Shaq Barrett

The hustle is there in a huge way. So is the hunger, fire and health. The production is not. [read more]

Center Robert Hainsey talks running the ball.

The Bucs’ run game stinks. Has since last year when it was dead last in the league. It’s even worse now. [read more]

Major props from teammate.

If Bucs fans were impressed with the home debut last week of defensive tackle Calijah Kancey, just wait, said one Kancey teammate. [read more]

Talks Bucs’ defensive goals.

Despite some folks out there angry with the Bucs defense in last week’s loss to the Lions, Joe cannot agree. [read more]

Leadership.

This is for the leaders crowd. [read more]

Taking the next step.

So who is going to win the NFC South? Right now it looks like only the average team will survive. [read more]

Game 6

Dixie Chicks (3-3) at (3-2) Bucs 

Kickoff: 1 p.m.

TV: FOX (WTVT-TV Channel 13, locally) with Chris Myers, Mark Schlereth and Kristina Pink.

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Teaching the offense.

Joe is offering readers the full Monty. Well, not exactly what you may be thinking (get your heads out of the gutter!). [read more]

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No regrets. None.

Jason Licht and Todd Bowles faced a tricky choice in the offseason. Try to bring back Lavonte David or decline to make a contract offer and allow him to leave in free agency.

In retrospect, the decision appears to have been a no-brainer, but it wasn’t. All over the NFL, teams move on from 33-year-old linebackers, even ones who have been faithful and productive for the franchise. [read more]

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

Man, Joe has lost count of typing this same damn thing. [read more]

Thinks Bucs’ offense may be a little soft.

JoeBucsFan.com columnist Ira Kaufman believes the most improved Bucs player is right tackle Luke Goedeke. [read more]

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Free football.

Big game tomorrow for the NFC South division. And as one could expect, the Dixie Chicks-Bucs game will be shown pretty much exclusively in the SEC footprint.

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Upside.

A few weeks ago, Jeremy Fowler of BSPN was at the Bucs-slimy Saints game in New Orleans. Joe has seen him around the Bucs a time or three since training camp. So when Fowler types about the Bucs, he’s no total stranger shooting from the hip. [read more]

The Buccaneers’ not-yet-the-franchise quarterback, Baker Mayfield, is being coached up on a daily basis. [read more]

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Sort of a weird official injury report.

Despite fully participating in each practice this week, reserve OLB Anthony Nelson is listed as questionable for Sunday’s game with the Dixie Chicks. Nelson is trying to bounce back from a concussion.

Stud defensive tackle Vita Vea is also questionable with a bum foot. Bucs coach Todd Bowles said Vea’s foot was sore this week sort of out of the blue, not from a game or practice injury.

Meanwhile, the Dixie Chicks are at full strength with no player on their injury report.

Extra work.

Sorry, Coach Bowles, but when your brief, on-field news conference was on YouTube after practice today, Joe was much more interested in what was happening in the background. [read more]

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Here the come the Falcons.

Bad road team. Bad quarterback. Head coach with a sad résumé. [read more]

Lavonte David weighs in.

Unlike the Buccaneers, the Falcons run wide often, on most of their rushes. [read more]