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Bucs fans might want to chill their enthusiasm for the Sunday return of rookie running back Charles Sims.
Sims officially started practicing last week and he’s expected to return the Bucs’ 53-man roster in a matter of hours off the injured reserve/designated for return list. But the latest update from Sims isn’t all sunshine. [read more]
What Buccaneers do you view as intense, fight-to-the-death competitors on nearly every snap?
Does this team look like it plays hard? Harder than most NFL teams? [read more]
A former Bears personnel man suggests Lovie Smith has issues coaching safeties
Joe still is of the mind that the Bucs defense played well Sunday. No, that game-tying, Vikings drive ending the fourth quarter stunk, but when you hold a team to 13 points in regulation, you should win.
The defense was solid despite the terrible play of former safety Mark Barron, who played so badly Bucs coach and overlord of football operations Lovie Smith gave general manager Jason Licht the green light to shop him. [read more]
It’s not all doom and gloom with your beloved Buccaneers.
Tampa Bay rookie kicker Patrick Murray can ball. The kid’s got a leg. He’s 3-for-3 this season from 50+ yards. [read more]
Anthony Collins will do something he’s never done before on Sunday
Bucs fans have high standards at left tackle.
They got used to a monstrous ironman at the position, a big man who didn’t miss a start from 2007 through 2013, a guy who was once voted by his peers as a “Top-100” player in the NFL, a guy who is having a strong bounce-back season in Oakland. [read more]
Go ahead. Raise your hand if you thought this Bucs this season would be at rock bottom through seven games? Worse than with Raheem Morris. Worse than with Greg Schiano, maybe worse than Richard Williamson?
Joe sure didn’t, and Joe doubts anybody saw this coming. [read more]
Yeah, it is too easy to pile on former Bucs safety Mark Barron. Now it’s Jeff Fisher’s problem to teach him how to cover NFL receivers.
Barron, for reasons unknown, regressed each year he was in the NFL. Joe swears Barron wasn’t this bad as a rookie. Even as a rookie, Barron was damned good on rush defense and tackling and on an occasional blitz. [read more]
Joe loves today’s Tampa Bay trades of Jonathan Casillas and Mark Barron. Beautiful work, Jason Licht!
However, these deals surely seem to run counter to the message sent by Lovie Smith. [read more]
Of course it was intense and a little wild this evening on the “JoeBucsFan Hour” with the dean of Tampa Bay sports radio, Steve Duemig of WDAE-AM 620.
Joe was firing away on all kinds of subjects.
Once a upon a time, the Bucs hired a new general manager who had a disappointing No. 4 overall draft pick from two years earlier on his hands.
After letting the new coaching staff get a good sniff of the guy, that GM shipped the disappointing player to the Bears and Lovie Smith for a second-round draft pick. [read more]
Get outta here! [read more]
Joe knows he’s going to get slapped around for this, but what the hell. Here goes:
The Bucs defense played solid ball Sunday. Yes, the Vikings’ final, tying drive in the fourth quarter was a kick in the nuts. Still, Joe was impressed with what the defense did as a whole. [read more]
Pre-loss film of Minnesota revealed clear opportunity for the Bucs offense against the Vikings. And the Bucs attacked the Vikings’ weaknesses but failed miserably.
Xs and Os guru Dave Moore, the former Bucs and Bills tight end, dove into the failures in detail. [read more]
With Tampa Bay having the worst record in the NFC, and the NFL’s 32nd-ranked defense (yards allowed and points allowed) Joe’s already devoting attention to the NFL Draft.
And that brings Joe to the man who now seems to be the coveted quarterback prize as the Bucs try to build a Super Bowl contender. [read more]
Tomorrow, Joe will compare results here to the same poll a few weeks ago
A call for change
The Bucs are so miserable on their offensive line right now that an immobile quarterback like Mike Glennon is the not wise choice at QB, says one prominent former Buccaneer. [read more]
WDAE-AM 620 personality Tom Krasniqi (“TKras”) wondered what weapon was used by Anthony Collins while thieving Team Glazer of his salary.
Joe guesses he might be one of these guys who likes to slash his wrists. Why else would he watch a replay of that abomination of a football game between the Vikings and Bucs again?
But there Joe was, like a moth to a porch light, watching the replay on NFL Network. [read more]
Bucs returner Trindon Holliday
Yes, the Bucs cut Mike Kafka yesterday and sliced Eric Page from their practice squad. Is the Page move an indicator of Tampa Bay’s new faith in returner Trindon Holliday, who was not special in his Bucs debut Sunday? [read more]
He’s back!
The way the Bucs have been playing, maybe as awful as Joe can remember, Joe has been having flashbacks to the notorious Sabby the Goat, the former Bucs safety who made Mark Barron look like Ronnie Lott.
If there was a bad angle to take, Sabby knew it. If there was a way to make a bad tackle attempt, Sabby knew it. If there was a way to make a penalty, Sabby knew it. Often, all in one play. [read more]
Bucs D-line coach Joe Cullen weighs in. Is Michael Johnson in danger?
So who was that guy not named “Johnson” getting pressure off the right edge Sunday?
It was not overlooked by coaches that little known defensive end Jacqueis Smith had a significant impact. [read more]
Sunday was painful. Joe honestly cannot remember at any time he went to an NFL game and wished he wasn’t there. Except last year when Joe got roped by friends to go to a Jags-Lambs game. Sober no less! Joe even had to drive.
One point in the first half Sunday was like watching a couple of old ladies hitting themselves with handbags in an argument over stitching or some such thing. [read more]
Yes, the rumors were out there; teams have contacted the Bucs to see if wide receiver Vincent Jackson is available. There are also reports running back Doug Martin might be trade bait, which makes Joe laugh out loud.
Just what general manager is going to pick up Martin’s contract when the same GM could sign a guy off the street for considerably less cash and get the same production. Joe would be shocked if Martin got traded. [read more]
