First appearance this season.

So for the first time this season, a guy not named “Tom Brady” took snaps for the Bucs behind center. (more…)

Pro Bowl center Ryan Jensen.

You can’t tell Joe this didn’t cross your mind when Bucs center Robert Hainsey left the game with an injured hamstring today. (more…)

Todd Bowles

How bout them Bucs! (more…)

Chris Godwin

Joe hoped all spring and summer that Bucs receiver Chris Godwin would accomplish what Cooper Kupp did in 2019. (more…)

The Bromosas are flowing at JoeBucsFan.com world headquarters. Tom Brady got out of the regular season healthy — with a half to go in the Buccaneers’ season finale. (more…)

Lavonte David

Right here is where you comment all game long with fellow fans and random haters and freaks. Kickoff is at 1 p.m.

Be nice. Be respectful, unless you’re insulting zebras or the heinous Falcons and their putrid uniforms.

Go Bucs!!!

“Look, Ed, I effed up 15 years ago. My job was freakin’ harder than yours, ok.”

Back before Team Glazer canceled Jon Gruden, aka Chucky, the Bucs owners adored him and he was blessed into their exclusive Buccaneers Ring of Honor in 2017.

Weeks prior to that happening, Team Glazer invited media to talk to Gruden about his time as a Tampa Bay legend.
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Careful if you’re wagering. Week 18 is a dangerous road. But Buccaneers legend Derrick Brooks and Sage of Tampa Bay Sports Ira Kaufman are ready to navigate in this edition of TAMPA TWO. More fun from The Identity Tampa Bay and Joe.

Will be missed.

If you are just basing today’s lame-duck season finale between the Bucs and the Dixie Chicks on season results and who won’t play, a safe move with your short-term investment broker might be to lay cash on the Dixie Chicks. (more…)

Playing 100 percent no joke.

So today’s game doesn’t mean a hill of beans. Win or lose the Bucs host a playoff game next weekend. (more…)

Will Tom Brady follow?

Are soon-to-be free agent quarterback Tom Brady and semi-retired slimy Saints coach Sean Payton a package deal for some NFL team that needs a coach and a QB? (more…)

Game 17

Bucs (8-8) at Dixie Chicks (6-10) 

Kickoff: 1 p.m.

TV: FOX (WTVT-TV Channel 13, locally).

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“Jason, just tell me we’re going to score more than 18 points a game.”

Here’s a fun nugget to stimulate your brain on a Saturday night. (more…)

Only one Buccaneer ranks among the top-25 in the NFL this season when it comes to yards from scrimmage. (more…)

Joe is all fired up at tonight’s news that the slimy Saints have given the Denver Broncos permission to talk to their still-under-contract former head coach, Sean Payton, per ProFootballTalk.com. (more…)

It’s always a special day when a slam dunk Hall of Fame player like Julio Jones goes back for the first time to face the team for which he forged his legacy. (more…)

Under the microscope.

Joe has already written how we are hours away from Black Monday, the traditional day when teams often wave goodbye to head coaches. (more…)

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It’s the regular season finale Bucs vs Falcons and Rock goes in depth on both teams. Every Bucs player Rock spoke to said they want to play and not rest for the postseason. Rock has his behind the scenes segment Under The Rock and more!!! 

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Believes in Atlanta.

Bucs coach Todd Bowles has been saying all week that his (healthy) starters will start tomorrow at Atlanta. (more…)

Free football.

It seems our republic is bored by tomorrow’s lame-duck game between the Bucs and the Dixie Chicks. (more…)

Happy with Bucs’ win.

A win sure changes the perspective of a team. And that was evident in the recent Bucs comments by former Tampa Bay guard Ian Beckles. (more…)