“Call your brother, Luke. Help the guy out.”

Former Chucky quarterback project Luke McCown now backs up Saints legend Drew Brees. The 0-2 Saints opened the season in Atlanta, where Tampa Bay plays on Thursday night.

So Joe thought he’d ask Josh McCown, Luke’s older brother, whether he’s getting some family assistance this week. [read more]

A rather somber Gerald McCoy chatted with media on the locker room of One Buc Palace today about his broken left hand.

Joe found it interesting that the mighty hand was not wrapped. Not even a Band-Aid. [read more]

Updated 2:05 p.m.: There’s hope for big-money free agent Michael Johnson, at least hope that he’ll practice today and play on Thursday night.

That’s the latest from Leslie Frazier, who talked to media this afternoon at One Buc Palace. [read more]

De facto offensive coordinator Marcus Arroyo spoke to media today at One Buc Palace and explained how deep the process was of selecting Josh McCown as a free agent starting quarterback.

Arroyo talked about how he, as quarterbacks coach, along with other staff, studied every last available free agent QB. [read more]

Lovie Smith shared some of his quarterback philosophy last night. It didn’t seem to bode well for Mike Glennon’s future.

The Mike Glennon Mob might not want to hear what Lovie Smith said last night. [read more]

Bucs coach Lovie Smith professes to be a stats guy, an analytics kind of guy. And the Bucs even hired a guru to lead a growing department that only crunches numbers and works Excel spreadsheets.

Since Sunday, Bucs fans are still griping about a run called on 3rd-and-7 from the Lambs’ 9-yard line. [read more]

Ask Greg Schiano why he blitzed, and danced and stunted so often on the defensive line , and the former Bucs commander will tell you it was because he didn’t believe his front-4 could rush the passer on its own.

Ask Lovie Smith why the he blitzed Rams third-string quarterback Austin Davis much more than Derek Anderson was the previous week, and he’ll offer the same answer as Schiano. [read more]

The Bucs’ Super Bowl champion weighs in

The guy with the newest Super Bowl ring in the Bucs locker room, defensive tackle Clinton McDonald, doesn’t think his teammates are playing enough smart football.

He’s committed to fixing that, and ensuring the Bucs’ attitude stays healthy in the face of two frustrating losses. [read more]

Keep the faith, says Booger McFarland.

Joe understands the downright anger of Bucs fans. The team basically urinated away the first two games of the season against dog backup quarterbacks, in part, because a career backup QB Lovie Smith knighted as his leader, Josh McCown, made too many Pop Warner mistakes that doomed the Pewter Pirates.

Sensing the kick-in-the-groin loss to the Lambs and a third-string nobody ended Lovie Smith’s honeymoon with fans, former Bucs defensive tackle Booger McFarland is trying his best to calm the masses. [read more]

The new starter?

So if Doug Martin is healthy on Thursday, will he return as Tampa Bay’s starting running back?

Listening to Lovie Smith on his radio show tonight, one might not think so. [read more]

Gerald McCoy has a broken hand. Joe knows this because McCoy talked about it last night.

Lovie Smith didn’t call McCoy’s hand broken this afternoon and hinted McCoy could play Thursday night in Atlanta. [read more]

It was a litany of chaos at the Bucs game yesterday, the loss to third-string never-been quarterback Austin Davis. The immortal Austin Davis.

Joe is sure fans were so upset by the second half, beer wasn’t enough and they began foraging for hard liquor. Understandable. [read more]

When Lovie Smith was hired, during the first couple of months when asked his Buccaneers roster, he often would add the qualifier, “But we are a 4-12 team,” as if to say the roster needs a serious upgrade.

The Bucs had a massive purge of players, namely on offense; they drafted nothing but offense. Bucs fans, thinking Lovie possessed a magic wand and that he drafted just offensive players, thought a turnaround and a new day of offensive football at the Stadium on Dale Mabry Highway was here. [read more]

An ESPN celebrity had a disturbing Tweet

Joe shook his head, literally, when he read the Twitter. But Joe understood how Bucs fans feel. After Lovie Smith waved the white flag yesterday, Bucs fans are throwing in the towel on the season.

Don’t believe Joe? Take the Twitter message from Mel Kiper of BSPN. The NFL draft guru stated fans of a particular team on Florida’s west coast suddenly have a keen interest in the 2015 draft. [read more]

Joe disagrees with a former Buccaneer

Joe’s a big fan of former Bucs tight end Anthony Becht, who’s a busy man working for ESPN and the Buccaneers Radio Network, but Joe had to disagree with Becht this morning.

Speaking on WDAE-AM 620, Becht drew a line in the sand stating it’s outlandish to think Bucs coaches lost confidence Josh McCown yesterday. [read more]

Bucs corner Alterraun Verner weighs in

A couple of low-grade quarterbacks have racked up impressive numbers and two wins against the Bucs defense.

Bucs Pro Bowl cornerback Alterraun Verner, who was very sound yesterday against the Rams, knows what that means. [read more]

The numbers are clear; trust in Josh McCown was lacking.

Last week, Josh McCown was making junior varsity quarterback decisions against the Panthers and the Bucs paid dearly.

Yesterday, he made another one, perhaps the worst QB blunder of the season on 1st-and-goal. And guess what happened next? [read more]

With Michael Johnson nursing his ankle and Adrian Clayborn out for the year with a blown bicep, the Bucs rolled out William Gholston and Da’Quan Bowers as their starting defensive ends yesterday — and the results were predictable. [read more]