Bucs coach Bucco Bruce Arians.

[UPDATE: 1:03 p.m.] The Bucs are wasting little time trying to get mercurial receiver Antonio Brown acclimated. [read more]

Bucs WR Mike Evans.

As Joe has stated many times, Bucs star receiver Mike Evans is everything you’d want in a teammate. [read more]

Bucs WR Antonio Brown.

Here is a timeline list Joe cobbled together of all of the stunts new Bucs receiver Antonio Brown has found himself entangled with dating back over the last two years.

So when people ask Joe why he’s not fond of the Brown signing, perhaps this helps enlighten readers to understand Joe’s reservations of the Bucs getting into bed with the talented yet mercurial Brown, just as the team seems to have turned the corner and is a legit Super Bowl contender. [read more]

Peyton Manning seems to know who carries a giant and powerful stick at One Buc Palace. [read more]

Very cool stuff happened yesterday that many fans gave little attention. [read more]

Arm growing stronger?

Yesterday Joe wrote about the right arm of park-violating, home-invading, NFLPA-ignoring, down-forgetting Bucs quarterback Tom Brady looking nothing like a middle-aged man’s wing. [read more]

Timing.

Some NFL teams have a guy up in the coaches’ booth who monitors the clock for the head coach and decides when timeouts should be used or when to spike a ball to kill the clock. [read more]

(Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.)

Another massive Victory Monday is here. This is becoming a regular pattern. Joe can get used to this even though it is foreign as can be. Off to the analysis! [read more]

Playing time growing.

A week ago against the Packers, Mike Edwards damn near had a pick-six against the great Aaron Rodgers. [read more]

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BY IRA KAUFMAN

By one key metric, you could make a credible argument that the Bucs have been the most dominant team in the NFL this season.

No, they’re not unbeaten, but the Bucs have outscored opponents 222-142 in fashioning a 5-2 record. That plus-80 mark in point differential is tops in the league.

Quite a rebound from that bitter setback at Soldier Field two weeks ago. Tampa Bay followed up a majestic final three quarters against Green Bay with a very solid win on the road against a Raiders team coming off a bye week and a confidence-boosting victory at Kansas City.

Jon Gruden wanted this win in the worst way and the Raiders hung in until a turnover and the relentless pressure exerted by Tom Brady proved decisive.

Since that shaky opening quarter vs. Green Bay, the Bucs own an 83-20 scoring advantage. The Packers are very good, the Raiders aren’t bad and the Bucs just might be outstanding.

It’s all coming together for this woebegone franchise. Antonio Brown is on his way, but at this point, the Bucs don’t need much outside help in ending that 12-year playoff drought. They’ve been the talk of the league since Brady arrived and they still generate more than their share of national attention.

Here’s how an all-in franchise cashed out in Las Vegas: [read more]

Late February has arrived early at One Buc Palace.

The misdirection smoke now seen swirling usually is the kind reserved for pre-draft chatter when NFL executives and coaches lie regularly. [read more]

Bucco Bruce Arians made an interesting comment about cornerback Carlton Davis last week and it has fresh meaning tonight. [read more]

Bucs coach Bucco Bruce Arians.

Is this just a two-game fluke, or are the Bucs turning into one of the NFL’s most dominant teams? [read more]

A month ago, future Hall of Fame tight end Rob Gronkowski looked like a dude running through wet sand wearing flip-flops — when his quarterback expected him to have good footwear and a smooth trail. [read more]

Bucs LT Donovan Smith.

Joe has been a long-time defender of embattled left tackle Donovan Smith. [read more]

Leonard Fournette made a quite a comeback today, even registering a major hidden play of the day in the walloping of the Raiders. [read more]

When is the last time two guys from the University of Minnesota made two key plays in crunch time to put a dagger in a wounded opponent? [read more]

Pro Bowl Raiders running back Josh Jacobs just came off a bye week and cranked out the worst rushing game of his career — and not a soul paying attention to the NFL was a tiny bit surprised. [read more]

“Old man, you still have it.”

Joe has confessed previously to rarely watching Tom Brady with the Belicheats. [read more]