Joe woke up in a fog today, head pounding, dry tongue. Logged onto NFL.com and saw the 17-3 score yesterday. Yeah, guess some people are right; you can’t drink away your problems. [read more]

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Clobbered by the rival Panthers at home, the hallowed turf of the Stick Carriers and the rest of the Bucs faithful, is a whole different level of stink. And that’s front and center today on Bucs Uncensored.

A former voice on the Buccaneers Radio Network, an ex-college football player and a lifelong Bucs fan, host Justin Pawlowski 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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Not just a bruise?

This nearly made Joe puke. [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

The unthinkable is sinking in, dark and scary.

By next weekend, the Bucs could be four games out of first place in the NFC South, hopelessly out of playoff consideration midway through the season.

You can only imagine the disappointment of the Glazers Sunday as they departed their suite for the elevator down to the carport at Raymond James Stadium. They began the year thinking they owned a franchise on the rise behind a franchise quarterback.

On a blustery day in Tampa, those beliefs are now in question. Here’s 10 reasons why: [read more]

“Season on the line, young fella.”

Remember back in 2014, when the Panthers won the NFC South with just seven victories? [read more]

Postgame Jameis

There’s plenty of blame to go around for the Buccaneers’ loss to the Panthers today. But there also was a big apology.

It came from America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston. [read more]

Scoffed at head coach’s weather excuse.

Yes it was windy at the Den of Depression today. But to suggest the wind was why the Bucs didn’t win, well, Joe is dubious of that. [read more]

Kwon speaks

Most Bucs fans are searching for the nearest toilet to put their head in this evening.

Aside from the Bucs being 2-5 in the NFC South cellar, nothing about this team makes a lot of sense. [read more]

Talks rotten run game.

This just in: The Bucs’ rushing attack stinks. Again. [read more]

Squeaky clean

One of these days, Joe expects an opposing quarterback to come out and play the Bucs wearing a Speedo. [read more]

Game 39. Enough already.

Joe’s not sure what’s a greater horror, the second-quarter senseless giveaway by America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, or the fact Jameis isn’t learning quickly enough from all the protect-the-ball coaching drilled into his head.

At some point, this stuff has to stop. [read more]

Dialed up strong game.

Can’t pin this loss on Mike Smith or the defense. [read more]

Not ready to start games?

These slow starts are getting out of hand. [read more]

Photo courtesy of Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Joe despises typing this, but your Buccaneers are a bad football team right now.

Really bad. They look like the 2-5 team they are.

So now the offense, littered with weapons, can’t show up at home? Dirk Koetter’s big MF stick seems to have been carried away with the rest of the Hurricane Irma debris.  [read more]

Comment throughout today’s Buccaneers-Panthers game with intense, wild and reasoned fans. Great fun! There is sure to be more than 1,000 comments by game’s end.

Direct the personal attacks to Carolina players and coaches, not each other (Joe’s filters are tuned up for the haters.)

Enjoy and prepare for Joe’s award-winning postgame coverage, including Ira Kaufman’s 10 Takeaways.

Go Bucs!

On Friday, a Buccaneers fan asked former winning head coach Dirk Koetter about an issue and a question mark in the Tampa Bay running game.

As a man of the people, Koetter gave a detailed answer. [read more]

Dirk Koetter speaks

All offseason, on the heels of a 9-7 season, Dirk Koetter stressed that the Bucs had more talent on the roster than he’s ever experienced.

Joe hasn’t yet asked Koetter for a reassessment, but the head coach gave one on Friday. [read more]

Galled by third down defense.

You know your team has a horrid defense when on each third down, predicting a conversion by the opponent would be at worst a break-even bet. [read more]

Bullish on Bucs today.

Interesting takes from the gang at CBSSports.com on today’s game. [read more]

They dig the long ball.

When Joe has written the only chance of the Bucs beating the Stinking Panthers today is if winning Bucs coach Dirk Koetter goes Air Coryell and launches the ball downfield on virtually every play, Joe is only being half-sarcastic. [read more]

This photo is a JoeBucsFan tradition. You might want to “Google Panthers cheerleaders Tampa.”

Game 7

Stinking Panthers at Bucs

Kickoff: 1 p.m. [read more]