Dirk Koetter talks about one of his top rookies

The Buccaneers’ safeties have come under fire for subpar play.

That assessment is fair. (more…)

Ugly numbers.

No, it has not been a good three weeks for America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston. (more…)

Bucs receiver has proved playing with emotion not always good.

Joe is not a BSPN guy as regular readers know.

For eight months a year, Joe never, ever watches that outfit, except for football games, some college basketball and an occasional “30 for 30” that, given the subject matter, is some of the best work on television broadcast anywhere. (more…)

Good chance to have weekends off in January.

Leave it to numberscrunchers to crunch numbers to come up with a playoff formula. And for the Bucs, let’s just say they have a slightly better chance of making the playoffs than Myron Lewis does of playing in another NFL game. (more…)

The NFL had a microphone on Aqib Talib on Sunday.

Arguably the dumbest play in Buccaneers history made quite an impression on one of the most moronic players in Buccaneers history: helmet-wielding, cabbie-slugging, Adderrall-popping, coach-cussing, referee-charging, pistol-friendly, granny-hassling Aqib Talib. (more…)

Dirk Koetter would find a lot of opposition among glory-days Bucs

Oh, boy.

Joe wishes Warren Sapp was around to weigh in on this one. (more…)

Still shows youth.

If very recent history is a barometer, and to use a statgeeky term “small sample size,” getting immediate impact from a young quarterback means you better draft a guy in the middle or late rounds. (more…)

Object of desire

With the Bucs’ running game, the “next man up” adage has turned into the head coach seeking updates from the trainer. (more…)

One of the most interesting parings of this Buccaneers season is not on the field. (more…)

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A former Bucs quarterback says don’t blame America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston. (more…)

It’s Joe’s weekly 24-hour Dirk Koetter Confidence Poll. Here are last week’s results. Polls close at 11 a.m. Wednesday.

The hallmark of the Greg Schiano years, not including regulation of movie titles and meal temperature and thermostats, was a ferocious run defense complemented by one of the worst pass defenses known to man. (more…)

Not practicing.

Add running back Charles Sims to the list of walking wounded for the Bucs. (more…)

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Ira’s takes run the gamut in the aftermath of the Bucs-Broncos debacle Sunday.

Yes, you can meet eye-RAH! Kaufman in person at Joe’s huge Monday Night Football Watch Party on Oct. 10. But right now you can listen to Tampa Bay’s only Hall of Fame voter talk all things Bucs.

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Back to square-one.

Sunday night when Dirk Koetter said for all to hear he was “very concerned” with the turnovers created by America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston, Joe had an immediate follow-up question. (more…)

Improving defense?

There is little positive to be gleaned from the beatdown the Broncos hit the Bucs with on Sunday. Joe senses one element, however. (more…)

Sometimes it is good for an NFL coach to decompress for a day after watching his team get seal-clubbed. (more…)

Want to know why the Bucs are 1-3 with playoff hopes grim if not blown up? It doesn’t take a rocket scientist. (more…)

Oh, boy. Joe’s late lunch is coming back up. (more…)

Koetter throws logic out the window.

The head-scratching, illogical decision of Bucs coach Dirk Koetter to punt midway through the fourth quarter last night with the ball in Denver territory has Bucs fans from Sarasota to Sebring to Spring Hill snorting coffee grounds today. (more…)