The beatdown of Bucs fans continues. [read more]

BY IRA KAUFMAN

You know that queasy feeling when you’re headed for a pothole and you brace for the impact? [read more]

The NFL is bursting with revenue and so is Team Glazer. [read more]

Lavonte David shared eye-opening, dumbfounding information about the Tampa Bay defense on the Buccaneers Radio Network this week, and he offered more insight, too. [read more]

DeSean Jackson posted this photo on his Instagram Stories account Tuesday.

Some Bucs fans believe DeSean Jackson secretly has been shut down for the remainder of the season and has played his last game for the Bucs and will be released in the offseason. [read more]

Fresh NFL Films data

Bucs defensive coordinator Mark Duffner has done a nice job taking over for defrocked defensive coordinator Mike Smith. But it is a task that Duffner would admit is far from complete. [read more]

Breaks down breakdown.

Bucs Bit-O-Honey-snacking, Ozark-watching, yams-eating coach Dirk Koetter seemed to have pulled a one-liner from original Bucs coach John McKay. [read more]

Impressive numbers.

There are some who believe the difference in the Bucs defense under ousted defensive coordinator Mike Smith and current defensive shot-caller Mark Duffner is just a mere coincidence. [read more]

Lavonte David opens up

A truth comes out — and Dirk Koetter and Mike Smith should be ashamed. [read more]

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Yeah, Joe can understand why Bucs fans have thrown themselves into the capitalist holiday spirit of draining their bank accounts.

Sometimes, worrying about not having money is preferable to watching the team that calls the Den of Depression home lose yet again. [read more]

Will the next Buccaneers head coach bless Gerald McCoy with a 10th season on the Tampa Bay roster? [read more]

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“I may be gone but I’m not forgotten!”

Earlier this season, former NFL executive Michael Lombardi mentioned on his Ringer.com podcast that then-Bucs defensive coordinator Mike Smith would get Dirk Koetter fired. [read more]

Story behind departure.

Actually, it is no mystery why the Bucs let safety Bradley McDougald walk in the spring of 2017. [read more]

The optimists around us make the world a better place, so Joe will feed them a hearty breakfast this morning. [read more]

Joe doesn’t know any Bucs fans personally who believe Dirk Koetter is a good NFL head coach, but these people do exist.

And Joe has one poignant question for them. [read more]

Gameplan or execution?.

Yeah, deflation generally isn’t a good thing. And for the Bucs Sunday, that was caused by the pathetic special teams. [read more]

Name surfaces from NFL backchannel chatter.

Joe’s going to go all national TV reporter here, and since TV reporters on the national level (CNN, FOX, NFL Network) often have to drum up many minutes of content a day, Joe’s going to try to duplicate their feats. [read more]

Weighs in on Jameis

Not only is Bucs icon Ronde Barber a guy with an active, year-round insider pipeline to the happenings at One Buc Palace, he spent the last three weeks around Bucs officials calling games for FOX-TV.  [read more]