Left guard Ben Bredeson.

The Bucs paid an even higher price for today’s crushing loss to the slimy Saints. [read more]

A miserable Saints offense entered today’s game averaging 12.9 points over its last seven games.

Today, they hung 24 on the Bucs without any kind of miracle play or flukish drive — in Tampa. [read more]

Sloppy field. Sloppy Bucs.

Congratulations, Bucs, you just lost to a horrible team at home. Unreal. [read more]

Comment all game long below. Huuuge must-win game when it comes to all things decent in the Tampa football world.

Be nice! It’s easy.

Stick with Joe and Ira Kaufman all afternoon for plenty out of this contest at The Licht House.

Flash poll posted at 8:10 a.m.

Leading the NFC South in a December playoff hunt should be enough motivation for the Buccaneers defense to play inspired football today.

Facing a hated division rival should jack them up, too.

But wait, there’s more! [read more]

Put aside the spin and optimism, and the reality is Bucky Irving hasn’t had a strong rushing game this season.

He’s averaging 3.4 yards per carry (including 3.6 last week) on 88 attempts. That’s Peyton Barber territory. [read more]

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Pregame with “The Sage.”

Winning beats numbers.

Bucs rookie wide receiver Emeka Egbuka has cooled down of late. [read more]

Talks game-winning stop.

YaYa Diaby is starting to rise to the occasion. [read more]

Laugher today?

If the Bucs don’t make the playoffs, that’s on them. Because BSPN believes the road to the playoffs for the Bucs is paved with cupcakes. [read more]

Pop-gun offense.

Joe is beginning to wonder if Bucs offensive coordinator Josh Grizzard has grown scared his receivers cannot get open. [read more]

Game 13

Slimy Saints (2-10) at Bucs (7-5)

Kickoff: 1 p.m.

TV: CBS (WTSP-TV Channel 10, locally). Hollerin’ Kevin Harlan, Gracie Hunt’s future father-in-law Trent Green and visually-pleasing Melanie Collins. To find out if this Bucs game will be broadcast via your local CBS affiliate today, click here.

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Out?

Bucs All-Pro Tristan Wirfs has battled an oblique injury this week and was listed as questionable for tomorrow’s game with the slimy Saints. [read more]

There’s a simple reason why the Bucs should/will beat the two-win slimy Saints tomorrow at The Licht House. [read more]

Calijah Kancey

The Buccaneers’ senior advisor to the general manager was chatting publicly this week. [read more]

Buccaneers GM Jason Licht.

So the chieftain over at GoLongTD.com (as in write real long NFL features) made his way to Tampa about a month ago and popped a Baker Mayfield feature yesterday. [read more]