Fear Bruce Arians
October 26th, 2019
Trade deadline nerves.
Are players scared of Bucs coach Bucco Bruce Arians? The veteran Bucs coach wondered aloud yesterday if that might be the case. [read more]

Trade deadline nerves.
Are players scared of Bucs coach Bucco Bruce Arians? The veteran Bucs coach wondered aloud yesterday if that might be the case. [read more]

Waiting game.
We likely will not know until tomorrow morning at the earliest what will happen with Bucs pass rusher Jason Pierre-Paul. [read more]

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BY IRA KAUFMAN
Time and space.
Sports can be a complicated endeavor, especially at the professional level, but time and space usually tells the tale. And on that score, the Bucs have come up short through six games. [read more]
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“Jason, O.J. has questions.”
A fixture on the Bucs beat, FOX-13 reporter Kevin O’Donnell had questions in the Tampa Bay locker room for the No. 19 overall pick in the 2017 NFL Draft earlier this week, and O’Donnell got an intriguing response. [read more]
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Injury report update.
Well, at least we know up front why Bucs tight end O.J. Howard won’t be targeted in the passing game Sunday. [read more]

Strong games after bye
A gambling analyst for an NFL rightsholder advises a very smart play Sunday would be to shove all your chips into the middle of the table and bet on America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston. [read more]
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Giant role
Yeah, the Bucs have personnel issues.
One piece of evidence lies with the running backs usage. [read more]

Powerful comments
Joe really had to think long and hard about Bruce Arians’ various comments this week regarding his players not responding the way he wants them to. [read more]

Man on an island.
Yes, Joe is trying not to get worked up this morning. But it is a chore of self-control. [read more]

Run defense too good.
To hear Bucs defensive coordinator Todd Bowles speak, as he did yesterday at One Buc Palace, the culprit for the abhorrent Bucs pass defense — last in the NFL — is clear in his mind. [read more]

Not yet.
A good sign a team is heading in the right direction is it has a coordinator thought to be a hot candidate for a coaching vacancy in the coming weeks (yes, Black Monday isn’t that far off). [read more]
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The bad hamstring that limited O.J. Howard in practice yesterday in pads knocked him out of today’s no-pads practice at One Buc Palace, per the Buccaneers’ official injury report. [read more]

Set to explode?
If is not like it’s difficult at all for wide receivers to exploit the disgustingly bad Bucs secondary. So Joe wonders if a receiver who knows the Bucs’ secondary best might just turn around his otherwise mediocre season? [read more]
BY IRA KAUFMAN
For Bruce Arians, these are unchartered waters. Treacherous waters.
He’s never been here before, and he never wants to return to this ugly dot on the map — the sorry intersection of Relevance and Rebuild. [read more]