Expects strong defense in 2020.

Joe noticed commenters wigging out why Joe has yet to feature a comment Bucs coach Bucco Bruce Arians made about winning and quarterbacks. [read more]

Knows fate?

Yesterday was the last time the Bucs let media members in the locker room until the ball is teed up for the 2020 season. [read more]

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The season’s done but Ozzie’s not. Hear Ozzie rant as a he throws back a few and tries to figure out what the hell went wright and wrong after a gutwrenching and very familar end to 2019 Buccaneers football.

This show is not for kids, but it’s definitely for crazy Bucs fans who want analysis and laughs. Ozzie bleeds Bucs and has for decades, and he’s spent a lifetime in the radio game.

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Need 20 to beat him.

The Bucs have a new sack king. [read more]

Vision and picks.

For the longest time, many Bucs fans have speculated that Mr. Entertainment, America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston, has a vision issue. [read more]

Bucco Bruce Arians opened his season-ending news conference today with a message for media: save your breath.

Your Jameis breath. [read more]

It’s going to be a parade of experts weighing in on all things Jameis Winston after Jameis set good and bad records in 2019. [read more]

Wage freeze on Jameis.

Former Bucs rock star general manager Mark Dominik isn’t exactly saying Tampa Bay should wave goodbye to Jameis. But Dominik has strong advice to his successor, current Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht. [read more]

The final “Five Things” Monday morning column of the decade is here on this dreary day. So let’s get this over with. [read more]

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BY IRA KAUFMAN

The season ended as it began, with Bucs beating Bucs in Heartbreak City.

In Week 1, it was a home loss against the 49ers under the weight of 4 turnovers, including a pair of pick-6s thrown by Jameis Winston. [read more]

Bucs GM Jason Licht

A middle-of-the-pack season has left our beloved Buccaneers with a middle-of-the-pack draft pick in April. [read more]

Tampa Bay’s opponents for next season are set, but you’ll have to wait another 3 1/2 months for the schedule.

However, the Bucs did get one big gift already. [read more]

With the 19th pick in the 2017 NFL Draft, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers selected tight end O.J. Howard.

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“Sorry, Jason. I couldn’t bite my tongue any longer.”

“There’s so much good and there’s so much outright terrible.” — Bruce Arians on Jameis Winston, Dec. 29, 2019. [read more]

Spirit broken?

The lit torch crowd is out in full force and it seems even Mr. Entertainment, America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston, knows the end could be near. [read more]

Jameis says he’s “ballin'” but has one problem

Nobody at One Buc Palace knows why America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, throws so many interceptions.

Or, nobody just wants to state the obvious. [read more]

Finally.

It is pretty sad when you go through an entire season and not have one running back rack up 100 yards rushing in a game. [read more]

Choked.

Yes, Jameis lost the game. Every highlight show in America will have Jameis’ pick-six to start overtime as the game-winning play for the Dixie Chicks. [read more]