Yes, Baker Mayfield eagerly blocked beastly 49ers edge rusher Nick Bosa on Sunday to help spring receiver Trey Palmer for a six-yard run. [read more]

Rookie cornerback Josh Hayes.

Joe applauded a Todd Bowles answer this afternoon because it cut through all the BS. [read more]

Seasoned Bucs fans have seen the struggles of Tampa Bay’s veteran cornerbacks, the Super Bowl duo of Carlton Davis and Jamel Dean. [read more]

Update.

The way Bucs corner Jamel Dean crumpled to the turf of Levi’s Stadium Sunday and nearly had to be carried off, Joe though surely it was a bad injury.

Alas, per Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, Dean isn’t ruled out for Sunday at Indianapolis.

Dean, per Rapoport, is week-to-week and his foot injury is not considered long-term.

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Todd assesses the damage inflicted by Tommy DeVito last week and searches for viable options after Thursday or Black Friday for Week 12. The Todd Wright Survivor Football Podcast is presented by Brandon Legal Group.

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Stretch run of 2023 season.

This may be the most overused phrase in football but dang is it accurate. [read more]

Historic Bucs game.

Joe was so enraged Sunday night how the Bucs didn’t think enough of rushing 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy as he was on his way to having the best game a 49ers quarterback played since the legend Joe Montana in 1989, the Bucs preferred a milk carton on the field (Joe Tryon-Shoyinka) rather than a guy who has three sacks in his last two games (YaYa Diaby).

Joe totally overlooked a Bucs work of greatness on the field of Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara. [read more]

Lavonte David

Yeah, the Bucs defense held the 49ers off the scoreboard in the fourth quarter on Sunday. [read more]

One of NFL’s best (yes, really).

Hey, let’s play fantasy football, shall we (even though Joe’s idea of fantasy has nothing to do with football)? [read more]

Joe has watched the condensed replay of the Bucs-49ers game three times now in search of reasons to believe in the Bucs — and looking for signs that Tampa Bay is spiraling to the NFC cellar. [read more]

The NFL, and perhaps its broadcast partners, move in sometimes mysterious ways. [read more]

Insight into playing time.

UPDATED: Joe thinks for the very first time since Todd Bowles took over for former Bucs Super Bowl-winning coach Bucco Bruce Arians, Bowles may be mired in controversy. [read more]

If you want to get Joe excited, serve Joe up a plate of Hooters Buffalo Shrimp with an ice cold Big Storm beer. Another way is by putting an exciting young pass rusher on the Buccaneers roster. [read more]

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Todd serves up game by game fantasy analysis of the first four games this holiday week. The Todd Wright Fantasy Football Podcast is presented by Hooters.

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Play this man (more)!

If Joe doesn’t see this man get more snaps in Indianapolis on Sunday, there is a good bet you will see Joe at Kilroy’s after the game doing shots. [read more]

Draft advice from four-letter.

This is going to anger two crowds. [read more]

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

Yeah, the Bucs lost on Sunday. Yeah, Joe knows it’s another step back for playoff probability percentages. The good news is the slimy Saints and the Dixie Chicks didn’t play. [read more]

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

Joe has been trying to spin Sunday’s loss into something comforting. [read more]

Lots of big time positives to take from the Bucs’ 27-14 loss to the 49ers on Sunday.

That comes straight from a thoughtful player at One Buc Palace. [read more]

Antoine Winfield, Jr.

Joe believes the Bucs are a few plays from a 6-4 record rather than the 4-6 they’re stuck with now.

Other fans believe the Bucs are just a couple of mistakes from hanging with the NFL’s elite! [read more]