John Spytek Advances To Second Interview For Titans GM Gig

January 14th, 2025

Second interview set.

Bucs assistant general manager John Spytek took a leap in trying to land the Titans’ GM job, as he has now reached the second round of interviews in Nashville. [read more]

Was The Jet Sweep A Bad Call?

January 14th, 2025

Revisting critical fumble.

Joe sees a lot of howling comments from folks outraged that Liam Coen, the savvy Bucs offensive coordinator, called for a jet sweep late in the game deep in Bucs territory. Baker Mayfield botched the handoff to Jalen McMillan. [read more]

Ira Kaufman Reacts To The Bucs’ Loss, Explains Todd Bowles’ Return, And More

January 13th, 2025

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Todd Bowles: Injuries Doomed Antoine Winfield

January 13th, 2025

Imposter?

Last year Bucs safety Antoine Winfield was like the Tasmanian Devil in the Bucs’ secondary. He was everywhere. It’s why he was an All-Pro. [read more]

Tristan Wirfs: Self-Inflicted Mistakes Doomed The Bucs

January 13th, 2025

Not dodging.

Today at One Buc Palace, Joe saw dudes carry out their belongings in trash bags. Rachaad White, for example had so much stuff he needed a wagon-like cart to haul his stuff. [read more]

What A Waste!

January 13th, 2025

Strong effort flushed.

This makes Joe want to pound his head on the keyboard. [read more]

Lavonte David Tells Todd Bowles Skeptics They Shouldn’t “Complain”

January 13th, 2025

A hearty faction of Bucs fans doesn’t think Todd Bowles is a head coach that can lead the Bucs to the Super Bowl. [read more]

Todd Bowles Wants A Shaq Barrett Return

January 13th, 2025

Wanted.

With only five snaps for Bucs sacks king Shaq Barrett in the groin-stomp loss last night, it was clear that head coach/defensive coordinator Todd Bowles didn’t consider Shaq to be a savior of his defense. [read more]

Gene Deckerhoff Will Return For 2025

January 13th, 2025

Bye, golly! [read more]

Knee And Ankle Injury For Lavonte David; No Future Timetable

January 13th, 2025

With a couple of plays remaining last night Bucs fans saw Lavonte David on the field last for what hopefully was not the last time.

He was hopping off the field.

[read more]

With The 19th Pick In The 2025 NFL Draft …

January 13th, 2025

Bucs GM Jason Licht.

The Bucs now have an official NFL Draft slot, per NFL.com. It’s No. 19. [read more]

Jason Licht Endorses Bucs Coaching, Stability

January 13th, 2025

Bucs GM Jason Licht

Disclaimer for the highly volatile: Joe has no say or impact when it comes to Bucs organizational decisions.

And stop throwing social media feces at Joe. [read more]

Five Things

January 13th, 2025

Ugly way to start the week. Well, let’s close the books on the 2024 season. Get your coffee and make it strong. Here we go. [read more]

Todd Bowles: Jamel Dean Injury Hurt Bucs Defense

January 13th, 2025

Hurt Sunday night. Again.

In a close game, losing a starter is bad. When that starter is a corner and the quarterback the Bucs are facing is red hot, losing that corner could be lethal. [read more]

Ira Kaufman’s 10 Takeaways From Bucs-Commanders

January 13th, 2025

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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]

Stock Dropping On Liam Coen?

January 13th, 2025

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

Baker Mayfield Takes Full Blame For Botched Handoff

January 13th, 2025

Takes a bullet for offense.

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

Ferocious Finish By Mike Evans

January 13th, 2025

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]

Todd Bowles: Offense Played Too Dumb

January 13th, 2025

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]