Are the Bucs a Super Bowl team? (Stop giggling.)

Joe can’t say that because of the Bucs’ pass rush. [read more]

Eagles QB Jalen Hurts.

The quarterback the Bucs expect to face a week from tonight to begin the postseason likely won’t be 100 percent. But it appears Jalen Hurts will play. [read more]

Falcons owner Arthur Blank canned his head coach.

So the 7-10 Falcons launched their head coach, run-first Artie Smith, and allegedly are chasing a legend to replace him. [read more]

Re-sign him, Jason Licht. [read more]

“Let’s do this again, Kyle.”

It would be such a old-Bucs-like move to let a successful, 28-year-old starting quarterback walk in free agency for no good reason. [read more]

Has teammate’s back.

It was almost like Bucs safety Antoine Winfield was playing p!ssed off yesterday over the corrupt Pro Bowl voting. [read more]

Will ribs and ankle heal this week?

Yesterday it was clear to Joe that Baker Mayfield was in a lot of pain or discomfort and his injured ribs hindered his throwing motion in some way. [read more]

No conspiracy with Monday Night Football.

For the second year in a row, the Bucs will host a Monday Night Football game to open the playoffs. In fact, once the game kicks off, no other team in NFL history will have hosted a playoff game held on Monday night more than the Bucs. [read more]

YaYa Diaby and Shaq Barrett celebrate a hat and T-shirt win. (Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.)

What a Victory Monday it is! You don’t often see an offense play this badly and its team wins a division, much less a football game. But welcome to the world of your 2023 NFC South champion Bucs. Belly up to the bar and let’s f’ing go! [read more]

Eagles QB Jalen Hurts messed up a finger on his throwing hand.

So now we know who and when the Bucs will play to open the playoffs. [read more]

It’s official. [read more]

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BY IRA KAUFMAN

Did David Tepper toss a drink toward Antoine Winfield Jr. on Sunday?

He should have.

With an incredible hustle play in a season full of ’em, Winfield took center stage at the game’s biggest moment in a 9-0 victory that clinched a third consecutive division title for the Buccaneers.

D.J. Chark was on his way to the end zone early in the second quarter when Tampa Bay’s snubbed Pro Bowl safety swooped in and caused a fumble at the 1-yard line. The ensuing touchback preserved a 3-0 lead and the offensively-challenged Panthers never recovered en route to their second straight shutout loss.

It was a sensational effort by a sensational player, similar to the fumble Winfield forced against Atlanta QB Desmond Ridder at the 1-yard line back in October.

There isn’t much to talk about on the offensive side, except to say Baker Mayfield struggled with his accuracy and rhythm while his pass protection was no bargain.

Still, the Bucs did just enough to advance to face the fading Eagles.

Carolina simply didn’t have enough playmakers as Tampa Bay registered its first shutout since a 21-0 triumph at San Francisco in 2010. [read more]

Bucs GM Jason Licht.

Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht may not have jumped in his backyard pool after clinching his third conseuctive division title today, but he did engage in online trash talk. [read more]

Fighter.

Joe knows Bucs quarterback Baker Mayfield is not overwhelmingly popular among Bucs fans. But the man is popular in the Bucs locker room. [read more]

Rachaad White made a comment on X last week that strongly implied he was miffed after not being named to the Pro Bowl. [read more]

Set an early tone in shutout.

To paraphrase Colorado coach and NFL cornerback legend Deion Sanders, is YaYa Diaby, him? [read more]

Joe gathered with a small group of devoted Tampa Bay fans to watch the Bucs-Panthers game today.

With the Bucs in victory formation, a very casual Bucs fan entered the space. [read more]

So much for Pro Bowl.

Did the Stinking Panthers pack it in? Did they already have the U-Hauls in their driveways? Did they already book their flights for Jamaica? Probably. [read more]

The big bosses of the Buccaneers have a decision to make. [read more]