More insight into the Noah Spence mystery

Things keep looking worse for Noah Spence, unless new defensive coordinator Mark Duffner has changes on his mind. (more…)

New DC Mark Duffner

Newly promoted Bucs defensive coordinator Mark Duffner is a humble guy with strong religious roots. As a kid he wanted to be the first Pope from the United States.

But the two sentences above paint the wrong picture of football coach Duffner. (more…)

Players campaigned for?

Now this is a whole level of new intrigue. (more…)

“Mike, I would have come to help you but I’m way to busy with ESPN and feet.”

The Bucs’ defensive staff is down a man, aka just-booted defensive coordinator Mike Smith.

The architect of the Dirk Koetter defense worked very long hours, tirelessly grinding to manage and fix his unit, Koetter has said. (more…)

Talks Mike Smith firing

The early MVP of the 2018 Buccaneers defense, which is kind of like being the best tennis player in Siberia, is without question Jason Pierre-Paul. (more…)

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“Vita, man, you ready to ball out?”

The right foot/leg of Gerald McCoy was in a boot yesterday because the six-time Pro Bowler has a calf injury, Dirk Koetter said today. (more…)

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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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…)

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Head coach talks about his QB.

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