Leader.

Think about it: How many teams could withstand the barrage of injuries the Bucs’ offense has suffered and still be one of the best teams in the NFL. [read more]

Surging Panthers.

Big win by the Bucs at The Licht House — and they needed it badly. [read more]

First-quarter film from today’s game almost scared Joe because it showed Lavonte David looking slow.

David spent all last week on the injured list with a bad knee. [read more]

Another “W” for Tampa Bay! The Bucs are a damn good team.

Injuries simply have not mattered to this club. The roster has been proven deep and ready to play. Well, not always the defense, but who needs defense early in a season when you can rack up 27-plus points a game?

The Bucs pumped out 20 points in the first half today and kept on rolling. [read more]

A huge NFC clash is here. The Bucs are 4-1 and so are the 49ers.

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Baker Mayfield (right) with offensive coordinator Josh Grizzard.

After playing for more offensive coordinators than years he’s served in the NFL, Baker Mayfield has learned a thing or two about preparing to dissect a defense. [read more]

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Joe’s been back on the WDAE airwaves every weekend since February. Varying times. (Today’s show is a replay of yesterday.)

So long as Tampa Bay is a superior place to live and play, visiting fans will always be an issue.

Unless a weather phenomenon develops like global cooling and Florida weather devolves from warm to chilly to freezing in the fall, Florida will always draw folks from rotten-weather regions of the country. [read more]

Offensive line stabilizing.

Over the years, Bucs types (coaches, suits, players) have pounded it into Joe’s head that stability on an offensive line is beyond critical. [read more]

Beginning to get more targets.

Prior to Week 5, no team in the NFL targeted tight ends less than the Bucs — percentage of passes thrown. [read more]

Devious blitzes coming?

It seems like Mac Jones may be walking into a minefield. [read more]

Game 6

49ers  (4-1) at Bucs (4-1)

Kickoff: 4:25 p.m.

TV: CBS (WTSP-TV Channel 10, locally) with Jim Nantz, the pride of Eastern Illinois University Tony Romo and Tracy Wolfson. For a national TV map of where the game will be broadcast, click here.

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Retired MVP quarterback Cam Newton joining ESPN TV as a football analyst is quite a marriage. [read more]

If you ask Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht about his front office and its accomplishments, there’s a good chance you won’t get an answer for five minutes while Licht rattles off endless names of his subordinates and talks about how they are all rock stars that run the show and make him look great. [read more]

Another Hall of Famer weighs in.

Baker Mayfield has hit superstar status. [read more]

Say his name!

OK, recently foot-rubbing former Bucs tight end Rob Gronkowski was on that dumb FOX NFL pregame show and in a segment where the laugh-track desk of co-hosts spoke about sensational Bucs rookie receiver Emeka Egbuka, Gronk totally butchered Egbuka’s name. [read more]