Iconic Bucs cornerback and ironman Ronde Barber will become the next member of the Buccaneers Ring of Honor on Sunday.

Yesterday, he shared quite a slice of Bucs history. [read more]

Leading no-hit parade

There are many reasons to celebrate the 2019 Bucs defense, but drilling quarterbacks isn’t one of them. [read more]

Smiling

This is too much fun.

As Joe has written and said so many times, nothing in sports comes close to the never ending soap opera of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. [read more]

Critic

Quick, someone nudge Bucs offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich. It seems someone or some people working with the Bucs offense are asleep at the switch. [read more]

Not yet replaceable.

Pat Mahomes is a damn good quarterback, yes? It’s something Joe thinks all Bucs fans can agree on. [read more]

Will he start?

With a chance Monday to slam the door shut on speculation that New York will start rookie quarterback Daniel Jones against the Bucs Sunday, Giants coach Pat Shurmur did just the opposite. [read more]

Back in 2016, the Buccaneers led the NFL in third-down defense.

Seriously. Nobody did it better. Opponents converted just 34.36 percent of their third-down opportunities. [read more]

Joe will keep this simple. [read more]

A seven-year starter on the Buccaneers offensive line, a man who often is a very harsh critic of his beloved Buccaneers, enjoyed seeing a team playing hard and old school on Thursday night.
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If you’re keeping score at home, Chris Godwin is on pace for 98 catches, 1,392 yards and 16 touchdowns this season.

So it’s no surprise Godwin was invited on SiriusXM NFL Radio following the Bucs’ victory against the Panthers. [read more]

Concern.

Tied for first place in the NFC South (!) and winning a close, hard-fought division road game on a short-week is wonderful on this mid-September Monday. [read more]

The best thing about O.J. Howard this season might be his $3 million hit against the salary cap.

He has struggled in his third season and a former Bucs tight end weighed in on the subject this morning. [read more]

Joe’s not one to celebrate a legendary player’s injury, but a report just after 11 a.m. from the Associated Press this morning is one that should put every Bucs fan on the edge of his or her seat. [read more]

League-leader.

If getting three sacks in a quarter is enough to determine the Bucs made a nice signing in free agency of acquiring Shaq Barrett, the following tribute is sure to seal the deal. [read more]

Bucs coaches and officials spent a lot of time this offseason building the confidence of second-year running back Ronald Jones. [read more]

Do the Bucs have one of the better quarterbacks in the NFC South? After this weekend, you can argue, yes. [read more]

It’s very trendy in NFL circles to bash and pile on Cam Newton now as being a totally washed up and broken down quarterback.

Joe has to laugh. If we’re to accept that, then what does it say that Newton, without a running game Thursday, had the Panthers marching to within inches of a game-winning drive against the Bucs? [read more]

Likes Bucs defense.

In recent years, it has been rare for an NFL Network postgame show to have good things to say about the Bucs because the Bucs often puke on themselves in primetime games. [read more]

“Eli, I want you to play Sunday.” (Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.)

Joe was at Jameis Winston’s Dream Forever Foundation event Saturday night (thanks Bill Currie Ford!). And while waiting for the free valet after the event, so too was Bucs defensive lineman Will Gholston. [read more]