NFL debut Sunday.

Joe isn’t going to call Sunday’s game a “must-win.” But it sure is a game the Bucs “can’t lose.” [read more]

His team wanted to win.

One of the iconic anti-Bucs clowns of the past decade is Saints edge rusher Cameron Jordan. [read more]

Stressing fundamentals.

Bucs offensive coordinator Liam Coen had a really interesting explanation of how an offense needs to handle itself when the pressure is on late in the game. [read more]

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

If the Bucs can win one more game before the bye, this sorry prediction will likely go up in smoke. [read more]

Spins dismal edge rush numbers.

Regular readers know how much Joe stresses sacks, specifically from an edge rusher. Sacks are absolute game-changers, drive-killers. The data on the importance of sacks is overwhelming. [read more]

Come together.

For a young player and a first-year starter, Joe was so impressed with the intelligent, winning-attitude words of Bucs cornerback Zyon McCollum on Wednesday from New Orleans. [read more]

Man, Bucs offense coordinator Liam Coen said so many times today that the Bucs “are all in this together,” Joe would bet a few bucks Coen watched High School Musical last night in his New Orleans hotel room.

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Love him or hate him (and Bucs are highly polarized), Bucs center Robert Hainsey is a very smart dude in a contract year with a lot of experience in fresh legs.

And starting center Graham Barton has a hamstring injury. [read more]

Intact?

The two buildings the Bucs use extensively as a football team, One Buc Palace and The Licht House, were not damaged by Hurricane Milton based on preliminary inspections. [read more]

Sidelined this afternoon.

Joe is not going to sweat too much if a player on a Thursday doesn’t practice. There’s a catch to this, however. [read more]

Run to win?

Joe has been over this but today was the first time Bucs offensive coordinator Liam Coen discussed how the Bucs went “Code Turtle,” specifically in the final two drives of last Thursday’s game. [read more]

Multiple things seem to be making Mike Evans sick this week. [read more]

So for obvious reasons, every Bucs fan wants Tampa Bay to clobber New Orleans on Sunday.

But what about the not so obvious reason? [read more]

Mixed results.

Joe was going to do the research this morning — hope all came out OK from Hurricane Milton — but a New Orleans beat guy beat Joe to the punch. [read more]

Impact.

Thanks to bored, ill-researched NFL stenographers typing for various outlets that fangirl for Kirk Cousins, no NFL division was shat upon during the offseason like the NFC South. [read more]

Slimy Saints QB Spencer Rattler.

So yesterday when Todd Bowles spoke to the local pen and mic club from his New Orleans hotel as Hurricane Milton was barreling toward Siesta Key (that asshole did have to pick one of the best beaches in the state), he did not know who the slimy Saints were starting at quarterback. [read more]

New kick return star?

Two (good) things Joe can take away from the nutkick loss Thursday to the Dixie Chicks. [read more]

Slimy Saints QB Spencer Rattler.

So the slimy Saints announced who will be their starting quarterback for Sunday’s game with the Bucs. [read more]