The outrage around town is palpable. [read more]

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BY IRA KAUFMAN

Wet, wild and totally unacceptable.

You’d think the Bucs would have entered Sunday’s home opener against the Browns in an ornery mood after last week’s giveaway at Cincinnati. You’d think Tampa Bay defenders would tackle better and Baker Mayfield would torture the franchise that cast him out of Cleveland.

You would be wrong. [read more]

Bucs GM Jason Licht.

Joe hasn’t written a 2026 Bucs season eulogy, far from it. But there is no question that the Bucs’ season is on the brink. [read more]

Painted into corner.

That was one of the most atrocious losses in years for the Bucs. Joe is shook. So let’s get this over with. [read more]

Making adjustments.

KitKat-eating Bucs coach Todd Bowles didn’t seem too thrilled with his offense after yesterday’s joke of a loss to the hapless Browns. [read more]

Challenge but not impossible.

This happens every year because the numbers don’t lie. [read more]

Missing persons report.

So far — so far! — the buzz isn’t living up to the hype. Not remotely so. [read more]

Explains short passing.

For the second week in a row, the Bucs were a short-pass offense, specifically to running backs. [read more]

Speaks out.

Joe is not going to pull a loser move and claim the Bucs lost because of a lightning delay. Still, Joe doesn’t think it helped. [read more]

Bogged down.

For a while there this afternoon, Joe thought the Bucs were playing ping-pong the way they were throwing so many short passes. [read more]

So Bucky Irving and Kenny Gainwell combined for 7 catches today for a total of 6 yards — SIX!

And Baker Mayfield largely struggled throwing the deep ball while the Bucs offense had at least 8 plays for negative yardage. [read more]

Saved by Todd Bowles.

Joe hopes weird Cleveland quarterback Deshaun Watson has a nice Christmas present for Todd Bowles. That’s because the Bucs coach very likely saved his career. [read more]

When Tom Brady retired, Joe heard over and over and over how the “Tom Brady Effect” would stay alive within the Bucs organizaton for many, many years to come through core players who learned around Brady during their young days.

Tristan Wirfs, Antoine Winfield, Vita Vea and more. [read more]

The heat is on.

Joe cannot put into words the disgust over what Joe witnessed today (and tonight) at The Licht House. It is easily Todd Bowles’ low. [read more]

Baker Mayfield noted tonight after his team’s humiliating loss that the Bucs must regroup quickly because they have a pretty good opponent next week. [read more]

The Bucs have been soft for about 11 months.

Too long. It is said a team reflects its head coach. [read more]

The Bucs got worse today after inconsistent play at Cincinnati on opening day.

Rust cannot be blamed any longer, neither can being on the road, or not enough tackling practice in training camp.

The unthinkable happened, one that should reverberate through the Team Glazer suite like a herd of elephants. [read more]