Just based on the feedback Joe gets from readers, Raheem the Dream is on thin ice. The natives are more than restless.

Some are so psychotic in their frustration with Raheem the Dream, they are suggesting Bryan and Joel bring Chucky back.

While Joe is of the belief that Raheem the Dream is safe this year, and Woody Cummings of the Tampa Tribune has gone on record as saying Raheem the Dream is safe through the end of next season, Vacation Man of BSPN.com points out that may not be the case.

Vacation Man, who covers the NFC South, resides in Tampa and was once a Bucs beat writer for the Tampa Tribune. So it’s not like some schmuck without a clue to what he is talking about like Mike Lupica screaming from upon high. Vacation Man is somewhat intimate with the inner workings of the Bucs.

The Bucs are 0-5 and there really haven’t been any signs of progress. Raheem Morris has some time because the Bucs don’t want to fire a coach they just hired. But 0-16 or 1-15 without any signs of hope is enough to get any coach fired.

Morris had a plan when he took this job and it’s got to start showing through just a little bit.

While Joe doesn’t think Raheem the Dream will be fired this year, and Joe will go on record to suggest he shouldn’t, one has to wonder what Bryan and Joel might do if the following takes place:

1) Chucky is hired by Washington or Dallass. Jim Zorn and the Redskins lost to the previous winless Carolina Panthers Sunday. The death watch has begun in the district.

Dallass had to go to overtime to beat Kansas City. Jerry Jones has to be going nuts and no one expects Wade Phillips to be retained short of an incredible postseason run.

Both owners love splash and big-name coaches and Chucky seems the perfect fit for both organizations: strong ownership willing to put their foot down on Chucky but with bottomless wallets willing to pay for any player; a concept that would give Chucky a wet dream.

2) With Chucky’s salary off the Bucs’ books and, say, Bill Cowher’s agent calls Bryan and Joel explaining his client is interested in getting back in the game while the Bucs are in the hunt for the top overall pick in next year’s draft, just how safe is Raheem the Dream?

Aside from Kellen Winslow and Sammie Stroughter, the Bucs receiver with the best hands Sunday wasn’t a receiver.

It was tackle Donald Penn.

Penn showed some savvy for a bulking 300-pound receiver, including instinctively switching hands to carry the ball as he rumbled downfield. Joe would still love to find out where Penn learned that from.

So impressed was Penn with his first NFL reception, he’s already pestering Bucs coaches for more chances, even though his reception was hardly planned, so reports eye-RAH! Kaufman of the Tampa Tribune.

The burly left tackle provided a brief second-quarter spark when he latched onto a Josh Johnson pass deflected by Eagles defensive end Darren Howard and lumbered 15 yards to Philadelphia’s 8-yard line, where he was tackled by defensive end Trent Cole. Penn quickly got to his feet and gave the first down signal – twice.

“I told (offensive coordinator) Greg Olson he needs to make me a tackle-eligible,” said Penn, listed at 6-foot-5, 305 pounds. “Once I broke that first tackle, I thought I was gone.”

Hey, Penn showed he has some offensive skills besides blocking. Joe’s first thought after watching Penn roll for 15 yards was to try him at fullback in goal line situations, much like the Chicago Bears did with Refrigerator Perry.

Raheem the Dream was not in a good mood after the game speaking on the Bucs radio network. In short, Raheem the Dream nearly started naming names but stopped just short.

To be specific, Raheem the Dream is tired of players talking big but not backing up their big words with big plays.

“There’s not enough fight out there,” Raheem the Dream said. “We have to have more fight from both sides of the football out there. Jeremy Maclin was the pill we just didn’t need to see.

“We have to help out our young quarterback. When you get your hands on the ball, you have to make the catch. To Josh’s credit, he did the right checks but we have to execute. We have to make the catches for him. If we win the battles for him he will feel better about himself.

“Winslow was catching everything for him and when that happens you have to feed him the ball. But he needed some of his buddies to come up and help him.

