Bucs coach offers details.

In winning Bucs coach Dirk Koetter’s eyes, the defense played such a dominant game Sunday against the J-E-T-S Jets, Jets, Jets, that it was just about perfection. (more…)

Embarrassed

Monday Night Football was so darn fun last night. It’s hard to top the ironic humor of Cam Newton showing his frustration over ex-Buc Russell Shepard’s drops and Shepard not coming back to the football.

It was also enjoyable to see Tampa Bay’s next opponent, the one Carolina beat 45-21, is in train-wreck mode. (more…)

Gets the Peyton Barber Treatment

When general manager Jason Licht and formerly winning head coach Dirk Koetter and were high-fivin’ in ecstasy with their staffs and ownership on draft night 2017, Joe suspects they weren’t doing that because they just scored a blocking tight end with the 19th-overall pick. (more…)

Has fresh Chucky talk.

It is becoming a daily drumbeat. (more…)

Had new role Sunday.

One of Joe’s favorite Bucs is rookie linebacker Kendell Beckwith. One reason? He is a stud, or as Mr. Beasting Robert Ayers once said of him, “That’s a mother%@#$ing dog.” (more…)

Bucs coaches and players gather to try to calm emotions when middle linebacker Kwon Alexander (far left) and Robert Ayers barked at each other in the final seconds of the Bucs’ win over the Jets Sunday. (Image courtesy of CBS Sports.)

As Joe suspected, Robert Ayers didn’t disclose the full story of the sideline hassle that happened in the closing moments of the win over the Jets. (more…)

Record-setting defensive game. (Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.)

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Joe has read comments by fans dismissing what the defense did yesterday, undermining its dominance with the “but it was the Jets” excuse. (more…)

So what is the state of the Buccaneers throughout the Tampa Bay area? Those are murky waters to navigate.

Are the fans, community and their support of the team even important to success on the field? (more…)

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Not empty words? (Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com)

Players like to talk in clichés. In some ways, players are coached up by an organization how to speak that way. It’s safe but not enlightening in any way. (more…)

Loafer revives

Bucs fans who love the drama have been freaking out for the last 16 hours or so because ex-Buc defensive end Adrian Clayborn racked up six sacks for the Falcons yesterday. (more…)

“Man, it is so cool to read so many people thinking I’m coming back next year to coach. Love this sh!t!”

It’s getting wilder and frankly, more uncomfortable. (more…)

(Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.)

Welcome back Victory Monday. It’s been too long. What kept you? (more…)

Super Bowl QB Rich Gannon talks about his time in Tampa last week

It wasn’t shocking that the Bucs beat the Jets yesterday, but it was stunning to see Tampa Bay shake off its shameful, quit-looking beating in New Orleans to look like a hungry and passionate football team. (more…)

Claims no sideline issue.

Something happened late in the game between defensive end Robert Ayers, middle linebacker Kwon Alexander and defensive tackle Swaggy Baker. (more…)

Hey, how bout a curveball. Here’s Rock Riley’s Monday video right now!

Rock’s got all kinds of good postgame stuff covered from the Bucs locker room and beyond. You can also find him on Twitter @RealRockRiley. And he’s right here with more videos on Wednesdays and Fridays, too.

Players relieved but Koetter tired of innuendo from Rock Riley on Vimeo.

Locker room video emerges

Joe wrote earlier this evening about DeSean Jackson’s postgame chatter to his teammates and now video has emerged, or at least partial video. (more…)

Locker room chatter and more from the Sage of Tampa Bay sports

BY IRA KAUFMAN

Hey, it’s a start.

The long, depressing losing streak is over for a Buc team that displayed more energy Sunday. Tampa Bay remains in the NFC South basement and as Luke Stocker noted after the game, “we’ve got a long way to go to get out of this deep hole,” but long journeys often begin with small steps.

The 15-10 triumph was no modern art masterpiece, but for Buc fans, it was a thing of beauty. The Jets had an opportunity to reach 5-5 before their bye week, but they were outplayed on both sides of the ball.

Here’s how it happened: (more…)

Lavonte David and the Bucs defense was strong on third down today.

Third downs have been a problem for the Bucs this year, both on offense and on defense. (more…)

Emerging leader?

A lot of folks talk about leaders. But as Hall of Fame linebacker Jack Ham once said, that vast majority of talk of leaders is just “rhetoric.” (more…)

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Guilty!  (more…)