Interesting facts out of Baltimore

When Josh McCown was the starting quarterback, the offense was brutal, among the worst in the NFL. Numbers don’t lie.

Whether fans want to rag on the offensive line or Doug Martin, or a little of both, for the paltry rushing attack, McCown also dragged down the offense. (more…)

Passionate as ever for his beloved Buccaneers, Hall of Famer Derrick Brooks delivered plenty of passionate Mike Glennon talk with Steve Duemig on WDAE-AM 620 yesterday.

The Mike Glennon Mob will want to take note. (more…)

The young veteran Tampa Bay didn’t think would be a better right guard than Jamon Meredith, Oneil Cousins, Patrick Omameh and, apparently, Bucs newcomers Rishaw Johnson and Garrett Gilkey?

His name is Jeremy Zuttah, starter of the Baltimore Ravens, who face the Bucs in Tampa on Sunday. (more…)

Manbeast rookie tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins was a major letdown last Sunday.

Joe can’t sugarcoat it. The young “Dunkaneer” had Michael Clayton hands but was no blocking icon. (more…)

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will be without their leader today. Lovie Smith is not with the team and will be attending his father-in-law’s funeral.

Joe wishes for strength for the Smith family during this difficult time.

The spreadsheeters at Pro Football Focus don’t rank the Bucs to have the worst offensive line

It has become fashionable to lay all the blame on the rushing attack on the still-new Bucs’ offensive line. You know, God forbid Doug Martin should take a shred of blame for not yet even running for 50 yards in a game this season.

Offensive linemen, if not coaches, will say a new offensive line needs time to play to its peak. It takes many practices. It takes games. Everyone on the Bucs’ offensive line is new to each other. Shoot, Logan Mankins didn’t play a preseason game for Tampa Bay. (more…)

An experienced former NFL quarterback studied film of Mike Glennon and has weighed in with an assessment of Sunday’s effort in New Orleans. (more…)

The Bucs’ miserable, 30-plus-points-a-game defense still has its pair of standouts in Gerald McCoy and Lavonte David.

Man, Joe feels for those two. (more…)

The Bucs’ starting quarterback discusses his sneaky feet

A lot of the Mike Glennon haters claim Glennon is not a mobile quarterback, not even by the most liberal sense of the term. Therefore, he cannot be good.

(Joe finds some Bucs fans funny. When you discuss Glennon, these types howl how he is immobile. Yet when you bring up Johnny Football, they cringe as if they have to pass gas in church and bellyache how Johnny Football ran too much. Make up your minds!) (more…)

Bizarre contradiction alert!

Lovie Smith turned out-of-character terse on Monday right after Tampa Tribune Bucs beat writer Roy Cummings asked the head coach to detail problems in the running game. Keep in mind Cummings’ question came moments after Lovie said the rushing attack wasn’t up to speed. But Lovie sang a very different tune on Wednesday. (more…)

The whispers are everywhere. Hushed in tone yet laced with concern if not fear. “What has happened to Doug Martin?”

Martin was one of the prized jewels of the 2012 draft. He was so good as a rookie, he made the Pro Bowl. It appeared the Bucs may have a dominant franchise running back. (more…)

Mason Foster hopes his play in practice today signals a return to duty Sunday

UPDATED 3:37 p.m.: Mason Foster loves Wednesdays. That’s because the injured Bucs starting middle linebacker gets to test out his shoulder.

Foster dislocated his shoulder against the Lambs and hasn’t played since. (more…)

It’s happy times and high-fives at One Buc Palace when it comes to the Buccaneers’ pass blocking.

Just don’t spoil the mood and talk about the running game. (more…)

The comparisons are getting out of hand

Wait a minute. Lovie Smith just compared Mike Glennon to Michael Vick.

Now the Bucs’ de facto offensive coordinator is making Johnny Football-Glennon comparisons. (more…)

Thus far, the Bucs are No. 30 in the NFL in yards allowed per game. They’re keeping pace with the 2012 Bucs nightmare on pass defense.

Things are not all well. (more…)

Doug Martin’s struggles this season have added to the paltry Bucs first-down production

When the Cowboys were in they heydays, Tom Landry often had Roger Staubach throw on first down. Landry would explain that (given the nature of the run-oriented NFL back then) defenses were often keyed to stop the run with rush-stopping personnel. So that invited the pass.

Landry, as usual, was correct. Maybe the Bucs might want to channel Landry’s first-down philosophy beginning, oh, how about Sunday? (more…)

Bucs left tackle Anthony Collins lives the emotional rollercoaster when it comes to football.

The man will cry in the locker room, curse in anger and disappointment coming off the field, scream with excitement after a victory. (more…)

Is there anything more exciting in Tampa Bay Buccaneers world than Mike Glennon right now?

Sadly, nothing compares on the defensive side of the ball, or on special teams. (more…)