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Strong games after bye
A gambling analyst for an NFL rightsholder advises a very smart play Sunday would be to shove all your chips into the middle of the table and bet on America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston. [read more]
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Giant role
Yeah, the Bucs have personnel issues.
One piece of evidence lies with the running backs usage. [read more]
Powerful comments
Joe really had to think long and hard about Bruce Arians’ various comments this week regarding his players not responding the way he wants them to. [read more]
Man on an island.
Yes, Joe is trying not to get worked up this morning. But it is a chore of self-control. [read more]
Run defense too good.
To hear Bucs defensive coordinator Todd Bowles speak, as he did yesterday at One Buc Palace, the culprit for the abhorrent Bucs pass defense — last in the NFL — is clear in his mind. [read more]
Not yet.
A good sign a team is heading in the right direction is it has a coordinator thought to be a hot candidate for a coaching vacancy in the coming weeks (yes, Black Monday isn’t that far off). [read more]
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The bad hamstring that limited O.J. Howard in practice yesterday in pads knocked him out of today’s no-pads practice at One Buc Palace, per the Buccaneers’ official injury report. [read more]
Set to explode?
If is not like it’s difficult at all for wide receivers to exploit the disgustingly bad Bucs secondary. So Joe wonders if a receiver who knows the Bucs’ secondary best might just turn around his otherwise mediocre season? [read more]
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BY IRA KAUFMAN
For Bruce Arians, these are unchartered waters. Treacherous waters.
He’s never been here before, and he never wants to return to this ugly dot on the map — the sorry intersection of Relevance and Rebuild. [read more]
Can Todd Bowles stop the madness?
What in the name of Warren Sapp is going on here? [read more]
Astute NFL followers know the Bucs are about to butt heads with a truly stingy defense that is allowing just 16 points per game, and it was a top-10 defense last season. [read more]
Available?
The NFL trade deadline arrives Tuesday afternoon. Joe is of the mind if the Bucs beat the Titans Sunday, they need to be buyers. [read more]
Similar foe on Sunday
Ryan Tannehill and Jameis Winston have an awful lot in common. [read more]
Here’s another Buccaneers red flag when it comes to the state of the team, via the mouth of Bucco Bruce Arians.
Joe’s been having trouble keeping up with all of them lately. [read more]
Name missing.
One of the biggest complaints Joe sees from folks who want to run off America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston, is the claim he is awful at deep passes. [read more]
Is Titans running back Derrick Henry a weapon? You bet. [read more]
GM Jason Licht
We’re less than six days from the NFL trade deadline and Tampa Bay is hunting talent. [read more]
