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Here we are again on Buccaneer Boulevard, talking about finishing out a lost season with pride.
We’re all too familiar with this scenario as Buc fans head toward Thanksgiving with one eye on the cranberry sauce and another on the next NFL draft.
Brent Grimes talks to Ira
It’s painful to look at the standings and even more painful to remember that this team was once the talk of the league.
When the Tampa Bay locker room opened Sunday, I risked a pulled hamstring by running after Brent Grimes. The veteran corner hadn’t talked publicly for awhile and he was booking toward the exit door when I blocked his path. [read more]
Kyle Brindza, Connor Barth, Patrick Murray, Nick Folk, Roberto Aguayo, Chandler Catanzaro, these are the former Bucs kickers who give Jason Licht and Bucs fans nightmares. [read more]
If you’d like to watch extreme loafing, Buccaneers-style, dial up your copy of yesterday’s game and go to the final play of the first quarter. [read more]
Redskins linebacker Mason Foster is the fifth-leading tackler in the NFL this season and captain of the Washington defense.
The 2011 Bucs third-round pick still loves Tampa (kept his house here) and had a strong message directed at the Tampa Bay front office after yesterday’s game. [read more]
The sinking pirate ship is on the mind of every Bucs fan, and Justin “The Commish” Pawlowski, leader of the Bucs Mob, aka Stick Carriers, is not holding back. And neither are fans. Be a part the podcast. Just email a 90-second-or-less audio blast to BucsUncensored@gmail.com. Listen or subscribe along with many thousands of Bucs fans on iTunes right here, or at Podbean.com. Justin’s work is not influenced by JoeBucsFan.com. Joe just thinks it’s very, very special. **CAUTION: some R-RATED language!**
Barring one of the great turnarounds in sports history, Dirk Koetter will be fired after this season, if not sooner, and the Bucs will be among several teams looking for their next Super Bowl coach. [read more]
Former Bucs safety D.J. Swearinger, not good enough for Lovie Smith, was enjoying himself yesterday after his Redskins beat the Bucs 16-3. (Photo courtesy of Redskins.com)
Yes, it is still painful to think of yesterday’s Bucs game. But we must trudge on through the darkness.
Of everything that stands, the end
No safety or surprise, the end[read more]
In the next couple of hours after this here post has published, Bucs players will file into One Buc Palace to attend meetings and receive their grades in yesterday’s game. [read more]
First, a hearty thank you to future Hall of Famer Adrian Peterson for carving out time to go 1-on-1 with Joe after today’s game — to talk about one of Peterson’s favorite competitors in the NFL.
That would be America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston. [read more]
This is about being smart and not managing scared.
You run a team to get to the Super Bowl, not to worry about freakin’ lines on a spreadsheet representing money you have to shell out to players regardless. [read more]
The breathtaking promise of the opening two weeks has turned into harsh reality. This will be an 11th consecutive Buc season without a playoff berth, followed by a regime change.
This was the game that could have prompted a turnaround, facing a battered Redskin team at home. This was the game to stop the bleeding and trigger a winning streak against bottom feeders like the Giants and 49ers. [read more]
Bucs journeyman quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick isn’t going to lose much sleep tonight wondering who will be the Bucs’ starting quarterback next week. [read more]
Redskins stud safety D.J. Swearinger clearly has some bad feelings about his time with the Bucs and let loose a little of that inner rage after today’s beating of the Bucs. [read more]
UPDATED 2:45 p.m. – Joe is in stunned disbelief.
Kyle Brindza, Connor Barth, Patrick Murray, Nick Folk, Roberto Aguayo, Chandler Catanzaro, these are the former Bucs kickers who give Jason Licht and Bucs fans nightmares. 
If you’d like to watch extreme loafing, Buccaneers-style, dial up your copy of yesterday’s game and go to the final play of the first quarter. 
Barring one of the great turnarounds in sports history, Dirk Koetter will be fired after this season, if not sooner, and the Bucs will be among several teams looking for their next Super Bowl coach. 
We live in a pass-happy world of the NFL, right? 
