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This one should help Bucs fans sleep well tonight.
There will be some serious motivation on the Saints sidelines Sunday — for the Bucs’ most meaningful game since the season finale against New Orleans in 2010. [read more]
How good — or bad — is the Bucs defense?
It’s a question that has induced many a screaming match at the JoeBucsFan.com world headquarters. [read more]
No need to itemize all the nightmares that added up to the Bucs being minutes from the most important loss in franchise history — to secure the top pick in the draft.
When the Bucs hired Lovie Smith 51 weeks ago, fans erupted in glee thinking they got the reincarnation of Father Dungy and happy days were here again. [read more]
Mason Foster discusses his uncertain future
Yes, there will be significant roster changes next season. Bank on it.
How could there not be?
When you are 2-14/3-13 and have one of the worst offenses imaginable, change is inevitable. [read more]
Crab-legs-stealing, BB-gun-shooting, obscenity-hollering, Heisman-Trophy-winning, national champion James Winston, the pride of Florida State University, continues to look like a much better quarterback prospect than Mike Glennon and Josh McCown.
It’s Joe’s daily nugget on the Jameis Watch, celebrating the best quarterback to wear No. 5 ever in the state of Florida. [read more]
Alan Dell of the Bradenton Herald believes the only winning the Bucs should focus on Sunday is winning the draft.
So the Bucs are on the cusp of something big. They are “this close” to the most important loss in franchise history.
It’s a loss that can set up the franchise for success for the next decade, and beyond. [read more]
(Photo courtesy of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
The Bucs defense was horrifically bad early in the season, and Joe isn’t using hyperbole here. The absolute seal-clubbing at the hands of the Dixie Chicks and Crows was proof something was very, very wrong.
Well, the Bucs made changes. Guys got used to Lovie Smith’s defense, and there was an addition by subtraction by unloading passive Mark Barron onto the Lambs. [read more]
Joe knows Jets fans who ache and moan daily because Darrelle Revis, a Pro Bowler again, is a thriving member of the hated New England Patriots.
Dee Milliner, um, didn’t soothe them. [read more]
There are multiple ways to interpret the weekly data from the Lovie Smith confidence poll.
The latest results reveal confidence in Lovie is waning, but confidence is higher than it was in early November. [read more]
Thinking about Mike Evans’ future is enough to generate a Christmas smile from even the most downtrodden Buccaneers fan.
But it’s even better to hear Evans talk about the state of his game. [read more]
Bucs fans are jumping up and down as if Santa got them Rachel Watson for Christmas morning. Joe sure would be!
But what gets Bucs players jumping up and down is fans thinking they should lay down so the Bucs secure the overall No. 1 pick in April’s draft. It doesn’t go over so well in the locker room. [read more]
Joe hopes everyone has a pleasant Christmas today and that everyone got what they wanted under the tree this morning (bottle-form, of course).
Joe really does appreciate all the loyalty his readers show — daily — by visiting this here corner of the Interwebs, and in some rare cases, comment on stories. Without readers and Bucs fans like you, Joe wouldn’t exist.
Sincere best wishes to you and yours.
Yes, this is a sad Christmas Eve tradition for Joe, to show how the snooping of the federal government upon innocents can get out of hand without checks and balances. On his rounds from the South Pole this evening, Santa Claus has been detained by TSA agents who have decided to call in the notorious Jack Bauer to interrogate him in the bowls of CTU.
Saints coach Sean Payton said all his starters will play the full four quarters Sunday.
Many Bucs fans — Joe included — are scared shirtless that in their greatest time of need, loss-needing Tampa Bay will face the second string of the Saints to end this grotesque season Sunday.
How could the Bucs secure the No. 1 pick in the draft if the Saints played scrubs? That gives fans a cold shiver up their spines. [read more]
Crab-legs-stealing, BB-gun-shooting, obscenity-hollering, Heisman-Trophy-winning, national champion James Winston, the pride of Florida State University, continues to look like a much better quarterback prospect than Mike Glennon and Josh McCown.
It’s Joe’s daily nugget on the Jameis Watch, celebrating the best quarterback to wear No. 5 ever in the state of Florida. [read more]
Lovie doesn’t get the “Just, lose. Baby!” crowd.
Mathematics don’t seem to be Lovie Smith’s strong suit.
It seems Lovie can’t see the critical math facing the Bucs: one is much greater than two. [read more]
The Saints defense, led by defensive coordinator rockin’ Rob Ryan, has been so bad of late, it’s enough to make any man scream.
Yes, Joe understands the importance of Sunday’s game. Lose, and the Bucs are in the driver’s seat for the Jameis Sweepstakes. Win, and they may have to settle for Marcus Mariota (Joe is OK with the consolation prize).
This Saints game is very winnable, which is frightening. Consider the Saints this season, under defensive coordinator rockin’ Rob Ryan, are pathetic. Bucs offensive line-kind of pathetic. [read more]
This should soothe Bucs fans. Two noted NFL analysts believe that even if the Saints fail to give their best effort on Sunday, they will pummel Tampa Bay into the glory of the No. 1 overall pick. [read more]
