Harbinger Or Fluke?
January 12th, 2021
Not freaking over close win.
Look, Joe was as geeked as the next fan that the Bucs won their first playoff game in 18 years. And no, it was not an overly pretty win. [read more]

Not freaking over close win.
Look, Joe was as geeked as the next fan that the Bucs won their first playoff game in 18 years. And no, it was not an overly pretty win. [read more]
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BY IRA KAUFMAN
Something’s got to give Sunday in New Orleans — and it should be Tampa Bay’s mindset. [read more]
Slow starts or fast starts, Bucco Bruce Arians can deal with those.
But there’s one thing about starting a game it seems he can’t handle well. [read more]
Is this the year the Bucs look to snag a stud quarterback prospect in the NFL Draft?
Bucco Bruce Arians was talking college QBs this morning. [read more]

Bucs DC Todd Bowles.
It is starting to come across to Joe that Todd Bowles really wants out of Tampa Bay. [read more]

Video style!
Want to know why mouthy Washington defensive end Chase Young was a total non-factor against the Bucs on Saturday? Joe offers up evidence. [read more]

Antonio Brown
If the Bucs are to get past the slimy Saints, Joe thinks one player is going to have to blow up. [read more]
Rookie running back Ke’Shawn Vaughn had a multiple highs and lows in his playoffs debut, and Bucco Bruce Arians talked about them last night. [read more]

Assasin at quarterback.
Your Bucs starting quarterback is pulling a Pat Mahomes. Only difference is, the quarterback that wears pewter pants is 18 years older. [read more]

One of fastest runs.
Scotty Miller looks like a high school cornerback in street clothes. But the man can run with the fastest players in the NFL. [read more]

Mic’ed up.
Pretty cool video here of how park-violating, home-invading, NFLPA-ignoring, down-forgetting, handshake-stiffing, jet-ski-losing, biscuit-baking Bucs quarterback Tom Brady handles himself with his teammates in a game. [read more]

Joe is truly in stunned disbelief by what the Buccaneers are delivering to their very deserving fans — including the lingering haters.
Instead of soul-sucking losses, the team is disinfecting the hearts and minds of everyone who paid attention during The Lost Decade. [read more]

Ted Larsen (on Saturday, not playing for Raheem Morris and the yungry Bucs of yore)
What might have been a truly historic night of Buccaneers pass blocking was marred by a guy that wasn’t supposed to play right guard — and won’t on Sunday. [read more]
Two days after playing in the team’s first playoff win in 18 years, another Bucs defender finds himself on the COVID list. [read more]

Who is her new Bucs crush?
It seems a Bucs player has caught the eye of NFL Network’s resident it-girl. [read more]

Regardless of your definition of a big or explosive play, the Washington defense was fantastic this season at limiting them. [read more]
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Joe thought it was weird that Ronald Jones couldn’t answer the bell Saturday night with a quad injury, given the fact he was active on the gameday roster. [read more]