Just like last year (Tim Wright), the fourth-ranked tight end to open the Buccaneers season has made a mark.

That doesn’t happen often in the NFL. [read more]

Cue the circus music.

The Bucccaneers have re-signed rookie return man/wide receiver Solomon Patton, the same guy they cut six weeks ago. [read more]

Another former Buccaneer weighs in

Crab-legs-stealing, BB-gun-shooting, obscenity-hollering, Heisman-Trophy-winning, national champion James Winston, the pride of Florida State University, continues to look like a much better quarterback prospect than Mike Glennon and Josh McCown.

It’s Joe’s daily nugget on the Jameis Watch, celebrating the best quarterback to wear No. 5 ever in the state of Florida. [read more]

It seems Bucs fans have reached their boiling point after Tampa Bay did its best on offense to lose a very winnable game against the Bengals.

The defense played just fine. The offense, well, it was like watching a Three Stooges flick at 2 a.m. after about eight beers. [read more]

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Forget Vincent Jackson’s massive salary and take a look at some football reality, says one former Buccaneer. [read more]

Joe suggested it before and it bears repeating. A team as sloppy as the Bucs, as undisciplined as the Bucs, and as reckless as the Bucs, that points to one person at the end of the day. That man’s name is Lovie Smith.

Finally, it seems Lovie has reached his boiling point. After losing to the Bengals, the head coach stopped short of calling out players but didn’t spare harsh words such as “stupid” and “dumb.” [read more]

Joe’s got his calculator out, and it showsTampa Bay is on track to equal its sacks total of 2013.

Wait a minute. [read more]

The architect of the Buccaneers defense, Lovie Smith, disagrees with the common perception that his defense is difficult to learn. [read more]

Tampa Bay fans — the few still engaged that have not gone apathetic like most — came away from the near-win against Cincinnati, a division leader, with various degrees of outrage.

First, why can’t anyone on the Bucs count to 12?

Isn’t there some coach’s grandson who has nothing better to do than whine about when he will go to Dairy Queen the Bucs could hire to count to 12? [read more]

From the time Joe played for a former NFL player who counted among his mentors Tom Landry, John Madden, Gene Stallings and Lou Holtz, Joe has always believed a good football coach adapts to his talent, to the changes in the game and is open-minded.

It’s great to hold firm to core beliefs, but football is cyclical. Good football coaches learn something new almost every week. The game is always changing. [read more]

An NFL Network report has Joe thinking a Mike Glennon trade offer is likely. [read more]

Crab-legs-stealing, BB-gun-shooting, obscenity-hollering, Heisman-Trophy-winning, national champion James Winston, the pride of Florida State University, continues to look like a much better quarterback prospect than Mike Glennon and Josh McCown.

It’s Joe’s daily nugget on the Jameis Watch, celebrating the best quarterback to wear No. 5 ever in the state of Florida. [read more]

Lovie Smith was asked today whether he is angry.

Lovie didn’t deny his inner rage. [read more]

Joe thought it was honorable of Bucs head coach Lovie Smith to fall on his sword yesterday and say it was his responsibility to make sure there are not 12 men on the field (much less on consecutive plays).

He is right; at the end of the day, foul ups fall in the lap of the man in charge.

Joe has written you can decide for yourself who the guilty party was, per Josh McCown’s explanation. It frankly wasn’t Lovie. To hear from the man who hired Lovie to coach the Bears, as many as four assistant coaches were asleep at the switch. [read more]

Joe’s noticed a trend. [read more]

Per theMMQB.com editor Peter King, the Bucs had 12 men on the field in consecutive plays on the final drive.

Joe simply cannot fathom how the following took place. On the potential game-winning drive, the Bucs had 12 men on the field. Geez.

Look, we are all human. We all make mistakes. But most NFL teams — hell, high school teams — have safeguards to prevent penalties that push a team out of field goal range. [read more]