The Bucs may face their most important game this season tomorrow. A win against the Saints may not look impressive, but it would be very impressive given the recent history of the two clubs.

A win would validate the program Lovie Smith is building in Tampa Bay. A win means Bucs fans may have to put a hold on their January vacation plans. A loss would do just the opposite. (more…)

Wow, what an afternoon that was, wasn’t it? First time so many top-10 teams went down since 1990.

Damn, Joe loves college football! So can the craziness continue? Auburn hosts LSU and Michigan State faces off against sleeper Nebraska with the best running back in college. Bang it here for your thoughts, and how the polls should play out and what realtor Will Muschamp may use.

Lovie Smith says Michael Johnson may never be 100 percent this season.

Joe was among a lot of guys. He was impatient with Michael Johnson. The man the Bucs dropped bags of Team Glazer cash on in order to lure him to Tampa Bay was hailed by the new Lovie Smith administration as the savior of a putrid pass rush.

Until last week, Johnson was anything but a savior. He was invisible, which is hard to do being as tall as he is. (more…)

Mike Glennon knows his role as a backup turned starter who is not allowed to talk like a No. 1 quarterback yet because his head coach won’t give him the job.

Glennon even knows how to respond like a guy who should speak like a No. 2.

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Anthony Collins and the Bucs offensive line are asserting themselves.

In the preseason, the Bucs’ offensive line would have scared even Freddie Kruger it was so bad. Limited holes to run through, and, egad, the (lack of) pass protection.

Joe was starting to worry for Josh McCown’s well-being. (more…)

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If you live in the Gulf Coast region of the United States, it is a pretty safe bet you will get to watch the Bucs-Saints game without having to go to a sports bar or use DirecTV.

Many areas of the south will carry the Bucs-Saints game on their local FOX affiliate. Below, the light-blue shaded map areas indicate a Bucs-Saints broadcast. (more…)

Josh McCown was hired by Lovie Smith to be the face of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, to be a leader immediately, to be “the guy” Lovie could trust starting a new regime.

Speaking to the New Orleans media this week, the Bucs’ head coach offered more insight into how he views the QB position. (more…)

Joe loves “Hawk Radio,” aka Total Access with Dashon “Hawk” Goldson on the Buccaneers Radio Network.

Why? Because it’s not some sterile, washed out boring, vanilla, toe-the-company-line player or coach show. (more…)

It’s another Joe appearance behind the microphone, this time with velvet-toned Ronnie Lane of WDAE-AM 620.

It’s the JoeBucsFan.com weekly podcast. (more…)

The porous Saints pass defense just got worse

Joe hates celebrating another team’s injury, but the Saints’ surprise loss today should be a big gain for the Buccaneers and Mike Glennon on Sunday. (more…)

Joe’s always up for talking Bucs, whether it’s at a bar, in the toilet, or on the white sands of St. Pete Beach.

Today, Joe got a chance to discuss all kinds of Bucs subjects with Ron Diaz and former Bucs guard Ian Beckles on WDAE-AM-620. (more…)

The Bucs’ disappointing safety has a long checklist

So how can the Bucs stop Drew Brees?

A lot will come down to the play of Mark Barron. Forget for a minute that Barron was drafted, in large part, to shut down elite tight ends like Jimmy Graham, There’s a lot more responsibility for Barron. (more…)

Vincent Jackson raved about the work ethic and preparation of Mike Glennon yesterday, saying it was clear from the day Glennon took over as starter last year that the young man had the right look in his eyes and was prepared.

V-Drops V-Jax has experience around driven quarterbacks. (more…)

We already know Bucs icon Warren Sapp is 100 percent all-in with Mike Glennon as the Tampa Bay starting quarterback for the remainder of 2014.

Plenty of other ex-Bucs and top NFL analysts also are finished with the Josh McCown Experiment. (more…)

It warmed Joe’s heart to hear Sean Payton’s Thursday news conference when the head coach went on and on about how Lavonte David should have made the Pro Bowl last year and is a true every-down superstar.

Former Super Bowl winning coach Brian Billick took his praise for Gerald McCoy one step further. (more…)

When NFL teams start 0-3, it is time to start studying the draft. There are fewer sound death knells to a season than an 0-3 record out of the chute

And the Bucs lost some ugly, ugly games. Halloween-type. But, wow what a different a win at Pittsburgh makes. (more…)

Lovie Smith has danced the dance of quarterback talk, not showing his hand whether the quarterback of the future is now, or whether a turnover-prone journeyman will get his gig back.

Despite the rope-a-doping, the “Custodian of Canton” is not swayed. eye-RAH! Kaufman of The Tampa Tribune declared the rest of the season is a “referendum” on Mike Glennon through the remainder of the season, no matter McCown’s health. (more…)