Joe likes to call the first Monday after the NFL season-opening weekend, “Overreation Monday.”

Fans, and sometimes media types, often take the result of the first game over the edge whether it is good or bad. [read more]

There’s a damning report on Lovie Smith’s defense from one of the more respected NFL analysts going. And that would be Mike Tanier of FootballOutsiders.com.

Joe has met (and had beers with) Tanier a few times, and though Tanier, a former math teacher (a cursed profession of masochists if there ever was one), decided to go the stat geek route, what Joe loves about Tanier is his common-sense approach with stats. [read more]

Sunday’s brutal loss is eating Joe’s core.

And the explanations for the debacle are making things a lot tougher. [read more]

As Joe tries to transport from planet gloom and doom, Joe is aided by a film look at rookie right guard Ali Marpet. [read more]

Titans WR Kendall Wright doesn’t think much of Lovie Smith’s defense.

Very damning words from Titans wide receiver Kendall Wright about Bucs coach Lovie Smith’s defense, or Lovie’s gameplan against the Titans, whichever you prefer.

In a story typed by Jenny Vrentas of theMMQB.com, she spoke with Wright after the game about how the Titans chain-whipped the Bucs so badly at the Den of Depression, as if the Bucs defense was too busy gawking at cheerleaders. [read more]

There was a constant through the endless Bucs training camp practices: rookie guard Ali Marpet got noticed, grinding play after play to the final whistle.

Yeah, Marpet was seen getting schooled — see Browns preseason game for more of that — but Marpet showed the talent and drive to be a winner. [read more]

Veteran sports columnist Gary Shelton chimes in.

Bucs fans were galled at the Den of Depression by what they witnessed Sunday.

It will take months — years? — of expensive therapy to somehow deal with that embarrassing display of defensive football, a defense whose charges were allegedly prepared (coughcoughcough) by a defensive mind. [read more]

The doormat of the NFL last season with a division winner under .500, the NFC South is back in a big way after Week 1. [read more]

Logan Mankins was one of three offensive linemen grilled by a former Buccaneer

There was rampant skepticism and fear surrounding the Bucs’ offensive line entering this season.

And it cranked up a couple of notches after Sunday’s debacle. [read more]

Leave Jameis alone!

Joe just cannot believe after one half of bad football in his very first NFL game, in which he had to play catch-up (partly his own fault), Bucs fans are ready to shovel dirt in the face of America’s Quarterback, Bucs signal-caller Jameis Winston. [read more]

A Yahoo! Sports columnist has more harsh words for Bucs coach Lovie Smith.

Joe knows avowed haters of America’s Quarterback, Bucs signal-caller Jameis Winston, erupted with glee Sunday the way Lovie Smith offered a woefully unprepared defense — yes, Joe heard what Lovie said yesterday.

More importantly, Joe saw with his own eyes what made Marcus Mariota, a rookie quarterback making his NFL debut, look like a combination of Joe Montana and John Elway in their prime. [read more]

Chucky’s bling seems a century old.

The only coach to lead the Bucs to a Super Bowl win, Chucky, now works for BSPN.

And while he still lives in Tampa, Chucky was working this weekend in Atlanta prepping for Monday night’s Eagles-Dixie Chicks game. [read more]

Joe feels a little dirty writing about any Buccaneers player having a strong game yesterday. The scope of the 42-14 defeat was so all-encompassing.

But one guy who racked up numbers and turned heads was second-year tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins. [read more]

(Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.)

The steady diet of exotic Titans blitzes many expected from cagey, blitz-happy defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau never materialized.

America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston was caught a bit surprised. [read more]

Ugly defensive numbers for Lovie’s Bucs.

OK, last year we heard time and again from One Buc Palace that the big reason the Bucs’ defense was lit up by the likes of Shaun Hill (!) and Derek Anderson (twice!!!) was because Bucs defenders were still learning Lovie’s defense. [read more]

“Not yet, V-Jax.”

Joe’s not going to suggest stud wide receiver Mike Evans’ absence cost the Bucs a 42-14 loss yesterday to the lowly Titans. But one shouldn’t underestimate his impact on the offense. [read more]

It’s a tough morning. Joe just can’t stop shaking his head and agonizing.

Joe turned on this webpage as a hardcore Bucs fans seven years ago, and that passion hasn’t waned. So with that angst in mind, Joe presents an open thread in hopes it will help fans heal after the seal-clubbing at the hands of the Titans yesterday.

Have your say in the comments below. Joe’s going out for fresh air.

Legions of Bucs fans are calling for their head coach’s head this morning.

The anger, disbelief and loss of hope is understandable. [read more]