Gerald McCoy, again, was dominant in his return to the starting lineup against the Steelers.

There is no question who is the leader of the Bucs. It isn’t Vincent Jackson, though some fans want him to be. It isn’t Josh McCown, though he is a good dude.

No, the leader, without question, is Gerald McCoy.

Players rave about him. In the locker room, GMC is famous for going up to teammates, lauding their work or, if need be, giving teammates a needed pat on the back for support. [read more]

Joe has written a few times today how Pittsburgh folks are unhinged at the Bucs beating the Steelers. The passion of the football crowd up here is true.

So, to give you a taste, below is video segment from a WPXI-TV Sunday sports roundtable show in which the three panelists all but want Steelers coach Mike Tomlin gone because Lovie Smith beat him. LOL. [read more]

The Bucs used all eight available defensive linemen yesterday. (Photo courtesy of Tampa Bay Buccaneers)

NFL fans watched the Seahawks rotate a seemingly endless stream of nasty defensive linemen on the field en route to Super Bowl glory last season.

Bucs fans have long heard about how Tampa Bay plans to revive that kind of glory days Bucs rotation that struck fear in opponents. [read more]

Long-time Steelers defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau saw his impressive fourth quarter defensive streak snapped by the Bucs yesterday.

Joe knows Bucs fans are still so giddy over the win in Pittsburgh that they cannot wait to get the hell out of work and raise a glass or two to continue the feel-good Victory Monday.

Not only did the Bucs snap a winless streak in Pittsburgh, the first win in four trips to the Steel City, but the Bucs broke a goose egg of a streak held by longtime Steelers defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau. [read more]

The play of Mike Glennon helped make the Steelers look like the original winless Bucs.

Joe doesn’t know how many folks here were around to see the infant bumbling Bucs in their inaugural season. Going 0-14 says it all.

Awful, horrible, miserable, hapless. The descriptions are endless.

For folks who weren’t around to see the original Bucs, Joe Starkey of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Herald suggests fans watched the old Bucs yesterday. Only the team was wearing black and gold instead of creamsicle. [read more]

The question came quickly this afternoon at Lovie Smith’s news conference, and the head coach wasn’t biting. [read more]

Steelers coach Mike Tomlin is catching hell today in the Steel City.

Joe mentioned earlier this morning that folks in the Steel City are ready to burn something down they are so outraged by what they considered a tank job from their beloved Steelers yesterday in a 27-24 loss to the Bucs.

TV talking heads last night were hollering loud. Newspaper articles are dripping with venom. The locals are not amused. [read more]

Breathe easy, Bucs fans. The blown groin on rookie manbeast wide receiver Mike Evans is going to be OK. [read more]

Warren Sapp danced far away from his prior anti-Glennon rant

Man, Bucs icon Warren Sapp has done one massive about face.

Back at Super Bowl Media Day, Sapp and Joe sat at a round banquet table talking Bucs and Sapp was adamant, table-pounding emphatic, that Mike Glennon was not the right quarterback for Lovie Smith and the Buccaneers. [read more]

Bucs fans love national love of their team. They adore it, even more than they love Lovie Smith today.

The often unemotional Tampa Bay head coach dished out his lovin’ yesterday. And who got this warm public. affectionate embrace? [read more]

Let’s not forget that sports is entertainment and straight-shooting communicators really make everything more fun and exciting.

So Joe really must commend Bucs general manager Jason Licht. [read more]

Is Bucs starter Mike Glennon commanding the huddle? [read more]

If the Buccaneers are going to win a lot more games, they absolutely have to fix their pass defense.

Tampa Bay is giving up the booty faster and more furiously than the groupie hotties that follow Bucs players around South Tampa bars. [read more]

The fine art of jersey pulling was taken to a new height yesterday in Pittsburgh, courtesy of the expertise of Bucs left tackle Anthony Collins.

After strong performances against Greg Hardy and Robert Quinn, Collins has had a couple of games that won’t make his highlight reel. [read more]

Every NFC South team not named “Tampa Bay” got smoked yesterday. Not just beaten, but beaten soundly.

Yes, Joe was watching as the chants of “Ted-dy, Ted-dy, Ted-dy” filled the Vikings’ home field against the roasted Falcons. [read more]

Vincent Jackson hauls in the game-winning touchdown yesterday. Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.

A long look at the Bucs yesterday, today, and what to expect tomorrow and beyond.

PITTSBURGH – So Joe is sitting in his downtown hotel room in the Steel City as Sunday night creeps into Monday morning. The only people awake are cops, bums, hotel workers and, yes. Joe.

As a cabbie told Joe as he left Heinz Field, the site of the stunning Bucs upset win over the Steelers, when the home team loses, the locals go into a depression that turns into either hibernation or violence, depending on the importance of said loss. [read more]

Justin Pawlowski, of Scout.com, is irked Lovie Smith did not give Mike Glennon a fair shot at competing for the starting quarterback role. Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.

Yes, after seeing Tampa Bay hand-picked quarterback Josh McCown fumble (more to the point: intercept) his way through three losses, it became clear the Bucs were going nowhere with McCown at quarterback. [read more]

Being a new general in the Mike Glennon Mob doesn’t mean Joe isn’t realistic about Glennon.

No. 8 was stout and poised today in the second half, but the game hardly displayed Glennon’s best. Maybe that’s a good thing. Maybe not. [read more]