Not Mike Edwards’ strength

Bobo Wilson is among the NFL punt returners with three or more tries at the craft this season.

Who wants to guess where he ranks among that group? [read more]

Giants quarterback Daniel Jones ran for two touchdowns in their comeback win against the Bucs on Sunday at the Den of Depression. [read more]

When Matt Gay missed his would-be game-winning field goal Sunday night, Joe had indigestion. [read more]

A surprise performance.

Joe knows has told this story but it bears repeating. [read more]

Former Buccaneers tight end Anthony Becht has studied the Bucs-Giants game and sees an area of the Tampa Bay offense that could use improvement.

It might surprise you — and it might not. [read more]

Will Gholston has been doing what he does best

Yes, the Buccaneers’ secondary looks broken in pass coverage, and it likely is.

The run defense? That’s another story. [read more]

Underestimated

According to the NFL’s leading sack artist, the New York Giants watched him record three sacks for the Bucs against the Panthers and didn’t think he was a lethal pass rusher. [read more]

General manager Jason Licht

Bucs general manager Jason Licht wants Ira Kaufman, The Sage of Tampa Bay Sports, to do a better job. [read more]

“The Sage” delivers in his thrice-weekly column.

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Now comes the hard part — dealing with the aftermath.

I once had a hockey coach tell me it’s not about how many times you get knocked down, it’s about getting up off the canvas. The Bucs just took one to the solar plexus. If they’re still writhing in pain from a devastating body blow, who could blame them? [read more]

Defends his kicker.

In recent years, the kicking situation has been such a circus show, (bad) kickers have come and gone so often that it seemed like Team Glazer owned a twisted Stephen King-like revolving door just for (bad) kickers. [read more]

Confused by Bucco Bruce

Joe usually has no use for punters. [read more]

Joe’s weekly five-point look at the Bucs during the season. [read more]

Questions.

There were a lot of reasons the Bucs lost Sunday to the Giants. [read more]

“Look, Glazer, these local radio guys just don’t understand what we’re building.”

A former voice on the Buccaneers Radio Network has reached his breaking point.

He’s seen enough and he just can’t take it any longer. [read more]

Vernon Hargreaves

Bucco Bruce Arians was talking on TV again, and he sounded a bit more frustrated than usual. [read more]

Gift from the gods.

Lost in the truly nauseating way the Bucs lost Sunday — one of the more popular national sports radio shows this afternoon led off with the Giants beating the Bucs and the host slapped around the Bucs for letting a rookie quarterback in his first start carve up the Bucs defense like a hungry Cajun would a roasted hog at an LSU tailgate — was that history was made. [read more]

Still drinking Nate Solder’s Gatorade

Linebacker Shaq Barrett is not just leading the NFL in sacks and dominating in an unprecedented way, he’s lighting up his bank account. [read more]

Absolutely our beloved 1-2 Buccaneers could find a way to upset the mighty Rams on Sunday and send Bucs Nation into a frenzied love party that would reignite hope within a battered and bruised fan base. [read more]

Offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich endured a strip-sack by his head coach late in the fourth quarter yesterday.

These aren’t Joe’s words; it was Bruce Arians talking in a postgame interview that most fans didn’t hear. [read more]