The nation had its eyes on the Bucs. [read more]

Offers misdirection.

As you will hear later in the “Ira Kaufman Podcast,” Joe is up-to-here with the nonsense some are trying to use to excuse the Bucs were more than rusty due to a limited offseason. [read more]

O-line observations.

Since most of Bucs fandom is wanting to holler about the Bucs offensive line in the wake of the embarrassing loss to start the season, Joe decided to offer up fresh takes on the favorite Bucs talking point. [read more]

Same as last year.

So guess which team was tied for the most penalties on Sunday? [read more]

Why is a savvy, seasoned and sensible former Buccaneer detailing a failure of the Buccaneers coaching staff? [read more]

Cites bigger Bucs problems.

It was a takedown by two guys who know something about winning football. [read more]

One hidden ugly on film of Sunday’s Bucs-Saints game was LeSean McCoy getting blown up badly in pass blocking on a blitz up the gut.

But official NFL NextGen Stats data shows it wasn’t McCoy struggling. [read more]

Imagine if Bucs officials knew how to evaluate running backs and special teams players like they know how to draft wide receivers. [read more]

Is he (W)right?

Since Joe started this here website in August of 2008, Joe has posted close to 41,000 stories (what other Bucs publication can say that?). [read more]

Rethinking long field goals.

Some people, with a tad of success, have tried to go all baseball stat geek on football. [read more]

Saints returner Deonte Harris beat Bucs cover man Kevin Minter on more than one occasion.

After the first and second waves of the 2019 free agency period, Bucco Bruce Arians made a declaration. His punter was the biggest/most important signing of the offseason. [read more]

Perhaps the Bucs should re-hire Greg Schiano as a discipline consultant specializing in mandatory mask-wearing policy on gameday. [read more]

For those who like to watch film and re-watch Bucs games many times like Joe does, the play shown in the screenshot might interest you. It’s the first play after Mike Edwards pulled a Timmy Lupus and cost the Bucs a turnover on special teams.

The defense didn’t exactly play that important next snap with their hair on fire. Joe’s microscope focused mostly on Ndamukong Suh.

Take a look on your DVR or at NFL Game Pass.

BY IRA KAUFMAN

Mike Edwards is going to get his butt chewed out royally this week. It’s not going to be a pleasant few days for Vita Vea. Tom Brady won’t like looking at his film, either.

That’s alright because they were among the Buc goats during the Week 1 setback at New Orleans. [read more]

“Poor job”

It seemed just about every Bucs fan was nervous for how rookie right tackle Tristan Wirfs, with a limited offseason, was going to play against Pro Bowl defensive end Cam Jordan on Sunday. [read more]

Tight end critique.

Today, Bucs coach Bucco Bruce Arians took to the mic at One Buc Palace for his day-after presser and had interesting things to say about the run game. [read more]

One national NFL stenographer seems to suggest he knows what is wrong with the Bucs. [read more]

Trend for Tom Brady.

Amid all the gloom and doom this morning, Joe has seen a light appear in the darkness. [read more]

Monday stinks enough as it is without making it worse waking up after a Bucs loss. So let’s get going. [read more]