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One reason why seat ablaze.
Joe isn’t stepping out on a limb to suggest after the Bucs blew a 14-3 halftime lead today and got totally shut down in the second half in a 28-14 loss to the Saints, that several jobs are now in peril. [read more]
Bad sign for Bucs.
A couple of stats sound alarms in football. [read more]
Joins the crappy kickers club.
Ah, the Tampa Bay area. It offers so much. Where does the St. Petersburg/Clearwater Area Convention & Visitors Bureau begin?
“Come for the beaches… come for the weather… come for the beautiful women with limited clothing… come for the garbage NFL kicking!”
A former player who collects a paycheck from the Buccaneers took a sledgehammer to the Tampa Bay offensive line and the team’s personnel decisions after today’s blowout loss to the Saints. [read more]
Scolds offensive line.
The people who love to scream about the Bucs offensive line at fault for everything from the outbreak of the Ebola virus to Brexit got some ammunition from Bucs coach Dirk Koetter today. [read more]
“I might not be the one firing you this time, Ron.”
Joe never would have believed that the Panthers, Falcons and Bucs would all have losing records with three games to play this season. [read more]
Invisible when needed.
Want to know how much of an afterthought second-round draft pick Ronald Jones is with Bucs Bit-O-Honey-snacking, Ozark-watching, yams-eating Dirk Koetter? [read more]
“Dancing around”
Joe remains stunned how a quarterback in Year 4 working in the same system could look as shaky as America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, did in the second half today.
A former Buccaneer has weighed in on the subject, as did Dirk Koetter. [read more]
Jameis blames himself
It had been quite a while since America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, couldn’t complete half his passes in a football game. [read more]
Anyone think the Buccaneers looked well coached today? How about this season overall?
Remember the Dirk Koetter motto/slogan for players this season was “Discipline Driven.” [read more]
“I’m gonna miss you, G.”
Ugly, ugly, ugly loss today by the Buccaneers.
Special teams killed them and the offense didn’t do them any favors.
And they got sloppy with an array of dumb penalties when they needed to show poise. Yes, the Bucs imploded, a signature of Dirk Koetter era, which likely will be an afterthought in a matter of days. [read more]
Comment all through this critical game with Bucs fans and a small handful of haters.
Not hateful, personal attacks. The Bucs still have a tiny shot at the playoffs, so Joe expects passions to run hot.
Have fun, stay safe, and prepare for Joe’s award-winning postgame coverage with Ira Kaufman, Tampa Bay’s only Hall of Fame voter.
Go Bucs!
On his radio show eight days ago, Buccaneers head coach Dirk Koetter said Demar Dotson is an elite pass blocking right tackle in the NFL. [read more]
The chess game continues today for playcaller Todd Monken
Interesting nugget on the New Orleans Times-Picayune website about today’s Mike Evans/Marshon Lattimore clash. [read more]
New look to face Saints RB.
Alvin Kamara, in less than two NFL seasons, has had many of his best games against the Bucs. Imagine. [read more]
Hidden differences.
Yes, we know the Bucs have been playing better defense with Mark Duffner as the defensive coordinator as opposed to defrocked defensive coordinator Mike Smith. [read more]
New “father.” (Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.)
This made Joe laugh so hard he had to write a post about it. [read more]
Game 13
Saints (10-2) at Bucs (5-7)
Kickoff: 1 p.m.
TV: WTVT-TV Channel 13, DirecTV NFL Sunday Ticket Channel 711. [read more]
Can the Bucs hang with the Saints on Sunday? Of course they can.
The Saints haven’t beaten the Bucs in Tampa since 2015. And Tampa Bay has won two straight against New Orleans. [read more]
BUMPED, In Case You Haven’t Watched Yet.
Derrick Brooks is all over the Buccaneers-Saints match-up and all things Bucs in this fantastic preview episode of TAMPA TWO, presented by Caldeco Air Conditioning & Heating. TAMPA TWO is a presentation of The Identity Tampa Bay and JoeBucsFan.com.
