Charles Sims Starting To Show Up?
October 6th, 2015
Bucs RB Charles Sims pulled off a rare feat Sunday. (Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com)
We saw something rare at the Den of Depression last Sunday. No, it wasn’t a quarterback responsible for five turnovers. It was a running back catching a touchdown pass.
In consecutive games. [read more]
Lovie Says DE Is Gholston’s Job Now
October 6th, 2015
Lovie Smith details Will Gholston’s new status. (Photo courtesy of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
Damn that former Bucs rockstar general manager Mark Dominik.
His late fourth-round pick of 2013, Will Gholston is now the apple of Lovie Smith’s eye, so Lovie explained last night. [read more]
Trouble At Home Award
October 6th, 2015
Sympathize?
The Lovie Smith apologists have hit national sports outlets.
Someone on the take at FoxSports.com apparently has been charmed by one of Lovie Smith’s inner circle. [read more]
Lovie Pointing A Finger At Koetter?
October 6th, 2015
Who is Lovie referring to?
Yes, many Bucs fans and, of course, the blowhard haters (who are dancing with glee) are busting the chops of America’s Quarterback, Bucs signal-caller Jameis Winston, for throwing away the game Sunday against the Stinking Panthers with his four picks. [read more]
Bucs Cut Wide Receiver Adam Humphries
October 5th, 2015
Tough break for arguably the top story of the Buccaneers’ preseason. [read more]
Lovie Says Bucs (Again) Are “On The Verge”
October 5th, 2015
You heard this song before, it was December 15, 2014. Lovie Smith had proclaimed “true football fans can see we’re on the verge.”
Lovie was back singing a passionate sequel at One Buc Palace moments ago. [read more]
Ex-Bucs Getting Irked, Too
October 5th, 2015
A former Bucs player was not laughing about left tackle Donovan Smith’s jovial Twittering last night.
Bucs fans are in a deep state of depression today, on top of the normal Monday blues. It’s ugly out there.
Yet another season appears to be down the tubes, another January spent trying to remember what winning a playoff game feels like. [read more]
What’s Happened To Mike Evans?
October 5th, 2015
Former Bucs tight end Dave Moore and Joe weigh in
The last standout game played by Mike Evans was November 16, 2014.
That’s nine games of being an average receiver. It’s caused a small divide at JoeBucsFan.com world headquarters. [read more]
Same Mystery, Different Year
October 5th, 2015
“Right before the half, I didn’t want to put more points on the board. I didn’t feel like we could. Only thing that could happen was something bad then.” — Lovie Smith, following the second home game of the 2014 season.
That’s right. Last year’s words foretelling yesterday’s disbelief. [read more]
Bucs “On The Brink”
October 5th, 2015
Joe can hear the words ringing in his head.
“Playoffs? Playoffs! Playoffs?!
Those were the famous words uttered by former Colts coach Jim Mora in a postgame press conference when asked about his team’s playoff chances. [read more]
Kyle Brindza, Gone
October 5th, 2015
Former Bucs kicker.
Who didn’t see this coming down Central Ave?
The Bucs waved goodbye to a rookie kicker with worse aim than Mr. Magoo, Kyle Brindza.
Magoo was horrible. He was 2-for-7 in his last two games, including two extra-points missed! A high school kicker would be benched for that tripe.
Yet despite this, he has two of the five-longest Bucs field goals in franchise history.
Burned And Exposed
October 5th, 2015
A Lovie Smith wish came true yesterday
Lovie Smith finally got one thing he long yearned for yesterday.
It came in the form of 30-year-old journeyman cornerback Mike Jenkins making his first Buccaneers start. [read more]
2015 Blame Game Shouldn’t Include Team Glazer
October 5th, 2015
The blame game is one of the easiest and most creative exercises on earth.
You almost can’t lose. There’s always an angle to hang blame. Heck, last week, an ex-Buccaneer blamed the disease known as Kyle Brindza on former Bucs rockstar general manager Mark Dominik. [read more]
George Johnson Channels Da’Quan Bowers
October 5th, 2015
Bucs DE George Johnson thinks he may have a stamina issue.
It unnerved Joe when he heard defensive-coordinator-in-name-only Leslie Frazier say a reason the Bucs have not gotten much out of defensive end sackless George Johnson was because he is not used to taking so many snaps.
WHAT? [read more]
Local Columnists Hammer Lovie
October 5th, 2015
Joe knows one human who reads a printed newspaper regularly. That’s about it.
But Joe’s heard that these newspaper sports columnists wield influence over the elite class. [read more]
Going Turtle Explained
October 5th, 2015
Mike Evans explains why the Bucs didn’t try for a touchdown late in the first half.
Late in the first half, America’s Quarterback, Bucs signal-caller Jameis Winston, marched the Bucs down the field into the Panthers’ red zone.
The clock was ticking. Surely, with a No. 1 overall draft pick and a pair of twin towers at wide receiver, the Bucs would start taking shots in the end zone to tie the game at 17-17. [read more]
Yesterday, Today And Tomorrow
October 5th, 2015
So the Bucs have reached the quarter pole of 2015, a good gauge to see how the team is doing.
In short, pathetic.
In fact, under Bucs coach Lovie Smith, the Bucs are in one of their worst periods in franchise history. This is not empty rhetoric. The numbers speak for themselves. [read more]
Barth Trolls Brindza
October 5th, 2015
Takes jabs on Twitter.
Ah, the age of social media. Only the dinosaurs, for reasons unknown, do not like social media as a whole.
Both the blessing and the curse of Twitter is that it is unfiltered. Raw emotion and candor are normally the tone of the day. [read more]
