Locked in on a Bucs corner.

Joe wrote yesterday how the clock finally struck midnight for the depleted Bucs cornerbacks. (more…)

Cornerback Sean Murphy-Bunting

Great news from Bucco Bruce Arians moments ago.

The head coach said starting cornerbacks Sean Murphy-Bunting (elbow) and Carlton Davis (quad) are making “great progress” while rehabbing on injured reserve.

Arians didn’t specify return dates. But Joe would be damn happy if a Thanksgiving reunion is on the cards. Joe has smelled enough of Pierre Desir.

From the NFL rulebook: No player shall grab the inside collar of the back or the side of the shoulder pads or jersey, or grab the jersey at the name plate or above, and pull the runner toward the ground. This does not apply to a runner who is in the tackle box or to a quarterback who is in the pocket. (more…)

Free and easy first down in the fourth quarter for Saints WR Deonte Harris, who enjoyed his cushion.

A former Buccaneer has checked in flummoxed by the Bucs’ defensive decisions.

It starts with Saints fill-in QB Trevor Siemian, who had 30 touchdown passes in 25 career starts when he hopped off the bench ice cold yesterday, despite most of those starts alongside Pro Bowl receivers in Denver. (more…)

Reinjured.

It seemed like Bucs Super Bowl-winning coach Bucco Bruce Arians was second-guessing himself. Or perhaps kicking himself in the posterior. (more…)

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Defense didn’t get the job done.

Bucs Super Bowl-winning coach Bucco Bruce Arians coined the phrase early in the 2019 season, his first Tampa Bay campaign. (more…)

Turnovers tell the tale.

When Bucs Super Bowl-winning coach Bucco Bruce Arians spoke last before the traveling to New Orleans, he noted how turnovers always change games with the slimy Saints. (more…)

Teaching point?

Last year the Bucs had two losses they still point to as helping turn their season into a championship season. (more…)

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The Bucs were quarantined in their hotel rooms Saturday night while New Orleans revelers ushered in Halloween. On Sunday, they failed to join the party once again.

For much of the matchup in the noisy Superdome, the Bucs were dressed up like the Jacksonville Jaguars. They stumbled around punch-drunk, ultimately paying a severe price for their sloppy, undisciplined ways. (more…)

Filters off.

Bucs Super Bowl-winning coach Bucco Bruce Arians didn’t hold back yesterday. (more…)

Sad NFL mark.

Joe was screaming for Bucs defensive coordinator Todd Bowles to blitz this stiff, No. 4 quarterback of the slimy Saints, Trevor Siemian.

And apparently, he was. (more…)

Better we eat this bitter pill right away than let it linger. Hope you have your mug filled. (more…)

Wide open Mike Evans is directly in front of Tom Brady running to Brady’s right with a defender trailing. The pass went to Chris Godwin running into double coverage.

The Goat was pointing a hoof at himself after today’s debacle in New Orleans. (more…)

The quote above comes from Hall of Fame QB Troy Aikman as he watched the Bucs throw well behind the sticks on 2nd-and-13 and 3rd-and-14 early in the fourth quarter today. (more…)

Shell game at CB figured out.

There are only so many mirrors you can use in the NFL. And the final mirror Bucs defensive coordinator Todd Bowles used today broke on him. (more…)

Bucs QB Tom Brady

Suits at BSPN and FS1 are going to send Bucs Super Bowl-winning coach Bucco Bruce Arians a few bottles of scotch. And it has nothing to do with the coming holidays. (more…)

Joe’s not a medical professional, but Joe is not really sure why Rob Gronkowski even suited up to play today. (more…)