The powers that be at One Buc Palace approve of an ex-Buccaneer talking to fans on their website and he doesn’t hold back.

If he’s lying, then the Bucs should fire the guy tomorrow. [read more]

Rough day for the 2017 first-round pick

Very rough day for the Buccaneers’ first-round draft pick of the 2017 NFL Draft. [read more]

No biscuit

At the 49ers’ 2 yard line with 13 minutes remaining in today’s loss to the 49ers, the Bucs had a fourth down and passed on an easy field goal that would have brought the Bucs to within three points of San Francisco. [read more]

Bad

Yes, today was a disaster from America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston.

Horrible.

And he and Bucs coaches can’t blame an absent running game or brutal defense. The veteran QB crapped the bed. [read more]

Sloppy, sloppy, sloppy on both sides of the ball and ugly in the red zone on offense.

And don’t forget the mind-numbing turnovers by the franchise quarterback.

Welcome to Buccaneers football. [read more]

Comment all game long about this critical opening day matchup.

It’s great fun! Play nice. No personal fouls. Of course, Joe will have plenty to type about after the game.

Go Bucs!

Ready for regular season.

Bucs left tackle Donovan Smith was out early Friday morning giving Bucs fans Bucs battle flags. Pretty cool.

And he moments ago finished scrubbing himself during an intense shower, so he explained to the lovely and talented Melissa Marino of WFLA-TV Channel 8. [read more]

Rookie shelved

No huge surprises on today’s list of inactive Buccaneers.
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Bucs OLB Lavonte David.

It finally started making sense for Joe last year. [read more]

Offensive line has work to do.

When Joe looked at today’s game, Joe believed the key element to beating the 49ers is how well the Bucs can pass block. [read more]

They’ve both been battling a flu-like illness, and they both will play today. Bucs fans will see Pro Bowl stud Mike Evans and rookie savior linebacker Devin White against the 49ers.

That’s the word from insider Adam Schefter of BSPN this morning.

Yes, it’s all about scoring a “W” by any means possible against the 49ers today, but Joe’s looking for more than that to determine if the Bucs are on track for a winning season. [read more]

Making America great.

Former Bucs quarterback Chris Simms is a big shot broadcaster with cake gigs like “Pro Football Talk Live” and Notre Dame football broadcasts. Simms might be higher up the broadcast food chain than his dad and he talked to Joe earlier this year. [read more]

Talks Bucs.

Joe is always humbled when a true radio legend, a pioneer of sports talk radio, offers Joe a few minutes of his time. And so it was the case earlier this year when Chris “Mad Dog” Russo of SiriusXM Mad Dog Radio talked Bucs with Joe. [read more]

Game 1

49ers at Bucs

Kickoff: 4:25 p.m.

TV: WTVT-TV Channel 13, DirecTV/NFL Sunday Ticket Channel 716.

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You want insight into the Buccaneers’ run-game approach, Joe’s got a window for you to peek through. [read more]

YES!!!!! It’s game-week on TAMPA TWO! Presented by Caldeco Air Conditioning & Heating, another stellar production from The Identity Tampa Bay and JoeBucsFan.com.

Watch every road game at Buffalo Wild Wings with Ira Kaufman and JoeBucsFan.com readers. Great giveaways, too. The preseason opener was a blast.

BE THERE NEXT THURSDAY ON BIG BEND ROAD IN RIVERVIEW!!!! Kickoff at 8:20. The fun kicks off at 7:30 p.m.

Back in 2004, John Lynch was a jacked up and slightly bitter guy. [read more]

Injury report update.

Bruce Arians was right. The flu-like bug is going around. [read more]