Bucs right tackle Luke Goedeke opens up.

Joe’s not sure how this happens through a full game unless coaches aren’t picking up on it, or they don’t know how to adjust. (more…)

Todd Bowles defends.

Joe knows these people lurk. (more…)

“Make us an offer.”

For Bucs fans who want the team to bite the bullet and trade for a running back (or a pass rusher?) as well as fans who want the Bucs to start stockpiling draft picks in order to draft a quarterback in April, Bucs coach Todd Bowles has depressing words for you. (more…)

Points > takeaways.

Long-time readers of JoeBucsFan.com know Joe winces and gets very frustrated upon hearing coaches place so much weight on takeaways. (more…)

Signed today.

Joe knows some Bucs fans, fully and justly frustrated by the league’s second-worst ground game, thought maybe, just maybe, Playoff Lenny could return to Tampa Bay. (more…)

Demands change.

If the NFL wants fans to believe it is a credible organization and not one to bend the rules for favored teams, an influential stenographer of the game bangs his shoe on his desk and implores the league to change its ways no later than the kickoff to the 2024 season. (more…)

Face of NFL Network, Rich Eisen.

On gameday mornings and during the NFL combine and draft, Rich Eisen is the face of NFL Network. (more…)

Helping those who need it.

It was reaching to the point where Joe thought a doctor prescribed Joe crazy pills and just didn’t tip Joe off. (more…)

Is he available or not?

Joe isn’t sure about jumping into the deep end of the pool. (more…)

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

Losing three games in a row has turned the Bucs from a possible playoff team to one standing in line outside the restaurant waiting for a table to open. (more…)

“Complacent” – marked by self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies : marked by complacency : SELF-SATISFIED. (more…)

What an eventful day in the NFC South! (more…)

Muscle up, please.

Some plays Joe witnessed Thursday night nearly forced a run to the toilet to yack Joe’s guts out. (more…)

“I like your thinking, Joe.”

Joe is thinking playoffs! (more…)

Start selling, FS1 host says.

Joe’s not ready to throw the towel in on the season. But there are enough disturbing things Joe has seen that doubt is renting an apartment in Joe’s head. (more…)

Market watch.

With the trade deadline coming in two days — Halloween! — one great big prize many Bucs fans were hoping somehow came to Tampa Bay is apparently off the market. (more…)

Buds coach Todd Bowles

Joe was unnerved Thursday when Bucs coach Todd Bowles said the Bucs couldn’t kick the offense into high gear against the Bills not because they don’t have the talent to do so, but they lack the common sense or discipline to do so. (more…)

This play resulted in a Baker Mayfield scramble for positive yards.

Joe sure hopes Todd Bowles and Dave Canales bought Baker Mayfield a 4-pack of Big Storm beer and a few orders of their amazing Buffalo shrimp tacos for his heroics late Thursday. (more…)

Buds coach Todd Bowles

The (3-4) record says the Bucs are a bad team, and Joe’s writing since Thursday night’s loss has backed that up. (more…)

Richard Sherman has harsh words for his good friend Jamel Dean — to his face. (Exclusive JoeBucsFan video)

Bucs cornerback Jamel Dean has zero interceptions in his last 19 starts.

He’s missed two pick-6 opportunities in the past two games and big names are now needling him publicly. (more…)

Former NFL receiver explains.

Joe wrote it in the wee hours on Friday. If the Bucs miss out on a playoff berth by one game, that almost-completed Hail Mary that would have won the game for Tampa Bay will haunt Joe for years. (more…)

Joe is perpetually annoyed by the Mike Evans naysayers that have been loud this year, and loud on-and-off for a decade. (more…)