Todd Bowles: “We’re A Smarter Team”
October 8th, 2025
Joe can’t argue with this. [read more]
Joe can’t argue with this. [read more]

Across the NFL landscape, Baker Mayfield has become a drug (or a plate of Hooters tater tots) that fans and media simply cannot get enough of. People love hearing what Mayfield is all about. [read more]

Sterling Shepard speaks out.
There’s a very dangerous calm at One Buc Palace. [read more]

May not need to hold breath.
Here are some feel-good numbers for Bucs fans as they tackle a hump day. [read more]

Baker Mayfield shares a moment with Bucs killer Cooper Kupp, his former Rams teammate, after Sunday’s Bucs win.
Holy flurkingschmidt! Do the Bucs have an all-time quarterback on their hands? [read more]

Best yet to come?
Do not call prickly Pete Prisco a bandwagon man. [read more]

Baker Mayfield scans the field for an open receiver Sunday in Seattle.
This looked pretty close to a Liam Coen attack. [read more]

Welcome to your Morning Cup of Joe, an eye-opener to help Joe’s readers ease into their busy workday with a few football links, wacky news and a pleasant distraction. [read more]

Bucs LT Tristan Wirfs was all smiles both before and after the win over Seattle.
Man, there were a lot of good plays on Sunday when the Bucs went into the Seahawks’ nest and pulled out a 38-35 win. [read more]
Joe suggested Sunday evening that the Bucs might want to put Logan Hall’s helmet in the Buccaneers Ring of Honor.
After listening to Lavonte David today, Joe thinks it’s an even better idea. [read more]

Bucs rookie sensation Emeka Egbuka.
Through months of the offseason, hardcore NFL fans listen to former scouts and draft gurus talk about prospects.
But what about once they get on the field? [read more]

Missed sacks are one part worthless, two parts frustrating and, apparently, unfixable. [read more]
This only interests Joe because it’s a compilation of opinions from 80 BSPN writers, editors and TV personalities. [read more]
So who predicted the Bucs would have a top-10 offense following starting offensive linemen missing a combined nine games, Mike Evans missing two, Chris Godwin missing three and Bucky Irving missing one after he struggled in the run game? [read more]

So every week Ira Kaufman, the Sage of Tampa Bay Sports, makes his Bucs-game picks inside the Ira Kaufman Podcast. [read more]

Rachaad White blows through a hole at Seattle.
Yeah, Joe can understand how so many are focused on Emeka Egbuka or Baker Mayfield or Lavonte David or Antoine Winfield’s play against the Seahawks on Sunday. [read more]

Emeka Egbuka reaches back for a TD catch Sunday.
We all get ready for each NFL season expecting one thing or another. But still, most of us will wait maybe two months before jumping to conclusions and swallowing the latest fad in a game. [read more]

All aboard!
Earlier this summer, the seductive Kay Adams of FanDuel TV was clearly driving the Bucs bandwagon. [read more]

Brings fun to football.
The last time there was a TV series (not sports) where Joe had to be home at a certain time on a certain night and parked on his leather couch five minutes before the show started was when FOX aired “24.” [read more]