Tums is on Joe’s Sunday lunch menu. [read more]

BY IRA KAUFMAN

The word of the day is reliability, and Cameron Brate can probably spell it in seven languages.

The 25-year-old tight end of the Buccaneers has suddenly emerged as a hot property for fantasy-league owners, even while Austin Seferian-Jenkins continues his unabated slide toward NFL obscurity. [read more]

The sudden surge of sacks and quarterback pressure from the Bucs is a strange thing for Bucs fans to watch. [read more]

Chris Conte speaks

Joe is hypersensitive to everything said by every Buccaneer. It’s how Joe lives the Bucs life and what makes JoeBucsFan.com a Bucs blog you can rely on 365 days a year. [read more]

“You listen to me or I’ll Banks you.”

Many fans still don’t understand why 2013 Bucs second-round pick Johnthan Banks drew frowns from Lovie Smith and rode Mike Smith’s bench before being launched at the trade deadline to the Lions for a seventh-round pick. [read more]

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The Todd Wright Fantasy Football Podcast is enjoyed by thousands every Friday, exclusively here on JoeBucsFan.com, and you can subscribe on iTunes. It’s entertaining and insightful for daily and season-league players.

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And Teed Up By The Eagles Golf Club

It was hardly stellar- football played last night between the Panthers and Saints, but it was the result Bucs fans needed. [read more]

Champion of takeaways.

When former Bucs coach Lovie Smith ran the team, he had a singular focus: Takeaways. [read more]

Beasting: Video style!

Here is a cool video from NFL Films. Does that outfit ever do anything bad? [read more]

Eric Berry and the Chiefs’ secondary have Dirk Koetter’s full attention.

Cool to see America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston, distribute the ball to so many different receivers when the Bears completely took Mike Evans out of the game Sunday. [read more]

Lavonte David

Bucs defensive coordinator Mike Smith was talking about getting gutted and gashed in the run game today.

And Smith was pointing fingers. [read more]

It won’t just be the Chiefs’ savage pass rush shaking America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, in Kansas City on Sunday. [read more]

No. 91, Robert Ayers, has a longtime fan.

Man, the Bucs sure lead the NFL in ironic twists.

Joe learned of a new one this morning. [read more]

Gazing Jameis

Buccaneers head coach Dirk Koetter has said all those visiting fans at Bucs games are “demoralizing.”

And the Bucs players pay attention, too, even during games. [read more]

The ol’ gunslinger arrives in Tampa eight years late.

Serious fans know Team Glazer and the Bucs’ brass did everything in their power to have Brett Favre play quarterback for the Bucs in 2008. [read more]

Repaired melon

Sometimes Joe gets so excited by seeing an injury report that only vodka or JoeBucsFan Jason Light Ale can soothe Joe enough to keep working. [read more]

Rookie kicker Roberto Aguayo has explored a lot of new territory since arriving in the NFL. [read more]

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It’s Thursday, which means it’s time to hear from Tampa Bay’s only Hall of Fame voter, JoeBucsFan.com columnist eye-RAH! Kaufman. Shocking as it may be, Brooklyn-bred Ira is a serious Chiefs fan, and he offers a lot in advance of the Bucs-Chiefs game on Sunday.

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Blossoming.

The Bucs need a pass rush — past and present — worse than Joe needs a cold beer on a hot July Friday afternoon. [read more]

Solid job.

The offense of the Bucs was ugly early this season. [read more]

Running backs messed with Jameis’ mechanics.

Yesterday Joe wrote how Trent Dilfer noted the mechanics of America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston, have improved in recent weeks. [read more]

Mike Evans was swarmed by media at his locker today. You can guess the topic. [read more]