Todd Bowles Addresses Rueben Bain Goal
October 7th, 2026
Bucs rookie first-round pick Rueben Bain will play tomorrow night at Dallas after two games on the shelf with shoulder and groin issues. [read more]
Bucs rookie first-round pick Rueben Bain will play tomorrow night at Dallas after two games on the shelf with shoulder and groin issues. [read more]

For those who missed Ira Kaufman’s lecture on the inevitable “fracture” between a head coach and general manager of a struggling NFL team, Bucco Bruce Arians took the baton and ran with it. [read more]
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Quarterback Jalon Daniels.
No, the Bucs offensive line didn’t look like itself Sunday facing Green Bay. [read more]

Buck stops with Todd Bowles.
So ESPN is having fun with words with their NFL beat reporters this week. [read more]

Thoughts on Bucs.
In these difficult times that try a Bucs fan’s soul, we need a voice of reason and wisdom from trusted counsel. [read more]

Offensive woes on him.
Look, Joe thinks KitKat-eating Bucs coach Todd Bowles has done a poor job since the Bucs’ bye week last season. [read more]
Miami Mauler rookie edge rusher Rueben Bain has only played in Weeks 1 and 2. He was incredibly overwhelming. [read more]
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Tony Dungy liked to evaluate a season by quarters. Todd does the same here for all 32 NFL teams now that the first quarter of 2026 (minus the 17th game addition) is complete. The Todd Wright TODDcast is presented by Plantation Palms Golf Club and Brandon Legal Group. Click above to listen or to download. Or listen via Podcast Addict, iHeartRadio, TuneIn and other platforms.
So a guy in the Bucs’ locker room, a man in the faces of Buccaneers in their darkest football moments, offered an interesting take. [read more]

Peter King.
The Buccaneers’ season is over, declared a titan of NFL media, a guy who used to get all kinds of special access at One Buc Palace, including while Todd Bowles was there. [read more]

The Bucs have a good run defense, but it tends to fall apart when Vita Vea is off the field.
Such was the case Sunday against the Packers. [read more]
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Three more quarters left.
Joe is sensing a theme. And it is likely coming from KitKat-eating Bucs coach Todd Bowles. [read more]

Baffling passing attack.
The 30,000 or so Bucs fans who showed up to the NFL game on Sunday between the Packers and the Bucs got to watch one of the more active tight ends in the league.
And it wasn’t Tucker Kraft. [read more]

What would Jason Licht do?
In some circles located on MLK Jr. Drive just east of Himes Avenue in Tampa, this won’t go over well. But Joe has a simple solution: [read more]

What happened?
It’s 10 p.m. Do you know where Calijah Kancey is? [read more]