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BY IRA KAUFMAN

Walking off the field with the rest of his relieved teammates, Graham Barton summed up the state of the franchise after three weeks.
“Cardiac Bucs,” he said on the way to the locker room.

A pair of unbeaten teams will meet next Sunday as the Eagles come to town after rallying past the Rams. Tampa Bay is off to its first 3-0 start since 2005, but it didn’t come easy.

It should have. [read more]

Safety Antoine Winfield had plenty of reasons to celebrate Sunday.

It seems like every time Antoine Winfield makes a big play — and he makes several — the Bucs win. [read more]

Catch or incomplete?

The last time Joe saw so many flags against the Bucs’ offensive line was about 20 years ago when Julius Peppers got in Kenyatta Walker’s head so badly that Peppers had Walker dancing at the end of a string. [read more]

Most of the Bucs’ offense celebrates with Mike Evans after his second-quarter touchdown Sunday against the Jets.

So Mike Evans’ day was over sooner than most expected. [read more]

Veteran receiver Sterling Shepard certainly isn’t the MVP of the Bucs offense, but he might be the most underappreciated cog. [read more]

Jamel Dean celebrates his pick-six with YaYa Diaby, Elijah Roberts and Zyon McCollum.

Todd Bowles preaches takeaways more than a small-town pastor preaches against sin. [read more]

When the dust settled today, and there was a whole lot of dust, the Buccaneers’ defense was led by one man. [read more]

So the Bucs defense had a 2024 flashback in the fourth quarter.

Perhaps it was a 2017 flashback? [read more]

Was there really any doubt? [read more]

The sad Falcons got blown out by the sad Panthers today. What a beautiful thing. [read more]

No offensive line? No problem.

Another Baker Mayfield comeback was in the script.

[read more]

The Bucs haven’t been 3-0 since 2005. They’ll need a “W” today make that happen again.

Comment all game long below with Bucs fans and the haters. 

Save your insults for Jets fans and game officials, not each other.

Go Bucs!

It’s Joe’s obligation in this space to serve up a quality wager.

And through two games, Joe has a winning bankroll. [read more]

Flash poll posted at 5:44 a.m. Poll closed at 10:11 a.m.

Huge win predicted.

A longtime Jets beat writer picks the score of his team’s game every week after breaking down the matchup.

So what does he expect today when the Jets, buoyed by their massive Tampa-based fan club and the Asmaniacs, march into The Licht House for the Buccaneers’ home-opener? [read more]

Return imminent?

As beat up as the Bucs are, any positive injury news is sorely welcome. Well, here is some: [read more]

Discusses loss of Calijah Kancey.

NFL locker rooms love to throw around the cold phrase “next man up” when discussing the loss of a fallen comrade. It actually means more to them than a reserve teammate now starting. [read more]

Clutch.

Here’s a stat on Baker Mayfield that Joe guesses is new to many Bucs fans. [read more]