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Pathetic. Pathetic. Pathetic.
This was the big stage, Thursday Night Football, against a division rival the Bucs prepared for all offseason. Lovie Smith even acknowledged earlier this week that he was glued to Hard Knocks to get every last possible edge on the Falcons.
And the Bucs didn’t show up. [read more]
This very well could be the crossroads of the Bucs season. Do the Dixie Chicks light them up with Matty Ice? Or do the Bucs shock the NFC South by upending the Dixie Chicks in their own nest, despite all the injuries to the Bucs defense and all the mistakes by Josh McCown?
The only way Joe can see the Bucs winning is to play perfect Lovieball. So far, that has not worked out so well, has it?
Bang it here with crazy Bucs fans with your comments and thoughts throughout the game. As always, go Bucs!
Michael Johnson was busy in pregame warmups and is active tonight. His ankle must be ready. Yes, Joe’s in the Georgia Dome.
Your Bucs inactives tonight in Atlanta are Doug Martin, Mason Foster, T Kevin Pamphile, G Johnson, G Edwards, TE Austin Seferian-Jenkins, DT Gerald McCoy.
If Josh McCown cannot stop making terrible mental mistakes, his benching is near, says Woody Cummings of the Tampa Tribune.
For the most part, Joe has been impressed with Josh McCown. He has a decent completion percentage and he is one helluva leader.
Then Joe watches McCown’s ghastly, boneheaded, Pop Warner-like mistakes and Joe not only has acid reflux, but bitter beerface.
Aside from that, how was the play, Mrs. Lincoln? [read more]
Josh McCown is one of a few things WTSP-TV Channel 10 sports anchor Dave Wirth says must get corrected soon.
Veteran sports anchor Dave Wirth of WTSP-TV, Channel 10 smells the same thing blowing in the wind that Bucs fans do. No, he hasn’t been by the stables of Tampa Bay Downs, but the scent isn’t much different.
Like many Bucs fans, Wirth smells a freefall if Tampa Bay somehow cannot manage to pull off an upset tonight at Atlanta. He shares his thoughts below. [read more]
The big-money free agent who replaced Darrelle Revis, Pro Bowler Alterraun Verner, has looked darn good in his first two Bucs games.
Verner can cover. He can tackle. And he’s 100 percent healthy after a late July hamstring pull. [read more]
Bucs coach Lovie Smith irks SiriusXM’s Chris “Mad Dog” Russo.
Joe remembers when the Bucs hired Lovie Smith to man the pirate ship, there were kudos offered and glasses clinked all over the place with folks from coast to coast thinking the Bucs got a steal. That is, all but one guy.
The one and only Chris “Mad Dog” Russo was not among the chorus. He scoffed at the hire. Thought it was uninspiring. Thought Team Glazer could have done better. [read more]
Falcons fans sure have their fingers crossed and their lucky sweaters on hoping Gerald McCoy is unavailable tonight.
Joe’s sure McCoy won’t play after breaking a bone on the left side of his left hand against the Rams. However … [read more]
Bucs RB Doug Martin will miss tonight’s game, says NFL.com.
One comes as a bit of a surprise. The other does not.
If one is to believe the words typed from the fingers of NFL insider Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, the Bucs will be down two of their brightest stars tonight when Tampa Bay faces the Dixie Chicks in Billy Sherman’s favorite southern city. [read more]
Former Josh McCown teammate Shaun King, one of three quarterbacks to lead Tampa Bay to the NFC Championship game, says it’s time to let McCown loose. [read more]
It’s always a good thing when the Barry White of local sports radio, Ronnie Lane of WDAE-AM 620, sits down with Joe to talk Bucs football. Ronnie’s pipes are so smooth, it almost embarrasses Joe to talk to him on a podcast.
But the Bucs are why Joe and Ronnie join forces weekly. In this week’s episode, the duo discuss the myriad of injuries, Josh McCown’s Pop Warner-like mistakes and, of course, tonight’s game with the Dixie Chicks.
Click on the red arrow below. Audio courtesy of Joe’s friend at WDAE-AM 620. Enjoy. [read more]
We were sold a bill of goods, some may say. The Bucs had the “Dunkaneers” and a college football offensive wizard. This was going to be a new day in Tampa Bay.
Yet, by the looks of the past two weeks, there really isn’t much difference between the early weeks of the Lovie Smith Administration and the Greg Schiano Era, sans the defensive front stunts. Same suspect defense. Same stagnant offense. Same losing record. Boring. [read more]
The NFL is laughing at the Falcons’ pass rush
Former Falcons offensive lineman and Florida State legend Jamie Dukes was screaming his lungs out this morning on WDAE-AM 620 about tonight’s Bucs-Falcons game in Atlanta.
Dukes, who also is an NFL Network analyst and a radio guy in Atlanta, was appalled at the suggestion the Bucs might not have a shot to win. [read more]
Many Bucs fans jumped with glee when the Bucs drafted wide receiver Mike Evans with the seventh overall pick. All of a sudden, Bucs fans had visions of big-play bombs dancing in their heads.
Well, Woody Cummings of the Tampa Tribune has a rude awakening for these same fans. It seems when the Bucs try to go downfield, bad things happen. But good things are happening when the Bucs throw short, Cummings types. [read more]
A CBS suit weighs in
In the immortal words of Bill Parcells, right now the Bucs stink. They are 0-2. They are what their record says they are. Winless.
Even when the Bucs were beating up the NFL with the likes of Warren Sapp and Derrick Brooks and John Lynch and Simeon Rice and Ronde Barber and Mike Alstott and Keyshawn Johnson, the Bucs were not among the most popular of NFL teams. [read more]
It is gameday but Joe still can’t get it out of his head that the Bucs went complete scared turtle in the red zone and late in the first half with the ball against St. Louis.
When you let teams hang around, you open the door to get beat and that is exactly what the Bucs did Sunday. Somehow, they got the impression the end zone was infected with the Ebola virus.
A former Buccaneer weighs in on a key in Atlanta
Calling the defensive genius of Leslie Frazier and Lovie Smith!
No pressure on Matt Ryan tomorrow night will spell doom for Tampa Bay. So find ways to take smart chances and dial up pressure, even with a rash of injuries. [read more]
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