“Everyone is saying the right thing but are you doing the right thing? Do you care about your team? We have to self evaluate.”

The NFL Network has your Bucs-Eagles lowlights.

Therefore, Joe has your Bucs-Eagles lowlights.

First are the game lowlights replete with Gene Deckerhoff calling the plays.

Next up are the many highlights produced by Kellen Winslow, Jr. Winslow’s plays are broken down in detail here, here and here .

Interestingly, 300-pound Bucs tackle Donald Penn showed Michael Clayton how catching the football is done. Note the nifty switching the football to the proper hand by Penn. When did he learn that?

The NFL Network scoreboard team has their take of the Bucs loss.

First it was Davin Joseph all but saying backup center Sean Mahan isn’t up to speed.

Now Raheem The Dream appears to have jumped on the bandwagon during his postgame press conference.

“We’ve got to have better protection up front …to not allow some of those pressures to be as inviting up the A-gaps as they were. The guys got to get it. We’ve got to stop making excuses for ourselves.”

Now last Joe checked the A-gaps are those around the center position now occupied by Sean Mahan. And last Joe checked, the only excuses the Bucs have been making on the O-line is the loss of Jeff Faine.

Put those together, and you have a coach saying his center is stinking up the joint.

One could hear the frustration if not desperation in Roy Miller’s voice after the game. Speaking on the Bucs radio network, Miller, despite playing a good game and being a stud rookie, was grasping for words as to why the Bucs are making a run at the top overall pick in the NFL draft next spring.

“You have to give Donovan [McNabb] credit,” Miller said. “We let up a few big plays and that cannot happen. We have to go to work. That’s all there is to say. Sure, [the Eagles] are great players on the field, but we cannot let that happen.

“We started out we were in the game the whole time. Jimmy [Wilkerson] was able to get on the edge and get some sacks. Got to give him credit. He had some great [offensive] tackles to go up against.”

Violence. Joe likes it with hockey. Raheem the Dream likes it with the Bucs. Front office types at One Buc Palace do not.

That said, it was violence that propelled soon-to-be new daddy defensive end Jimmy Wilkerson to play like a beast today while too many of his defensive teammates took the day off (Gaines Adams, anyone?).

While he is hours (minutes?) away from the birth of his third child, Wilkerson was an angry man Sunday.

“I was just playing with a lot of aggression and anger,” Wilkerson said. “I wanted to win so bad I had to do whatever I could to get our offensive back on the field.”

Joe suspects these will be on the clearance rack for Christmas

No tackles today for Gaines Adams. But he did have a nice rush that led to a batted down pass.

Good job, Gaines!

For those keeping score, that’s one sack on the season and 10 tackes for Mr. Adams. That puts him on pace to officially be a draft bust of historic proportions in Buccaneers history.

Joe’s going to bring you hard-hitting analysis of Adams and the Bucs defensive line with the debut of the weekly “Bull Rush” column, written by former Bucs defensive end Steve White.

Check back tonight or tomorrow for the Bull Rush. White’s chosen that name because he “doesn’t plan to hold back.”

As he has been in his short time with the Bucs, Kellen Winslow, Jr. was humble when interviewed after the loss on the Bucs radio network.

Despite having his best game as a Bucs player, Winslow just couldn’t take credit for the plays after a humbling loss.

“We didn’t execute,” Winslow said. “I was just trying to do my job and make plays for my team. [On his first touchdown] I don’t even remember it. I was just playing football. It was a good throw by Josh.”

Winslow seemed at a loss for words as the Bucs stretched their winless streak to five games (and nine counting last year’s December meltdown).

“All you can do is continue to fight and go from there,”  Winslow said. “This is my dream and I am living it. We are really not executing as a team.”

Living a dream? Joe thinks it’s more of a nightmare.

Josh Johnson was showered by a sea of green all game long

Bucs nation watched the Eagles throw massive pressure at Josh Johnson. Play after stinking play.

Quite a shift from the largely vanilla defense of the Redskins last week. In all, Johnson held up pretty well in Philly and did a lot of good things.

