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BY IRA KAUFMAN
An exuberant Fran Tarkenton greeted me from his office in Atlanta this week. [read more]
The Bucs’ allow 3.6 sacks per game, a very high number by league standards, a full sack more per game than they allowed last season. [read more]
Rattled Jameis Winston?
Bucco Bruce Arians was talking quarterbacks with his good friend yesterday before a national radio audience. [read more]
Production.
Here is another example of Bucs offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich getting the job done, even though his offense looks about as smooth as sandpaper. [read more]
Last laugh?
Yep, this is Dixie Chicks week. Which technically will be played in December. [read more]
On paper, and heard through a Bucco Bruce Arians explanation, it seemed like a smart thing to do. [read more]
Gets props from coach.
In the meter that measures over-the-top hyperbole, this may just fry the needle. [read more]
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Joe is finished doubting Jason Pierre-Paul. [read more]
If any Bucs player needs mental health counseling, the Bucs have a shrink on call. [read more]
Rookie defensive back Mike Edwards
Joe is confused by something Bucco Bruce Arians said last night. [read more]
In the world of full-time professional field goal kickers, rookie Matt Gay ranks ninth in the league when it comes to percentage of field goals made. [read more]
It’s the weekly, 24-hour Bruce Arians Confidence Poll. Posted at 11:41 a.m. See last week’s results here.
The tribesman over at Pro Football Focus focused their microscopes this week on Devin White and were left in disbelief. [read more]
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Run defense suffered.
Even the emergence of rookie linebacker Devin White as a tackling machine couldn’t keep the Bucs in their lofty position as the NFL’s best run defense. [read more]
Judge Arians issued a swift ruling yesterday
A rough Sunday it was for America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston.
And in what feels like a departure from the norm, his head coach was quick throw blame Jameis’ way yesterday. [read more]
Graded.
To paraphrase a quote from Bill Belicheat, the crowd at BSPN believes they have it all figured out. [read more]
Target of ire.
So many Bucs fans happily will drink themselves into comas if the Bucs have a new quarterback in 2020, they want to get rid of America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston so bad.
It makes Joe ill. [read more]
Kudos to Buccaneers quarterbacks coach Clyde Christensen for pulling back the curtain on what’s going on behind the scenes to get Jameis Winston to stop turning over the football at an alarming rate. [read more]
