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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]
Bucs TE Brandon Myers was hardly the lone culprit for dropping passes today.
How the hell can you play an entire game and only convert one third down. One!
You have a No. 1 overall draft pick at quarterback (who didn’t play that badly at all). You have a No. 7 overall pick at wide receiver. You have an expensive Pro Bowler at the other receiver. You have a guy who you drafted at running back in the third round, specifically for his ability to catch and gain YAC. [read more]
Mike Evans talks to Joe after today’s loss
Mike Evans realizes what every Bucs fan saw: he dropped at least three very catchable passes in key spots. [read more]
Johnthan Banks talks to Joe after the game about his knee and the Bucs’ woes
Exhale, Bucs fans, cornerback Johnthan Banks just told Joe that he’s fine. His first-quarter left knee injury won’t hold him back.
But Banks had more to say about what caused it and his team’s problems. [read more]
Are the messy Bucs taking the identity of their head coach?
Today was the kind of Bucs loss that gets a head coach on the hot seat fired. [read more]
Vaseline hands and feet were the order of the day for the Buccaneers, as they dropped and shanked their way to an embarrassing loss to the Texans.
Lovie Smiths’ defense was carved up for more than 400 yards by Ryan Mallett and some dude named Alfred Blue. Shameful. [read more]
Is a winning record a few hours away?
Joe would celebrate mightily if that occurs this afternoon in Texans.
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The more sloppy Houston QB Ryan Mallett throws, the better.
Eye-opening information from a guy who types for a living, and that would be Joe Kania of Buccaneers.com.
In breaking down keys for the Bucs to get above .500 for the first time — well, Joe can’t remember that long ago — Kania sort of uses an old coaching cliché: force the Texans to go one-dimensional on offense today. [read more]
Vincent Jackson talks about one of Lovie’s edicts
Mild mannered Lovie Smith is well known as a players coach, but some common football traditions are not appreciated, encouraged or respected by the head coach. [read more]
If you listen to the savvy film gurus who follow the Buccaneers and study their offensive line, you hear a steady theme: Donovan Smith is struggling at left tackle. [read more]
Joe won’t back off a request for a game prediction. And Joe delivered just that during his weekly, rapid-fire Friday segment with the Ron and Ian show on WDAE-AM 620. [read more]
Lavonte David must turn a corner
In these unsettled times of devastating Bucs losses, constant change and growing pains, Joe thought it would be wise to bring back THE OPTIMIST.
THE OPTIMIST is Nick Houllis, a Bucs fan and an accomplished writer whose steadfast allegiance to the Buccaneers goes back to the 1970s. Houllis is the founder, creator and guru of BucStop.com, a place Joe goes to get lost in time via Houllis’ stunning video collection.
THE OPTIMIST will shine that positive light in your eyes. Some will love it. Some won’t. … Of course, THE OPTIMIST’s opinions are his alone and are not influenced by Joe. [read more]
A win today over Houston would be vindication for Gerald McCoy and his Bucs teammates.
Joe remembers a time not that long ago when the Bucs were so good, playoffs weren’t a hope. They were demanded.
In fact, the Bucs were so dominant, not reaching an NFC Championship game was considered a failed season. [read more]
Bucs CB Alterraun Verner strongly hints NFL referees look the other way on Texans’ misdeeds.
Interesting words from second string (?) cornerback Alterraun Verner earlier this week.
When talking to the Tampa Bay pen and mic club Thursday, Verner not so subtly hinted the Texans are not on the up and up. [read more]
Will America’s Quarterback be smiling tomorrow night?
Yes, Joe is already in Houston prepping for tomorrow’s high noon (Texas time) showdown between the Bucs and Texans.
(Houston has a very nice, easy-walking, clean downtown with — can you imagine? — light rail, too! It is a big downtown with lots of new skyscrapers being built, which tells Joe there is money flowing.) [read more]
V-Jax opens up.
All that talk about the mentoring of Vincent Jackson, but what wisdom is he really imparting? [read more]
You asked for it, you got it. It’s the TV map for tomorrow’s game between the Bucs and the Texans, live from the heart of the Lone Star State in Houston. [read more]
Now here’s a good reason why the Buccaneers offense should look a lot different in Houston on Sunday. [read more]
