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When the end came for Ray Perkins in Tampa, few were surprised.

Although the Bucs had just beaten the Falcons late in the 1990 season, Hugh Culverhouse had seen enough. He fired the man he once labeled “My Vince Lombardi,” and Walter Lee Perkins was seen lugging his belongings out to his car at old One Buc Place in a box crammed with pictures and playbooks. [read more]

Better defending the run?

Some interesting information over at BSPN about top NFL defensive backs. It is also telling. [read more]

Sunday features the loaded Tampa Bay offense versus the non-loaded Vikings defense. [read more]

Bucs OLB coach Larry Foote.

Last week former Super Bowl-winning general manager Scott Pioli took to the NFL Network airwaves and explained how a team prepares for the stretch run of a playoff season. [read more]

Will Bucs fans ever see this again?

A massive component of the Buccaneers defense is blitzing.

Sunday’s opponent is thriving against the blitz. [read more]

Four 100-yard games in last six.

The agony of Bucs fans will certainly be flushed out Sunday for a lot of reasons. [read more]

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“I see you, Todd Bowles.”

When you start throwing around names like Randy Moss and Michael Thomas, those are serious comparisons. [read more]

Math.

It is time to see how the calculator crowd views the Bucs’ chances of making the playoffs. [read more]

The numbers don’t lie, and our beloved Tampa Bay Buccaneers are thoroughly average on third down — on both sides of the ball. [read more]

Heavy criticism fired at Bucco Bruce Arians

Hours before the Bucs got mauled early against the Chiefs two Sundays ago, Jason La Canfora of CBS Sports published a scathing blast at Bucco Bruce Arians and his team, citing several league sources cloaked by anonymity. [read more]

Just get in the playoffs, baby.

In this crazy football season, a fan almost expects the unexpected. [read more]

WR makes Bruce Arians smile.

Yeah, you probably heard Bucs coach Bucco Bruce Arians once coached for Bear Bryant. [read more]

Ex-Buc uses the verb “roasted”

Lotta noise out there about the inconsistency of the Buccaneers’ offense, but what about the Bucs’ defense and the step back it’s taken?

[read more]

Barring beastly production from Ezekiel Elliott tonight in Baltimore, Bucs running back Ronald Jones will be the NFL’s fourth-leading rusher through 13 weeks of this season.

Incredible! [read more]

Talks expectations.

Yesterday, Buccaneers.com ran a short interview with park-violating, home-invading, NFLPA-ignoring, down-forgetting, jet ski-losing, handshake-stiffing Bucs quarterback Tom Brady. [read more]

Bucs DC Todd Bowles

Yes, the Bucs had a rough schedule in November and that more than anything may show why they finished November 2-3. [read more]

Bucs RT Tristan Wirfs

Yesterday in an article Joe wrote about the Bucs offense and how the Tom Brady apologists claim the offense needs time, Joe brought up an interesting thought. [read more]

Historic pace for Dalvin Cook 

Our beloved Buccaneers must contain the NFC’s very best running back on Sunday, but it seems overuse of Vikings RB Dalvin Cook has given the Bucs’ defense a head start. [read more]

Awful November starts.

The Bucs had a bad month of November. And it’s a bad sign when a team that should be rounding into form for a playoff run instead begins to buckle. [read more]