Brawler.

It didn’t take long for the Saints defense to know Ryan Jensen is the new Bucs’ center. [read more]

Sad flashback.

Joe is not going to write about the horrid Bucs defense until tomorrow and beyond. Today was just far too much fun to dive deep into Mike Smith’s mess now.

However, Joe will throw one key stat out there. [read more]

Geeked over win.

Bucs coach Dirk Koetter was one pumped up football coach. [read more]

Prognosticator GM Jason Licht

Minutes before kickoff in the Superdome, Bucs general manager Jason Licht did his first interview in a while and was asked to name one player he was looking at in this game to deliver big things. [read more]

Claims to be “good.”

Just a few things Joe noticed in the locker room after the record-setting 48-40 Bucs win over the Saints today: [read more]

Dominant

Joe couldn’t help watching today’s glorious victory and thinking how the unstoppable aerial assault from DeSean Jackson and Mike Evans is exactly what should have been happening last year.

Did Jackson just need a year in the offense? Was it Jameis? [read more]

When Joe saw the 2018 schedule come out and learned of the three-game sentence to America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston, Joe feared for his life the Bucs would go 0-3 to start the season, which dooms any team of playoff hopes. [read more]

Let’s peddle in reality. It was a very gutsy move for Dirk Koetter to turn playcaller duties over to Todd Monken today — gutsy when it comes to his job security. [read more]

Monster day

Man, the Bucs sure brought their big mother $^&$’n stick today. Wow!

Is there anything better than humiliating the Saints in their own crib? [read more]

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]