A lot of Bucs fans have skinned knuckles from punching their refrigerators when, with yesterday’s game on the line and the Bucs with fourth-and-one from the Dixie Chicks-18, winning Bucs coach Dirk Koetter called for Ryan Fitzpatrick to Cam Brate down the middle that fell incomplete. [read more]
Matty Ice is nothing if not PC. So Joe almost has to wonder if Matty Ice, without being aware of it, was mocking his former coach Mike Smith. [read more]
Joe fully expected this morning to wake up in his downtown Atlanta hotel to hear hoots and hollers from locals on the sidewalk as Julio Jones races through traffic to make it to the nearby Hooters unscathed.[read more]
Losing never sits well with The Commish, Justin Pawlowski. Why? Because football is about winning and winning only. Enjoy today’s fiery postgame podcast that dives into the hard questions answered in Atlanta.
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BY IRA KAUFMAN
My only road trip of the season ended in heartache for the visitors and relief for the surging Falcons.
Tampa Bay made it interesting for awhile in the second half, but the Bucs failed to make the plays necessary to extend their winning streak to three games. One look at the face of dejected GM Jason Licht in the locker room and you knew there are no moral victories in the NFL. [read more]
It’s been seven darn years since the Bucs started 10 rookies through the 2010 season and managed 10 wins, which should have been 11 wins if officials didn’t botch an offensive pass interference call on Kellen “Vaseline” Winslow. [read more]
“Hey Mike, what would be your reaction if I told you an NFL defense could only stop one third down attempt in a second half?”
The Bucs third down defense was so atrocious today, a Pasco County high school flag football summer league coach would be so ashamed he’d likely resign. [read more]
It was 27-6 early in the third quarter. The game appeared grim at the time. How could anyone expect a Ryan Fitzpatrick-led team to overcome that margin the way the Bucs play ole’ defense on the road? [read more]
Matty Ice is nothing if not PC. So Joe almost has to wonder if Matty Ice, without being aware of it, was mocking his former coach Mike Smith. 
It’s been seven darn years since the Bucs started 10 rookies through the 2010 season and managed 10 wins, which should have been 11 wins if officials didn’t botch an offensive pass interference call on Kellen “Vaseline” Winslow. 
