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“We thought it would be unfair to ask the fans to be patient with us,” Jason Licht, March 2014
“We just decided that we couldn’t ask our fans to be patient anymore,” Lovie Smith, July 2014
As a passionate Bucs fan, Joe is really struggling this morning. This Saints loss was especially painful. Joe is no masochist.
The toll of the Bucs winning just 12 of their last 47 games is weighing heavy. [read more]
A long look at the Bucs yesterday, today, and what to expect tomorrow and beyond.
NEW ORLEANS — Joe nearly had acid reflux last night, and no, he didn’t go to a Cajun joint for dinner, and he only had one beer, though it was a big beer.
For a team with an alleged defensive wizard head coach, who made his bones on defense and who makes no bones about the fact his team will be strong and physical and tough defensively, the Bucs coughing up 202 yards in the fourth quarter and one drive of overtime is beyond the pale. [read more]
Logan Mankins weighs in
Yesterday, flags flew in the Bucs-Saints game like seagulls when someone walks the beach with an overflowing bag of French Fries.
Just in the Drive from Hell, the drive that went in reverse, like a senior citizen punches the wrong pedal on his car (you know the kind, when a garage door is blown through, or new window is created in a donut shop), there were three penalties in six plays. That turned the game around and doomed the Bucs in the fourth quarter. [read more]
Right tackle Demar Dotson had strong words for his offensive teammates
Alterraun Verner was not the only man in the Bucs locker room who issued blame for the frustrating loss in New Orleans. Bucs right tackle Demar Dotson was honest and up front when he stated the Bucs’ offense, which shined for three quarters, didn’t get the job done when the team needed it most.
Dotson made no excuses and pulled no punches. [read more]
Lovie Smith seems to like his new quarterback. [read more]
One of the ugliest drives in recent Bucs history ended in a safety and seemed to be a turning point in today’s loss.
It will go down as one of the most painful, ugliest drives Joe can remember. It tops the leaky, sleepy Josh Freeman meltdown in New York last year.
At a time when one Bucs score could have sealed the game, the gruesome series gave up points at a terrible time. [read more]
There wasn’t just pain in the Buccaneers’ locker room. There was a little anger and frustration, too. [read more]
Trust Joe, in the past few years Joe has seen some bad losses. And don’t think the Bucs take those lightly. They wear on players because those are these guys paying with sweat and blood.
The scene in the Bucs’ locker room today was maybe the lowest Joe has ever experienced. The players knew — just knew — they had the game won if they only played average football. Yet in the final minutes, the team imploded on both sides of the ball. [read more]
How does that expression go? The more things change the more they stay the same.
Back in 2012, the Tampa Bay pass defense literally was inches from having the worst-ever NFL pass defense. The Adderall Twins got things rolling, and guys like E.J. Biggers, Leonard Johnson, Danny Gorrer, LeQuan Lewis, and safeties Mark Barron and Ronde Barber, kept the train moving in the wrong direction. [read more]
Was Mike Glennon good enough to win today?
No.
Is he still the worst starter in the NFC South?
Yes.
But Glennon did enough on the road to encourage Joe and look like a legitimate NFL starter for the second week in a row. [read more]
Greg Schiano blubbered about how the Bucs were the “laughingstock” of the NFL with all their discipline issues on and off the field under Raheem Morris.
But Schiano’s team was terribly undisciplined between the white lines last year, and Schiano had no answer.
In comes Lovie Smith, and the Bucs look like a toddler eating an ice cream cone in July. [read more]
The Bucs shot themselves in the foot with penalties and drops early, and they did the same thing late.
In between it was pretty good, but that’s meaningless for your cellar-dweller Buccaneers.
The Bucs are 1-4 with three division losses. Liquor stores will be busy tonight across the Tampa Bay area. [read more]
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So here we go. Bucs at Saints at the (loud) Superdome. Just the intercom in the press box is blowing Joe’s ears out.
The Saints are struggling. The Bucs have their issues. This is a big game for the Bucs. A win would both be a statement game for Lovie Smith, and keep the Bucs in contention for the division crown, an improbable thought just two weeks ago. That’s how awful the NFC has performed played.
Bang it here with your Bucs comments through the game. This the place to be! In the neighborhood of 1,000 comments are expected. As always, you may e-mail links of game feeds among yourselves but posting a URL of an illegal feed can and will get you banned. Thanks, and go Bucs!
It’ll be the Dane Fletcher Show again at middle linebacker for your beloved Buccaneers in New Orleans today.
Joe’s got the full list from the SuperDome. [read more]
Who will want it more in the trenches today?
There’s no greater insult to a football team than to call it “soft.”
That’s a real kick to the manhood. [read more]
Gerald McCoy took on answering arguably the biggest question facing the Buccaneers’ defense all season.
There is no more room for failure, says No. 93. [read more]
After landing on the inactive list last week (coach’s decision), second-year running back Mike James will wear a helmet today in New Orleans. [read more]
The Bucs may face their most important game this season tomorrow. A win against the Saints may not look impressive, but it would be very impressive given the recent history of the two clubs.
A win would validate the program Lovie Smith is building in Tampa Bay. A win means Bucs fans may have to put a hold on their January vacation plans. A loss would do just the opposite. [read more]
Wow, what an afternoon that was, wasn’t it? First time so many top-10 teams went down since 1990.
Damn, Joe loves college football! So can the craziness continue? Auburn hosts LSU and Michigan State faces off against sleeper Nebraska with the best running back in college. Bang it here for your thoughts, and how the polls should play out and what realtor Will Muschamp may use.
