Was Win Really Good For Koetter?

September 13th, 2016
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Quite a club of head coaches won their first Bucs game

With this star-crossed history of the Bucs franchise, a coach winning his first game leading the team is often a harbinger of disaster. [read more]

Offense Is No Surprise

September 13th, 2016
Offensive firepower did not surprise Bucs defenders.

Offensive firepower did not surprise Bucs defenders. (Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com)

It was cool to watch in person. [read more]

It Is About Winning

September 13th, 2016
Robert Ayers not big on style points.

Robert Ayers not big on style points.

Joe commented previously that the Bucs’ three-score lead on the Dixie Chicks with a few minutes left in the third quarter was like watching a made-for-TV movie on the Syfy Channel. [read more]

Dirk Koetter: Jameis = Tom Landry

September 12th, 2016

landryThe legend of America’s Quarterback grows. [read more]

Best Defensive Player On The Field

September 12th, 2016

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BY IRA KAUFMAN

A few days before the Bucs departed for Atlanta, Kwon Alexander admitted he left a lot of plays on the Georgia Dome field last year, vowing he wasn’t going to let that happen again.

Mission accomplished. [read more]

“Very Unfortunate” For Jacquies Smith

September 12th, 2016
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Season appears over. A major loss.

Updated 7:59 p.m. – Bad news today at One Buc Palace. [read more]

Moore: Seferian-Jenkins Has Body Language Issue

September 12th, 2016
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A 16-year NFL veteran weighs in

It seems Austin Seferian-Jenkins still has work to do in the image department. [read more]

2014 Draft Class Looking Better

September 12th, 2016
The 2014 draft class looking better.

Class looking better.

For a while there it seemed aside from Mike Evans, the 2014 draft class, the first for AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht, was pretty much a wash. [read more]

The Hidden Drive

September 12th, 2016
Akeem Spence talks about what he felt was the offense's most important drive Sunday.

Akeem Spence talks about what he felt was the offense’s most important drive Sunday.

A lot of folks, including Mark Dominik, point to the last drive of the first half that ended in a Charles Sims 23-yard touchdown reception as the most important drive of yesterday’s game.

Understandable. [read more]

Should Bucs Stick With No-Huddle?

September 12th, 2016
Why not start a game with a no-huddle? (Photo by Davis Lauderdale/JoeBucsFan.com)

Why not start a game with a no-huddle? 

In preseason — yes, preseason — America’s Quarterback Jameis Winston had his ups and downs. [read more]

“Tampa Bay Is In First Place!”

September 12th, 2016
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Happy for his old team.

You know who was happy for the Bucs win over the Dixie Chicks yesterday to open the season? That would be former Bucs rock star general manager Mark Dominik. [read more]

Simms: Jameis 2nd Best QB In NFC South

September 12th, 2016
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(Photo by the JoeBucsFan.com photo team)

A changing of the guard in the NFC South? [read more]

“Without Being Touched”

September 12th, 2016

mccoyfalconspreA great and simple Xs and Os nuance was verbalized this morning by former Bucs tight end Anthony Becht. [read more]

Little Rotation

September 12th, 2016
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D-line coach Jay Hayes had clear plans

Much was made about how the Bucs under new defensive line coach Jay Hayes would be running an eight-man rotation of linemen firing away. [read more]

Shattering The Losing Mentality

September 12th, 2016
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From the JoeBucsFan.com photo team

Joe’s greatest fear entering yesterday’s game was the oversized, overweight baggage the Bucs traveled with to Atlanta. [read more]

Nerds Eating Crow

September 12th, 2016
The tribe now eating their own words.

The tribe now eating their own words.

The PFF tribe got caught with their pants around their ankles yesterday. [read more]

PODCAST: That’s How You Start!

September 12th, 2016

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Joe hopes you’re enjoying the Monday, Wednesday and Friday podcasts from “The Commish,” Justin Pawlowski. (@CommishOnline)

The former voice on the Buccaneers Radio Network, WDAE-AM 620, Scout.com and 98.7 FM now has a new home to share his unbridled and intelligent brand of Bucs coverage and analysis.

It’s right here on JoeBucsFan.com!!

Click the links below to listen, or to download below.

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The Morning After

September 12th, 2016
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Will Gholston and Robert Ayers listen intently during a chalktalk Sunday. )

Welcome to Victory Monday. [read more]

Jameis Changing Minds

September 12th, 2016
Changing minds.

Exposing illogical premises.

Well, it seems as if the national NFL typists are starting to come around. [read more]

Clean Sheet

September 11th, 2016

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Updated 10:10 p.m. – How bout that big goose egg the Buccaneers hung on the scoreboard this afternoon in Atlanta! [read more]

10 Takeaways From Bucs-Falcons

September 11th, 2016

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BY IRA KAUFMAN

The last time the Bucs opened a season with a divisional road win, Ray Perkins was stalking the Pontiac Silverdome sidelines in 1990, berating officials.

Tampa Bay has fired seven head coaches since that point, so Sunday’s victory was especially notable.

Here’s 10 more tasty takeaways from the shootout at the Georgia Dome: [read more]