Yes, the Bucs must win Sunday to secure a shot at the NFC’s No. 2 playoff seed, but Joe is being realistic. (more…)

More details on explosion.

Ah, ha! Joe knew there was more to this story. (more…)

Details unclear.

Joe found Ian Rapoport’s dispatch this morning about the sideline meltdown from furniture-tossing, bicycle-winging, tantrum-throwing quitter and former Bucs receiver Antonio Brown very interesting, and very lacking. (more…)

Here comes the very predictable twist to the Antonio Brown saga.

NFL Network reporter Ian Rapoport claims Brown was fired on the sidelines for refusing to play when he thought he was hurt. (more…)

Stymied.

Winning a nailbiter against the Jets yesterday is not a long-lasting high.

If the Bucs play like that in less than two weeks, they’ll be one-and-done in the playoffs. (more…)

Not that rare.

Joe tried to think of guys, especially Bucs, who have been run off and sent to the locker room by a head coach during a game. You know, like what happened yesterday in SopranosLand.

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Pressure builds.

When Tom Brady was with the Belicheats, there were years when the New England offense was a bunch of nobodies outside of foot-rubbing Rob Gronkowski. (more…)

More time to drink Big Storm beer before the Bucs’ huge Week 18 game on Sunday!

These are beautiful times.

The first 17th-game schedule in NFL history comes with unique twists. The league long ago reserved the opportunity to change many start times for its closing weekend, which will feature two Saturday games and a Sunday night contest.

Among the fresh schedule tweaks are the Bucs playing the Panthers at The Licht House at 4:25 p.m. versus the previously-scheduled 1 o’clock kickoff.

Wow, what a crazy day yesterday. When is the last time the Bucs had such a dramatic, come-from-behind, important win fully overshadowed by a player going completely bananas and getting thrown off the team? Grab your mug of coffee and let’s roll. It’s another Victory Monday! (more…)

Plenty still on the line.

Things have cleared up in the NFC race. (more…)

Those who were nervous about Rob Gronkowski last week had good reasons. (more…)

Let’s go Vikings!

Tonight Minnesota (7-8) faces the Packers (12-3) in a game with huge NFC Playoff implications.

The Bucs (12-4) are tied with the Rams, but the Rams own the head-to-head tiebreaker. Dallas (11-5) fell to Arizona (11-5) this afternoon and now holds the No. 4 seed as NFC East champs.

It blows Joe’s mind to see Le’Veon Bell contributing in a big January game for the Buccaneers’ title quest.

What a strange season it has been. (more…)

Addresses Antonio Brown fit.

The man who recruited furniture-tossing, bicycle-winging, tantrum-throwing, quitting Antonio Brown to the Bucs struggled for words after the game to make sense of what had happened with his close friend in the third quarter. (more…)

Joe suspects Antonio Brown is going to deny this. (more…)

Winner, not a quitter.

With 15 seconds left and the Bucs trailing 24-20, the immortal Cyril Grayson caught a 33-yard touchdown pass from Tom Brady to give the Bucs a come-from-behind win when they outscored the Jets 18-0 in the final 21 minutes. (more…)

Flash poll posted at 5:04 p.m. Poll closed at 7:33 p.m.

The Bucs’ run of truly legendary run defense is over.

In 2019 and 2020, the Bucs led the NFL in many run defense categories, including yards per attempt. (more…)