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BY IRA KAUFMAN

Sometimes, you have to give the other guy some credit.

The 2024 Buc season ended with a thud Sunday, a game-winning FG that clanked off the right upright as time expired. Tampa Bay fans will undoubtedly dwell on what the home team didn’t do, but the reality is the Commanders played a confident, poised game in prevailing 23-20. [read more]

Joe hopes and prays and hopes some more that offensive coordinator Liam Coen returns next season. [read more]

Takes a bullet for offense.

It looked like the game had turned. [read more]

The Buccaneers’ gameplan in last night’s crushing playoff loss was not to pump the football into Mike Evans early and often.

Perhaps it should have been. [read more]

Mistakes piled up.

In a playoff game, in a one-score situation, the smallest of mistakes blow up into game-changing nut-kicks. [read more]

Heartfelt bro hugs in the locker room were common after the game.

There was a lot of hugging going on. [read more]

So the Bucs trailed 20-17 with 4:41 remaining at the Washington 14 yard line tonight. [read more]

Not good enough.

The defense wasn’t awful tonight. It wasn’t good but it wasn’t vintage Mike Smith, either. [read more]

No announcement about the 2025 season from legendary linebacker Lavonte David in the shell-shocked Buccaneers locker room tonight. [read more]

Bottled up.

For Joe, it was this simple: [read more]

 Todd Bowles

Why do opposing receivers often frolic through the Bucs defense like deer in corn fields? [read more]

Baker Mayfield made plays tonight but he’ll be thinking for the next 7 1/2 months about his botched fourth-quarter handoff to Jalen McMillan at the Bucs’ 15 yard line. [read more]

This season is over, courtesy of tonight’s groin-stomp loss at home to the Commanders.

And Joe believes these Bucs have a new identity: the first-half snooze. [read more]

Playoffs!!!

Comment all game long below. Be nice. It’s not hard.

And stick with Joe and Sage of Tampa Bay Sports Ira Kaufman into the wee hours for plenty after this historic game.

Go Bucs!

Mentality hiccup?

With the Bucs’ playoff game against the Commanders just hours away, cornerback Zyon McCollum offered a somewhat bizarre look into the psyche of the team. [read more]

Flash poll posted at 8:40 a.m. Poll closed at 10:21 a.m.

Shame on Father Dungy. [read more]

Former All-Pro safety Rodney Harrison may be the biggest Bucky Irving fan outside the Tampa Bay area. [read more]

Details growth of Bucs offense.

Joe has mentioned this on the “Ira Kaufman Podcast” and a couple of times on this here website. [read more]

Players aren’t joking.

Joe has heard a lot about how playoff games are more intense than regular season games. [read more]

Overlooked?

Few receivers not named “Ja’Marr Chase” ended the season hotter than Bucs rookie wideout Jalen McMillan. [read more]