Not including linebackers or defensive backs, the Saints’ defensive line rang up an impressive array of numbers when it feasted on the Tampa Bay defensive line in October. [read more]

Defense hasn’t helped Jameis.

When America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston, led the Bucs on a late touchdown drive to beat the lowly Cardinals, that was one reason the Bucs drafted him No. 1 overall. [read more]

Receiver?

If Bucs fans thought it was cool that Vita Vea wiped out three defenders to allow Peyton Barber to score the game-winning one-yard plunge last Sunday, stay tuned. [read more]

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Ira Kaufman launched his professional NFL coverage in 1979, back when Earl Campbell was the toast of the league and Lee Roy Selmon was defensive player of the year. After a lifetime at The Tampa Tribune, “The Sage of Tampa Bay Sports” joined JoeBucsFan.com in July of 2016. His twice-weekly podcast and three columns per week appear here year-round and are presented by Bill Currie Ford. Tampa Bay’s only Hall of Fame voter is a regular on SiriusXM Mad Dog Radio and a part of the FOX-13 Tailgate Sunday show, in addition to his other appearances. You can hang out with Ira during every Bucs road games at Buffalo Wild Wings. His schedule is linked here. 

BY IRA KAUFMAN

Other contenders have fallen by the wayside. [read more]

Bucs GM Jason Licht.

If you can’t play for the playoffs, you play for the draft.

And the Bucs, at least now, are doing neither. [read more]

NFL Films data shows disruption.

Once upon a time in a land very close by, there was a football team with a defense that couldn’t breathe on a quarterback. And by actions and deeds, the football team demonstrated it wanted opposing quarterbacks to stand upright with clean, spot-free uniforms throughout a game. [read more]

America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, had one of those NFL microphones embedded in his football gear on Sunday. [read more]

Thunder in the locker room says a former player and NFL head coach

If there were any Bucs players who didn’t give Bucs coach Bucco Bruce Arians their full and undivided attention, they will now. [read more]

Bucs fans

Joe loves anything that might help the Bucs end their depressing playoff drought. [read more]

Bucs fans know excellence when it comes to catching pass out of the backfield.

Through five Bucs seasons, Warrick Dunn caught 259 passes and averaged more than nine yards per reception. [read more]

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Leader of the pack.

The Tribe has spoken. [read more]

Explains simple demands.

Football is a crazy game. Often, a player is at the mercy of both his coaches and his opponents. [read more]

Bucco Bruce Arians fired a couple of public shots at departed Bucs cornerback Vernon Hargreaves this evening. [read more]

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Dismissal discussed.

Just moments before it was learned today that former Bucs’ first-round draft pick cornerback Vernon Hargreaves was picked up by the Texans, Bucs coach Bucco Bruce Arians was peppered with questions about the team releasing Hargreaves. [read more]

Talkin’ Jameis.

In the past, Bucs coach Bucco Bruce Arians has said it’s not fair to judge a quarterback new to his offense until the halfway point of the season. [read more]

Hooked on Bucs’ defender.

Closet Bucs fan and NFL Network personality Peter Schrager may have identified the best athlete in the NFL. And he is on the Bucs roster. [read more]

More TAMPA TWO with Derrick Brooks and Ira Kaufman is always a good thing. Presented by Caldeco Air Conditioning & Heating, the Hall of Fame linebacker and the Hall of Fame voter talk about a Bucs win for a change on The Identity Tampa Bay production with Joe.