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Heartfelt stuff from Dirk Koetter after today’s thrilling victory. (more…)

Call him.

Former Falcons have found home in Tampa Bay since Dirk Koetter has been around. (more…)

Respect for a reborn franchise.

Bucs fans, it seems, are more concerned with how folks on national platforms think about the team rather than the way the Bucs are playing. (more…)

Mike Evans, like most Bucs, are more concerned with New Orleans than the current NFC South standings.

How locked in are the Bucs with the tasks at hand?

Well, consider this exchange that Bucs stud receiver Mike Evans had in the locker room after today’s game in San Diego. (more…)

Still won’t touch the p-word.

Joe has a hard time typing the following because, with a nod to Barry Switzer, Joe is not a fiction writer. (more…)

Bucs suits felt love from fans today.

Joe admits to being both surprised and impressed. (more…)

Is it time to feature Jacquizz Rodgers?

Joe will not back off holding Doug Martin to a high standard, one he failed to meet again today in San Diego. (more…)

“Philip, I love you because you are from Alabama, but I know how to win big games.”

The smile on America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston, that Joe snapped to the left after today’s win says it all. (more…)

Special times

We all saw what Father Dungy did with an historic band of losers 20 years ago — and Dirk Koetter is doing it faster.

That’s the cold hard reality. (more…)

Rookie wall? Pfffft.

Who knew Vernon Hargreaves was the Bucs’ backup punt returner?

That factoid aside, the Bucs’ 21-year-old rookie cornerback had his biggest game as a professional in San Diego. (more…)

Bucs control their destiny.

Here’s the latest! (more…)

Another critical miss today by Roberto Aguayo, who, after a brief rally, appears to again be the worst kicker in the NFL. (more…)

Fly your flags.

Hug your women and children, and anyone in reach.

Your Buccaneers are 7-5 and in first place — in December! (more…)

Are the Bucs pretenders? We’ll know after this game at “The Q,” as its known in San Diego, Qualcomm Stadium.

Beat the Chargers and the Bucs are on a four-game winning streak with a 7-5 record on their way home to face the Saints. A loss, and Tampa Bay comes home 6-6 trying regroup and salvage a winning season down the stretch.

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And come back for Joe’s savage postgame coverage live from the locker room.

Game 12

Bucs (6-5) at Chargers (5-6)

Kickoff: 4:25 p.m. (more…)

Koetter offers his take on “family” chatter at One Buc Palace

Yes, Bucs players are talking a lot about family. Some are even crying in the shower.

Is it real? (more…)

Injury has helped.

Last week, when asked about rookie stud Noah Spence, Dirk Koetter referred to his development as “weird” because he has played hurt and was damned near put on injured reserve. (more…)

Owned Joey Bosa in college.

As Joe already noted, the Chargers like to move hotshot rookie defensive end Joey Bosa around on passing downs. (more…)

In this post, Joe combines information delivered inside the Bucs locker room and a scouting report this morning by Dirk Koetter. (more…)

Once again the good people of Florida’s Panhandle got solid information about the Bucs when Joe made his regular appearance on “The Jeff Cameron Show,” hosted by Jeff Cameron on the 500-pound gorilla of sports radio in the Panhandle: ESPN Tallahassee. (more…)

A view outside Joe’s suburban San Diego hotel last night as the sun bounces off the mountains at dusk before sinking into the Pacific Ocean.

Yes, Joe is typing a quick post from his hotel in suburban San Diego. It’s mid-morning in sunny San Diego (yeah, that’s a redundant phrase). (more…)

Joe highly recommends the following from Bucs icon John Lynch. (more…)

Vowed to “bully”

Hey, Donovan Smith haters. Where was 10-sack man and perennial stud Seahawks defensive end Cliff Avril last week? (more…)