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Alarming and unquestionable data.

Perhaps the ugliest stain on the 2023 résumés of head Todd Bowles and playcaller Dave Canales (and Joe will throw Baker Mayfield in there) is the Bucs’ horrendous first-quarter scoring totals.

This will blow your mind. [read more]

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Postseason Game 1
Wild Card Round

Eagles (11-6) at Bucs (9-8) 

Kickoff: 8:15 p.m.

TV: ESPN and WFTS-TV Channel 28, locally) with Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Lisa Salters and Laura Rutledge.

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Rose up last five games.

Now Joe is not trying to stir up trouble here in praising Chris Godwin. The following is not an attempt to get people p!ssed off at One Buc Palace. But the timing cannot be ignored. [read more]

Season-saving play?

Did it finally click for Joe Tryon-Shoyinka? Did coaches finally let him pin his ears back and get after the quarterback? [read more]

Key to a win?

Back in September, the Eagles were a much better team than they have been of late. In fact, the Eagles have lost five of their last six games. [read more]

Answering the bell.

Here is one of the coolest stats Joe has seen in a while and given recent history, the Bucs either know what they are doing or have insane luck. [read more]

“Where you been, Vita?”

Ndamukong Suh is looking for Vita Vea. He’s not the only one. [read more]

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

For the Bucs, the road to Las Vegas goes through Detroit. And maybe San Francisco, too. [read more]

What a Sunday of football it was. The Packers punched the Cowboys in the mouth and scored a huge upset, and the Lions squeaked by the Rams in Detroit, the first Lions playoff win in.32 years. [read more]

“Really impressive connection.”

Joe understands there is a lot of EaglesHate out there. Understandable. But if you like X’s and O’s breakdowns and a different lens to view the Bucs, this video clip is excellent. [read more]

Joe can’t speak to the inner thoughts and considerations of Team Glazer. Heck, Joe cannot imagine six siblings agreeing on much, but Team Glazer presents an admirably unified front. [read more]

Todd Bowles saved Baker Mayfield’s career. And Mayfield paid Bowles back by maybe saving Bowles’ job with an NFC South title. (Photo courtesy of Tampa Bay Buccaneers.)

No matter what, Joe is geeked that the Bucs are a playoff team, an NFC South champ again (third-straight year — a franchise first). [read more]

Perhaps it’s the rainy weather forecast for Monday night at The Licht House, or maybe it’s the slumping Eagles and the nosediving Bucs offense? [read more]

Good strategy, but not timely.

Now isn’t the time to stick to your guns. Rather, it’s the time to use your big guns. [read more]

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Struggling with successful plays.

It’s hard to believe for Joe, but this is what happens when you don’t have a run game and still run the ball as if magically 17 games of sample size will vanish into thin air. [read more]

Three Bucs players questionable.

In an otherwise very light and team-friendly injury report for Monday’s wild card playoff round game between the Bucs and the Eagles, the lone concern is Baker Mayfield. [read more]

There’s one ex-player in the media who openly calls himself a massive Eagles and Buccaneers fan. [read more]