Lighting up scoreboards.

Some people think the Bucs need to run more. Looking at the numbers, Joe howls against this suggestion. (more…)

Trade bait?

Joe is a huge believer in playing to your strength. And the Bucs’ strength is no doubt in the passing game. (more…)

Odds still favor Bucs.

Virtually every stathead in the NFL world last week had the Bucs as the team with the best chance to win a Super Bowl. And it seems the calculator crowd still likes the Bucs. (more…)

Winning the draft.

In the not-so-distant past, Bill Belichick of the Patriots earned a reputation as the savviest football mind walking the face of the earth. (more…)

Meeting with Bucs.

He’s in Tampa. Whether he leaves with a contract is unclear. (more…)

Called out?

The “E” word is a dangerous one in football. (more…)

Sean Murphy-Bunting on the bench in Los Angeles wearing a contraption on his messed up elbow.

The 26th-ranked Buccaneers defense has caught the attention of a Bucs-friendly former superstar running back. (more…)

Playoff Lenny

Talk to Bucs coaches and they’ll tell you they want four yards per carry or more every time the ball is handed off. (more…)

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Cornerback Richard Sherman.

Joe has a strong hunch Richard Sherman isn’t flying cross-country from Seattle to Tampa today just to have a couple of beers and admire the scenery at Clearwater Beach. (more…)

“Perfect fit.”

Watching the Bucs secondary Sunday, aside from always steady and reliable Carlton Davis, the word “sticky” doesn’t come to mind for Joe unless it was the residue of beer on the TV from throwing a mostly empty can of Bromosa at the wall after watching Rams receivers run laps around Bucs backup corners. (more…)

Status update.

Is Richard Sherman’s flight to Tampa today a cause-and-effect? (more…)

Salesman.

With apologies to Britney Spears, oops, he did it again. (more…)

Pitstop at One Buc Palace.

It seems Richard Sherman is making a visit to Tampa today. And it isn’t to have a plate of Arroz con Pollo at La Teresita. (more…)

If you ask the Bucs’ head coach, there are no excuses for certain penalties no matter what insanity is going on around you. (more…)

Bucs coach Bucco Bruce Arians.

It wasn’t the best showing in Los Angeles but at least the loss wasn’t so bad that people are jumping off the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. (more…)

Bucs DC knows.

Sometimes a glaring weakness or a sudden dropoff in play from a player will prompt sort of a meeting between coaches to hammer out a plan to repair the issue. (more…)

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The Buccaneers’ rookie first-round pick opened up last night. (more…)