“Hey Ali, where does this leave me?”

A very interesting and bold call was made by head coach Dirk Koetter on Friday. [read more]

What run game?

Judging by Joe’s Twitter timeline yesterday, a lot of Bucs fans are moaning about how Ronald Jones is still the Bucs’ No. 2 running back behind Peyton Barber based on the words of Bucs coach Dirk Koetter on SiriusXM NFL Radio Friday night. [read more]

Contender or pretender?

Joe likes the way Thomas Bassinger thinks. [read more]

Bucs linebacker talks to Joe.

News you need to know, Bucs fans. [read more]

Update.

UPDATED 2:23 a.m. – News concerning Bucs tight end O.J. Howard has surfaced. [read more]

Game 5

Bucs (2-2) at Dixie Chicks (1-4)

Kickoff: 1 p.m.

TV: WTVT-TV Channel 13, DirecTV NFL Sunday Ticket Channel 709.  [read more]

A 3-2 record is right there in the grasp of your beloved Buccaneers.

Outside of an injury to Matt Ryan, who hasn’t missed a game since 2009, it doesn’t get any better than this when it comes to facing the rival Falcons on the road. [read more]

“The funeral” is over, says Derrick Brooks, and the Bucs season has new life after the bye.

Professor Brooks talks about studying “foundational tape,” approaching an elite Atlanta passing game, “stance, alignment assignment” and more with JoeBucsFan.com columnist Ira Kaufman in TAMPA TWO, presented by Caldeco Air Conditioning & Heating.

Where the Bucs game will be shown on free TV.

Unless Bucs fans live in the heart of SEC country, they are out of luck. [read more]

Remember when Lovie Smith was asked about young cornerback Johnthan Banks, he consistently found a way to share some love for veteran corner Mike “Toast” Jenkins.

Dirk Koetter channeled is his former boss a bit yesterday. [read more]

More ugliness.

The brutal numbers continue to pile up. [read more]

DeSean Jackson is at the doorstep of NFL history and could join an elite club on Sunday. So Joe dove into Jackson’s impact on the game and his teammates.

Talk to DeSean Jackson 1-on-1 about his football goals and he’ll say he wants to “leave a legacy.”

Perhaps he already has.

Jackson can make it official with 89 receiving yards on Sunday, which would place him in the elite club of 46 other NFL pass catchers with 10,000+ yards.

Joe talked to many Bucs about Jackson approaching history and about his impact. Jackson and Dirk Koetter weighed in, too. [read more]

The dynamic duo is back with a fresh Q & A edition of TAMPA TWO! Presented by Caldeco Air Conditioning & Heating. It’s a joint production of The Identity Tampa Bay and JoeBucsFan.com.

Enjoy! And get ready for the game preview episode coming later.

Red zone issues discussed.

Last year the Bucs moved the ball between the 20s about as well as any team in the NFL. [read more]

The Dixie Chicks may bail out Mike Smith with plans to open their cage’s roof Sunday.

The skies may be open for Mike Smith and the Bucs’ defense Sunday. [read more]

It’s been a weird 12 days on the Brent Grimes front.

He was taken out of the Bears blowout but other veteran defensive players were not. [read more]

Flash poll posted at 4:47 p.m. and closed at 9 p.m.

New status for defensive tackle Beau Allen

Man, the Bucs are getting healthy in a hurry, just in time to bury a bad football team, aka the 1-4 Falcons.  [read more]

Numbers nerds back up Koetter.

For some reason, it irks a boatload of people when Bucs coach Dirk Koetter wins the coin toss and defers to the second half. [read more]

It’s a different world now in the Tampa Bay trenches — or it least it should be on Sunday in Atlanta. [read more]

Out

Yet again, the Falcons will be missing all the big guns up the gut of their defense on Sunday, with defensive tackle Grady Jarrett now ruled out with an ankle injury.

Pro Bowl running back Devonta Freeman messed up his foot last week and he’ll be out, too.

It sure his hard to find a reason the Bucs offense shouldn’t drop 30 points on Atlanta.

What say you, Mike Smith?