October 13th, 2014

Last year, Mike Sullivan couldn’t figure out adjustments. This year, Marcus Arroyo and company aren’t sufficiently prepared.
Last year, the Bucs delivered fans and Team Glazer a deeply troubling impotence score of 83 in the second halves of games. Yes, that’s how many points the Bucs scored all season in the second half, an average of 5.2 points over the final 30 minutes of games.
So for those of you yearning for Greg Schiano this morning, please seek medical attention immediately. [read more]
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October 13th, 2014
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October 13th, 2014
The Buccaneers’ offensive line got thoroughly manhandled yesterday. The run blocking is shameful and pride-free, and has been for weeks. There is no attitude.
Perhaps the Bucs need to make the desperate move. [read more]
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October 13th, 2014

Yesterday afternoon, Joe really was taken back by Tampa Bay general manager Jason Licht’s analysis of Mike Glennon. [read more]
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October 13th, 2014

A long look at the Bucs yesterday, today, and what to expect tomorrow and beyond.
So we begin the week wondering if yesterday was some sort of drunken nightmare. Alas, it was not. Lovie Smith’s defense set an NFL record for biggest halftime deficit — 38-0.
Make no mistake, this is Lovie’s defense. It is not Father Dungy’s, it is not Monte Kiffin’s, it is not Rod Marinelli’s defense. It is Lovie’s defense. The Tampa Spittoon. [read more]
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October 13th, 2014

If the Bucs under Lovie Smith drop another No. 2 this season like they did yesterday, and like they did in Atlanta, one doesn’t need to stretch the imagination to believe Lovie will need serious explanations for Team Glazer. [read more]
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October 13th, 2014

Joe doesn’t give a damn if a team is learning a new defense or not. There may be a dozen teams a year that learn a new defense and they don’t get seal-clubbed twice in a month the way the Bucs have been gutted.
If folks in the past bellyached about Raheem Morris’ bad teams; if people screeched and howled about Greg Schiano’s rough start last year, it’s time to put Lovie Smith on the griddle, too. [read more]
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October 12th, 2014
No. 55 bleeds pewter and red, and he’s more connected to the Buccaneers’ organization this year than he’s been in any season since he was rudely cut in 2009.
Last week, Derrick Brooks was proud to explain why he thought the Bucs’ defense was nearing success. This afternoon, he was rendered speechless. [read more]
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October 12th, 2014

Mike Evans weighs in. (Photo courtesy of Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
Joe’s press box perch revealed all kinds of man-to-man battles on the field for Vincent Jackson, Mike Evans and Austin Seferian-Jenkins to win.
But the Bucs weren’t going after them aggressively early in the game. [read more]
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October 12th, 2014

Lack of pass coverage, like on this catch by Crows WR Steve Smith, was a big reason for the beatdown this afternoon.
A guy walking around with a white cane could see what the problem was today. The back-seven of the Bucs’ defense couldn’t cover themselves with a blanket they were so terrible in pass coverage.
No, the defensive front didn’t pressure Crows quarterback Joe Flacco. That was mainly because Crows coach John Harbaugh employed a three-step drop for his signal-caller, often having him float to the right, to avoid Michael Johnson and Gerald McCoy. [read more]
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October 12th, 2014

Michael Johnson weighs in
Joe hates driving fans another step closer to an insane asylum visit, but the truth must be told.
As bad as the Bucs’ pass rush was last season, it’s worse this season. [read more]
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October 12th, 2014

Not only were the Bucs not ready for Joe Flacco’s three-step drops, they couldn’t adjust.
Joe spoke with several Bucs defensive linemen today about the baseball bat-to-the-nuts loss to the Crows, where the Bucs were outsmarted, out-hustled, and curb-stomped in the first half en-route to a 48-17 loss.
In short, the Bucs were not ready for Crows quarterback Joe Flacco’s three-step drops and had no answers for it. [read more]
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October 12th, 2014

Photo courtesy of Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Lovie Smith has found a silver lining, and it surrounds No. 8 and the Bucs’ offense. [read more]
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October 12th, 2014

Worry about your own team Lovie, instead of the damned weather to do your job for you.
Like Greg Schiano before him, and like Raheem Morris before Schiano, Lovie Smith talked all offseason about how he wanted to use the homefield heat in Florida as an advantage.
What a bunch of bunk that is. [read more]
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October 12th, 2014

Baltimore coach John Harbaugh completely and totally outcoached Lovie Smith
Joe has always believed — the genesis of this philosophy coming from Joe’s old high school coach who played for Tom Landry and John Madden — that a good coach always adjusts his offense/defense to best fit the talents of his players.
We all witnessed an example of this from Crows coach John Harbaugh today. [read more]
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October 12th, 2014
Joe’s going to blow a freaking gasket if he hears one more reference to this Bucs team under Lovie Smith being like the Buccaneers of 1996 under Father Dungy.
It’s an insult at this point, in addition to being a stupid take. [read more]
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October 12th, 2014

“Welcome to the club, Lovie!”
You want to know just how bad Lovie Smith’s defense is?
Consider the following: The Bucs worst four-game stretch defensively, per Greg Auman of the Tampa Bay Times, was the final four games of the 2011 season when Tampa Bay coughed up 165 points. [read more]
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October 12th, 2014

This one’s on you, Lovie Smith.
You emphatically told media last week that your current Buccaneers are a better team than the last time they were in town for a home game back in September.
You were so wrong. [read more]
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October 12th, 2014
OK friends, enemies, loyal readers and fellow Bucs fans, here Joe is at the Stadium on Dale Mabry Highway as the Bucs host their first 1 p.m. game of the season, today being the Baltimore Crows.
Joe noticed on Twitter yesterday the Crows were already whining about the heat. And it isn’t that hot! [read more]
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October 12th, 2014
It sure looks like cornerback Crezdon Butler will start for the Buccaneers.
Who? (Feel free to click here.) Butler would be in line for his first NFL start. [read more]
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October 12th, 2014
That alleged built-in home field advantage held by the Buccaneers hasn’t showed up in a long time.
But Gerald McCoy is convinced it will matter today. [read more]
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