But in the face of all that pressure, he still wasn’t taking a lot of shots down field.

Joe’s friend and former Bucs quarterback Jeff Carlson puts some of that on the receivers.

“These receivers have to help the poor guy out once in a while. Tough sledding if you can’t beat one-on-one coverage with all those blitzes,” Carlson said just after the game.

Johnson found Winslow late, but what was happening earlier when the game was still in reach?

Questions like this make Joe wish he was at the game being so he could see the whole field, even if it meant sitting next to slimy Philly fans and not drinking Caybrew.

Though he appeared to be much more comfortable and productive than he did in his first start at Washington, Bucs quarterback Josh Johnson was not a happy camper after the game. Sure, one can point to the lopsided loss. Others obviously, and with merit, will point to his three interceptions.

Either way, Johnson, speaking on the Bucs radio network after the game, was not pleased.

“From an offensive standpoint, it was a physical game,” Johnson said. “We handled it well in the first half. We thought we were going to soften them up but we were not able to capitalize.

“I am very disappointed in myself with all of those turnovers, especially when I had chances to put points on the board.”

“You have to give [Philadelphia] credit. They forced us to throw how. I knew I would be under pressure. They made the plays in a very a very physical game.

It’s tough when you have bad breaks like I had. It’s very disappointing. I have to watch the film and see where we can do better.”

Johnson also raved about the play of Kellen Winslow, Jr., who had his best game as a Bucs tight end.

“He’s great. He’s a natural matchup problem,” Johnson said. “That is the luxury of having a Kellen Winslow against a nickle corner. He can physically beat them up and that’s what he did.”

Johnson feels a win coming on.

“We have yet to play a complete game, offense and defense and special teams,” Johnson said. “Once we do that, we will win. It’s just a matter of putting it all together.”

The humiliating Eagles safety with one-minute remaining was just further evidence that Raheem The Dream and Greg Olson are second-rate.

First, why was Cadillac Williams even in the game? Why? Why?

If the guy’s your No. 1 back and he’s got a fragile history, why are you giving him the ball to run off tackle from the end zone knowing the Eagles are going to do whatever they can to rip his legs off to get those two points. They were in the backfield all day. Absolutely stupid, if you ask Joe.

Second, Raheem The Dream could have just had Josh Johnson sneak up the middle once and then take a knee.

If the coaches can’t make the right calls with the game out of reach …

Enough already.

Somebody needs to come out and say the Bucs’ secondary stinks. Let Joe be the first. Now Joe’s talking about the unit as a whole.

The excuses seemed to finally be all gone against Philadelphia. Tanard Jackson was back. Aqib Talib and Ronde Barber were coming off strong games, and Sabby Piscatelli had settled down after a horrific start to the season. The Bucs’ defense was even playing better as a whole.

But all that didn’t mean crap. The Eagles immediately went after Elbert Mack for a 51-yard touchdown to Jeremy Maclin, and came back again to Maclin who caught Will Allen with his pants down for a 40-yard TD. And Joe can’t remember any big hits by the secondary today.

Every week it’s a big play or two, or three.

Joe’s going to cover his ears when Raheem The Dream and Jim Bates talk about the secondary this week. There’s really not much to say, other than these guys aren’t very good right now. 

Joe’s really not sure what goes on inside the head of Raheem The Dream. Come gameday, he’s totally unpredictable.

Trailing 7-0 on the Eagles’ 26 yard line, the Bucs had a 4th-and-2 following an Antonio Bryant drop. So rather than attempt the 43 yard field goal to put points on the board for his struggling offense, Raheem The Dream opted to go for the first down.

Then Michael Clayton, right on cue, promptly dropped the short pass for a first down.

Aside from the odds of making it on 4th-and-2 being very poor in the NFL, Joe suspects those odds are significantly worse on the road, significantly worse with an inexperienced quarterback, and even worse when Michael Clayton is on the field.

