Bad day for respected GM.

This was just inexcusable garbage this afternoon at U.S. Bank Stadium. [read more]

Plenty of cushion for Vikings receivers today

Football is a team game and boy, did the Buccaneers lose as a team today.

They hit all the marks. Bad quarterback play complemented by just nine rushes. Throw in no pass rush and brutal cornerback play and Vikings fans had a quite a blowout party. [read more]

Photo courtesy of Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Fire away all game long in the comments section below with fellow Bucs fans and the occasional troll.

Keep it clean and lose the personal attacks. Joe’s filters are tuned up for the regular season.

Most important, have fun and prepare for Joe’s award-winning postgame coverage. Joe is live in Minnesota.

Go Bucs!

Out.

Ugh. [read more]

T.J. Ward gets up after leveling Bears running back Tarik Cohen. (Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com)

Outside of a beautiful splash play where he served up a bone-rattling tackle on Bears running back Tarik Cohen, Bucs safety T.J. Ward hasn’t done a whole lot for the Bucs on the field. Yet. [read more]

Winning head coach Dirk Koetter reminded Joe of Saints offensive guru Sean Payton on Friday night. [read more]

T.J. Ward not driven facing a rookie like Dalvin Cook.

It’s all about wins for Bucs safety T.J. Ward. [read more]

Yes, the President has taken on the NFL and anthem-kneeling in his own unique way.

Wild times these are. [read more]

Up to challenge?

Joe has a hunch the Bucs will be passing a lot today. So the following is a key matchup. [read more]

Ira and Scott Smith talk Bucs.

What better way to start your Bucs Sunday morning than breakfast with Ira? [read more]

Bad news, haters.

This is going to cause a lot of folks to get their boxers bunched up. [read more]

Game Two

Bucs at Vikings

Kickoff: 1 p.m. [read more]

The flu bug has casualties.

Swaggy Baker and Jacquies Smith did not make the trip to Minneapolis today. As a result, they are out for Sunday’s game against the Vikings.

Revival game for Sims? Dirk Koetter talks T.J. Ward, and more.

Joe’s avoiding the obvious here and shooting for the more though-provoking with kickoff now just 24 hours away. [read more]

Snackworthy.

What a fun mano y mano duel expected for Sunday. [read more]

Kudos to winning head coach Dirk Koetter, fired up fan of the Stick Carriers. 

The man isn’t up for the magic of a sports bar on an NFL Sunday, but he is willing to be a man of the people and take what the fans throw at him. [read more]

QB in a pinch.

Every team has a quarterback in mind if disaster befalls it. [read more]

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]

Quarterback angst.

Joe is in Minneapolis and frankly, Joe has been blown away by his very short time here. [read more]