Winning head coach Todd Bowles.

It was almost like stepping into the Wayback Machine watching the Bucs defense bludgeon the Cowboys last night. (more…)

Offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich celebrates with Tom Brady during the Bucs’ 19-3 win at Dallas. Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.

Joe returned to the Bucs’ team hotel in Dallas after banging out story after story at Jerry’s World. It’s 2 a.m. central and 3 a.m. eastern. Let’s get rolling to celebrate the start of a memorable season, so Joe can get four hours of sleep.

Hey, it’s “Victory Monday!” (more…)

Pro Bowl linebacker Devin White.

Simply put, the Bucs smothered Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott last night. (more…)

Pick assist.

The official gamebook of the Bucs’ 19-3 win over America’s Team on Sunday Night Football shows Bucs edge rusher Joe Tryon-Shoyinka had one tackle and was otherwise invisible. (more…)

Bucs playcaller Byron Leftwich

The Bucs may have the most talented receiving corps in history and Tom Brady came to Tampa to throw the rock in a no-risk-it, no-biscuit offense.

But perhaps something has changed. (more…)

Key injury testing thin depth.

So the first starts for rookie Luke Goedeke and Robert Hainsey earned a passing grade. They did fine. At times they did great. No, they aren’t Hall of Famers but they were strong overall. (more…)

Tore up the Cowboys.

Playoff Lenny had his best rushing night as a member of the Bucs. But Playoff Lenny also knows where his bread is buttered. (more…)

Joe was highly intrigued hearing Father Dungy talk last week on NBCSports.com about his sitdown with Todd Bowles and how one of his takeaways was the Bucs would be more physical this season. (more…)

Joe has no great update here, but Joe doesn’t want anyone freaking out and not savoring tonight’s glorious victory in Dallas. (more…)

Giddy-up.

It’s often been said that the Bucs have the best and fastest inside linebacker tandem in the NFL. (more…)

Legendary night for assistant coach Harold Goodwin.

What a damn good job for the Bucs’ offensive line.

Yeah, it wasn’t perfect and it didn’t look like 2021, but that’s ok. (more…)

Bucs punter Jake Camarda.

Bucs rookies got a lot of snaps tonight. And that included punter Jake Camarda. (more…)

Todd Bowles earns his first “W” on the back of his suffocating defense.

The NFL’s highest-scoring team last season was no match for our in-your-face, suffocating and young Bucs defense.

Concerns entering tonight’s game about the Bucs’ offensive line should have more focused on the Dallas unit that got bullied all over the Jerry’s World field. (more…)

Bucs football has returned! Finally! The march to the Super Bowl starts now.

Comment all game long with fellow fans (and a few haters) below. Play nice. No need to attack anyone expect the referees. And don’t go too wild as the Bucs ring up the score.

Go Bucs!

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Bucs tight end Kyle Rudolph.

The names are in and some of them are big. (more…)

Non-believer!

Talk about a punch to your Bucs-loving gut. (more…)

“Ira, I’m going to tell Vita what you said.”

If you missed this (or forgot half of them), here are 24 calls on the 2022 season from JoeBucsFan.com columnist Ira Kaufman, as heard on the Ira Kaufman Podcast.

This summary makes it easy for Joe to needle Ira as the season marches on. (more…)