Sympathize?

The Lovie Smith apologists have hit national sports outlets.

Someone on the take at FoxSports.com apparently has been charmed by one of Lovie Smith’s inner circle. [read more]

Who is Lovie referring to?

Yes, many Bucs fans and, of course, the blowhard haters (who are dancing with glee) are busting the chops of America’s Quarterback, Bucs signal-caller Jameis Winston, for throwing away the game Sunday against the Stinking Panthers with his four picks. [read more]

Tough break for arguably the top story of the Buccaneers’ preseason. [read more]

You heard this song before, it was December 15, 2014. Lovie Smith had proclaimed “true football fans can see we’re on the verge.”

Lovie was back singing a passionate sequel at One Buc Palace moments ago. [read more]

A former Bucs player was not laughing about left tackle Donovan Smith’s jovial Twittering last night.

Bucs fans are in a deep state of depression today, on top of the normal Monday blues. It’s ugly out there.

Yet another season appears to be down the tubes, another January spent trying to remember what winning a playoff game feels like. [read more]

Former Bucs tight end Dave Moore and Joe weigh in

The last standout game played by Mike Evans was November 16, 2014.

That’s nine games of being an average receiver. It’s caused a small divide at JoeBucsFan.com world headquarters. [read more]

“Right before the half, I didn’t want to put more points on the board. I didn’t feel like we could. Only thing that could happen was something bad then.” — Lovie Smith, following the second home game of the 2014 season.

That’s right. Last year’s words foretelling yesterday’s disbelief. [read more]

Joe can hear the words ringing in his head.

“Playoffs? Playoffs! Playoffs?!

Those were the famous words uttered by former Colts coach Jim Mora in a postgame press conference when asked about his team’s playoff chances. [read more]

Former Bucs kicker.

Who didn’t see this coming down Central Ave?

The Bucs waved goodbye to a rookie kicker with worse aim than Mr. Magoo, Kyle Brindza.

Magoo was horrible. He was 2-for-7 in his last two games, including two extra-points missed! A high school kicker would be benched for that tripe.

Yet despite this, he has two of the five-longest Bucs field goals in franchise history.

A Lovie Smith wish came true yesterday

Lovie Smith finally got one thing he long yearned for yesterday.

It came in the form of 30-year-old journeyman cornerback Mike Jenkins making his first Buccaneers start. [read more]

The blame game is one of the easiest and most creative exercises on earth.

You almost can’t lose. There’s always an angle to hang blame. Heck, last week, an ex-Buccaneer blamed the disease known as Kyle Brindza on former Bucs rockstar general manager Mark Dominik. [read more]

Bucs DE George Johnson thinks he may have a stamina issue.

It unnerved Joe when he heard defensive-coordinator-in-name-only Leslie Frazier say a reason the Bucs have not gotten much out of defensive end sackless George Johnson was because he is not used to taking so many snaps.

WHAT? [read more]

Joe knows one human who reads a printed newspaper regularly. That’s about it.

But Joe’s heard that these newspaper sports columnists wield influence over the elite class. [read more]

Mike Evans explains why the Bucs didn’t try for a touchdown late in the first half.

Late in the first half, America’s Quarterback, Bucs signal-caller Jameis Winston, marched the Bucs down the field into the Panthers’ red zone.

The clock was ticking. Surely, with a No. 1 overall draft pick and a pair of twin towers at wide receiver, the Bucs would start taking shots in the end zone to tie the game at 17-17. [read more]

So the Bucs have reached the quarter pole of 2015, a good gauge to see how the team is doing.

In short, pathetic.

In fact, under Bucs coach Lovie Smith, the Bucs are in one of their worst periods in franchise history. This is not empty rhetoric. The numbers speak for themselves. [read more]

Takes jabs on Twitter.

Ah, the age of social media. Only the dinosaurs, for reasons unknown, do not like social media as a whole.

Both the blessing and the curse of Twitter is that it is unfiltered. Raw emotion and candor are normally the tone of the day. [read more]

Bucs icon Ronde Barber dropped quite a nugget about Lovie Smith on today’s broadcast of the Panthers-Bucs debacle. [read more]

Photo courtesy of Tampa Bay Buccaneers

It was good to see at least a few guys on the Buccaneers show up and fight for every blade of grass this afternoon during the shameful clubbing at the hands of the Panthers. [read more]

Lost in the today’s train-wreck showing by the Bucs was the benching of defensive end George Johnson.

Tampa Bay coughed up a fifth-round pick and paid Johnson about $3 million to start this season. [read more]

A learning day.

Not a pleasant day for America’s Quarterback, Bucs signal-caller Jameis Winston. Happens to some of the best.

For example, John Elway had four picks in the 11th game of his rookie year and in his 16th game of his second season. [read more]

Bucs WR Mike Evans hears the jeers from outraged Bucs fans..

It wasn’t quite as bad as the season opener when the near-sellout crowd at the Den of Depression rose as one and nearly booed the Bucs off the field at halftime. [read more]

Ryan Delaire, a defensive end who spent all offseason and training camp with the Bucs, sacked Jameis Winston twice today.

Over and over again in Buccaneers training camp, No. 75 would flash against second- and third-teamers.

Today, he flashed over and over against the Bucs. [read more]