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This play is under Ian Beckles’ skin
If you ask former Buccaneers guard Ian Beckles about O.J. Howard, he will point to Howard’s big play in Sunday’s game against Carolina and say it’s evidence Howard is “soft.” [read more]
Let best players play.
Yes, we all know folks just love to pound on America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston. It is a lifestyle for some. [read more]
BY IRA KAUFMAN
The Bucs had a tough decision to make in the spring of 2015. They had to choose between a dynamic gunslinger and a savvy game manager.
They went with Jameis Winston at the top of the draft ahead of Marcus Mariota and felt good about the pick. More than four years later, the Bucs and Titans are coming to grips with the very real possibility both quarterbacks are destined for the dustbin of NFL history. [read more]
You know what’s a great gift for a rookie quarterback? [read more]
General manager Jason Licht
Regulars here know Joe runs a weekly, 24-hour confidence poll that measures Bucs fans’ confidence in the head coach. Joe started it during the Lovie Smith administration.
Lots of fans send Joe nasty notes because they want the same poll for general manager Jason Licht. And those hate-filled messages have been escalating.
Yes, Joe publishes GM polls, but since the GM doesn’t call plays, Joe doesn’t poll fans every week on front office performance. That’s typically done before and after the draft, when roster cuts are made in September, and then during the bye week and following the regular season.
So yes, the Jason Licht Confidence Poll is coming next week as scheduled. So please stop barking your hate at Joe.
So what went wrong for the Buccaneers against the Panthers?
Yeah, yeah, seven turnovers is too easy an answer. [read more]
Hits taking their toil?
Joe referred to a very enlightening article typed by Albert Breer of theMMQB.com last week studying why first-round quarterbacks fail. [read more]
Better off on the road?
The crib the Bucs call home has more than earned its moniker “Den of Depression” because the team plays so terribly there. [read more]
“No.”
Apparently NFL teams have reached out to Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht. [read more]
The pads come on for Jason Pierre-Paul tomorrow. [read more]
If you’ve listened to Bucco Bruce Arians throughout his Tampa Bay tenure, you’ll notice he finds America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, to be proficient at the self-sack. [read more]
Hey, Joe’s not all gloom and doom today.
The Bucs notched two second-quarter sacks yesterday when the game was still in play and there was something very special about those forgotten plays. [read more]
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Punt return?
It’s been a rough couple of weeks for Bucs cornerback Vernon Hargreaves. [read more]
What’s going on?
The Bucs have drafted seven defensive backs in the first three rounds the past four years. That’s an incredible amount of draft capital.
And what do the Bucs have to show for it? [read more]
The Bucs filmed an ugly football video on how not to close a half yesterday. [read more]
Unlikely to be benched.
After America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston, lost his damn mind yesterday and started handing out more freebies than the old woman sweating over an electric skillet at the Aprons kiosk at Publix, a lot of Bucs fans wanted Jameis benched. [read more]
Jameis Winston appeared to see a ghost yesterday. Ronald Jones was wide open on this key play but Jameis did not throw the ball.
Bucco Bruce Arians must be pulling out what’s left of his hair this morning. [read more]
Todd Bowles and Jason Licht
Starting at safety for the Bucs yesterday was Andrew Adams. [read more]
Punt on this punt returner.
Bobo Wilson entered Sunday’s game averaging an ugly 3.3 yards per return, but what has he done to keep his job? [read more]
Joe’s weekly in-season observations of the previous day’s game and what is going on in Bucland. [read more]
Decisions.
Joe interrupts Bucs fans planning a wake for the 2019 season and disrupts the launch of draft talk — a pre-Halloween ritual in Tampa since 2009 — to bring word of a stud player at a need position who may be available. [read more]
A prominent former Buccaneer says the Bucs receiver who could pass for a high schooler also plays like one. [read more]
