With apologies to Giants rookie fifth-round pick Tyrone Tracy, Bucky Irving has been the best rookie running back in the NFL season. (more…)

Game 9

Bucs (4-4) at Chiefs (7-0) 

Kickoff: 8:15 p.m.

TV: BSPN (WFTS-TV Channel 28 locally) with Joe Buck, Troy Aikman and Lisa Salters.

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How to defense Pat Mahomes?

Pat Mahomes will go down as having one of the greatest arms for a quarterback in NFL history.

But it is a different element of his game that as Bucs outside linebacker YaYa Diaby worried. (more…)

Proud of Bucs’ front-five.

Ever since right tackle Luke Goedeke returned to the starting lineup after being in concussion jail, the Bucs’ offensive line has taken a massive step forward. (more…)

Joe hasn’t checked in on Gerald McCoy yet, but is there any high-profile analyst out there thinking the Bucs can win tonight in Kansas City? (more…)

Gone.

It seems the slimy Saints are spiraling so badly — as if losing to the Stinking Panthers wasn’t a tip off — they pulled the plug on Dennis Allen. (more…)

So the Bucs head to face the undefeated but vulnerable Super Bowl champs tonight in what Tampa Bay players should feel is a must-win, break-our-losing streak matchup. (more…)

Flash poll posted at 7:36 a.m. Poll closed at 10:36 a.m.

The message to Joe directly, and to Bucs fans in general, couldn’t be clearer. (more…)

Time to ball for Trey Palmer.

It seems the Chiefs play pass defense the way Bucs fans want the Bucs to play defense. (more…)

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

February 2021 may as well have been 1991, Todd Bowles’ lone season as an NFL player not playing for Washington (he started for San Francisco). (more…)

Dominating in this stat.

Any other quarterback and all the hollering shows on national TV and national sports radio shows wouldn’t shut up about the guy. (Instead, we are beat in the mouth about Aaron Rodgers and the GD Jets.) (more…)

“Mr. Glazer, look at the final seven games on our schedule.”

Joe watched bad football this afternoon as the Cowboys visited Atlanta. (more…)

Proud of his hires.

One of Todd Bowles’ most notable quotes came 20 months ago in Indianapolis. (more…)

As Joe suspected, this story has legs. And because Joe is still reading new comments posted about this subject this morning, Joe is sharing a related story. (more…)

Left tackle Tristan Wirfs.

Joe is on record saying this year’s Bucs offensive line is playing the best football since the line in the 2020 Super Bowl-winning season. (more…)

No, Joe still isn’t buying the over-the-top Falcons hype. They’re good at 5-3 but extremely vulnerable.

They’re also on local TV today at 1 p.m.

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“Rachaad, we can do this.”

Joe’s mowed down plenty of Pepcid AC Maximum Strength this week thinking of Pat Mahomes going up against the ole’ Bucs defense. (more…)

Adjustments needed.

Last week, Todd Bowles seemed, at best, lukewarm to the notion of trading for defensive help. (more…)