Punished

The Buccaneers’ Pro Bowl receiver got what he deserved today, via the NFL league office. [read more]

Candid words.

Was safety T.J. Ward part of the problem or part of the solution? [read more]

Ira Kaufman is the most beloved, revered and esteemed Buccaneers columnist in town. He has hung his hat at JoeBucsFan.com world headquarters since July 2016. Tampa Bay’s only Pro Football Hall of Fame voter, Ira busts out columns here every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and his award winning podcasts fire Tuesdays and Thursdays. You can also see Ira every football Sunday at 10:30 a.m. on FOX-13, Scott Smith’s Tailgate Sunday.

BY IRA KAUFMAN

These are the hardest knocks Jameis Winston has ever experienced as a football player.

You can see it in his face and you can hear it in his voice as he tries to explain this train wreck of a season.

Some fans, maybe more than a few, are turning on Winston in his hour of despair, suggesting the Bucs should draft a quarterback with a first-round pick that now looks like Top-5 material. [read more]

Rock Riley (@realrockriley) was taking the pulse of Buccaneers fans yesterday after a watch wake party at Abe’s Place in Clearwater. It’s getting ugly out there. Catch Rock right here every Monday, Wednesday & Friday, and enjoy a beer with him tomorrow night at Pint And Brew in Palm Harbor.

JoeBucsFan Party Fans ‘Beyond Frustrated’ from Rock Riley on Vimeo.

Ever listen to The ScuttleBucs podcast here at JoeBucsFan.com?

Co-host Jeff Cameron of ESPN Tallahassee is a friend of America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston. And Cameron is Twittering this morning that Jameis will be out a minimum of two weeks with his shoulder injury. [read more]

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Yes, it was possible for things to get worse. Playoff urgency from the Bucs didn’t materialize yesterday and the Bucs rolled over and played dead to a division opponent for the second consecutive Sunday. That and so much more is covered in today’s Monday Morning Joe. … Joe’s booming podcast network continues to thrive! Monday Morning Joe is presented by Lakeland Automall  & Discount Garage Doors, Inc. Joe will be serving up deeper insight into key topics and deliver fresh takes in the podcast. And Joe also will get a little personal and there will be loads of fun and insider stuff mixed in.

Monday Morning Joe is now available on iTunes and at Google Play. Enjoy!

Bucs fans are nauseated. And rightly so. This Bucs team has become such a galling embarrassment. Even winning Bucs coach Dirk Koetter said so after yet another seal-clubbing on the road. [read more]

Thank you to the powerful and thoughtful JoeBucsFan.com audience. You got the job done — unlike the Buccaneers — and turned in enough votes over the past few weeks to help Mr. Hamrick win the No Roof Left Behind contest. His new roof will be done before Thanksgiving.

Winner!!!!!!!

Disbelief

You have laugh — or cry.

It’s just part of the “Bucs life” when you read one of Tampa Bay’s free agent busts of the year publicly lament how bad the team is with eight games to play. [read more]

Demar Dotson explains.

The Bucs were the it team coming into the season. [read more]

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Todd has a full fantasy review of the early and late afternoon Sunday games. He breaks this podcast down into two simple categories: Those who beat projections (Goff, Kamara, Jeffery, Engram, etc) and those who fell short of them (Dalton, Hunt, Fulller, Brate). Listen closely for any thoughts on players you own, could pickup or DFS plays.

Remember, if you need anything Todd does not cover in the podcast, he responds to every single email at ToddWrightFantasyFootball@gmail.com. Just don’t expect an immediate response if you write him just before kickoff of a particular game OR during the daytime if the weather is perfect for golf, as it has been in Florida for the last few weeks.

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Asshats piling on.

So the Bucs lost their fifth game in a row yesterday. Their season is toast and perhaps suits and coaches may be rolled as the team barrells towards a top five pick in next spring’s NFL Draft. [read more]

Joe has been up damn near all night and it has nothing to do with the barbeque shrimp and jambalaya he had at Mulate’s last night. [read more]

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As every Bucs fan painfully knows, coaches, players and personnel staff have pushed Team Glazer to a point where big — and fast — decisions must be made. The Commish, Justin Pawlowski, a former voice on the Buccaneers Radio Network, an ex-college football player and a lifelong Bucs fan, dives into that subject this morning.

He drops loads of passion and knowledge, and works in plenty of rabid fan takes, too. On Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, Bucs Uncensored unifies Tampa Bay fans (Stick Carriers!) in every corner of the universe. You can be a part of the show. Just email a 90-second-or-less audio blast to BucsUncensored@gmail.com. Listen above or subscribe on iTunes right here, or at Podbean.com. Justin’s work is not influenced by JoeBucsFan.com. Joe just thinks it’s very, very, very special. **CAUTION: some R-RATED language!* 

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There’s no way Joe will sleep tonight.

So here’s some of the Bucs-related stuff buzzing through Joe’s head:

1 – So the Redskins let DeSean Jackson and Chris “Swaggy” Baker walk this past offseason, along with 1,000-yard receiver Pierre Garçon, and yet they’re a solid, competitive football team at 4-4 with Bruce Allen calling the shots.

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Ira Kaufman is the most beloved, revered and esteemed Buccaneers columnist in town. He has hung his hat at JoeBucsFan.com world headquarters since July 2016. Tampa Bay’s only Pro Football Hall of Fame voter, Ira busts out columns here every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and his award winning podcasts fire Tuesdays and Thursdays. You can also see Ira every football Sunday at 10:30 a.m. on FOX-13, Scott Smith’s Tailgate Sunday.

BY IRA KAUFMAN

A month ago, I declared the Bucs were ready to make a move.

I had no idea that journey would land them squarely in the NFC South basement, where they have dwelled for most of the past six seasons.

This five-game tailspin is testing the patience of even the most faithful of Tampa Bay supporters. Some Stick Carriers are hoisting pitchforks instead, hoping to rid One Buc Place of fakes and frauds.

There are enough of each to go around. [read more]

Mike Smith is delivering fans an unwanted Lovie flashback.

Halfway through the 2017 season, your Bucs pass defense has now regressed to where it was during the Lovie Smith era.

Consider that entering today’s slate of NFL games, only two starting QBs were completing passes at a 70 percent clip, Josh McCown and Tom Brady. [read more]

Flash poll posted at 6:09 p.m. Polls will close in two hours.

Curious words.

A lot of readers of this here website think Joe has some agenda against Doug Martin. The word “hate” is often abused by these people. [read more]

Roster architect

General manager Jason Licht has spoken often about winning in the NFL Draft. Licht likes to say winning in the draft is 90 percent about evaluating players from the neck up, aka picking guys with the right mentality because raw talent is everywhere.

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Walked without aid.

Obviously today, fan favorite, left tackle Donovan Smith did not take the field in the second half of the Big Easy Blowout. [read more]