Strong game from Bucs rookie center.

Before the season, Joe typed more than twice that the real Bucs’ offensive line, with two new starters and a new position coach, would begin to show its true self at Thanksgiving. [read more]

Christian Izien’s play has made Todd Bowles smile too.

While Todd Bowles wouldn’t say yesterday in his day-after presser that Bucs safety Jordan Whitehead is done for the year with a pec injury, credible sources such as Jordan Schultz of FOX Sports have reported Whitehead’s season is done. [read more]

The 2024 numbers do not lie. [read more]

This is a headscratcher that makes Joe wonder why defensive back Mike Edwards wasn’t on the Bucs’ roster sooner than last week. [read more]

Podcast (todd-wright-fantasy-football-podcast): Play in new window | Download | Embed

Subscribe: RSS

Todd discusses starters in the four NFL games on Thanksgiving and Black Friday. The Todd Wright Fantasy Football Podcast is presented by Hooters!

Click above to listen or download, or at Apple Podcasts, Podbean and many more platforms!

Becoming a force.

There were a couple of times yesterday that Joe thought it was No. 99 flying through the line to crush Giants quarterback Tommy Cutlets. [read more]

Joe’s not here to cheer injuries, but damn, yesterday’s injury news for Bucs fans was about as mouth-watering as Dak Precott’s popped hamstring this month. [read more]

This might trigger some to be a little more thankful on Thanksgiving. [read more]

It’s not just a one-game-at-a-time, don’t-scoreboard-watch mentality at One Buc Palace. [read more]

So 11 games into Graham Barton’s rookie career — he’s played in 10 — the Bucs’ first-round draft pick is turning heads at One Buc Palace. [read more]

When should starters sit?

So yesterday when Baker Mayfield took a shot to the head and suffered a “stinger,” many Bucs fans were wondering why he was even in the game. [read more]

The numbers nerds at the New York Times, apparently taking a break from releasing election exit poll data that some think is accurate, has re-calculated the likelihood of every NFL team reaching the 2024 postseason. [read more]

A forgotten play yesterday broke the Giants’ back and sparked Tampa Bay’s 95-play drive to bury New York so deep it was never coming out. [read more]

“Yeah Bake, I know what a deep ball is.”

The Bucs went deep on Sunday in the New Jersey Swamplands. And look where it landed them. [read more]

Chris Simms explains.

Joe thinks a former Bucs quarterback used the perfect word to describe the current Bucs quarterback. [read more]

“If I had f’ing Baker when I was with the Bucs, I would have won two more rings. Instead, I got stuck with g@#damned Brian Griese. What a f’ing stiff! Jiminy Christmas!”

Forget about the implications of the Bucs’ win over the Giants for a moment. Let’s pretend it was just a Week 2 game. How fun was that? [read more]

Season over.

When Bucs safety Jordan Whitehead grabbed his chest after attempting a tackle yesterday and then ran straight off the field, Joe figured it was probably a pec injury or perhaps a separated shoulder. [read more]

“I said it. And I’ll say it again.”

So last week, Mike Evans’ playcaller said it wouldn’t be wise to throw him go routes, Evans’ head coach implied the Bucs had to be cautious with him and yesterday, the Bucs didn’t target Evans after the 3:54 mark of the third quarter. [read more]

Among league’s best.

One reason the Bucs drafted Bucky Irving from Oregon in the fourth round was his ability to make defenders swing and miss. [read more]

Baker Mayfield and Bucky Irving react to Irving’s 56-yard run in the fourth quarter yesterday. (Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.)

Welcome to Victory Monday! Been too long for Joe to type that. What a fun, cool game. Playoff hopes remain alive. Bucs fans, we have reasons to be thankful Thursday after watching that win. Fill your coffee mug up and let’s roll! [read more]