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]

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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]

Commander Duffner

Little magic is happening at One Buc Palace when it comes to the revival of the Buccaneers defense, per promoted-in-October coordinator Mark Duffner. [read more]

Gauntlet ahead.

Yeah, the playoffs may be a pipe dream, but mathematically the Bucs are still in it. [read more]

Sackmeisters.

At the end of September, if a Bucs fan would have asked Joe when the Bucs would get four more sacks, Joe likely would have said through the whole month of October. [read more]

BY IRA KAUFMAN

Drew Brees casts a major shadow over Sunday’s big game at Raymond James Stadium. [read more]

The Buccaneers’ nice gesture of giving away thousands of tickets to season pass holders and others in the community sure fired up a lot of observers after the stadium still had lots of empty seats on Sunday. [read more]

Scrutinized

Great camera angles and interesting audio here from Sunday’s game. [read more]

“Jason, I have to admit, for a few weeks there I was beginning to think you had the same taste in defensive linemen as you do sport coats.”

The resurgence of the Bucs defense is raising eyebrows. It also may be saving jobs. [read more]