Packers (10-4) at Bucs (2-12)

Kickoff: 1 p.m. [read more]

The only thing right about the offense of the Bucs is the wide receivers. Mike Evans very well may be rookie of the year and Vincent Jackson is quietly having a Pro Bowl-like season.

The outlook today appears grim with hotshot Hollywood starlet-shagging Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers coming off a bad game. Rodgers is lethal after bad game, not that he has had many of them. [read more]

Joe gets the sense, though nothing has been confirmed, that Anthony Collins will never start at left tackle again for the Bucs. He may never play another snap.

Last week, Collins was, in NHL terms, a healthy scratch. He was benched for awful play, replaced by right tackle Demar Dotson. Collins seemed shocked. [read more]

Bucs fans will be leaving the Stadium on Dale Mabry highway early today if Josh McCown has one of his typical games.

Man, the Bucs could be down three scores at halftime. [read more]

One of many offensive struggles plaguing the Bucs is pass protection from running backs.

They’re just not very good. It’s made Joe appreciate veterans like Brian Leonard, D.J. Ware, Cadillac Williams and Earnest Graham in the backfield in recent years. [read more]

Demar Dotson discusses his move to left tackle in great detail

Last week, after the loss to the Stinking Panthers, Bucs left tackle Demar Dotson told reporters he was flipped from his normal right tackle position on orders from “upstairs.”

To Joe, upstairs is a loaded word in NFL jargon. [read more]

Josh McCown should have plenty of chances against a pretty soft Packers defense

Joe will feel like dead man walking driving to the Stadium on Dale Mabry Highway tomorrow.

Can the Bucs really beat the high-flying Packers?. Jiminy Christmas! They average more than 30 points a game. [read more]

Crab-legs-stealing, BB-gun-shooting, obscenity-hollering, Heisman-Trophy-winning, national champion James Winston, the pride of Florida State University, continues to look like a much better quarterback prospect than Mike Glennon and Josh McCown.

It’s Joe’s daily nugget on the Jameis Watch, celebrating the best quarterback to wear No. 5 ever in the state of Florida. [read more]

A possible Bucs target?

Not everyone knows about the Packers’ other stud receiver, Randall Cobb, who should be a handful for the Bucs on Sunday.

The 24-year-old speedster has 76 catches for 1,076 yards and 10 touchdowns. He’ll be a free agent in a matter of weeks and reports out of Green Bay say contract talks have stalled.

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You asked for it, you got it. It’s the TV map for tomorrow’s game between the Packers and the Bucs, live from Green Bay South the Den of Depression in Tampa.

If you live in pockets of the Midwest, Wisconsin or Florida, you have a decent chance of viewing the Bucs live on your local over-the-air FOX affiliate.

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When Doug Martin slashed through the Raiders defense in 2012, it marked the last time the team had consecutive 150-yard rushing days.

At least in the past three seasons, no matter how deep the stable of Bucs running backs is, no matter who has been coach or offensive coordinator, the rushing game has revolved around one man.

That man’s name is Doug Martin. [read more]

Ahh, you gotta love the modern media landscape.

On Thursday, Bucs beat writer Woody Cummings, of The Tampa Tribune, floated on Twitter that the Bucs trading down their premium, first-round, 2015 NFL Draft pick to the Eagles could be a sound move. [read more]

Per the Vancouver Sun, former Bucs OC Jeff Tedford said he’s been “good to go for a couple of months.”

So former Bucs offensive coordinator Jeff Tedford, before the NFL season is over, before Christmas 2014, already has a new job. As many know, he is now the head coach of the BC Lions of the CFL.

Tedford suffered a heart issue in preseason and he was all but AWOL ever since. [read more]

Crab-legs-stealing, BB-gun-shooting, obscenity-hollering, Heisman-Trophy-winning, national champion James Winston, the pride of Florida State University, continues to look like a much better quarterback prospect than Mike Glennon and Josh McCown.

It’s Joe’s daily nugget on the Jameis Watch, celebrating the best quarterback to wear No. 5 ever in the state of Florida. [read more]

The sting of 30-58

Lovie Smith absorbs backlash from seemingly endless Buccaneers losing.

That’s not really fair.

No, Lovie wasn’t responsible for the December collapse of 2008. [read more]

It’s time for Joe’s weekly podcast, as Joe sits down with smooth-toned Ronnie Lane, of WDAE-AM 620 and the Buccaneers.

The Packers were a hot topic. [read more]

Individually, Buccaneers have loads to play for Sunday — job security, pride and the suffering home fans.

One unit that has plenty of guys still proving themselves and angling for the blessing of the regime is the running backs. [read more]

Defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier hasn’t had much luck slowing down Aaron Rodgers

In a pathetic season in which the Bucs, if you believe the numbers crunchers, are historically bad, the season was even worse to due to little drama.

There were few reasons for a Bucs fan to remain engaged. Many were checked out by Halloween, many, maybe, for good. In a sadistic way, that changed thanks to the Chase for Jameis. [read more]

Yes, turnovers can kill a team. They can also help a team, if the team doesn’t need help scoring.

The last two Bucs coaches, commander Greg Schiano and current leader Lovie Smith, preached the Gospel of tunnovers. Lovie, in particular, seems obsessed with them. [read more]

Clinton McDonald

It’s Bradley McDougald time in the Bucs’ secondary. What a big test against the Packers for Tampa Bay’s emerging safety.

The young man plucked from the Chiefs’ practice squad last year will get the start again Sunday — and all kinds of playing time. [read more]