Updated 6:13 p.m.: Joe’s trying to make sense of the Bucs only throwing once to Mike Evans in the first half today, a completion that was nullified by a penalty. [read more]

Joe’s been screaming for starting wide receiver Cecil Shorts to make a big play. [read more]

Major, positive shakeup in playoff position

Sound the trumpets! The Bucs won a home game!

And they won it easily.

Bucs fans deserved it, and the entire Tampa Bay roster needed to show the world they don’t belong lumped into the NFL stink pot with the Browns and Jaguars. [read more]

Injury update.

Good thing the offensive line of the Bucs is deep. [read more]

Time to win at home! Losing 17 of their last 20 in Tampa is humiliating for Bucs fans. Joe can’t take it any longer.

Beating the bumbling Bears today at the Den of Depression is mandatory for the sake of decency. You can’t lose all three games of a three-game homestand no matter who the opponents are.

Bang it here with comments all game long. And prepare yourself for postgame coverage.

Play nice. Personal fouls are not tolerated.

Game 9

Bears (2-6) at Bucs (3-5)

Kickoff: 1 p.m. [read more]

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A giant tin from Abe’s Place in Clearwater is on the line

Why haven’t you tried to win a GIANT tin of wings from Abe’s Place in Clearwater? All you have to do is get chosen to beat Abe’s Picks — and win.

Details here.

Today, Rob R. (Tampa) and Kendra V. (Clearwater) squares off against Abe, who has only one loss this season. [read more]

Dangerous or lame?

Joe is of the mind that bratty Jay Cutler can be a dangerous quarterback. [read more]

It’s practice. (Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com)

Mike Evans is having a Pro Bowl season. He currently leads the NFL in touchdown catches with eight and is fifth in the NFL in receiving yards (745). [read more]

NFL Network is tapping its inside sources at One Buc Palace this morning. [read more]

Improving.

Bucs fans, some good news to wrap yourself around as you nurse your morning cup of hot java on this sleepy, sunny Sunday morning: Roberto Aguayo is improving. [read more]

Wash those No. 22 jerseys.

Put on that Muscle Hamster underwear. [read more]

Dirk Koetter and Robert Ayers weigh in

Excuses are evaporating for the Buccaneers defense. [read more]