“They Are A Mess Right Now”
October 6th, 2016
“Mad Dog” surprised with demise of Bucs.
No less an authority than the one and only Chris “Mad Dog” Russo summed up the Bucs perfectly Wednesday. [read more]

“Mad Dog” surprised with demise of Bucs.
No less an authority than the one and only Chris “Mad Dog” Russo summed up the Bucs perfectly Wednesday. [read more]

This just in: It is hot in Florida in the summer. Whether it is noon or 5 p.m., it’s hot. [read more]

Bested two of best QBs in one game.
Despite being second in the league in interceptions, there are, believe it or not, bright spots to the game of America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston. [read more]

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BY IRA KAUFMAN
Somebody has to step up for the Bucs under the bright lights of Monday Night Football, and I have the perfect guy in mind. [read more]

Man, there sure has been radical overreaction to the early-2016 struggles of America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston.
There’s even been hot debates at JoeBucsFan.com world headquarters. [read more]

Punters the center of a sideline hassle Sunday night.
Punters are not people. They are the personification of failure, evil, and in some respects, the face of incompetence. [read more]

Not a fan favorite
Joe has made it clear in recent years Bucs fans just have to have a guy to hate. Each year it’s a different player, seemingly. [read more]

Ready?
Bucs fans paying attention (not you, Gerald McCoy haters) are exhaling this morning. [read more]

Status quo against a rookie QB pressed into action?
Mike Smith said he would be a master of disguise when he took his new defensive coordinator gig.
No, Smith wasn’t going to dress as Lovie Smith or Sabby The Goat and scare Bucs fans into thinking poruous defense was imminent. He was going to fluster quarterbacks with unpredictability. [read more]
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New DE?
General manager Jason Licht handed defensive ends Noah Spence, Robert Ayers, Jacquies Smith and sackless George Johnson over to Dirk Koetter back in training camp.
None were available midway at halftime Sunday. [read more]

Dirk Koetter talks about one of his top rookies
The Buccaneers’ safeties have come under fire for subpar play.
That assessment is fair. [read more]

Ugly numbers.
No, it has not been a good three weeks for America’s Quarterback, Pro Bowler Jameis Winston. [read more]

Bucs receiver has proved playing with emotion not always good.
Joe is not a BSPN guy as regular readers know.
For eight months a year, Joe never, ever watches that outfit, except for football games, some college basketball and an occasional “30 for 30” that, given the subject matter, is some of the best work on television broadcast anywhere. [read more]

Good chance to have weekends off in January.
Leave it to numberscrunchers to crunch numbers to come up with a playoff formula. And for the Bucs, let’s just say they have a slightly better chance of making the playoffs than Myron Lewis does of playing in another NFL game. [read more]

The NFL had a microphone on Aqib Talib on Sunday.
Arguably the dumbest play in Buccaneers history made quite an impression on one of the most moronic players in Buccaneers history: helmet-wielding, cabbie-slugging, Adderrall-popping, coach-cussing, referee-charging, pistol-friendly, granny-hassling Aqib Talib. [read more]

Dirk Koetter would find a lot of opposition among glory-days Bucs
Oh, boy.
Joe wishes Warren Sapp was around to weigh in on this one. [read more]

Still shows youth.
If very recent history is a barometer, and to use a statgeeky term “small sample size,” getting immediate impact from a young quarterback means you better draft a guy in the middle or late rounds. [read more]

Object of desire
With the Bucs’ running game, the “next man up” adage has turned into the head coach seeking updates from the trainer. [read more]