Knowing this, Raheem The Dream should have gone for the field goal. The Bucs would have had better odds for some points and at least  gotten the first-kick jitters out of the way for new kicker Shane Andrus.

On the heels choosing to kick a field goal on fourth and goal late in the game last week in Washington, Raheem The Dream is failing Fourth Down 101.

Eagles 33, Bucs 14

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* Even though Joe is happy to see the Eagles’ option play fail, memo to NFL coaches: the option doesn’t work in the pros.

* Nice run by Cadillac. Maybe he is wearing down the defense? Too bad the Bucs are down by 24 in the fourth.

* What’s that tell you that when your quarterback is the leading rusher on an NFL team?

* Winslow clearly has had his best game as a Bucs receiver.

* Another nice play by Winslow, maybe setting up a score.

* Finally a gadget play! But is the onside kick too late?

* So much for the onside kick.

* Officially garbage time now that Vick is playing quarterback.

* Didn’t hear much about Geno Hayes until the game is way out of hand.

*If this was “Cadillac Williams Day,” Joe will hate to see when the Bucs don’t expect anything from him.

^ A safety. How fitting? Sean Mahan with some quality blocking on that play.

* For some reason, this blowout doesn’t feel near as bad as the Giants debacle.

* Sabby almost gets the interception on the volleyball tip. Bucs will need a few more breaks like that to get back in the game.

* Jimmy Wilkerson came to play. A sack and a batted down pass. Would have been a first down had Wilkerson got his mitts on the ball.

* Joe likes that call of a screen pass to Caddy. Nice play, nice call.

* But Joe didn’t like that pass call to Winslow. Why throw to a guy who is five yards behind the first down marker unless he is wide open?

* Wilkerson with another big time play on a near interception/tipped pass.

* Bucs offense is grinding to a halt in the third quarter.

* Johnson nearly had a pick-six but Clayton didn’t help out his quarterback much by not coming back to the pass.

* You could almost smell that interception coming. The Eagles has really been turning the wheels on the vice on that possession. Eagles are about to seal the win.

* Westbrook vs. Ruud = mismatch and not at all in the Bucs favor.

* The rout is on. And currently and more importantly in some circles, the Eagles are covering the spread.

* Four-yard game but not sure if pounding the rock is worth it at this point.

* Joe likes the pass interference call but that was very iffy if Winslow could have caught that.

* Johnson seems so much more relaxed and in control than last week.

* Nice wheels by Johnson but it’s wasted because someone that their head up their ass and a didn’t know how to make a shift.

* Michael Clayton with a nice catch. Quick, someone document this moment. Add a roughing the passer penalty and the Bucs are in the red zone.

* Eagles defense locking down the Bucs in the red zone.

* While Johnson is looking better than last week, three picks are still three picks and inexcusable.

* This game is quickly spiraling out of control.

* Jimmy Wilkerson is having the game of his life. Too bad it’s wasted.

* What the hell was Johnson throwing to Caddy behind the line with a defender draped all over him? If no one else is open, throw the ball at his feet instead of completing a pass for a loss.

* Hey Josh, ever hear of throwing the ball away?

* Bucs get a gift with the Philly personal foul. That’s one way to get a first down.

* Geez. A four-yard run is the longest of the game so far for the Bucs. Not good.

* What the hell is going on with the Bucs? Now Bryant drops an easy first down trying to run before had the ball. Terrible.

* At least Kellen Winslow can catch the ball, and props to Winslow for turning up field rather than going out of bounds like he did earlier this season.

* Great, great  job by Johnson to avoid the sack to complete the pass to John Gilmore. This is the best drive so far this game.

* Ward stuff. Joe’s not so sure the Bucs should stick with the pass.

* Well, that’s one way to get a rushing first down: Johnson runs.

* So Greg Olson watched Georgia Tech last night? Doesn’t mean an option will work in the NFL.

* OMG Michael Clayton catches a ball. (Bronx cheer from Joe).

