Dirk Koetter Confidence Poll IX
October 3rd, 2018It’s the weekly, 24-hour Dirk Koetter confidence poll, posted at 12:12 p.m.. See last week’s results linked here.
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]
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Discusses “communication.”
Joe understands Bucs fans are absolutely sick of the generic term Bucs defensive players and coaches use to cover up garbage play. [read more]
Yes, there is positive Buccaneers news this week! [read more]

Lavonte David has played in all of them
Joe finds that people who aren’t longtime, hardcore Bucs fans, including important people at One Buc Palace, don’t realize how abused our beloved Tampa Bay fan base has been. [read more]

Believes someone is slacking.
Now, a Hall of Fame quarterback is piling on. [read more]

“Is anyone listening here?”
Matt Forte played 10 NFL seasons and had more than 14,000 yards from scrimmage. Anthony Becht logged 167 games, plus nine playoff games.
They’ve seen a lot. [read more]

Pressure mounting.
So now it’s not just Joe typing it. It’s not just drunks in a bar yelling at their bartender. It’s not just crackpots calling sports radio shows. [read more]

Michael Jackson could have beaten the Bucs defense on Sunday, says BSPN voice.
Screamin’ Stephen A. Smith doesn’t know what to make of Bears quarterback Mitch Trubisky lighting up the Bucs Sunday. That’s because, says SAS, the Bucs are that brutal on defense.
[read more]

Biting analysis.
Dirk Koetter seems to be a lonely man. [read more]