So there’s an interesting voice who was Baker Mayfield’s offensive coordinator in Cleveland and a coaching colleague of Todd Bowles in Dallas under Bill Parcells. [read more]

Numbers keep rolling in.

When your name keeps popping up in the same paragraph as the great Jerry Rice, you know you’re doing something right. [read more]

“Baker, how bout I talk to you right here with your clothes on?”

So the NFL players’ union is barking loudly about immediately ending having media in locker rooms after or before midweek practices and conducting interviews there.

Player representatives say it’s an archaic practice considering players often are temporarily nude while changing clothes. [read more]

Leaving impressions.

Former Bucs offensive lineman and assistant offensive line coach A.Q. Shipley seems to be a real fan of Bucs right guard Cody Mauch. [read more]

More than 24 hours after the Bucs’ debacle in Atlanta, Joe isn’t  just depressed about the 36-30 Bucs loss. Joe is p!ssed off! [read more]

Todd Bowles hugs former Bucs great Gerald McCoy.

Six-time Pro Bowl Bucs defensive tackle Gerald McCoy has become quite an unofficial team ambassador in recent years.

The NFL Network personality/analyst is always waving his Bucs flag, but McCoy can still keep it real. [read more]

Joe and fellow Bucs fans sure could use a double shot of good news when it comes to the Tampa Bay defense. [read more]

“Can’t we make one play?”

With the exception of one player (Lavonte David), all the Bucs needed in the final minutes of regulation was for one player to make a play. [read more]

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About that Falcons drive with no timeouts to tie the game in regulation… [read more]

Pressures!

Until people start valuing sacks from an edge rush and try to quit equating pressures with sacks, only then will this Bucs defense be feared again. [read more]

Jamel Dean immediately popped off Falcons receiver Drake London after making this tackle.

So late in the fourth quarter last night when the Bucs defense tried to hold a three-point lead to keep the Falcons (who had used all their timeouts) out of field goal range, Tampa Bay was 1 second shy of completing the task. [read more]

Tactics.

If anyone wasn’t aware that K.J. Britt is not an every-down inside linebacker, last night’s game revealed that to America. [read more]

SirVocea Dennis down for some time.

Deflating forecast for Bucs inside linebacker SirVocea Dennis. And this coming from Bucs coach Todd Bowles. [read more]

So formerly invisible defensive tackle Logan Hall had two sacks last night, building on his first sack of the season on Sunday.

Is this real? [read more]

Overmatched.

Two things Joe had an epiphany about last night watching the Bucs choke away a critical NFC South win. [read more]

Rachaad White breaks free (finally!) Thursday against the Dixie Chicks.

Joe may not be the biggest fan of Rachaad White when he takes a handoff. But as a teammate, he seems to be a quality guy. [read more]

So the Joe typing here has no problem seeing a shining light coming from the turd the Bucs dropped on Atlanta’s home turf late in the loss last night. [read more]

Lavonte David shoves Atlanta RB Tyler Allgeier out of bounds.

If Joe were Bucs coach Todd Bowles, assuming Bowles didn’t order his offensive coordinator Liam Coen to go turtle in the fourth quarter, Joe would have trouble deciding what to be peeved at more, the defense or the offense. [read more]

This one will sting for Joe for quite some time. [read more]

Sad record.

Joe used to think Todd Bowles was a really good defensive coordinator. He’s not bad but after last night, Joe cannot rank him with the best in the game. [read more]