* Another gift from the Eagles. Bucs nearly in field goal range but who knows if the Bucs can try one from… who is kicking for the Bucs again?

* King of Turds with a strong one-yard catch (please note sarcasm).

* Joe is starting to be impressed with Josh Johnson. Nice rifle passes when needed.

* About time the Bucs run for a nice gain. Could Moore be right and Caddy is just warming up?

* Moore likes the call going for it on fourth-and-one. Joe agrees. Why not? What do the Bucs have to lose? It also tells Joe that Raheem the Dream is not confident with whoever is kicking for him this week. Some Colts castoff.

* You have to be (spitting) me??? A fumble and a Eagles defensive touchdown, scoop and score??? If this play is not overturned, the game is over. Seriously.

* Joe would pay to see Dennis Leary run over by a Ford F-150, or any Ford truck for that matter.

* Bucs dodge a major bullet on that Eagles scoop and score.

* Roy Miller with the batted down pass. Nice job rook.

* Wonder how if feels to be a hurdle Ronde Barber? Will Allen got schooled badly on that play.

* Eagles receivers are simply superior to the Bucs.

* Donovan McNabb does not appear to be a guy who has missed a few games. He looks damn sharp.

* Um, David Akers, it helps if you put your toe into the ball, you know?

* Despite having a goose egg on the scoreboard, Joe likes how Johnson has moved the ball. Not his fault there are so many drops.

* Could the Bucs actually be softening up the Philly defense with the run?

* NICE  catch by Winslow on a pass that was thrown a little too high by Johnson. Field goal range (at least) provided they don’t fumble.

* Another good catch by Bryant. Good job of Johnson to pick up the blitz and fire a rocket to Bryant.

* Bucs are back in the game. Great job of Winslow to fight for that pass.

* Doesn’t look like Winslow had two feet down. Joe will be surprised if this is not overturned.

* Joe is pleasantly surprised. Nice job by Johnson on that drive.

* Why give the Eagles a short field to get points before halftime?

* Geez. That didn’t take long, Eagles get the touchdown back and with some time possibly for the Bucs to get a field goal.

* Will Allen is rather toasty today.

* Naturally, the Bucs have a nice runback on the kickoff and there’s a holding penalty. Figures.

* Though Winslow was out of bounds, Joe believes Winslow is becoming Johnson’s favorite target.

* A rare sack given up by Donald Penn. Hey, the guy is human.  Joe doesn’t agree with Dave Moore who said Johnson stepping up in the pocket created that sack. Um, Dave, that’s what a quarterback is supposed to do: step up in the pocket. Let’s be honest, Penn just got burned badly. It happens.

* Wonderful gutsy run by Ward for a massive gain. If Scot Brantley were still on the Bucs radio network, Joe could just hear him talking about Ward’s “want-to.”

* Bucs are lucky there wasn’t an interception throwing into double coverage..Samme Stroughter was wide open for a score but Johnson didn’t see him.

* Donald Penn is the secret weapon. Even knew how to switch hands with the ball after catching the deflected pass. Joe was impressed.

* On the intercepton to end the half, Stroughter got absolutely lit up.

* Master of the obvious: Raheem the Dream, as he was leaving the field at halftime, said, “Our secondary has to play better.” Ya think?

* Not bad vision (or blocking) on the near-miss bomb by Josh Johnson to Michael Clayton.

* Third down and long to a rookie quarterback is lethal, especially against the Eagles.

* On the offsides call against the Eagles, Joe was waiting for Jeremy Trueblood’s name to be called.

* What’s with an option? Since when did the Bucs think they are Georgia Tech? There’s a reason why NFL teams don’t run an option.

* Well, that didn’t take long, did it? Two plays. Touchdown Eagles. Wonder if Elbert Mack is going to be picked on today? Joe fears this will be a long afternoon. Good thing he has plenty of Caybrews.

* Nice throw to Antonio Bryant by Johnson. Not an easy throw, not an easy catch.

* Johnson seems much more relaxed today than last week.

