Like Joe has written for years, nobody writes a soap opera quite like the Buccaneers. [read more]

Tonight is the Bucs’ lone national television appearance of the season, barring a flexed game late in the year or a playoff appearance.

And that means, as Joe has referenced all day, lots of national attention. [read more]

Game 2

Bucs (0-1) at Stinking Panthers (0-1)

Kickoff: 8:20 p.m.

TV: NFL Network, WMOR-TV Channel 32.

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WATCH EVERY Bucs road game this season with Ira at Buffalo Wild Wings. The fun continues Thursday at 10607 BIG BEND ROAD in RIVERVIEW!

Ira will have gift cards for fans (while supplies last).

The last Buccaneers quarterback to lead the team to a playoff appearance is among the 122 modern era names for this year’s Pro Football Hall of Fame class. [read more]

Wants a TV blackout.

As Joe has stated before, a lot of folks have turned on America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston. [read more]

Better QB?

Man, this is Kick Jameis When Jameis Is Down Week. [read more]

Yes, there is a loaded-with-Bucs-stuff pregame show before tonight’s game. It kicks off at 6:30 p.m. on WMOR-TV in the Tampa Bay area.

Always insightful Ronde Barber sits down with JP Peterson. Chats with Cameron Brate and other players also are part of the fun. Plus, you can watch the Bucs-Panthers NFL Network broadcast directly on MOR at 8 p.m.

There’s a reason Joe won’t wager on the Bucs-Panthers game tonight. [read more]

It’s been four months since Bruce Arians said Vernon Hargreaves needed to “get his mind ready” as Hargreaves inexplicably sat out the first practice of OTA sessions. [read more]

A can’t miss TAMPA TWO looking at the Bucs-Panthers game TONIGHT!

Derrick Brooks is all over it in this new episode with Ira Kaufman, presented by Caldeco Air Conditioning & Heating. A production by The Identity Tampa Bay and JoeBucsFan.com.

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Gameday edition of the Ira Kaufman Podcast but of course The Sage of Tampa Bay Sports is hitting on all kinds of topics that tie to Bucs fans and beyond. It’s Ira’s twice-weekly public dance with Joe. Enjoy today’s podcast presented by and Bill Currie Ford, Buffalo Wild Wings, and Pin Chasers. NO offseason on The Ira Kaufman Podcast.

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A linebacker who is a three-time Super Bowl champion thinks he has the answer to the problems of America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston. [read more]

Popular in end zone.

Now this is why Joe likes NextGen stats: They are enlightening and there is no room for fudging or “adjusted” gibberish. [read more]

The No. 39 overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft, Buccaneers cornerback Sean Murphy-Bunting, is serving now as a backup nickel and outside cornerback. [read more]

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On CBS Sports Radio, Ozzie the Sports Junkie is the unofficial analyst of all things Bucs. Did you not know this? Click above to hear his segment last night with Scott Ferrall.

Yes, Ozzie is a dynamic radio pro, but much more important, Ozzie bleeds Bucs and has for decades.

Reborn.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Joe knows it was one game. And we should know more tonight when the Bucs face the Stinking Panthers in Charlotte. [read more]