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Alarming Win-Loss Mark For Lovie

Monday, January 4th, 2016
Only Leeman Bennett worse.

Only Leeman Bennett worse.

Bucs fans are irate, and Joe understands.

It’s partially from the pounding morning-after headache that won’t go away after eating Advil following the seal-clubbing the Stinking Panthers performed on the Bucs to end the 2015 season. (more…)

Yesterday, Today And Tomorrow

Monday, January 4th, 2016

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And so the 2016 season ended with a thud.

The most exciting element of the final game happened after the final whistle, when America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, called out teammates for just going through the motions and cashing Team Glazer checks. (more…)

Evans Officially A Target

Monday, January 4th, 2016
Officially a target of referees thanks to repeated juvenile behavior.

Now a target of referees thanks to repeated juvenile behavior.

Yesterday, Mike Evans, the gifted Bucs wide receiver, was doing Mike Evans things: whining about being interfered with play after play after play. (more…)

First, Just Stop Teams

Monday, January 4th, 2016
Fix your defense.

Fix your defense.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, Joe knows the NFL types will say —  no, demand! — that without takeaways you won’t be much of an NFL team. The numbers are hard to argue. (more…)

Kwon Has Jameis’ Back

Monday, January 4th, 2016
Stands with his rookie brother in arms.

Stands with his rookie brother in arms.

Yesterday, like a cool breeze on a hot summer day, America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, had his fill of the losing after the Bucs dropped their fourth straight game to end the season. (more…)

McCoy, Jameis Have Philosophical Clash

Sunday, January 3rd, 2016

gerald mccoy 0814Gerald McCoy led the Bucs in a pregame pump-up session last Sunday against the Bears. Video showed McCoy smiling and yelling and imploring his team to have fun.

“Fun” was the word McCoy used repeatedly. (more…)

Jameis Unleashed!

Sunday, January 3rd, 2016
Reached his frustration level.

Reached his frustration level.

Whoa! The losing culture of the Bucs’ locker room has finally gotten to Jameis. (more…)

Final Tally: Opposing QBs Completed 70%

Sunday, January 3rd, 2016
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How receivers look in Lovie Smith’s secondary

It was a typical deer-in-the-cornfield evening for the Bucs’ secondary.

The cover-nobody defense served up the usual. (more…)

Bucs Reach “Infamy”

Sunday, January 3rd, 2016

Bucs set NFC milestone of futility.

Last week, it was pointed out by none other than the Custodian of Canton, eye-RAH! Kaufman of the Tampa Tribune, that the Bucs were on the cusp of NFL history with a loss to the Stinking Panthers. (more…)

With The Ninth Pick In The 2016 NFL Draft

Sunday, January 3rd, 2016

lovie and licht 0623The Buccaneers began the Lovie Smith regime with the No. 7 overall pick in the 2014 NFL Draft.

In a few short months, the Bucs will have the No. 9 overall pick in the 2016 NFL Draft. (more…)

Mike Evans Needs To Grow Up

Sunday, January 3rd, 2016
Knock it off!

Knock it off!

Gee, mouthy Stinking Panthers stud cornerback Josh Norman got into Mike Evans’ head today. And as a result, Evans got run out of the game. (more…)

Jameis Is Peeved!

Sunday, January 3rd, 2016
Angry Jameis.

Angry Jameis.

Joe isn’t sure who was listening to the Buccaneers Radio Network after the game but America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, made it perfectly clear to listeners: He is hot as a firecracker in July that the Bucs got curb-stomped today by the Stinking Panthers and wants the 2016 to start tomorrow. (more…)

Tough Times For Team Glazer

Sunday, January 3rd, 2016

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Team Glazer opened its checkbook for big-name players and a big-name head coach. And right now, all they have to show for it is a hot mess of a ball club and grumbling fans, despite the fantastic glow of a franchise quarterback with a legitimate offense around him.

That may sound harsh, but that’s the cold reality when your team gets humiliated during the final four weeks of a season, as the Bucs were. (more…)

Slant Passes Continue To Haunt

Sunday, January 3rd, 2016
Bucs corners, like Toast Jenkins, are confused by the slant.

Bucs corners, like Toast Jenkins, are confused by the slant.

The horror began in Week 1. Over four months later and into a new year, the horror show continues. (more…)

ASJ Just Not Cutting It

Sunday, January 3rd, 2016
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Can’t extend for catches when needed.

Joe has officially turned the page on Austin Seferian-Jenkins, the high-talent, high-skills, high-maintenance tight end of the Bucs. (more…)

Panthers 38, Buccaneers 10

Sunday, January 3rd, 2016
Cam Newton slithered away from what would have been George Johnson's first sack of the season. The Bucs were clobbered in all phases. (Photo courtesy of Tampa Bay Buccaneers)

Cam Newton slithered away from what would have been George Johnson’s first sack of the season. The Bucs were clobbered in all phases. (Photo courtesy of Tampa Bay Buccaneers)

Lovie Smith called this game a “measuring stick” during a pregame interview.

Using that logic, the Bucs don’t measure up, and they limp into the offseason as a flaccid bunch, losers of four straight and in desperate need of Viagra in the form of defensive backs, pass rushers and receivers — and much improved coaching. (more…)

Buccaneers-Panthers Open Thread

Sunday, January 3rd, 2016

bucs cheerleader 1117Will the Bucs lose four straight to end the season? Or will Tampa Bay rise up against the NFC’s best team and inject mass quantities of hope into the Bucs’ faithful?

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Gameday Tampa Bay

Sunday, January 3rd, 2016

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Game 16

Bucs (6-9) at Stinking Panthers (14-1)

Kickoff: 4:25 p.m. (more…)

Custodian Sounds Alarm Bells

Sunday, January 3rd, 2016

We all know the lone logical reason to have Lovie Smith return for the 2016 season is his handling of America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, and his brilliant transition to the NFL. (more…)

“I May Sound Like A Broken Record”

Sunday, January 3rd, 2016
(Photo courtesy of Tampa Bay Buccaneers)

(Photo courtesy of Tampa Bay Buccaneers)

For most of this season, the standout Bucs’ offensive line has featured two guys off the street and two rookies drafted in the second round. (more…)