One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve.

It ain’t that hard to count to 12. [read more]

An esteemed ex-Buccaneer and former Pro Bowler points a finger at flawed route running.

Joe pays attention when a 15-year NFL veteran, a reasoned, intelligent Xs and Os guru who is paid to study Bucs film, wags a finger at the Tampa Bay route running. [read more]

Deemed an NFL “goat” by theMMQB.com.

When you miss four kicks, three field goals and an extra point, and your teams loses by 10, you should expect darts to come your way.

And they are. [read more]

Joe’s really getting sick and tired of hearing about the Texans’ defense.

The reality is the Bucs didn’t run the ball yesterday nearly as well as most teams do against Houston. [read more]

A coveted man.

For the haters and the anti-Jameis blowhards out there, this is for you.

The owner of the team that beat the Bucs yesterday, a team that narrowly missed the playoffs last year, the guy who spent some $700 million to bring the NFL back to south Texas, is jealous of the Bucs. [read more]

Ali Marpet and his fellow linemen helped keep America’s Quarterback’s jersey clean yesterday, despite facing a future Hall of Famer.

Joe is going to guess many Bucs fans missed the following: the Bucs did not allow one sack on America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston.

Not one. And only three hits. [read more]

Former Bucs QB Shaun King

How bout those self-beating Buccaneers?

Former Tampa Bay quarterback Shaun King is convinced the team will be kicking itself today. [read more]

Joe’s already hearing a renewed round of calls for Lovie Smith’s job after the thorough Bucs collapse yesterday on offense, special teams and defense. Welcome to the roller coaster of emotion.

For that crowd, Joe’s got two things to watch. [read more]

Clinton McDonald was angry that the defense didn’t shut the door on the Texans.

In a sad way, it was refreshing to hear two Bucs veterans who built their football resumes on winning teams, defensive tackle Clinton McDonald and guard Logan Mankins, call out their respective sides of the ball for missing the toilet yesterday in Houston. [read more]

Just when it looked like the Bucs would turn the corner, beat a bad team on the road (again) and have the first winning record since the first year of the Greg Schiano administration, the Bucs vomited all over themselves.

Inability to get a consistent pass rush (the excuses are just about over), high school quality kicking, which cost the Bucs 10 points alone (the difference in the loss), and so many dropped passes Joe swears the ball was poisoned with the Ebola virus, added up to an ugly loss to a bad team. [read more]

Bucs K Kyle Brindza hangs his head after one of his four misses yesterday. Lovie Smith had his back.

Bucs fans who had children play high school or college soccer were in a frenzy last night trying to find the e-mail address of Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht, so they can get their offspring a tryout.

These same fans thought the Bucs would run kicker Kyle Brindza for gagging on 10 potential points yesterday. And 10 points was also the difference in the Sunday’s loss to the Texans.. [read more]

Gerald McCoy is injured

Fans watching on TV today saw Gerald McCoy run off the field holding his shoulder and grimacing. That was after he waved for trainers to come on the field but changed his mind. [read more]

Lovie Smith was grousing about Tampa Bay’s dreadful run defense today, but the pass rush was equally as horrid.

The Texans’ offensive line was playing backups and second-rate starters. [read more]

Here come the stat nerds and Jameis Winston haters claiming America’s Quarterback had a terrible game today.

Jameis actually played solid football. Go watch the damn film. [read more]

Houston DT J.J. Watt celebrates making a play this afternoon.

In a 10-point loss to the Texans, the Bucs left a lot of points on the field. In fact, 10 of those points, the difference in the game, were vomited away by Bucs kicker Kyle Brindza. [read more]

Lovie Smith firmly backed his struggling rookie kicker. (Photo courtesy of Tampa Bay Buccaneers)

There were your Buccaneers, driving impressively to take a fourth-quarter lead in Houston this afternoon. And then with just under 11 minutes to play, rookie kicker Kyle Brindza missed his third kick of the game, a 33-yard field goal attempt. [read more]

Immortal Houston running back Alfred Blue scores his third career NFL touchdown against the Bucs this afternoon.

You want to know how badly the Bucs puked on themselves today? Two words: Alfred Blue.

Outside of his immediate family, ex-girlfriends and his high school coach, who the hell ever heard of this guy? [read more]

America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, liked the feel of the Bucs’ offense today.

He explained it very simply. [read more]

Alterraun Verner stated to Joe he is unaware why he was benched today.

If there is a valid reason — and Joe suspects there is — for Bucs coach and virtual defensive coordinator Lovie Smith benching Alterraun Verner today, well, it remains a mystery. [read more]

Bucs LG Logan Mankins was downright angry with his offense’s performance today in Houston.

Leave it to veterans on the team to not pull any punches on the ugly loss in Houston this afternoon.

It was an imminently winnable game, yet seemingly given away, specifically by an offense that could not convert two third downs, which is unbelievable. [read more]

Lavonte David doesn’t look like the $10-million-a-year linebacker the Bucs made him this summer. [read more]