Major highs and lows

Joe really needed two separate bottles of antacid during preseason games: one for the Bucs’ red zone offense and the other for the Ryan Smith Experience.

The latter is not quite in Roberto Aguayo territory, but it’s very close. [read more]

Uncork the champagne. Call a pool party. Start a savings account for playoff tickets. [read more]

Wounded

Joe is always leery of foot problems and back trouble in football players. [read more]

No excuses.

Winning Bucs coach Dirk Koetter had the perfect word to describe his first team’s offense last night in an ugly loss to the Browns. [read more]

Eye-opening claim

Man, Bucs icon Ronde Barber served up all kinds of insight last night from movers and shakers at One Buc Palace. [read more]

Discusses offense last night.

Yes, it was frustrating watching the Bucs offense last night. [read more]

Stresses the positive.

The offense sputtered, but don’t tell that to America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston. [read more]

Heating up, along with a rookie.

How bout those two A+ takeaways forced by the Bucs’ first-team defense last night! [read more]

Can Mike Smith fix it?

Even winning Bucs coach Dirk Koetter is getting fed up with no sacks. [read more]

Unpleasant injury news.

The subpar group of Bucs defensive ends sounds like it took a serious hit tonight. [read more]

Relentlessly positive

Nobody can ever say America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, has a negative attitude. [read more]

Chris Godwin rose to the challenge. (Photo courtesy of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers)

On a night the Buccaneers rested 15 players, included many starters like Mike Evans and DeSean Jackson, Joe was looking for rookie receiver Chris Godwin to answer the bell.  [read more]

Settled nerves.

There was a lot not to like about the Bucs’ dress rehearsal for Miami tonight against the Browns. [read more]

Your opening day starter

The Bucs planned to pound the rock early and often with Jacquizz Rodgers tonight, in part to see if he was ready to shoulder the load on opening day. [read more]

Reason to be miffed.

Before Joe gets rolling, yeah, Joe knows many offensive starters were out for the game including the two best receivers and two starters on the offensive line. [read more]

Cross fingers he is healthy.

Joe is convinced there are a number of Bucs fans, Gerald McCoy haters, who rejoiced in glee when they learned GMC would not play tonight. [read more]

Fire up the in-game chatter in the comments section all throughout the pregame show and to the final whistle tonight! It’s not only the dress rehearsal for the regular season, it’s the first game for the Stick Carriers, as they “take back RayJay.”

Please keep it respectful, but definitely mix it up before Joe’s award-winning postgame coverage.

There’s so much to keep an eye on, even in the second half when future gym teachers, grad students, and mattress movers take the field against the bumbling Browns.

Go Bucs!

Lots of Bucs getting a night off for various major and minor injuries. Nothing surprising here. And Joe things DeSean Jackson made the list because the Bucs don’t want/need their fancy hot rod on a wet track.

Here’s the full list. [read more]