Tough times for Bucs fans, and Buccaneers legend Derrick Brooks is right there with you. He dives in with JoeBucsFan.com columnist Ira Kaufman in this edition of TAMPA TWO. More insight from The Identity Tampa Bay and Joe.

Sad about Bucs.

Sobering words difficult to argue with are coming from the mouth of popular national radio and TV sports personality Adam Schein. (more…)

It sounds like general manager Jason Licht drafted two Hall of Fame players in 2020. (more…)

Rookie guard Luke Goedeke

A lot of Bucs fans expected and wanted rookie left guard Luke Goedeke to be Ali Marpet 2.0. (more…)

BSPN’s Robert Griffin III.

It’s hard to define “it.” You either have “it” or you don’t. (more…)

Keep passing, please.

Joe is a big, big, big believer in using what works. If something is not working, then why beat your head against a brick wall using it? (more…)

Cracks in the armor?

Beware the internet, where everything that appears on a screen can be dug up or saved for posterity thanks to a simple screenshot. (more…)

Hard to grade.

Can someone please remind failing Bucs offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich that the NFL is full of good players? (more…)

Head coach Todd Bowles

The Buccaneers defense was handcrafted to stop the run with elite run stuffers and a philosophy that prioritizes it, but Tampa Bay only is an average run-stopping unit this season. (more…)

The Bucs entered the 2022 season on a 22-5 run, so four losses in their last five games truly feels like new territory for the coaching staff.

Perhaps that’s why Todd Bowles has been more emotional than Joe’s ever seen him, and why Bowles said today that he’s been jacking up the volume. (more…)

Bucs OC Byron Leftwich.

Football coaches like to say little things add up to big things. Failing Bucs offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich seems to think this applies to his offense. (more…)

Bucs fans, if their vision wasn’t blurry from too much crying, saw second-year linebacker K.J. Britt carted off against the Panthers on Sunday. (more…)

Defended.

Failing Bucs offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich dug his heels in and stuck up for Playoff Lenny. (more…)

Brady believers unite!

The Goat has spoken and he sounds like a man determined to go to any length to raise the Bucs from the rock-bottom-like mess they’ve fallen into. (more…)

Bucs RB Rachaad White.

In case some didn’t read this on Monday, Joe turned the page on Bucs offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich. Joe has had it. Enough is enough. (more…)

Shot taken at GM Jason Licht’s roster.

One retired defensive wizard sees the Bucs offense as extremely plodding, and official NextGen Stats data backs him up. (more…)

Head coach Todd Bowles.

Regular listeners of the “Ira Kaufman Podcast” may have heard Joe reference how a couple of star players seem different in Joe’s interactions with them this season. (more…)

Bucs returner/receiver Jaelon Darden.

Jaelon Darden is one of the more frustrating Bucs of recent years. (more…)