Welcome to a new feature on JoeBucsFan.com. Joe has challenged Ira Kaufman, Tampa Bay’s only Hall of Fame voter, to pick against the spread this season for a $500 prize. Every Friday, Ira will type out his picks for each Friday-through-Monday game. If he hits at 53 percent or better for the regular season, then Ira gets $500 in gift cards to Abe’s Place in Clearwater, home of historically amazing food and 44 craft beers on tap. Feel free to send Ira your stone cold locks on Twitter, @ikaufman76. The sage of Tampa Bay sports could always use some help.
BY IRA KAUFMAN
After a disastrous 4-10 opening week, your fearless prognosticator rebounded slightly.
A 7-8 slate is nothing to shout about, but the arrow is going up and Week 3 offers a heavy slate of road favorites. That’s because slappies like the Bears, Colts and Jets are trying to defend their home turf.
Just getting back to .500 seems like a herculean task at this point, but one good week could establish some needed momentum, so here goes. [read more]
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Bucs killer Case Keenum will start for the Vikings on Sunday.
Wipe the drool from your chins, Bucs fans.
Case Keenum has carved up the Bucs while quarterbacking for the Rams in 2015 and 2016. And he will start for the Vikings on Sunday. Sam Bradford officially was ruled out for the game.
Keenum, 29, with 25 career starts, should be playing with plenty of confidence (even if it’s misguided) and he’s clearly capable.
Earlier today, Joe brought word from good guy Peter Schrager of NFL Network that the Bucs are the most watchable team on TV for a variety of reasons. [read more]
In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Irma, the Bucs planned to have their Tuesday night reunion walk-through in the not-yet-finished indoor practice facility at One Buc Palace. [read more]
So there is a made-for-TV team to watch when fans are surfing the NFL Sunday Ticket or when they are in their favorite watering hole Sunday afternoon. [read more]
When America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, talks about the Buccaneers needing to play as a “family” and operate as a family to thrive, it’s not some sort of BS line of public relations fluff. [read more]
Episode 3 of The Free Stretch is firing here on the JoeBucsFan.com Podcast Network.
Listen or download above.
You might have heard Fenton (@bobbygameday) and The Free Stretch on local and national airwaves, but it’s been years. (Actually, it’s only been a week; the kickoff episode is linked here.)
We’ve all seen the videos of America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston, doing his pregame pep talk routine. He often gets really wound up. [read more]
Todd focuses on shootout-potential games this Sunday. Why? Uh, have you noticed how touchdowns seem to be at a premium this season?
So, the shootout games are where you should look to make decisions on who is in your starting lineups…both in season-long leagues and DFS.
Speaking of DFS, Todd reminds you once again that you can use DFS pricing to your advantage as a research tool and gives you AJ Green and Golden Tate’s prices as examples of that this week. There are some QB’s and RB’s moving up and a lot of guys many drafted as WR1 or WR2 going the other way overall in fantasy projections. And who is the new BEST GARBAGE TIME WR IN FANTASY FOOTBALL? Todd’s got that too. Remember, email Todd directly at ToddWrightFantasyFootball@gmail.com with any questions unique to your teams. He has responded to every single email this season and that is not going to change anytime soon.
The Todd Wright Fantasy Football Podcast has expanded to twice weekly, Mondays and Fridays! …Enjoy it right here and at iTunes and Google Play.
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Dirk Koetter said today he wasn’t playing doctor, but there’s a documented case of “influenza” on the Bucs and that means the ill party is banned from One Buc Palace. [read more]
It’s rare to get any kind of detail from Dirk Koetter about a Buccaneer injury.
