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BY IRA KAUFMAN
A bye week is a precious opportunity to reassess, the pause that refreshes before you resume the grind of a 16-game schedule.
There are a whole lot of Bucs who need to step up before play resumes in Nashville. [read more]
Options.
One reason why Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht may be a tad gunshy in trying to fix the secondary before the Oct. 29 trade deadline is he would be entering a gunfight with only a knife. [read more]
The Ronald Jones second-quarter touchdown run against Carolina was a thing of beauty on Sunday, raw talent, poise and strength on display.
And what was his reward? [read more]
You grade.
It is sad that for three years running this Bucs team likely will be done in by a horrid pass defense. [read more]
Regular readers here likely have realized there’s a divide at JoeBucsFan.com world headquarters when it comes to the quarterback position.
One Joe thinks Jameis Winston, America’s Quarterback, is getting unfair criticism as the QB whose team leads the NFC in scoring. [read more]
“Erin, we commit too many dumb penalties.”
This seems to be an irritant and it also seems to be getting under the skin of Bucco Bruce Arians. [read more]
Start working the phone!
Look, Joe isn’t doom-and-gloom here. But he’s close. [read more]
Doesn’t play corner.
Joe is in no way a slave to stats but they do sometimes open a window to see through. [read more]
It’s a bye-week tradition! The Jason Licht Confidence Poll is a 24-hour affair. Poll posted at 3:59 p.m. Last year’s results linked here.
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This week’s ScuttleBucs is a tough one friends. Jeff and Tom enumerate the innumerable ways the Bucs blew it in London. And yes, that includes some tough talk on the quarterback. Joe stops by and more. If you need a pick me up, head to BillCurrieFord.com and look at the incredible deals general manager Sean Sullivan offers today.
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Intel from One Buc Palace.
After Sunday’s turd-dropping by America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston, many Bucs fans have had it with his roller coaster and are all but begging the Bucs to cut bait with the franchise-record-holding signalcaller. [read more]
This post likely only will make sense if you accept that ego is a huge, driving force through most NFL organizations. [read more]
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There won’t be any Tyrann Mathieu comparisons coming again any time soon for cornerback/safety/nickel M.J. Stewart, the No. 53 overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft. [read more]
Has 10 games left.
Unless something changes drastically, we very well could be watching the final 10 weeks of Vernon Hargreaves’ career as a Bucs cornerback. [read more]
Hall of Fame Bucs legend Derrick Brooks dives deep on the Bucs’ loss to the Panthers with Tampa Bay’s only Hall of Fame voter, JoeBucsFan.com columnist Ira Kaufman. Presented by Caldeco Air Conditioning & Heating. Another stellar production from The Identity Tampa Bay and Joe.
Outside of his magical 2010 Bucs season of 25 touchdowns, six interceptions and 10 wins, Josh Freeman was a turnover machine.
He finished his career with 68 interceptions in 61 starts against 81 touchdowns. [read more]
