Players aren’t joking.

Joe has heard a lot about how playoff games are more intense than regular season games. [read more]

Overlooked?

Few receivers not named “Ja’Marr Chase” ended the season hotter than Bucs rookie wideout Jalen McMillan. [read more]

“What can I dial up here?”

Load up the end zone. [read more]

Wild Card Round

Commandos (12-5) at Bucs (10-7)

Kickoff: 8 p.m.

TV: NBC (WFLA-TV Channel 8, locally) with Mike Tirico, Cris Collinsworth and Carrie Underwood.

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Do quarterbacks care about the opposing quarterback? [read more]

The Bucs have little to worry about on Sunday night if you believe the words of one Xs and Os guru who patrols the halls of One Buc Palace. [read more]

Joe continues to hear chatter on sports radio, YouTube and social media about how Todd Bowles could get fired if the Bucs lose on Sunday.

It’s nonsense. [read more]

Rondé Barber weighs in.

Interesting wording from Bucs icon and Hall of Fame cornerback Rondé Barber. [read more]

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Washington QB Jayden Daniels.

When Joe thinks of how an insanely good Bucs defense stopped a very mobile quarterback with a spy, Joe always goes back to 2002 when the Bucs hosted the Dixie Chicks and Michael Vick. [read more]

Everyman.

Could this be why Baker Mayfield has won over Bucs fans? [read more]

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Run to win.

The past few days, the old cliché about running in the playoffs leads to playoff wins was spoken quite a bit. [read more]

Channeling Mike Tyson.

You have to have a plan, says a BSPN X’s and O’s guy. [read more]

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Survive and advance.

Bucs coach Todd Bowles was talking playoffs this morning. Something he’s done for the past five Bucs seasons, the first two as defensive coordinator. [read more]

Honored.

How are you celebrating Mike Evans Day? [read more]

When these guys ball, Bucs often score.

Sacks are drive-killers. You read that from Joe in one of many, many, many, many rants and screeds about the lack of a proven, healthy, young edge rusher. [read more]

Yeah, a little sizzle is lost from Sunday’s pending Mike Evans-Marshon Lattimore clash at The Licht House in Round 1 of the NFL playoffs. [read more]

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Injury updates

Head coach Todd Bowles today said his two most expensive guns in the Bucs’ defensive backfield will play Sunday night. [read more]