* Dave Moore on the Bucs radio network is talking about how the Eagles love to blitz on first down so he expects the Bucs to do a lot of throwing on first down. If the Bucs don’t get the running game going, every down will be a passing down.

* Bryant needs to make that catch but Joe was very impressed with how Johnson hung in the pocket just before he was going to get drilled. Last week Johnson would have taken off running, maybe getting a two-yard gain. Maybe.

* The Bucs radio network just lost their feed from Philadelphia and host Scott Ledger has been pressed into play-by-play duties via the Clear Channel Tampa studios.

* Very nice play by Barrett Ruud to stop McNabb from getting a first down. Ruud stayed home and didn’t take the bait from McNabb’s juke moves. Nice job forcing a punt.

* All right. Nice field position.

* Great job on the rollout when he was flushed that Johnson kept his eyes downfield and found Bryant to a good gain.

* Running game isn’t getting the job done today.

* At least Derrick Ward was able to get some positive yardage.

* Fourth-and-two going for it. Why not?

* Michael Clayton drops a first down. Again! What’s the matter Michael, is Chucky stalking you from BSPN so that you can’t catch? That is one of the most gutless excuses Joe has ever heard, that Chucky make Clayton drop passes. Joe will say AGAIN: It doesn’t matter if a wide receiver blocks better than Dan Dierdorf in his prime, if a *receiver* cannot catch the ball, what good is he?

* Crowder with a great job of tackling Westbrook at the line.

* First down Philadelphia and Joe is directly quoting Gene Deckerhoff: Their guys catch it. Our guys don’t. Take THAT Clayton!

* ENOUGH: Michael Vick in a shotgun formation is NOT a Wildcat offense!!! Will NFL producers actually do a modicum of research to learn what a Wildcat offense is?

* Great pursuit on the attempted screen pass to the right by the Bucs defense.

* DeSean Jackson push off. Hee, hee.

* Not sure if Aqib Talib was roasted on the third down play but that was one helluva play for him to get a hand on the ball to break up the pass.

* Near block on the punt by the Bucs. Now can Michael Clayton freaking CATCH THE DAMN BALL on this drive???

* Joe is sick of this radio commercial for some truck company he hears constantly on the Bucs broadcasts. As soon as Joe hears it, he turns the channel temporarily. And by the way, who the hell is “Mike” and why should Joe care about what the hell he does?

* Deckerhoff — for his standards — is hammering Clayton. “We had a first down but it was dropped.” That’s the second reference he’s made to Clayton’s drops. When Deckerhoff is ripping you, that’s bad.

* The way Sammie Stroughter catches the ball, why should Clayton even be on the field?

* Dave Moore thinks Cadillac will wear down the Eagles defense. it would be nice if he could get some decent yardage.

* Not a good way to end the quarter: penalty and a sack.

In speaking on the Bucs radio network during today’s pregame show, Bucs general manager Mark Dominik explained how the Bucs sift through the free agent list to find a kicker.

In short, they hear the clock ticking.

“We put them on the clock,” Dominik said. “From the snap to the kick, we want them to kick it in 1.40 seconds. If they can do it in 1.30 that’s great. If they are not [hitting 1.40] they are taking too much time and we have to yell at them.”

Dominik also said when the Bucs work out kickers, he likes for there to be several on hand to amp up the pressure.

As for the Bucs ditching the 2-2-1 running back rotation, Dominik said the play of Cadillac Williams dictated that.

“We feel pretty confident because Cadillac has done such a good job,” Dominik said. “He has the hot hand. We will still see Derrick Ward, but this will be Cadillac Williams Day. He’s been close to breaking the big one.”

Bucs center Jeff Faine is still unable to start and is inactive for today’s game at Philadelphia.

Also, if the Bucs are to win, they will also have to do so without the services of running back Earnest Graham who is also inactive.

Others not playing for the Bucs today are quarterback Byron Leftwich, safety Corey Lynch, defensive tackle Dre Moore, defensive end Kyle Moore and offensive lineman Marc Dile.