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Cameron Brate’s strong 2016 stats, including four touchdown catches, may be earning him respect across the NFL, but he’s still a developmental project at One Buc Palace. [read more]

Weakened

The Buccaneers’ “naturally pissed off person” probably isn’t smiling too brightly today. [read more]

Mike James returns to center stage?

Doug Martin dreams aside, the Bucs have to pick a guy to establish a running game against the bungling Bears on Sunday.  [read more]

So how exactly is Dirk Koetter faring when compared to his fellow head coaches debuting with a new team? [read more]

Many Bucs, including Brent Grimes, have no use talking about fatigue.

As Joe has noted, losing is so commonplace at the Den of Depression that pangs of dread overcome Joe just walking up to the stadium — knowing there is a very real chance Joe will have to enter another morgue of a Bucs locker room after yet another home loss. [read more]

A coming pattern?

Not that long ago, near the end of October in fact, Joe wrote the Bucs should use America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston, on rollouts more. [read more]

Explaining communication breakdown.

The word “communication” is being thrown around a lot in recent days as the Bucs defense has been lit up like a roman candle on the Fourth of July. [read more]

Signing raises eyebrows.

Joe is loathe to write about practice squad players. Why? They are practice squad players, the Triple-A of NFL teams. [read more]

Be confident.

A lot of fans are grumbling about Dirk Koetter. Losing tends to provoke such reactions. [read more]

Floppy hat duty and hanging out with Bucs officials has highlighted J.R. Sweezy’s Bucs career.

That flushing sound you’re hearing could be your toilet, but it also could be the official sound of J.R. Sweezy’s Bucs career. [read more]

Responsible for subpar play.

One reason Joe was reassured by the hiring of defensive coordinator Mike Smith was the notion Smith would mold a defense around his available talent. [read more]

America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, had a hand in two key fumbles against the Falcons on Thursday.

It’s great Jameis has stopped throwing picks, but the fumbles are every bit as bad. [read more]

BY IRA KAUFMAN

Half the season is in the books for your Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and these first few chapters aren’t exactly best sellers.

In fact, they are filled with errors.

Buc fans are enraged about a 3-5 record, and nobody in the organization should even try to justify what has transpired on the field. [read more]

A veteran of 12 NFL seasons as a bruising tight end, Anthony Becht of the Buccaneers Radio Network was asked to assess the state of the team today. [read more]

Squeezing production from scrubs.

Over the weekend reading comments from Bucs fans and listening to the fan feedback on Justin Pawlowski’s excellent podcast, “Bucs Uncensored,” Joe saw a theme building for fans in their effort to unleash frustration and anger at their beloved Bucs. [read more]

A massive focus for Dirk Koetter entering this season was starting fast in games. [read more]

After saying last week on SiriusXM NFL Radio that Doug Martin was a definite maybe to be ready to play against the Bears on Sunday, Dirk Koetter and team doctors kept Martin off the practice field today. [read more]

Failed Bucs defensive coordinator/head coach Lovie Smith was a stick-to-the-system kind of guy.

New Bucs DC Mike Smith is just the opposite. [read more]

Climbing the ladder

How bout a little optimism this morning! How bout that undrafted Harvard man Cameron Brate! [read more]

Players need to look in the mirror, GMC said.

The Bucs had a three-day weekend, the last such break the team will have this season. [read more]

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Seems Dirk Koetter may have a fractured locker room.

Interesting words from Dirk Koetter last week in his day-after presser. [read more]