Raiders Might Be Pretenders
October 30th, 2016
Flawed.
The Raiders lead the AFC West. They are 5-2, tied with the Broncos. They are 4-0 on the road. [read more]

Flawed.
The Raiders lead the AFC West. They are 5-2, tied with the Broncos. They are 4-0 on the road. [read more]

“Future star.”
OK, here’s something to take your time with. It’s a breakdown of the Bucs’ offensive line from a guy who actually played offensive line, not some laptop keyboard warrior of a college student looking for a few extra bucks for beer money. [read more]

Dirk Koetter talks about his O-line
Interesting to hear Dirk Koetter describe his offensive line yesterday. [read more]
Yes, Joe was on ESPN Tallahassee radio yesterday talking Bucs with Jeff Cameron, he of “The Jeff Cameron Show.”
Joe has long been a fan of Cameron, a St. Pete native who puts together damned good radio. [read more]
It’s Game 7 for the Bucs! And Joe breaks out the map showing where you can watch — for those who don’t like bars and those unlucky, unfortunate souls without NFL Sunday Ticket, the greatest invention since the beer bottle opener. [read more]

The head coach shared on radio
Speaking on SiriusXM NFL radio this week, Dirk Koetter admitted he knew little about Derek Carr before studying him in advance of Sunday’s Raiders-Bucs game.
In fact, Koetter called him “David.” [read more]

Growing, learning and evolving.
Joe is a big fan of Andy Benoit. The X’s and O’s guru of theMMQB.com does nice work breaking down film in an intelligent manner as opposed to a belligerent manner (yes, Joe is looking right at you, PFF tribe!). [read more]

Assessing the offense
Count to 10 and the Bucs’ hide-and-go-seek master will be long gone. [read more]
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NFL.com pushes Bucs to acquire WR.
The Bucs need a wide receiver if this team hopes to play meaningful games in late November and December (or — gasp! — beyond?). [read more]

Can’t go.
The Bucs have declared who will not play Sunday with injuries. [read more]

Donald Penn returns home and will make his 148th consecutive start at left tackle. He can’t wait to deliver some payback.
Raiders left tackle Donald Penn was painted by the Tampa Bay Times during his Bucs days as a rubber-shirt-wearing fatso stressed out about weigh-ins and dehydrated and ineffective as a result.
It was tremendous disrespect — and a lot of hooey — directed at a very good player who never missed a start. [read more]

Mobile Jameis = good Jameis.
Earlier this year watching underwear football, Joe noticed a whole lot of rollout plays by America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston. [read more]

Lays down the law.
Joe apologizes for being a bit late on this, but nonetheless, it is cool stuff. [read more]

If there’s an element of the Bucs that needs a boost more than the dreadful kicking game, it’s the edge pass rush. [read more]

BY IRA KAUFMAN
No one who was there that day will ever forget.
A gentle 5-mph breeze and 77-degree temperatures greeted the Bucs and Raiders on the afternoon of Dec. 28, 2008, the last time Oakland ventured into Raymond James Stadium.
Tampa Bay was listed as a 10-point favorite to end a three-game losing streak, finish the regular season 10-6 and edge Philadelphia for the final NFC wild-card playoff spot. [read more]

Safety Bradley McDougald
Interesting dynamic going on inside the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ locker room. [read more]
Remember how the quick brain of Kwon Alexander was credited for that huge blitz-sack-fumble against Colin Kaepernick last week?
Joe talked to Kwon about it this week. [read more]
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Trending up.
In the offseason, Joe remarked that if Will Gholston could somehow get six sacks in his contract year this season, he was looking at a massive pay raise in 2017, if not by the Bucs, then surely by someone. [read more]

Raiders doubter.
Joe doesn’t often post predictions from the BSPN crowd because, frankly, they are boring if not predictable. [read more]