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Gerald McCoy led the Bucs in a pregame pump-up session last Sunday against the Bears. Video showed McCoy smiling and yelling and imploring his team to have fun.
“Fun” was the word McCoy used repeatedly. [read more]
Reached his frustration level.
Whoa! The losing culture of the Bucs’ locker room has finally gotten to Jameis. [read more]
How receivers look in Lovie Smith’s secondary
It was a typical deer-in-the-cornfield evening for the Bucs’ secondary.
The cover-nobody defense served up the usual. [read more]
Bucs set NFC milestone of futility.
Last week, it was pointed out by none other than the Custodian of Canton, eye-RAH! Kaufman of the Tampa Tribune, that the Bucs were on the cusp of NFL history with a loss to the Stinking Panthers. [read more]
The Buccaneers began the Lovie Smith regime with the No. 7 overall pick in the 2014 NFL Draft.
In a few short months, the Bucs will have the No. 9 overall pick in the 2016 NFL Draft. [read more]
Knock it off!
Gee, mouthy Stinking Panthers stud cornerback Josh Norman got into Mike Evans’ head today. And as a result, Evans got run out of the game. [read more]
Angry Jameis.
Joe isn’t sure who was listening to the Buccaneers Radio Network after the game but America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, made it perfectly clear to listeners: He is hot as a firecracker in July that the Bucs got curb-stomped today by the Stinking Panthers and wants the 2016 to start tomorrow. [read more]
Team Glazer opened its checkbook for big-name players and a big-name head coach. And right now, all they have to show for it is a hot mess of a ball club and grumbling fans, despite the fantastic glow of a franchise quarterback with a legitimate offense around him.
That may sound harsh, but that’s the cold reality when your team gets humiliated during the final four weeks of a season, as the Bucs were. [read more]
Bucs corners, like Toast Jenkins, are confused by the slant.
The horror began in Week 1. Over four months later and into a new year, the horror show continues. [read more]
Can’t extend for catches when needed.
Joe has officially turned the page on Austin Seferian-Jenkins, the high-talent, high-skills, high-maintenance tight end of the Bucs. [read more]
Cam Newton slithered away from what would have been George Johnson’s first sack of the season. The Bucs were clobbered in all phases. (Photo courtesy of Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
Lovie Smith called this game a “measuring stick” during a pregame interview.
Using that logic, the Bucs don’t measure up, and they limp into the offseason as a flaccid bunch, losers of four straight and in desperate need of Viagra in the form of defensive backs, pass rushers and receivers — and much improved coaching. [read more]
Will the Bucs lose four straight to end the season? Or will Tampa Bay rise up against the NFC’s best team and inject mass quantities of hope into the Bucs’ faithful?
Let’s go Bucs!
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We all know the lone logical reason to have Lovie Smith return for the 2016 season is his handling of America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, and his brilliant transition to the NFL. [read more]
(Photo courtesy of Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
For most of this season, the standout Bucs’ offensive line has featured two guys off the street and two rookies drafted in the second round. [read more]
What is Charles Sims’ future?
A great success story of this season is second-year man Charles Sims delivering absolute brilliance as a complementary running back to Doug Martin. [read more]
High praise from a numberscruncher.
We all know what Joe thinks of obscure stats and the Pro Football Focus crowd (this just in: many NFL suits and coaches, including Bill Belicheat, think much less of them). [read more]
In Indianapolis today, it’s all about No. 5, just like it was for your Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 2009 to early 2013. [read more]
Talkin’ playoff run (in 2016).
Bucs fans are unnerved.
America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, led the Bucs to a 6-6 record and in the thick of a playoff chase, the Bucs’ pass defense completely crumbled and Tampa Bay has lost three straight games to garbage teams. [read more]
