Bucs At Saints, Open Thread
September 9th, 2018
Bang it here in the comments section with all your thoughts on the Bucs-Saints game to open the 2018 season.
Play nice!

Bang it here in the comments section with all your thoughts on the Bucs-Saints game to open the 2018 season.
Play nice!

Not playing today.
This is a stunner. [read more]

Not cowering.
The last play Chris Godwin and Adam Humphries took the field for will be remembered for years. And both played key roles in the play. [read more]

(Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com)
*START FAST!!!! The Bucs averaged eight points per game in the first halves of games last season — combined with allowing the most points in the first quarter in the NFL. Fix it!! And elect to receive if you get the chance, Coach. [read more]

New Bucs DL Carl Nassib.
If nothing else, the Bucs have an interesting guy they just acquired o the defensive line. [read more]

Pressure is critical. (Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.)
So the Bucs today will be without Brent Grimes and so the defense will rely on either a pair of rookies or Vernon Hargreaves, coming off an ugly 2017 season, to help stop future Hall of Famer Drew Brees at cornerback. [read more]

Chris “Mad Dog” Russo.
Joe was going through his audio files and unearthed an interview he conducted with the one and only Chris “Mad Dog” Russo of SiriusXM fame early this year when Joe asked him about the Bucs. Russo, a good friend of internationally popular JoeBucsFan.com columnist Ira Kaufman, had some relevant things to say about the Bucs. [read more]

Game 1
Bucs at Saints
Kickoff: 1 p.m.
TV: WTVT-TV Channel 13, DirecTV/NFL Sunday Ticket Channel 711. [read more]
The bad news is in. [read more]
Man, Derrick Brooks is money. Great insight here on Sunday’s Bucs-Saints matchup from the Buccaneers legend with JoeBucsFan.com columnist Ira Kaufman. It’s the new TAMPA TWO show, a twice-a-week joint effort from The Identity Tampa Bay and JoeBucsFan.com.
You do not want to miss this insight!

Moose Johnston of FOX Sports.
Enough with the talk. Let’s see it! [read more]

Names his No. 2 running back and more.
Joe already wrote a full story on Dirk Koetter’s fresh Friday comments on SiriusXM NFL Radio about his playcaller decision.
But Koetter had more to say about your beloved Buccaneers. [read more]

Please no.
Ryan Smith has no business being on an NFL field playing defense. [read more]

Talks playcalling
Man, Dirk Koetter has been irritated in recent days by the media question of who will be playcaller of the Bucs offense on Sunday.
Yesterday, Koetter softened a bit and shed light on a decision that he might actually be agonizing about. [read more]

No state secret.
You know, if national guys would just do a tad bit more research or at least e-mail someone who covers the Bucs, they wouldn’t look like such horsesarses when they do try to write about the Bucs. [read more]

Good news.
Yeah, the groin-stomp of news that Brent Grimes has an injured groin leaves Joe moaning. [read more]

Brutal news
This is a fresh Friday groin stomp to Buccaneers fans everywhere. [read more]
How patient can Dirk Koetter stay with the running game?
That’s just one question on the mind of Mr. Derrick Brooks in this inaugural episode of TAMPA TWO with Brooks and co-host and prized JoeBucsFan.com columnist Ira Kaufman.
Enjoy this inaugural episode, a joint venture of The Identity Tampa Bay and JoeBucsFan.com. Next episode TOMORROW.