Survivor.

Three Bucs have endured some of the worst football seasons in recent memory, and yesterday they finally saw all their sweat and toil pay off when the Tampa Bay clinched a playoff berth, its first since 2007. [read more]

“We will approach this game as if it were Game 1 of the season and treat it like that every game. We don’t want to set a pattern of different behavior. I don’t think you get anything out of resting guys, especially playing a team that’s in our division and we haven’t beaten them at home in a couple of years. We don’t want to start a precedent.” Bruce Arians, Dec. 28, 2015. [read more]

Red hot.

The past couple of weeks park-violating, home-invading, NFLPA-ignoring, down-forgetting, handshake-stiffing, jet-ski-losing, biscuit-baking Bucs quarterback Tom Brady has been playing NFL defenses like the late great Eddie Van Halen played guitars.

Ruthless, uncompromising and dominating. [read more]

Joe hasn’t been this happy on a Sunday morning since a wild night in Vegas last century. But today tops that. The Bucs are back in the playoffs.
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Everyone in the Buc organization hated to hear those damning words.

Writing it was no great thrill, either.

On a relatively frigid afternoon in Tampa, the Bucs warmed the hearts of their supporters with a record-shattering victory in Detroit. Following a 47-7 walkover, this organization no longer has to deal with the phrase that is etched into my computer screen: The NFC’s longest playoff drought.

The drought is over and this team’s real agenda is about to start. [read more]

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NFL Network analyst Steve Smith.

The Bucs had just completed four quarters of football (Atlanta second half, Detroit first half) that the NFL has not seen in 40 years. [read more]

Enjoying the moment.

Now in the final week of his ninth regular season, all with the Bucs, Lavonte David had known little but losing. [read more]

Not satisfied.

Was Tom Brady the lone difference between the Bucs watching the playoffs (again) from their couches or a beach bar in Costa Rica, or actually making the playoffs?

Well, you be the judge. [read more]

Playoff team, happy coach.

It isn’t just Bucs fans who are happy the Bucs clinched a playoff berth today. [read more]

Sloppy and undisciplined does not cut it in January and February. [read more]

Bucs fans will drink tonight.

Finally! [read more]

Joe confesses to getting chills while watching the end of this video.

Rookie Ke’Shawn Vaughn

Joe can’t get too worked up about anything that happened on the football field today after the Bucs jumped out to a 20-0 lead in Detroit, but one thing really caught Joe’s optimistic eye. [read more]

Nears NFL mark. (Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.)

UPDATED 5:29 p.m. – Bucs star wide receiver Mike Evans needs just 40 yards to put a major stamp on his excellent career. This stamp just might get him in the Pro Football Hall of Fame someday. [read more]

Bucs GM Jason Licht

Joe has hurled all kinds of daggers at Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht over the years because he deserved them.

When your team’s record through five seasons is worse than your 28-52 predecessor, what else is a Bucs fan to say? [read more]

Buccaneers co-chairmen Bryan and Joel Glazer

The 12-season Buccaneers playoff drought is over!

And Joe’s all fired up for Team Glazer, the ownership class presiding over the spectacular pile of garbage that collectively was the Buccaneers from 2008 through 2019. [read more]

If you thought Jameis Winston had a pretty good year last season, then what the hell do you call what Tom Brady has done? [read more]

FINALLY!!!

What a day of celebration for Buccaneers fans everywhere, especially for the guys at JoeBucsFan.com world headquarters. [read more]

Playoffs! Playoffs! Playoffs!

If the Bucs win in Detroit, they are in!!!!!

The 12-season playoff drought would be over.

Chat all game with fellow fans and a few haters in the comments below.

Go Bucs! Change history!

No need to overthink.

When the week started, Bucco Bruce Arians was fully expecting offensive coordinator/interim head coach Darrell Bevell to be running the Lions and defensive coordinator Cory Undlin to be running their defense. [read more]