One of Joe’s missions in Charlotte this weekend was to get as much information as possible about the Buccaneers’ head coaching situation. [read more]

“Silver linings, Mr. Glazer. Silver linings. Tis the season.“

Perhaps you didn’t see the gift under the Buccaneers’ tree at Carolina today.

See, stop being so negative. [read more]

Talks losing

You want to know about losing and its toll on a team and playing for a coach on the hot seat?

Talk to Bucs backup QB Ryan Fitzpatrick. [read more]

Chris “Swaggy” Baker, the Bucs’ half-sack defensive tackle, who is half the player he was in Washington, was Sunday’s most glaring goat in Charlotte.

With the game literally on the line, 45 seconds left with Carolina at 4th-and-3 on Tampa Bay’s 5 yard line, Baker jumped offsides. [read more]

BY IRA KAUFMAN

They ravaged the NFL’s No. 5 defense for 392 yards. They kept Greg Olsen in check and punted only once. They scared the bejesus out of Jerry Richardson, who surely has bigger issues to worry about.

Still, they lost.

That’s five in a row in the wrong column for Dirk Koetter, who lasted a little more than three minutes on the podium following Sunday’s setback before the media ran out of questions or Koetter ran out of answers. [read more]

Leaders are frustrated.

As Joe stood outside the Buccaneers locker room waiting for it to open after the game, things got a little odd.

The door wasn’t opening. [read more]

Bad reputation.

No, to the best of Joe’s knowledge, stud Bucs receiver Mike Evans doesn’t do lurid things in a Target parking lot. [read more]

Misguided hate.

Of course, the haters will come out of the woodwork blaming America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston, and his fumbles for the loss. [read more]

Painful penalty on a fake punt.

Winners take care of the small things. [read more]

Simply stated, Gerald McCoy is a one-man band on the Buccaneers defensive line.

Today, he was a one-armed bandit. [read more]

Ill-disciplined.

Get the hell out of town! [read more]

Fate pretty much sealed.

This was the final stamp of Mike Smith’s days with the Bucs. [read more]

Photo courtesy of Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Yes, America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, waved another flag of greatness today, his second game in a row as the best QB on the field.

And it still wasn’t enough.

Three costly fumbles and two delay of game penalties have a way of preventing victories. [read more]

Go Bucs!

Comment here all game long as your Buccaneers look for a miracle in Charlotte against the well-rounded Panthers.

Will America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, have his second consecutive strong game? That’s the Bucs’ only shot.

Play nice. Have fun. Stick with Joe for plenty after the game, live from the locker room, Ira Kaufman‘s 10 takeaways, and more.

Shares wisdom on Channel 13.

When Ira speaks, Bucs fans listen. [read more]

“We can be a team, Jameis, I’m telling ‘ya man!”

Whether Chucky returns to the NFL sidelines this year, much less if he ever coaches the Bucs again, is far from certain. [read more]

NFL snowbird. (Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.)

One of the coolest stories to come around in years for the Bucs is the blossoming of tight end Antony Auclair. [read more]

Blocks out chatter.

Doug Martin has blocked it out. [read more]

“Hey Ed, no matter what happens, I just want to thank you and your brothers for stirring up all this attention for me. Love it, man!”

It’s starting to get thick. [read more]

“Holy sh!t, you think Dirk Koetter is ordering his running backs to fumble inside the G@# damn red zone? Jiminy Christmas!”

This was refreshing to hear. [read more]

If Chucky indeed has Team Glazer’s ear and is angling, along with his agent, to coach the Buccaneers, then who owns the leverage in the negotiations? [read more]

React!

Joe understands for some unwritten reason, it’s good for fans to beat up on Bucs left tackle Donovan Smith… just because. [read more]