Goner, says a national NFL voice.

Plenty of plugged-in folks out there don’t believe what former Bucs general manager Mark Dominik was selling yesterday. [read more]

Changing things up.

No, the Bucs defense wasn’t trying to fill some sort of quota. [read more]

Podcast (ira-kaufman-podcast): Play in new window | Download | Embed

Subscribe: RSS

No punches pulled here. Sage Ira Kaufman is fired up before this critical Saints game on Sunday. Tampa Bay’s only Pro Football Hall of Fame voter joins Joe for the twice-weekly wrestling match presented by Ed Morse Cadillac Tampa and Ed Morse Cadillac Brandon.

Click play above or tune in at iTunes, Google Play or Podbean.com. Stay informed, thinking and smiling every single Tuesday & Thursday — and there is NO offseason.

Listening to “The Sage” is fun, free and easy. Enjoy!

BUMPED TO THE TOP OF THE PAGE IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Derrick Brooks and Kaylee Glyder (filling in for Ira Kaufman) answer your questions after the Buccaneers earned their second win in a row. Submit your questions to @TheIdentityTB on Twitter to be featured in the upcoming shows presented by Caldeco Air Conditioning and Heating.

This is a verrrry interesting episode. (Look for the follow-up/game-preview episode here on Friday.)

Missed practice again.

Thursday’s injury report for the Saints-Bucs game on Sunday has been released and you may read into the following what you wish. [read more]

Ready for more work.

When it comes to a second-round draft pick that was supposed to lift the Bucs’ running game, Bucs fans are bitter, frustrated, angry. [read more]

For 60 consecutive games, Donovan Smith has lined up as the Buccaneers’ starting left tackle, ever since he was selected in the second round of the 2015 NFL Draft.

And in that time, many NFL executives have wished Smith was on their team. [read more]

Podcast (joeboltsfan-podcast-tom-lang-lightning-talk): Play in new window | Download | Embed

Subscribe: RSS

Bolts talk plus bonus features! The Lightning keep on rolling along, three wins in a row since the last edition of the JoeBotsFan Podcast, presented by Bill Currie Ford. This week, Tom Lang talks about an emotional win for Eddie Pasquale, Ceddy Paquette’s improved play, organizational depth, an inside update on Vasy’s health PLUS some bonus material! Tampa Bay Bucs talk rounds out this week’s podcast but don’t worry, it’s just extra material. Nothing replaces these first place Bolts!

Click above to listen or download, or subscribe and listen on Google Play, iTunes and other podcast platforms.

PRESENTED BY BILL CURRIE FORD

Bucs linebacker Kevin Minter flattens Stinking Panthers quarterback pouty Cam Newton.

Joe doesn’t think there is a sober Bucs fan who believes the defense hasn’t changed in the weeks following the jettisoning of defrocked defensive coordinator Mike Smith. [read more]

Among the best.

Some fresh stats from the good people of NFL Films suggest the Bucs have one of the best receivers in the game. [read more]

Warren Sapp talks D-line coach Brentson Buckner

A little NFC South intrigue was dropped by none other than No. 99 himself yesterday. [read more]

What’s in the mind of Team Glazer?

Hats off to former Bucs rock star general manager Mark Dominik for taking Buccaneers fans into the collective mind of Team Glazer — at least trying to — at this crossroads time for the franchise. [read more]

Bucs CB gets praise.

Everybody seems to want to know why the Bucs defense has been playing better, even with dudes the team dragged out of a Walmart after the season started. [read more]

Perfect.

Joe has written a few times, half-jokingly, that some 20 years from now when Bucs Bit-O-Honey-snacking coach Dirk Koetter is sitting on his back porch admiring the lush rolling hills and mountains of rural Idaho, family members and friends will catch him grumbling about kickers in the middle of an otherwise peaceful spring afternoon for no apparent reason. [read more]

DC Mark Duffner

Well, the rumor was out there and being spread by a reputable newspaper. [read more]

Podcast (todd-wright-fantasy-football-podcast): Play in new window | Download | Embed

Subscribe: RSS

Click above to listen or to download, or at iTunes, Google Play, and via Podbean and more platforms!

Maybe, just maybe, a huge break is coming the Buccaneers’ way. [read more]

Returning?

Dirk Koetter used to call former Schiano-man safety Keith Tandy a “glue guy,” and then Tandy was sent packing by the Bucs after this year’s training camp. [read more]

Denied too long

And this is Exhibit-A why Joe screamed for Dirk Koetter to abandon his outrageous no-mandate, no-veto policy for his defense. [read more]

Must-win games.

The Bucs still have postseason life breathing in their bodies, but they are hooked up to life support. [read more]