Bucs WR Mike Evans.

Mike Evans is just a handful of games from finishing his eighth season in the NFL and his resume says he’s a future member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He’s every bit the veteran. He’s seen a ton of defensive backs come and go. (more…)

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Bucs coach Bucco Bruce Arians

As the Bucs begin preparations to face the backs-near-the-wall Buffalo Bills on Sunday, four starters didn’t practice today. (more…)

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Bucs CB Richard Sherman.

The Bucs announced two players have entered a 21-day window to be added to the active roster.

And Joe is wondering if there is a hidden message here. (more…)

O.J. Howard’s coach speaks out.

Newspapers and subscription sports websites remind Joe a lot of Bucs tight end O.J. Howard. (more…)

Cool chatter here from Joe’s good friend Jason McIntyre of FOX Sports. (more…)

America’s Jockey!

Jason Pierre-Paul is a shell of himself, as is Devin White. Ndamukong Suh turns 35 next week and Joe Tryon-Shoyinka isn’t the rookie version of Noah Spence or Adrian Clayborn.

The Bucs have gotten little from their nickel blitzes and still the Bucs are tied for fourth in the NFL in sacks. (more…)

Joe gets the shivers reading this because after the Lost Decade, it’s still hard to believe. (more…)

Report card.

Joe thought the Bucs had a solid game Sunday. One guy typing for CBS seemed to think so as well but was not as impressed. (more…)

Joe loves hearing grades, as in the official ones from coaches at One Buc Palace. (more…)

False national narrative.

Since furniture-tossing, bicycle-throwing, fake-V-card-flashing Bucs receiver Antonio Brown got sentenced by NFL warden Roger Goodell with a three-game suspension for his phony V-card, Joe is seeing a lot of national media folks claiming the Bucs don’t need Brown. (more…)

Remember Sports Illustrated? Joe is pretty sure some readers actually do not. (more…)

The hard truth is that Devin White and Lavonte David looked nothing like the NFL’s top inside-linebacker duo on Sunday. (more…)

Giovani Bernard

Not even a week ago Bucco Bruce Arians was talking about how Scotty Miller would return punts against Atlanta because Jaelon Darden would miss the game with a concussion and Miller had been working on the role all season. (more…)

Drooling

Joe thinks it’s a safe bet to predict what Bills defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier is going to do Sunday at The Licht House. (more…)

“AB, you got the jab, so we’re good. Now let’s win another Super Bowl!”

Notice how the Antonio Brown hoo-hah is starting to die down, just like Joe predicted? The NFL world stops turning for no one.

Give the NFL a week, and NFL media will focus on something else. (more…)

Defensive coordinator Todd Bowles

Sometimes players are surprised by what teammates reveal. (more…)

Master.

Tom Brady is even outdoing himself this year. That’s amazing when you think of his accomplishments. (more…)

The film review is in. (more…)

Vita Vea speaks

There are sort of two different Buccaneers teams. (more…)