Full Frontal Evans On Display

December 6th, 2015
Bucs WR Mike Evans celebrates his game-winning touchdown pass Sunday. (Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.)

Bucs WR Mike Evans celebrates his game-winning touchdown pass Sunday. (Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.)

Boy, oh boy, is Mike Evans a frustrating watch. The full frontal of Evans was on display today, the hair-pulling, beer-throwing bad, and the cheap hug of the well-endowed chick sitting next to you in exultation. [read more]

Martin Churning Toward Another Pro Bowl

December 6th, 2015
Dirk Koetter was on a mission

Dirk Koetter was on a mission

Your unpredictable Buccaneers opened the game handing the ball off to Doug Martin six consecutive times.

Perhaps Dirk Koetter was doing some twisted self-punishment after senselessly giving up on Martin in the second half seven days ago. [read more]

Contenders

December 6th, 2015
Contenders!

Contenders!

Today was a day we would find out if the Bucs were a pretender or a contender.

Folks, the Bucs are a contender. [read more]

“One Of The Best Plays I’ve Ever Seen”

December 6th, 2015
V-Jax gets serious

V-Jax gets serious

Vincent Jackson made a few plays himself today, en route to 87 yards receiving on just three receptions.

But Jackson was quiet after the game and only seemed to want to talk about America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston. [read more]

The Rookie Is Magical

December 6th, 2015
Godsend!

Godsend!

Joe is sitting here at the Den of Depression press box staring out onto the empty bowl of the stadium — the grass hardly looks like a game was played just an hour ago — trying to put into words what Joe watched earlier in the afternoon. [read more]

Gerald McCoy Sports A Three-Inch Scar

December 6th, 2015

RevisMcCoyProBowlJoe got a good look at Gerald McCoy’s injured hand today in the locker room. [read more]

Gerald McCoy Wasn’t Missed

December 6th, 2015
McDaniel

(Photo courtesy of Tampa Bay Buccaneers)

How bout that depth on the Buccaneers’ defensive line!

Missing two starters today, Gerald McCoy and Jacquies Smith, Tampa Bay’s run defense was stout and the pass rush looked unchanged. [read more]

Welcome Back, Lovie Smith

December 6th, 2015

lovie smith 0920Give it up for the head coach of the Buccaneers.

Lovie Smith survived a gruesome 2-14 season and a complete embarrassment on opening day this year to earn a return in 2016. [read more]

Buccaneers 23, Falcons 19

December 6th, 2015

Jameis

How bout those Dropaneers!

Not even absent Gerald McCoy and costly butter hands by Mike Evans, Austin Seferian-Jenkins and Doug Martin can slow the Buccaneers’ revival under America’s Quarterback, Jameis Winston. [read more]

Bucs-Falcons Open Thread

December 6th, 2015

bucs cheerleader 1117Could second place really be the situation in three short hours?

Dive into the comments section and react all through today’s 1 o’clock game.

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Go Bucs!

Doston Will Play

December 6th, 2015
Gosder Cherilus will join Gerald McCoy in street clothes.

Starting right tackle Gosder Cherilus will join Gerald McCoy in street clothes.

Starting right tackle Gosder Cherilus takes a seat today, along with Gerald McCoy. [read more]

Gameday Tampa Bay

December 6th, 2015

falcons cheerleader tiffany

Game 12

Dixie Chicks (6-5) at Bucs (5-6)

Kickoff: 1 p.m. [read more]

Sorry Secondary

December 6th, 2015
Has Lovie's bromance with CB Mike Jenkins at an end?

Has Lovie’s bromance with CB Mike Jenkins come to an end?

The secondary of the Bucs, specifically the cornerbacks, struggled terribly after Johnthan Banks hurt his knee in a loss at Houston. [read more]

Talkin’ Bucs With Ronnie Lane

December 6th, 2015
Smooth-talking Ronnie Lane of WDAE-AM 620 has his weekly sitdown with Joe talkin' Bucs.

Smooth-talking Ronnie Lane of WDAE-AM 620 has his weekly sitdown with Joe talkin’ Bucs.

It is Joe’s weekly sitdown with smooth-talking Ronnie Lane of WDAE-AM 620. Joe knows you can’t live without it. [read more]

NFL Network: Seferian-Jenkins Will Play Today

December 6th, 2015
Austin Seferian-Jenkins (right) will play in his 12th career game today.

Austin Seferian-Jenkins (right) will play in his 12th career game today.

It’s 6 a.m. and Joe’s morning film study and oatmeal inhalation is interrupted by what seems to be impossible news. [read more]

Listen To Joe

December 6th, 2015

joebucsfanYes, Joe was on ESPN Tallahassee radio earlier this week talking Bucs with Jeff Cameron, he of “The Jeff Cameron Show.”

Joe has long been a fan of Cameron, a St. Pete native who puts together damned good radio. [read more]

Status Of Gerald McCoy

December 6th, 2015
Physically limited in practice Friday.

Physically limited in practice Friday. National report emerges.

Updated: 5:45 a.m.: Well, Gerald McCoy was listed as “doubtful” on the Bucs’ injury report Friday, after having what GMC deemed a “small procedure” on his left hand. [read more]