Yes, this is abbreviated. But hey, who is still hungover from Saturday night’s win? It’s still Victory Monday, playoff-style! [read more]

There’s a reason many fans scream for our beloved Buccaneeers to use their play-action game with legendary Tom Brady. [read more]

Tampa Bay legend Derrick Brooks and Ira Kaufman react to Saturday night’s win on TAMPA TWO, presented by The Identity Tampa Bay and Joe.

Consistent

When Joe was reading this crazy stat, Joe thought of perhaps the greatest stat in baseball and how a news columnist could link his quote to the Bucs quarterback. [read more]

Yes, Joe is fully aware that a team can’t blitz and play man-to-man in the secondary on every snap. However, the Bucs playing softer coverage this year and often struggling in zone has Joe completely exasperated. [read more]

One benefit of being a network game announcer is having a rather private “production meeting” with each team’s starting quarterback, and other key players and coaches, prior to a game. [read more]

Pressure is on.

If Todd Bowles is not taking interviews with teams just for show, then he best have his defense prepped or it could be a long time before he’s ever a head coach in the NFL again. [read more]

Lost in all the celebration of the Bucs’ first playoff win Saturday night since January 2003, was an under-the-radar Bucs record set by park-violating, home-invading, NFLPA-ignoring, down-forgetting, handshake-stiffing, jet-ski-losing, biscuit-baking quarterback Tom Brady. [read more]

This may make Bucs fans ill. Joe just wants to puke. [read more]

So much on the line today for our beloved Buccaneers — and Bucs fans — in New Orleans.

Joe is hoping the Saints get rolled by the Bears for three reasons. [read more]

A little flashback for some of Joe’s readers that never caught this. [read more]

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BY IRA KAUFMAN

Onward ho.

The main takeaway from Saturday night’s win in the nation’s capital is that the Bucs are still alive. They will be one of only four teams still competing to represent the NFC Feb. 7 in Tampa, so there is much to be thankful for.

Save the style point for gymnastics and figure skating — survival is the name of the NFL game in January and Tampa Bay just made it past a stubborn opponent on the road.

That bittersweet look on the mug of Bruce Arians after the game was an acknowledgement that the Bucs let an inferior opponent hang around. That’s a dangerous scenario in a one-and-done matchup, but the Bucs are moving on.

Playing at home, Seattle couldn’t overcome its foibles against the Rams. And while the Bucs were far from their best, let’s not look down on the franchise’s first postseason victory since dismantling the Raiders on that glorious day in San Diego.

Here’s how the Bucs advanced into the divisional round, two wins away from a home game against the AFC champions: [read more]

Cemented as Bucs’ No. 1.

Last week Bucs fans were in horror at the sight of star receiver Mike Evans’ buckling on a would-be touchdown pass, slipping and sliding on the wet turf in the end zone at the Stadium on Dale Mabry Highway. [read more]

Sean Murphy-Bunting had a big interception last night

NBC Sports shined a negative spotlight on Sean Murphy-Bunting last night in the form of something that makes Joe want to punch a wall. [read more]

Todd Bowles

Some fans might read this and pump their firsts while being a tad overeager to wish Todd Bowles great luck. [read more]

Tom Brady added this record and one more

Recently, when Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said his otherworldly linebacker T.J. Watt “is visiting from another planet,” Tomlin captured what Joe thinks about park-violating, home-invading, NFLPA-ignoring, down-forgetting, handshake-stiffing, jet-ski-losing, biscuit-baking Bucs quarterback Tom Brady. [read more]

Joe has written this before, but it is still so true: [read more]

Mike Evans inked two more impressive lines on his resume yesterday. [read more]

Following the Bucs winning their first playoff game in 18 years last night, Joe confesses to weeping like a third-grader who lost her new gold bracelet on a playground. [read more]