Toyed with Eagles.

Holy smokes this is crazy good. [read more]

Infectious football personality.

Baker Mayfield was pumped last night. And that’s exactly what Bucs coach Todd Bowles wanted. [read more]

Bucs DBs no longer in the wild.

An often-read and often-heard complaint from Bucs fans, a valid complaint, was that the Bucs had Carlton Davis and Jamel Dean playing a bunch of zone. [read more]

Bucs sacks king Shaq Barrett.

Looking around the Bucs’ locker room, it’s stunning to see all the postseason experience. It’s on every level of the defense and there’s plenty on offense, too. [read more]

Big No. 99 always has strong opinions about his Bucs, and one of them is about head coach Todd Bowles. [read more]

Bucs receiver David Moore.

Two weeks ago the slimy Saints not just double-teamed Mike Evans and Chris Godwin and took them out of the game, but at times the defensive looks were a mirage and fooled Baker Mayfield into thinking both were double-teamed. [read more]

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BY IRA KAUFMAN

There was Dancing in the Street along Dale Mabry as the Bucs turned their attention to Motown.

Tampa Bay displayed more passion and execution throughout Monday night’s 32-9 rout of the feeble Eagles, who just completed one of the most glaring collapses in NFL history.

Now the Bucs get another crack at an opponent that handled them a lopsided regular-season setback.

Unlike the Eagles, the Lions don’t look like they’re falling apart amid injuries and turmoil. Detroit has been established as a 6-point favorite to advance to the NFC championship game, but the surging Bucs won’t go in scared.

They beat the Eagles physically from the opening snap and never let up, even stopping the Push Tush when K.J. Britt vaulted over the pile to stymie Jalen Hurts. Baker Mayfield shredded a soft pass defense for 337 yards and three touchdowns while Philadelphia failed to convert any of its nine third-down opportunities. [read more]

“You have got to be sh!tting me!“

So the Bucs are supposed to let this guy walk in two months, eh? [read more]

Chris Godwin skies to celebrate his second-half touchdown that put the NFC Wild Card Round game on ice. (Photo courtesy of Tampa Bay Buccaneers.)

You know what is better than Victory Monday? Victory Tuesday! So here we go. Grab your coffee and danish and lets get after it. [read more]

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

It’s hard to believe since it seems like yesterday that the Bucs dug themselves out of The Lost Decade. But would you believe the Bucs have one of the best NFL postseason records this century? [read more]

Tush push kryptonite.

Sometimes, all it takes is some beef. [read more]

It felt like a slap across Joe’s face, a glorious wake-up call. [read more]

“Sharp.”

Did Bucs quarterback Baker Mayfield have a perfect game Monday night? No, of course not. But that was easily his best game in weeks. [read more]

Two tackles for loss Monday.

Joe doesn’t know what to make of this but it can’t be bad. [read more]

Bucco Bruce Arians is in hiding no more. [read more]

Gameplan.

Joe spoke with a couple of Bucs players off the record in the locker room after the fun playoff win over the Eagles at The Licht House [read more]

Speed kills.

This is why Joe has been harping on this all season long. [read more]

Beasting!

Joe has never seen a stat line like this, certainly not in the playoffs.

It speaks to how hungry and prepared the Bucs defense was tonight. [read more]

One of the greatest Buccaneers players in history has spoken! [read more]

Joe knows Todd Bowles has many haters, but Joe sure hopes that number drops significantly after Tampa Bay just hammered the Eagles to win their playoff opener tonight. [read more]

Nothing feels better than the Bucs delivering the Eagles an ass-kicking in the playoffs — at The Licht House.

What A Game! [read more]