Giovani Bernard

The Bucs thought they had their next great receiving back/red zone threat in Charles Sims back in 2015. (more…)

Winging it.

Joe came across some information that, for long-time Bucs fans, is stunning to the nervous system. (more…)

“I hate you, too, Ed.”

The demise of Jon Gruden is visible inside The Licht House.

Team Glazer tore his name down from the rafters and didn’t even hint that the guy might get a Buccaneers pathway to redemption. (more…)

Unlike most coaches, Buccaneers assistant head coach/co-offensive-line coach Harold Goodwin doesn’t praise players unless they deserve it.

Heck, the guy took a shot at Team Glazer the day he was introduced in Tampa. (more…)

Tribal All-Pros.

The Tribe is making noise again. And it’s not coming from their printers. (more…)

Dooming the Bucs?

Joe has heard a lot of whining and crying and carrying on about how the Bucs are killing themselves with penalties. (more…)

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Sports physician weighs in.

If you trust a guy who used to be an NFL team doctor and has many years of experience getting guys ready to bounce back from all sorts of injuries, this may be comforting information. (more…)

Won’t return this season.

Somehow, someway, Joe recently suggested a player on a rival team unavailable because of injury will help the Bucs, and haters have somehow twisted those words (in their demented, twisted minds) to mean Joe is celebrating dudes getting injured.

In the immortal saying of the late, great Steve Duemig, “BULLS(P)IT!” (more…)

An assistant coach talks Lombardi Lenny

A new nugget has emerged in the study of the Leonard “Lombardi Lenny” Fournette revival. (more…)

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Bucs coach Bucco Bruce Arians.

In the eyes of one national observer, the Bucs had an OK game last Sunday. (more…)

There’s no doubt some people will read this and think Joe is celebrating the announcement that Aaron Rodgers tested positive for COVID and will not play Sunday at Kansas City. (more…)

Grade-giver.

The report card has arrived in the mailbox. (more…)

Scotty Miller

Though still on injured reserve, wide receiver Scotty Miller and desperately-needed Super Bowl cornerback Sean Murphy-Bunting have been cleared for practice.

That means the Bucs have up to three weeks to observe them in practice and decide whether to take them off injured reserve. Murphy-Bunting messed up his elbow in Week 1 and Miller has been out with a bad case of turf toe.

The Bucs’ next game is Nov. 14 at Washington.

New Orleans voodoo.

The fact that Tom Brady facing a Sean Payton-led slimy Saints squad is 2-4 is mindblowing. Brady has success against everyone. (more…)

Tables turned.

Regular listeners of former NFL general manager Michael Lombardi, the former coffee fetcher for Bill Walsh, Al Davis and Bill Belicheat, know how big of a fan he is of Bucs defensive coordinator Todd Bowles. (more…)

A top NFL target.

This is interesting to Joe only in the sense of how NFL defensive coordinators play a shell game when trying to figure out what Bucs receivers to focus on. (more…)