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Clinton McDonald
Joe was very confused yesterday when Lovie Smith talked about starting defensive tackle Clinton McDonald (four sacks).
What Lovie said contradicted previous takes on the 2014 free agent signee. [read more]
Josh McCown likes wet soggy balls and dry balls, but he’s no fan of the kind of balls he was feeling in Chicago.
The weather greatly affected McCown on Sunday, he said. That makes it all the more stunning he attempted 48 passes, the most in his career. [read more]
A former player agent suggests the Bucs should cut WR Vincent Jackson.
You can bet your friendly neighborhood bartender a week’s worth of tabs the Bucs will have a different look in 2015. Whether it is drastic or just new names replacing famous faces, rest assured there will be change.
How can there not be when a team is but one game away from having the No. 1 overall pick in the draft — see Lovie, Joe can play hopscotch math, too! [read more]
That data geeks weigh in
Joe knows many Bucs fans become incensed when one suggests running back Doug Martin doesn’t have it any longer. He doesn’t.
Joe has written too many times describing in great detail why Bobby Rainey is a better option now than Martin.
Don’t think so? Just look at what the spreadsheeters over at Pro Football Focus dug up. [read more]
It was that time of the week again — the “JoeBucsFan Hour” with the dean of Tampa Bay sports radio, Steve Duemig of WDAE-AM 620.
Joe dove into all kinds of topics. [read more]
How could Joe not celebrate all things Jacquies Smith? What a September pickup by general manager Lovie Smith and Jason Licht, and what a good job developing this guy quickly!
As the sacks leader among Bucs defensive ends with four, Smith has all of Joe’s attention. [read more]
For those eager to clobber defensive end Will Gholston for his second costly special teams penalty this month, Joe can soothe you.
Sunday’s first-quarter roughing the kicker personal foul on Gholston that gave the Bears a fresh set of downs was bogus. [read more]
It’s been tough sledding for the Mike Glennon Mob. What a rollercoaster ride this year has been.
Those “19-and-9” bumper stickers, hot sellers last Valentine’s Day, were emblematic of the movement. But now there’s a new rallying cry fueled by fresh data. [read more]
It just hurts Joe’s head when he hears Lovie Smith talk about being in a playoff race. With a two-win team that can’t win a game at home? C’mon.
Even if the Bucs were in a playoff hunt, the Bucs offense is in dire need of help. Andrew Astleford of Fox Sports Florida believes it doesn’t make a difference who is the quarterback so long as the run game is swimming up stream. [read more]
Replacing Eric Page hasn’t been easy
The revolving door of returners trying to replace Eric Page keeps turning.
Jelly hands Marcus Thigpen was released today, after Trindon Holliday went to injured reserve and Chris Owusu was cut, after rookie Solomon Patton didn’t last long. [read more]
Lavonte David told his painful story
Lavonte David is a fierce competitor. Sitting out Sunday, his first missed game of his career, was brutal on him.
David painted a picture of a guy who wanted to go but was denied by team medical staff. [read more]
Bucs WR Mike Evans scores Sunday. (Photo courtesy of Buccaners.com)
One bright spot in this miserable season is the glow of rookie wide receiver Mike Evans. It is hard not to group Evans in with the top tier of receivers in the league.
Sunday, in the loss to the Bears, the way Evans described it, he and quarterback Josh McCown were playing backyard football on his touchdown catch, the lone TD for the Bucs. [read more]
Teammates let down Louis Murphy
The easiest thing about playing football is going hard to the whistle. It takes no talent to give maximum effort. That’s learned at the Pop Warner level. Most plays are no more than six seconds of mayhem. Is that too much to freakin’ ask?
Joe presents Exhibit A from the Tampa Bay debacle in Chicago. [read more]
It was almost like two different games Sunday.
The Bucs thrashed the Bears and bratty Jay Cutler in the first half. In the second half? The Bears were wolves. Hungry wolves, in fact.
Bears safety Peanut Tillman, a Lovie Smith guy through and through, explained how Chicago coach Marc Trestman and defensive coordinator Mel Tucker went all “Coming to America” and lit into the Bears at halftime and unleashed the dogs. [read more]
Time is helping the Bucs, Lovie claims.
How should one view this ugly Bucs season?
Is Tampa Bay simply the worst team — with the worst quarterback situation — in what might be the worst division in NFL history?
Or are the Bucs on the rise and just jelling a little slower than Lovie Smith would like, but still jelling nonetheless? [read more]
Chatter from Lovie Smith on his radio show last night seemed to provide good insight into one of the more frustrating elements of this season.
That would be Michael Johnson’s lack of production. [read more]
In Joe’s time in the Windy City this weekend, there was sober, thoughtful, local analysis that the Bears would have been better off with Josh McCown as their starting quarterback than bratty Jay Cutler.
Adam Schein believes those folks were proven wrong Sunday.
In a scathing handful of words, Schein, NFL.com columnist and host of “Schein on Sports” heard exclusively on SiriusXM Radio, typed how bad the Bucs have sunk this season. [read more]
Joe always finds quick reactions telling.
So it’s worth sharing Leslie Frazier’s thoughts on the Tampa Bay secondary tonight on the Buccaneers Radio Network, via WDAE-AM 620. [read more]
