The Dixie Chicks may bail out Mike Smith with plans to open their cage’s roof Sunday.

The skies may be open for Mike Smith and the Bucs’ defense Sunday. (more…)

It’s been a weird 12 days on the Brent Grimes front.

He was taken out of the Bears blowout but other veteran defensive players were not. (more…)

Flash poll posted at 4:47 p.m. and closed at 9 p.m.

New status for defensive tackle Beau Allen

Man, the Bucs are getting healthy in a hurry, just in time to bury a bad football team, aka the 1-4 Falcons.  (more…)

Numbers nerds back up Koetter.

For some reason, it irks a boatload of people when Bucs coach Dirk Koetter wins the coin toss and defers to the second half. (more…)

It’s a different world now in the Tampa Bay trenches — or it least it should be on Sunday in Atlanta. (more…)

Out

Yet again, the Falcons will be missing all the big guns up the gut of their defense on Sunday, with defensive tackle Grady Jarrett now ruled out with an ankle injury.

Pro Bowl running back Devonta Freeman messed up his foot last week and he’ll be out, too.

It sure his hard to find a reason the Bucs offense shouldn’t drop 30 points on Atlanta.

What say you, Mike Smith?

New face of the franchise?

The voices were loud on BSPN’s “First Take.” (more…)

Jameis talks about a fix

There is a clear and indisputable weakness in the overall game of America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, through his 45 NFL starts.

It’s a focus for Dirk Koetter and Joe asked Jameis about it yesterday. (more…)

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Breakout game coming?

Just yesterday Joe wrote how the Bucs throw the fewest passes in the NFL when it comes to short throws of five yards or less. (more…)

There’s an unthinkable stat swirling around Falcons headquarters that is both encouraging to Bucs fans and troubling at the same time. (more…)

“I have the definition of ‘RPO’ written down somewhere.”

Yes, Joe went on record at halftime of the Windy City Wipeout writing if the Bucs were to transform from almost annual cellar dwellers to a legitimate playoff contender, it would have to be without defensive coordinator Mike Smith. (more…)

Interesting take by Dirk Koetter to the Atlanta media this week. (more…)

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The hits keep on coming. (more…)

Can Vita Vea help?

This is almost too crazy to believe. (more…)

“Monk, if we can’t drop a 30-spot on this crappy Falcons defense, then we’re not the team we think we are.”

Official injury reports can be calming. (more…)

Oily superagent Drew Rosenhaus

Bucs former rockstar general manager Mark Dominik had plenty to say following yesterday’s announcement that Ali Marpet got a five-year contract extension. (more…)

Aggressive.

Todd Monken and Dirk Koetter aren’t screwing around this year. (more…)