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Oh, boy. The Sage of Tampa Bay sports is firing on cylinders today and there are no missed assignments or communication breakdowns. It’s always a fast-moving, fun and informative time on the Ira Kaufman Podcast presented by Ed Morse Cadillac Tampa and Ed Morse Cadillac Brandon.

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Bucs need him to produce.

Only once this decade have the Bucs had a defense that ranked in the top 10 in points allowed. That was 2010 under Raheem Morris, the last time the Bucs won 10 games (or more). [read more]

Man, Joe is so excited and happy for Jameis Winston. What a great time to be a Bucs fan!

Healthy franchise quarterback. Flat out loaded and hot at receiver and tight end. Healthy offensive line.  [read more]

Not a bad first game.

You know, it is sad that some Bucs fans hate on young players only because their favorite player with the Seminoles in college wasn’t drafted by the Bucs. [read more]

Brutal fallout of bad defenses.

Joe was doing a bit of research last night, and if Mike Smith can’t very quickly find a way to slow opposing offenses, it’s likely going to get very ugly for a lot of folks at One Buc Palace later this year. [read more]

Unnerving.

How bad is the Bucs defense? [read more]

Looking up

If you ask longtime Jameis Winston fan and former Bucs QB Chris Simms, at least nine quarterback starters in the NFC are better than Jameis. [read more]

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Good ol’ days!

Jenna Laine may not have called for Mike Smith’s head. But the Bucs beat reporter for ESPN came one sentence away from calling for a new Bucs defensive coordinator. [read more]

Is Cameron Brate about to nail down the first 90-yards-or-more receiving game of his career?

It’s as good a time as any for the Buccaneers’ big-money tight end. [read more]

It’s the weekly, 24-hour Dirk Koetter confidence poll, posted at 12:12 p.m.. See last week’s results linked here.

Dirk Koetter must be smiling.

Hey, it’s not all Mike Smith-is-killing-the-Bucs content from Joe — though it should be! [read more]

BY IRA KAUFMAN

One primary reason you select a quarterback first overall in the draft is your faith he can thrive under pressure.

We’re about to find out. [read more]

Blasts Bucs DC.

Chris Simms, one of only six quarterbacks in Bucs history to lead the team to a postseason appearance, did not hold back. [read more]

Doomed by Bucs defense?

After the Windy City Wipeout, veteran NFL suit Michael Lombardi wrote that Bucs defensive coordinator Mike Smith will get head coach Dirk Koetter fired. [read more]

Mike Smith reminds Joe an awful lot of Doug Martin about now. [read more]

This is what it has come to on the big local sports radio station these days: a celebration of drivel. [read more]

Yes, the value of leadership is often way overblown in the NFL. Most of the time it’s superficial and ultimately meaningless.

But there was a cool Bucs leadership moment in Sunday’s blowout. [read more]