Dirk Koetter Addresses The Bucs’ Culture Of Losing

November 3rd, 2017

Dirk Koetter speaks

It’s hard to forget Dirk Koetter’s sobering talk to Tampa Bay media in September 2016 about the Bucs having a losing culture.

Koetter was going there again today. [read more]

Noah Spence Had Shoulder Surgery

November 3rd, 2017

Surgery complete

Veteran defensive end Robert Ayers believed second-year DE Noah Spence could/would be a 15-sack guy this season, but that was before Spence dislocated his shoulder on the first snap of the Bucs’ second game. [read more]

“We Are Doing A Lot Of Handwringing”

November 3rd, 2017

More shoulder chatter.

Last week America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston, had a horrendous game, perhaps the worst of his career, certainly the worst of the season. [read more]

“It Can Backfire On You When You’re Not Playing Well”

November 3rd, 2017

Ian Beckles drops a quality take

One of the great analysts of Bucs football, former Tampa Bay guard Ian Beckles (1990-1996), says America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, is in a “funny place.” [read more]

Locker Room Video! Ayers Talks About “Below Average” Players Stepping Up & More, Kendell Beckwith Reminisces, Practice Video

November 3rd, 2017

Friday! That means Rock Riley (@RealRockRiley) has another video report from One Buc Palace. …You can also have a beer with Rock on Tuesday from 7 p.m. to ? at Pint And Brew in Palm Harbor. You might even get in Wednesday’s video! Enjoy.

Ayers “Play Better’, Beckwith going home from Rock Riley on Vimeo.

Dirk Koetter: “What Was Leading Up To That, Really, Only He Knows”

November 3rd, 2017

Mysterious change

Vernon Hargreaves has bounced back the past two Sundays after a brutal and inexplicable start to his sophomore season. [read more]

Nailing The Draft

November 3rd, 2017

Sean Payton and GM Mickey Loomis have overhauled the Saints

So how did the Saints get to 5-2 and atop the NFC South?

Like many teams that make fast turnarounds, like the Falcons last season, they’re getting massive contributions from rookies. [read more]

It’s About Wins

November 3rd, 2017

Starts with him.

America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston, doesn’t want to hear about statistics. [read more]

Koetter Slams The Geeks

November 3rd, 2017

“I’m here all week.”

Great one-liner yesterday from winning Bucs coach Dirk Koetter. [read more]

Misguided O-Line Criticism

November 3rd, 2017

“Thank you, bro.'”

Joe is numb after hearing it so much. You know, like people saying the Bucs need a pass rush. You think? [read more]

Jets Embarrass The Bucs

November 3rd, 2017

No, the Bucs did not play the Jets on Thursday Night Football. Still, Gang Green shamed the Pewter Pirates on national TV. [read more]

LAST DAY To Vote; Please Help!

November 3rd, 2017

Please help by voting!  Voting ends TODAY and Mr. Hamrick is in a very tight race. 

Charles Hamrick is a local Korean War Veteran who was a member of the Marines’ Elite Special Ops force. His wife Joann has been suffering for the past five years from a severe progressive neurological condition that leaves her requiring constant care. Mr. & Mrs Hamrick have been married 56 years and survive on a small pension and Social Security.

Charles and his son provide Joann’s care — at home — with extremely little outside assistance.

Sadly, their roof fell apart and they can’t afford to fix it. A neighbor paid to remove raccoons from the home recently, and to clean up water damage and provide a very temporary fix.

The good news is the Hamricks are a finalist for a donated roof courtesy of Roofing By Curry in Sarasota, as part of a program to help the needy. But to get the free roof, they need the most votes.

Click here to vote and to learn more about their story.*ONCE YOU VOTE YOU WILL GET AN EMAIL TO CONFIRM; YOU MUST CONFIRM YOUR VOTE BY CLICKING ON THE EMAIL CONFIRMATION.*

“I’m Sure Our Ownership Would Want Him Shut Down”

November 2nd, 2017

Dirk Koetter talks about Team Glazer and Jameis (photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.)

Formerly winning head coach Dirk Koetter weighed in this afternoon on a topic that was one of several debates during today’s Ira Kaufman Podcast. [read more]

“Follow Me” Follow Me!”

November 2nd, 2017

The Bucs may have an identity crisis, as articulated by their franchise quarterback this morning. But one Buccaneer seems to have a solution. [read more]

GPS & The Bucs, Beating New Orleans, Evaporated Excitement, & More

November 2nd, 2017

Episode 9 of The Free Stretch with Bobby Fenton is queued up here on the JoeBucsFan.com Podcast Network. And it’s there for you on iTunes and Google PlayListen or download above. Always a fun and thoughtful time.

PRESENTED BY

Bobby (@bobbygameday) has hosted The Free Stretch on a variety of platforms and Tampa Bay area radio stations over the years dating back to 2006, and has also done a national show on Sporting News Radio. Born and raised in Tampa, Bobby is a graduate of Jesuit High School (’98) and the University of Florida (’02) and has been a Bucs fan since attending the 1979 NFC Championship Game at Tampa Stadium in his mother’s womb. [read more]

“I Want Answers!”

November 2nd, 2017

A famous Buc fan is outraged.

The Shat Show the Bucs displayed Sunday, specifically horrid offense mailing it in, has so enraged fans that Joe hasn’t seen the pitchforks held aloft and smelled the burning torches like this since the near mob riot on a 2013 Thursday night game in the Den of Depression that was a virtual funeral procession for then-Bucs commander Greg Schiano. [read more]

Jameis Fingers An Identity Crisis

November 2nd, 2017

Head-scratching and damning commentary

At Abe’s Place on Sunday, you might find Joe struggling to lay off the bourbon (not the amazing wings) before the Bucs-Saints game.

Why? Joe absolutely cannot believe what America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, was saying at One Buc Palace today. [read more]

Hard To Believe

November 2nd, 2017

Difficult to imagine.

When the Bucs finished 9-7 last year, narrowly missing the playoffs, Bucs fans if not national pundits thought Tampa Bay was just a hair away from the postseason. [read more]