Bruce Arians Defines “Soft”
October 8th, 2019
Coach explains.
After the Bucs lost to the Saints Sunday night, Bucs coach Bucco Bruce Arians called out his defensive backs saying, “We’re too soft.” [read more]
Coach explains.
After the Bucs lost to the Saints Sunday night, Bucs coach Bucco Bruce Arians called out his defensive backs saying, “We’re too soft.” [read more]
The Bucs have yet to face struggling Matt Ryan and the Falcons
Joe’s no fan of predicting wins of specific games before the season.
Yeah, many media types go game-by-game in April or August and Joe finds it goofy. But in October it’s a different story. [read more]
What NFL fans saw on Monday Night Football yesterday was the 49ers completely dominating a talented Browns team to move their record to 4-0. [read more]
Coach wants better.
It was a rough Sunday for Bucs cornerback Vernon Hargreaves. [read more]
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Solid coaching.
When Rams quarterback Jared Goff unloaded for 517 yards passing (!) against the Bucs two weeks ago in Los Angeles, that signaled to the NFL that even if you can’t throw deep, you will succeed throwing deep against the Bucs. [read more]
Gets props.
As Bucs fans are down in the dumps after the Bucs got worked over Sunday in the Big Easy, there is one thing to be positive about. [read more]
Help him.
Now Joe understands that in 2017, Saints defensive back Marshon Lattimore was Mike Evans’ kryptonite. [read more]
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Name floated for job.
So we already have the first NFL coaching casualty of the season. And it is Brother of Chucky. [read more]
The injuries have arrived.
And the Earl Watford era is here. [read more]
UPDATED 12:46 p.m. – Three targets for Buccaneers tight ends yesterday in a game that saw Mike Evans get completely shut down (3 targets, 0 catches).
Chew on that sour apple for a minute. [read more]
Former Bucs kicker Cairo Santos tied a modern NFL record yesterday. [read more]
This isn’t quite Joe Namath calling a Super Bowl victory for his heavily-underdog Jets 50 years ago.
And it’s not Greg Schiano publicly expecting double-digit sacks for Da’Quan Bowers. [read more]
Regroup.
Maybe this loss isn’t such an awful thing? [read more]
Imagine what would have happened if you walked into a Vegas or Indiana sportsbook (why can’t Florida have one?) and asked for odds on quarterbacks Jacoby Brissett, Teddy Bridgewater, Kyle Allen and Gardner Minshew combining for 11 wins by the first week in October. [read more]
24-hour flash poll posted at 9:32 a.m.
Remember the theory that Bucs blitzers were going to be flying at quarterbacks and wreaking all kinds of havoc and result in taking down quarterbacks?
The following might offer a pre-Halloween scare: [read more]
Joe’s weekly “Five Things” which takes a look at the previous day’s game, win or lose. [read more]
“I can see it plain as day on the replay.”
As a kid, Joe remembers watching live Roger Staubach’s now-famous “Hail Mary” pass to best the Vikings in the playoffs. [read more]
Coach calls out DBs.
Joe likes this here Bucco Bruce Arians. A man who tells it like it is even though it’s not pretty. [read more]
Miffed
Hall of Fame coach and Buccaneers Ring of Honor member Father Dungy is not a man prone to hyperbole. [read more]