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(Photo courtesy of Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
After sporting a dreadful running attack for weeks — perhaps since Bobby Rainey went wild (144 yards) against the Rams in Week 2 — Tampa Bay found its mojo today and ran the ball all over the Panthers.
What a surprise! Joe had almost thrown in the towel on the rushing attack. But the Bucs’ success today further illustrated the ineptitude of the passing attack. [read more]
Look, no one loves Gerald McCoy as much as Joe. He is the heart and soul of this team. He is a self-professed leader.
But after leaving today’s game with the second knee injury in as many weeks, an injury Lovie Smith called a hyper-extended knee injury, enough is enough. Time for GMC to start planning on his Cancun vacation. [read more]
After today’s display of poor ball security and pedestrian play, Josh McCown’s statistics now reveal a veteran quarterback who is worse than Mike Glennon in nearly every category.
Man, Glennon sure could teach McCown how to tuck the ball and eat a sack, a lesson McCown simply hasn’t learned. [read more]
Joe’s getting nervous.
Will the Bucs be ready to hire a new offensive coordinator in 15 days, when Black Monday comes and coaches are fired around the league? [read more]
The Bucs defense suffers (like today) when MLB Mason Foster is in street clothes.
It’s unclear why a good chunk of Bucs fans don’t like Mason Foster. Joe doesn’t get it. At one point in Foster’s career, Joe thought the middle linebacker would be eating pineapple.
Foster has had a not-so good season this year, mainly because of injuries, of late, an Achilles problem. And lest fans think Foster is a bad player, consider how the Bucs defense has (not) fared with him watching from the sidelines, per good guy Gil Arcia of TheBayCave.com. [read more]
Jason Licht talks about today’s major lineup change
The way Bucs general manager Jason Licht talked about Demar Dotson today, it sure seemed like Dotson’s relocation to left tackle was not just a one-time thing.
Dotson slid left and played reasonably well for his first game at left tackle. It could signal the end of the Anthony Collins era. [read more]
This information gets Joe so whacked out he just wants to ram his head through the wall. It is unconscionable.
Does the Bucs offense stick their collective heads in a urinal at halftime (and flush)? What is going on?
On the very first friggin’ play from scrimmage in the second half, the Bucs get called for a false start by Garrett Gilkey. [read more]
On the Buccaneers Radio Network postgame show on WDAE-AM 620, Lovie Smith updated Gerald McCoy’s injury.
Right now, per Lovie, Bucs fans from all corners of the globe can let out a collective sigh of relief and grab a cocktail. [read more]
Joe knows plenty of Bucs fans will be sending gifts to backup defensive end Larry English tomorrow.
Perhaps roses are in order. [read more]
Apparently, Lovie Smith and the Bucs defense didn’t learn from the first meeting with the Stinking Panthers that tight end Greg Olsen is talented.
Want to know how awful the Bucs have been coached up this year?
Today’s game is Exhibit-A.
The Bucs are marching towards the top pick in next spring’s draft. They are 2-12. By any measure, Lovie Smith’s charges have deserved an “F” grade for coaching.
Terrible. [read more]
Another carving at the hands of Derek Anderson
The Bucs were dominated for the second consecutive week, this time at the hands of a 4-8-1 football team that now has five wins.
Simple as that, as Lovie Smith likes to say.
Despite starting two rookie guards, a backup quarterback, and a 2013 Buccaneers practice squad guy at right tackle, the Panthers offense marched up and down the field. [read more]
Interact with fans here all game long
This is where wildly passionate Bucs fans hammer away in the comments section all game long.
It’s always a fun time, and a fantastic place to ride the rollercoaster and share your in-game sorrow (usually).
Can the Bucs improved defense slow down the fourth best QB in the NFC South, Derek Anderson?
They saw him once before, and the Panthers have two rookie guards. If not, Joe suspects the comments here might turn particularly ugly.
Enjoy the game. No sharing of illegal video streams. That’s only good for your own emails.
Lovie makes a move
Whoa!
Anthony Collins practiced all week and is inactive today, and look who’s at left tackle. [read more]
No helmet today for left tackle Anthony Collins, among other big name Buccaneers.
Here’s the official list, via Scott Smith, of Buccaneers.com: [read more]
Doug Martin spent his previous two seasons playing for bad Greg Schiano football teams.
Did those teams quit in December? [read more]
