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BY IRA KAUFMAN

As Vince Lombardi famously remarked, if you strive for perfection, you can catch excellence along the way.

The 2020 Bucs aren’t perfect by any measure, but they’re sure playing some inspired football. Ol’ Vince would be proud of the way Tampa Bay has rebounded from that dispiriting evening in Chicago, dismantling the Packers and pulling away from the Raiders in crunch time. [read more]

Bucs DT Steve McLendon.

It stunk that Bucs defensive tackle Vita Vea was lost for the season with a broken ankle/leg. But did the Bucs get the perfect replacement? [read more]

Nothing limp about Bucs.

Former Bucs guard Ian Beckles isn’t a fan of Antonio Brown the person. He is a huge fan of Antonio Brown the receiver. [read more]

Stewing for Giants.

It is interesting to Joe that roughly a year after returning from a neck injury that damn near ended his career, Bucs outside linebacker Jason Pierre-Paul is gunning for the necks of Giants offensive players. [read more]

Outspoken Hall of Fame receiver and broadcaster Michael Irvin knows all about wide receivers — in addition to brushes with authorities.

This week he used his bully pulpit to talk Bucs receivers. [read more]

Yes, Tom Brady has impacted the Buccaneers defense.

Joe’s heard it in various ways. A new one popped up this week. [read more]

Bucs OLB Jason Pierre-Paul.

With NFL sack king Shaq Barrett struggling to replicate his dominance of 2019, it puts a whole lot of pressure on veteran pass rusher Jason Pierre-Paul. [read more]

The man who quarterbacked Tampa Bay to Super Bowl glory keeps a close eye on his Buccaneers. [read more]

“Tom, I wish I had your power when I went to Kansas City. Ol’ Marty Schottenheimer thought he knew offense.”

Joe almost always refrains from calling park-violating, home-invading, NFLPA-ignoring, down-forgetting Bucs quarterback Tom Brady a farm animal like so many do. [read more]

Preparing for disaster.

The NFL trade deadline is just around the corner, Tuesday afternoon to be exact. [read more]

Talkin’ defense.

Joe is just going to take a stab here and guess that a quarterback knows how to break down a defense. Because if he couldn’t, the dude would get lit up left and right. [read more]

Imagine if somehow at the end of the season, Buccaneers took home awards for offensive rookie of the year, defensive rookie of the year, MVP of the league, coach of the year, assistant coach of the year and executive of the year. [read more]

No, not that O.J.

A Hall of Fame running back is pretty stoked about what’s happening at One Buc Palace. [read more]

Joe is taking a moment here to thank Bucs fans in advance as October comes to its close.

Joe is marching toward/past 2 million pages viewed this month on JoeBucsFan.com, which is a nice bonus around here for an October. [read more]

Victim (sort of).

Damn if this doesn’t seem like nitpicking, but hang with Joe here. [read more]

Difference explained

Joe had a simple question for Harold Goodwin today, the Bucs’ run game coordinator/assistant head coach/offensive line coach. [read more]

No, a player is not infected. [read more]

Buccaneers legend Derrick Brooks and Ira Kaufman look at what’s next for our beloved Bucs on TAMPA TWO. All the fun is presented by The Identity Tampa Bay and Joe.

Bucco Bruce Arians

The Bucs have dominated the past two games but there’s a trend emerging that Bucco Bruce Arians wants to change. [read more]