“Embarrassing” offense.

With this worthless, punchless offense, Joe is starting to wonder how the Bucs can survive and win the rotten NFC South. (more…)

Where has offense improved?

Joe is a big coaches guy. That’s both good and bad. Joe is a big coaches guy because Joe has first-hand experience of what a good coach can do for a player as well as a team. (more…)

It is fair to ask whether Father Time is gaining ground as he tries to run down Tom Brady. (more…)

Joe doesn’t like to rag on referees unless there is a galling call so bad blind people are offended. (more…)

Soft effort.

Interesting press conference coming from a defensive guy like Bucs coach Todd Bowles after the Bucs lost to the 49ers 35-7 in Silicon Valley.

“We got our @ss kicked,” Bowles must have said a half-dozen times. (more…)

So despite having the greatest football leader in history, a man Bucs ownership and its GM say is a generational and organizational tone-setter and culture-shaper, the Buccaneers’ football team doesn’t know what kind of team it is or wants to be in mid-December. (more…)

All that woofin’ …

Joe is old school. Substance over style. (more…)

Bucs LT Donovan Smith

Joe has been a long-time defender of Donovan Smith. But Joe cannot defend his play today. (more…)

Bucs OC Byron Leftwich.

Bucs failing offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich is a very, very fortunate man. Because most coaches with his lack of results this season would already have had their access cards killed and had multiple meetings with their agents about where they will work next. (more…)

“Avi, let’s gather the family on Monday morning.”

One thing Bucs ownership is well-versed in is the stench of an imploding football team. (more…)

Just think of what the Bucs have accomplished since Thanksgiving, the calendar date after which many NFL types, including Tom Brady, say is when the games matter most: Tampa Bay lost to the miserable Browns, needed a historic miracle to beat the slimy Saints, and then today were hammered by a rookie QB making his first start. (more…)

Make no mistake, Joe knows the Bucs are a bad football team, but the referee calls were going against the Bucs in a huge and impactful way.

Here’s a few examples, just from the first half: (more…)

Comment throughout today’s critical game with fellow Bucs fans and the ridiculous haters who find their way in.

Be nice. It’s so easy.

Go Bucs! Kickoff is 4:25 p.m. EST.

Stick with Joe all night for plenty out of this key matchup.

Lay off Tom Brady, Mr. Lynch.

Bucs legend and 49ers general manager John Lynch seems to be openly drooling to be Tom Brady’s boss.

Stay away from our quarterback, Lynch! (more…)

This is the kind of stuff Joe learns listening to the Bucs Kickoff podcast with Rock Riley every week. (more…)

Big-name quarterbacks are huge targets if they make it to free agency.

And even as a guy closer to 65 than 25, Tom Brady falls into that category. (more…)

Head to the Big Storm Brewery taproom today at 12707 49th St N, Clearwater, just south of Ulmerton Road, to watch the Bucs take on the 49ers. Hang with Sage JoeBucsFan.com columnist Ira Kaufman and fans and savor Florida’s best craft beer and a sweet menu.

Bucs fans on the Big Storm Brewery covered patio in Clearwater. Watch the game today there, or indoors, with Ira Kaufman and fans.

Update.

[UPDATE: 2:27 a.m.] Against a strong defense, the Bucs need all hands on deck.

It seems perhaps their best running back is ready to take the field.

Playoff Lenny was listed on the injury report as questionable for today’s game at San Francisco with a foot injury. But it seems per uber NFL insider Adam. Schefter, Playoff Lenny will tough it out.

That helps. The Bucs need every available talent this afternoon.

[UPDATE: 2:27 a.m.] Ian Rapoport of NFL Network Twitters that Akiem Hicks, also questionable with a foot injury, will play this afternoon.

Bucs safety Keanu Neal.

Joe really believes the Bucs defense has a chance to get a couple of cheap turnovers and perhaps a defensive touchdown today. (more…)

Happy Bucs TV viewer.

You have probably seen the video Joe shot of Bucs All-Pro right tackle Tristan Wirfs fully stoked after his teammates came from behind scoring two touchdowns in the final 5:21 against the slimy Saints to win Monday night. (more…)

How to defend 49ers’ rookie QB.

Last week when discussing how to defend the 49ers and Mr. Irrelevent, Brock Purdy, Bucs coach Todd Bowles had an interesting take on how to gameplan against a guy with very limited film. (more…)