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Bucs rookie receiver/returner Rannell Hall.
Rookie returner/receiver Kaelin Clay was in significant pain the Bucs’ locker room last night with a rib injury.
He was in great spirits, but definitely hurting and taking in the good wishes of teammates. [read more]
Cue the music. The Bucs were steamrolled in all phases of the game — at home — before halftime last night. Who ordered the 2014 flashback? Send it back and get the tuna melt.
Josh McCown completed 74 percent of his passes. [read more]
Bucs MLB Kwon Alexander (58) and DE Larry English (57) react to Alexander flattening Browns QB Josh McClown last night. Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.
The offensive line got worked over last night. Broken record.
The defensive line got owned. Broken record.
What wasn’t a broken record was the sideline-to-sideline rib-rattling play of rookie middle linebacker Kwon Alexander. [read more]
America’s Quarterback reacts to a question about the Cleveland pass rush.
While he professed otherwise after the game, America’s Quarterback, Bucs signal-caller Jameis Winston, sure seemed rattled by the pressure of the Browns’ pass rush last night.
Defensive lineman Desmond Bryant (1.5 sacks) and linebacker Chris Kirksey especially got to Jameis, and either he was unable to unload the ball or was pressured into bad throws and outright sacks. [read more]
Bucs rookie LT Donovan Smith blocks for fellow rookie QB Jameis Winston in tonight’s loss to Browns. Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.
Yes, the Bucs’ offensive line looked not much different than last year’s offensive line tonight. In a word, porous.
The only thing different was three starters up front were not on the roster last year; two of them — left tackle Donovan Smith and right guard Ali Marpet — are rookies. [read more]
It’s been hard to get Doug Martin to talk about himself and his transformation this year. [read more]
Get rid of the ball!
America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, took the postgame podium as a confident rookie tonight.
There’s no panic or head-hanging with Jameis, but he did talk about “panic sacks” against the Browns. [read more]
America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, sure looked like the 21-year-old rookie he is tonight.
Man, that was sobering. [read more]
Where was the energy?
Where was the anger and passion to seize the home turf and send Josh McCown home crying?
A sigh of relief about snaps.
If one is to pump the pompons in the air and play cheerleader, America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston, had an up-and-down night tonight. Sort of like the stock market the past week.
Enough bad plays to make you want to run into traffic and enough good plays to calm your nerves. [read more]
Right guard Ali Marpet was abused tonight. Logan Mankins was beaten badly a couple of times and looks nothing like the guy who played for the Patriots.
And Evan Smith isn’t playing average ball yet. [read more]
Doesn’t matter who is calling the defense when it ignores tight ends.
Why do the Bucs think the tight end position is a friggin’ guard?
How many times last season did we witness this vaunted Bucs defense get gouged by tight ends worse than George Patton slicing through France? [read more]
Big game tonight. The Bucs might extend their winning streak! Joe’s kidding, of course, but there are all kinds of things to discuss in the Bucs-Browns matchup.
Tonight’s open thread is in the all new JoeBucsFan Message Boards. The direct link is HERE.
The message board is easy. If you haven’t already, just register, confirm the automatic email, and then sign in and play. Easy!
Have fun. Bad words and naughty posters will be filtered.
Go Bucs!
So how bad is Jacquies Smith’s injury? [read more]
New Bucs right tackle Gosder Cherilus
There all kinds of things to watch in tonight’s Bucs-Browns game (Joe will have a preview soon), but a huge and early spotlight will shine on new right tackle Gosder Cherilus.
The man known as “Goz” has 100 NFL starts and will be counted on heavily. [read more]
Encouraging words from Jay Glazer.
As Joe noted earlier today, MMA-head Jay Glazer of FOX Sports did a drive-by hit at One Buc Palace this week where he got to hang out with his old pal, Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht.
Glazer, a name-dropper, told Buccaneers.com multimedia maven Scott Smith that he co-owns a gym in Hollywood with Brian Urlacher and that is how he got to be acquainted with Bucs coach Lovie Smith. [read more]
Mike Evans won’t play tonight, but one of his mentors will. [read more]
