Giving the defense props.

Yeah, Joe guesses one could go back to the win over San Francisco and suggest that’s when the Bucs’ defense began to play consistently stingy. Joe won’t argue with you about that. (more…)

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

Interesting breakdown for Joe in how Bucs coach Todd Bowles likes to use defenses. (more…)

Bucs GM Jason Licht.

As Joe pointed out last night, it appears the Bucs are confident they have the horses to make a Super Bowl run. (more…)

Big brother advice.

Was there a better team for Emeka Egbuka to end up with than the Bucs? (more…)

No trades for the Bucs today as the annual 2025 NFL trade deadline slammed its door shut at 4 p.m. (more…)

Flash poll posted at 4:34 p.m. Poll closed at 7:18 p.m.

No, this is not a post backhandedly begging for Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht to trade for a receiver by today’s 4 p.m. NFL trade deadline — or for a right guard or more backfield insurance. (more…)

“You’re not me, Bake.”

Back on Nov. 3, 2020, the Bucs first activated Antonio Brown, the receiver gift Tom Brady had been seeking. (more…)

Three sacks past two games.

The Bucs defense has really stepped up the past couple of games. Joe could argue this all started back when the Bucs played the 49ers. (more…)

“Bucky, it’s gonna be tough sledding this week.”

Joe knows Todd Bowles likes to run the ball. Good luck with that this week. (more…)

Chats with Eli and Peyton Manning.

Quarterbacks who scramble generally do so spontaneously, if they have to. Just ask Baker Mayfield. (more…)

The PFF tribe speaks.

Joe thinks the Bucs seem to like their three-headed monster at right guard. (more…)

Racing back to lineup.

Good news on the injury front. (more…)

Second half begins now.

Nine more games. (more…)

Should Bucs fans be concerned about the rapidly growing Todd Bowles sapling in Charlotte? (more…)

As often is the case in the NFL, but certainly not always, the massive contract dropped in March on future Hall of Fame edge rusher Myles Garrett, the four-time All-Pro, is no longer a scary-looking deal. (more…)

Bucs GM Jason Licht.

So it seems since Dolphins chieftain Stephen Ross (finally) bounced general manager Chris Grier, the Dolphins have gone from a team that didn’t want to trade to a team hosting a yard sale. (more…)

So the Bucs struggled a week ago to move the ball on the sadsack Saints. The Bucs won with only 212 yards of offense, which is damn rare.

Yesterday, that same stingy Saints defense looked like a JV team giving up 34 points to the Rams. (more…)

Always learning.

Really eye-opening revelation from Bucs coach Todd Bowles in his sitdown with the Sage of Tampa Bay sports, Ira Kaufman, in the latest “Ira Kaufman Podcast” last week. (more…)