Bucs coach Bucco Bruce Arians.

Nearly everyone Joe spoke to expected the Colts to try to run on the Bucs all game. Why not when the Colts had ridden beastly Jonathan Taylor to become one of the hottest NFL teams? (more…)

Eyeing 40 sacks with Bucs?

You’ve seen it; Joe’s seen it. But Joe has no idea (and honestly, probably doesn’t want to know) how this stuff is calculated. (more…)

It’s easy to lose sight of what Bucco Bruce Arians has accomplished as a head coach. He has few peers. (more…)

Defense getting the juice.

When looking at the landmark win over the Colts on the road yesterday, longtime Yahoo! NFL columnist Frank Schwab believes he knows who should get the props for the win. (more…)

Top pass rusher in one stat.

This is for the quarterback pressures > sacks crowd. (more…)

Lombardi Lenny, Playoff Lenny and soon-to-be Offensive Player Of The Week Lenny (they’re all the same person) was on the phone after the Bucs’ knockout punch to the Colts yesterday. (more…)

(Photo courtesy Buccaneers.com.)

If you were like Joe, you struggled to get to sleep last night. Joe is still freaking fired up from that game! Let’s get rolling, so grab your coffee. It’s Victory freaking Monday! (more…)

Big loss

After today’s game, Bucco Bruce Arians lamented that the Bucs played about six minutes in Indianapolis and lost four starters to injury. (more…)

Offensive coordinator Bryon Leftwich

NFL fans have heard all about the mess in Chicago, where credible reports emerged claiming Bears head coach Matt Nagy would be fired after their Thanksgiving game against the Lions. (more…)

Tom Brady rushed over to Byron Leftwich for a chat during an injury timeout today

Interesting official words after today’s thrilling victory that speak to the power of offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich. (more…)

Down a Chiclet

And the postgame quote of the afternoon goes to Bucco Bruce Arians.

When asked about Vita Vea getting a tooth knocked out in the heroic comeback win in Indianapolis, Arians replied, “I don’t care. He’s got 30 other ones.”

Arians went on to say losing a tooth in a football game “ain’t nothing.”

Monster play.

Joe has hammered this guy a lot, not personally, but his play. So when this dude made a play to seal a hard-fought, critical road win this afternoon, Joe happily must give the guy props. (more…)

For the second consecutive game, Rob Gronkowski has been dragging tacklers and looking like a complete handful.

It’s been a no-fluke flashback to his Hall of Fame days in New England. (more…)

Major, major tackle.

If the Bucs play in the Super Bowl in February — and Joe is driving that bandwagon after watching today’s come-from-behind win on the road — the Play of the Year for the Bucs is likely still to come. (more…)

At the end of the day, sacks matter a lot more than pressures, hurries, farts near the quarterback or any other stat assigned to pass rushers. (more…)

Bucs coach Bucco Bruce Arians.

The Bucs were hanging on by a thread. (more…)

Our beloved Bucs just about neutered the best running back in the league today until late in the fourth quarter.

Heck, Jonathan Taylor was the second best running back on the field. (more…)

Winning!

All hail Playoff Lenny! (more…)

Third-string guard Nick Leverett rose to the occasion.

Undrafted out of Rice University last year, today was the first real regular-season offensive line action for third-stringer Nick Leverett.

And damn did he deliver in brutally hostile conditions. (more…)

“Here come the Bucs!”

What a ballsy win. (more…)

What a heroic freakin’ comeback win against a sizzling hot team in a sold out, loud-as-hell dome.

It was a “W” that champions are made of. Wow!

The Bucs survived three key in-game injuries to march their record to 8-3

Ya Gotta Believe! (more…)