ten team ruined the guy. (more…)

Not just the kicker.

Joe feels awful for Bucs coach Dirk Koetter. (more…)

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There are many reasons the Bucs lost today (see the Dirk Koetter defense). But one contributing factor is the missing chemistry between Jameis Winston and the man who now sits just 12 receiving yards shy of 10,000 in his career. (more…)

Struggled.

The last couple of games, Bucs cornerback Ryan Smith seemed as if he turned the corner. (more…)

The instant Joe saw it he knew the Bucs better win or fans would be outraged. (more…)

Dirk Koetter is responsible for the Buccaneers’ terrible defense every bit as much as Mike Smith is.

That fact isn’t lost on Joe or anyone minding the store at One Buc Palace. (more…)

Bucs defense smelled on more than one down.

It has already started. You heard it today from a few people and you will likely hear it more in the coming days.

Don’t be conned. (more…)