On the last play of the game, Cardinals receiver Pharoh Cooper was mugged before the ball arrived by Bucs cornerback Jamel Dean.

Man, the football gods toyed with the Bucs yesterday — good and bad.

Joe’s biggest head-shaker was when they put K-Y on the football before Ronald Jones’ bizarre fumble, the first of his career. [read more]

A former Buccaneer is throwing all kinds of blame at Chris Godwin for Jameis Winston’s first interception on the game’s opening drive yesterday. [read more]

Joe understands there are a whole lot of guys (girls, too?) who served our country who read this here site daily. [read more]

Big game.

The thing that jumped out to Joe yesterday about the Bucs’ win was the return of stud tight end O.J. Howard. [read more]

Symbol of Bucs’ run defense.

If teams are not smart enough not to run on the Bucs defense, then they will learn the hard way. [read more]

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BY IRA KAUFMAN

They had it all the way.

Yeah, right.

Even Buc players and coaches would admit they had their heart in their throat during the fourth quarter of Sunday’s matchup against the Cardinals. The game was on the line and this time it was Tampa Bay who made the big plays to ensure the first home victory of the Bruce Arians era. [read more]

Redeemed?

Last week Joe gave Jamel Dean little slack. [read more]

Pregame speech taken to heart.

Usually in the post-Chucky era, the Bucs have personified the saying, “Bucs beating Bucs” as the source of the team’s woes. [read more]

Wins are wins and style points matter little, but they do matter more when you’re trying to turn around a losing program and a long-time losing culture. [read more]

Holly Sonders’ boyfriend talks Bucs’ comeback.

Usually, the Bucs find a way to shat the bed, especially at the Den of Depression, and lose games. [read more]

Bucs fans all saw Matt Gay crap the bed in September against the Giants and quickly bounce back to earn Bucs fans’ trust, which is very hard to do around here at the kicker position. [read more]

Surprised.

One could argue the Bucs pulled a win out of their arse today. [read more]

This should be a good one to watch when the NFL releases the coaches film to fans later in the week. [read more]

Freakout explained

In a relieved Bucs locker room after their win over the Cardinals today, Bucs OLB Jason Pierre-Paul was joking with defensive tackle Vita Vea and Vea too was smiling. [read more]

From the head coach who brought you back-to-back timeouts at Carolina late in the fourth quarter, plus taking a penalty to back up a field goal kicker for a game-ending boot against the Giants, today Bucco Bruce Arians delivered another gem. [read more]

Imagine how Ronald Jones’ self-inflicted fumble would have weighed on the 22-year-old if that mid-fourth-quarter blunder had turned out to be the game’s most crushing blow against the Bucs.

Yeah, the victorious Bucs are now 3-6,  but Joe might be most happy now for Jones’ confidence. [read more]

In this glorious win against the Cardinals today, Joe learned little about America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, and the looming Decision Jameis.

The game was sort of a microcosm of Jameis’ career. [read more]