Seven days and five hours ago, Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht was very bullish on rookie left guard Luke Goedeke and first-time-starter center Robert Hainsey. (more…)

Needed to override his OC.

At one point early in the fourth quarter on yet another first down run, Joe asked on Twitter, “Isn’t it time for Todd Bowles to get on his headset and order Byron Leftwich to quit running the ball on first down?” It was a legitimate question. (more…)

Coaching malpractice.

You would think with the greatest quarterback to wear a jock strap and a probable Hall of Fame receiver flanked by a Pro Bowl receiver, an offense would want to test a secondary that was down its top three corners and All-Pro safety. (more…)

Disgraceful.

How much of a kick in the balls was this loss by the Bucs? Leave it to none other than the voice of the Steelers to sum it up. (more…)

Late last week, Bucs head coach Todd Bowles was asked why his team is playing better on the road. (more…)

Sorry, but Tom Brady at a wedding Friday night is not responsible for horrible special teams coverage, the Steelers converting 7-of-15 on third down with bad quarterbacks, and the Bucs’ league-worst, yards-per-carry average. (more…)

Joe can almost hear Todd Bowles already speaking tomorrow. Call it an educated premonition. “We have to get Mike more involved early in the ballgame.” (more…)

Lombardi Lenny

The Bucs entered today’s game with a league-worst 3.1 yards rushing per carry.

That number just got lower as the Bucs hammered the rock 26 times against a second-rate defense. (more…)

Head coach Todd Bowles

Todd Bowles has a problem. It feels like a virus has spread throughout his Buccaneers.

Joe is calling it complacency.

A guy Joe knows was up close and personal seated behind the Bucs’ bench today and sent Joe details of Tom Brady’s freakout on the offensive line immediately following the opening series. Brady was barking, “You Gotta Wake Up!!” (more…)

Late in the third quarter, veteran tight end Cameron Brate made his first catch of the day, got hit and fell to the turf in distress. (more…)

Comment here all game long as the Bucs prepare to pound the snot out of the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Be nice, unless you’re complaining about horrible officiating.

The Bucs are very good. The Steelers are very bad. What could go wrong?

Go Bucs!!

Safety Keanu Neal

The list of inactive Buccaneers for today’s game in Pittsburgh has been released.

And there’s bad news and great news. (more…)

“Blaine, these people are out of control.”

Steelers blogs and various national media have been salivating at last night’s news that Tom Brady missed the Bucs’ walk-through practice yesterday because he allegedly was too busy following Bob Kraft’s wedding reception. (more…)

Newcomer starting guard Shaq Mason is on a list of a dozen newcomers assessed by Ira.

BY IRA KAUFMAN

Sage Ira’s work is presented by Bill Currie Ford.

It was a very busy offseason for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers – not necessarily a productive one.

Instead of returning all 22 starters from a championship team, the Bucs made a flurry of moves in the spring and summer. Through five games, most of the newcomers have struggled to contribute. To be fair, injuries have played a major role in some circumstances.

Some. (more…)

New old gig.

Yeah, you know, Joe is still holding out hope that foot-rubbing tight end Rob Gronkowski proves his agent and model girlfriend correct and returns to the Bucs this season. (more…)

Protection makes Tom Brady smile.

One reason Joe is pumped for today’s game is Joe expects Tom Brady to light up the Steelers’ beat-up secondary. (more…)

Bucs ILB Devin White.

Joe sure didn’t mean to get Devin White ticked off last week. (more…)

Fits right in.

He’s not getting a lot of run, but rookie defensive lineman Logan Hall is having a nice rookie season. (more…)