Marpet Doesn’t Practice
November 20th, 2020
Setback.
A day after participating in a full practice, it seems as though Bucs left guard Ali Marpet may have had a setback. [read more]

Setback.
A day after participating in a full practice, it seems as though Bucs left guard Ali Marpet may have had a setback. [read more]

One of the most cerebral and astute analysts in the game, a man with three Super Bowl rings, considers the Bucs a fascinating team that is underachieving. [read more]

Solving the night games hex.
Yesterday Joe brought word that Bucs defensive coordinator Todd Bowles sure didn’t buy into the notion that the Bucs can’t get their body clocks right when they play under the lights. [read more]
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“Call when you know something.”
Social media is all abuzz over the recent news that just days before the Bucs signed furniture-tossing receiver Antonio Brown, he had yet another freakout. [read more]
Cornerback Sean Murphy-Bunting had a rough stretch in his primary gig of covering wide receivers. [read more]

Leaves Tom Brady off list.
Former Bucs quarterback Chris Simms has a very small bone to pick with the current Bucs quarterback. [read more]

Has time to throw.
A site a whole lot more respected than the one that hires dudes in their Irish dorm rooms to grade film notes the Bucs this season have fully destroyed a popular narrative. [read more]

Just by judging various models (no, not *that* kind), it seems as we stand just days before Thanksgiving and hours before the Bucs play their 11th game of the season, there’s a damn good chance the Bucs will play a meaningful football game in January. [read more]

“You have to prepare yourself.”
The Bucs are pulling out all the stops trying to end their hex of primetime pukefests. [read more]

Pro Bowl favorite?
Joe encourages fans to vote for the Pro Bowl. That way you can’t be able to complain Bucs Player-X didn’t make the Pro Bowl. [read more]
General manager Jason Licht did Lavonte David quite a favor, twice actually. [read more]
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Bucco Bruce Arians.
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Today when Bucs coach Bucco Bruce Arians was asked how he would describe Rams beastly defensive end Aaron Donald, he snickered to himself and reached back into a Saturday morning staple of his youth. [read more]

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Some things are better left unsaid. Some are not.
It’s time to acknowledge what is staring the Bucs in the facemask heading into Monday night’s encounter against the Rams. [read more]
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Status unknown for Monday.
Bucs left guard Ali Marpet, who was having his best season since being drafted out of tiny Hobart College in 2015, remains a mystery for Monday night’s game against the Rams. [read more]

“Chris Simms knows blocking!”
Earlier this week, Joe brought word from former Bucs quarterback and current NBC Sports talking head Chris Simms about how and why the Bucs offense hummed against Carolina. [read more]