October 18th, 2026

David Walker (51) and YaYa Diaby.
Joe doesn’t play along with the bizarre notion that the Bucs have a good pass rush.
And the fact that Tampa Bay’s best rusher, David Walker, literally plays less defense per game than ousted edge rusher bust Chris Braswell is almost insulting. [read more]
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October 18th, 2026

Knows he has to ball out.
The Bucs, if everything stays consistent through the end of the season, will have one helluva pair of corners. [read more]
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October 18th, 2026

Growing into a top CB.
When the Bucs last played and beat Dallas, Bucs corner Jacob Parrish finished the game as the league leader in passes defensed. [read more]
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October 18th, 2026

Receiver Tez Johnson.
Joe is still chortling about how Tez Johnson has proven to be a really nice guy off the bench. [read more]
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October 18th, 2026

Blocking for Bucky.
The Sage of Tampa Bay sports, Ira Kaufman, always likes to say the Bucs offense is driven by Bucky Irving. [read more]
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October 18th, 2026

Game 6
Steelers at Bucs
Kickoff: 1 p.m.
TV: CBS (WTSP-TV Channel 10, locally) with Andrew Catalon, Logan Ryan and AJ Ross.
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October 17th, 2026

Graham Barton
It’s always fun to rearview mirror a Buccaneers draft pick.
And it’s hard not to do that today with Steelers center Zach Frazier coming to town for tomorrow’s showdown against the Bucs. [read more]
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October 17th, 2026
The Buccaneers (1-4) average exactly 20 points per game. Sad!
The Steelers (3-2) have averaged 29.3 points over their last three games. [read more]
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October 17th, 2026

Catch up on the Thursday and Friday episodes. Pregame with The Sage.
The wisdom and fun of Ira and Joe is presented by Bill Currie Ford. Listen at JoeBucsFan.com or at Apple Podcasts or Podbean.com. Many other platforms, too, including iHeartRadio.
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October 17th, 2026

Ex-Bucs Ali Marpet (left) and Beau Allen watched the Bucs-Packers game together.
How good were the Buccaneers on Thursday in Dallas, and why? [read more]
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October 17th, 2026

Weird defense.
This is really just weird to Joe. [read more]
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October 17th, 2026

Target: Charlotte.
Baker Mayfield just ran out of time. But that doesn’t mean the Bucs’ starting quarterback is taking his foot off the pedal. [read more]
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October 17th, 2026

Free football.
Why have the football gods blessed Bucs fans tomorrow?
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October 17th, 2026

Playoff Lenny is open to keeping Baker Mayfield on the bench.
Here. We. Go! [read more]
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October 17th, 2026

Drama queen Steelers QB Aaron Rodgers.
Joe has already typed about how drama queen Aaron Rodgers has found his NFL kryptonite. And it resides along Dale Mabry Highway. [read more]
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October 16th, 2026

Will this hurt attendance Sunday at The Licht House? [read more]
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