NextGen Stats Rewards Tristan Wirfs
Thursday, January 9th, 2025
Wirfs Island.
Mary Ann may not be on this island, but for the Bucs, there’s a mountain of a left tackle that protects its beaches. (more…)

Wirfs Island.
Mary Ann may not be on this island, but for the Bucs, there’s a mountain of a left tackle that protects its beaches. (more…)

Is a Bucs edge rusher finally born?
So yesterday, Bucs outside linebacker/edge rush YaYa Diaby was named NFC Defensive Player of the Week. He’s been on a hot streak the past three weeks. (more…)
Flash poll posted at 5:01 p.m. Poll closed 7:54 p.m. Last week’s results linked here.

Trending.
Bucs coach Todd Bowles doesn’t like to talk about the status of injured players during his regularly-scheduled Wednesday news conference, party because he doesn’t know their status. (more…)

Tristan Wirfs hugs rookie tight end Devin Culp.
So Joe watches Bucs training camp practices and while a lot of players are rather invisible, one guy who often looked the part of dangerous receiving tight end this summer was rookie seventh-round pick Devin Culp. (more…)

Assistant GM John Spytek.
Maybe this is the year the Bucs’ successful front office gets raided by other teams seeking personnel gurus. (more…)

Are football trends just coincidences?
Joe doesn’t believe that, but Bucs head coach Todd Bowles does in one particular area. (more…)
Bucs Super Bowl offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich had a job interview recently for a head coach gig. (more…)

Yeah, the Bucs have used a lot of young players on their defense this season, but they’ve also got a bunch of veterans, including Super Bowl veterans, on that side of the ball. (more…)

Where will you be Sunday night? (more…)

Throughout the Todd Bowles regime, the Bucs routinely have been groin-stomped and punched in the face — sometimes it’s their fault, sometimes it’s not — and then bounce back like nothing happened. (more…)
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Historic season.
This is what Joe calls a running back. (more…)

Stat nerds approve.
Two stat guys Joe periodically enjoys listening to are Shaw Syed and Tej Seth. They work for former Dixie Chicks shot-caller Thomas Dimitroff’s stats outfit Sumer Sports. (more…)

Impressive results.
The “Fire Todd Bowles” crowd got angry with Joe this week when Joe suggested Bowles was closer to a contract extension than getting fired. (more…)
Chuck has coined a new adjective. And Joe fully expects it to be included in Merriam-Webster’s dictionary soon. (more…)

Bucs need Antoine Winfield “desperately.”
Not a whole lot of teams go far in the playoffs with three-fourths of their starting secondary on the shelf. But that could be what the Bucs are looking at when they face one of the better young quarterbacks in the league. (more…)

How good is Baker Mayfield?
Well, today offensive coordinator Liam Coen called Mayfield “the modern day Brett Favre.” (more…)