Welcome to 2024! [read more]

Kickoff time released.

The NFL annually waits until the end of Sunday night of Week 17 to release the Week 18 schedule, so the league knows what games will have playoff implications. [read more]

Explains mood of locker room.

There was a pall over the Bucs’ locker room this afternoon. The team had one of its worst losses in a while. [read more]

Joe Tryon-Shoyinka and friends couldn’t take advantage.

So the slimy Saints played today without their Pro Bowl right tackle Ryan Ramcyzk.

Joe was excited to see what Joe Tryon-Shoyinka, Anthony Nelson and friends might do filling in for Bucs sacks king Shaq Barrett off the edge against a backup. And then the Saints’ backup got hurt early in the game. [read more]

Joe was somewhat appalled by the intensity of negativity today on social media when it comes to a loud minority (majority?) of Bucs fans. [read more]

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

Watching the Bucs offense today Joe was just about horrified. Guys the Bucs should have leaned on, they didn’t. Guys the Bucs should have used to their skillsets, they didn’t. [read more]

Two interceptions and two bad throws are killers nearly every time.

It’s not fair to blame Baker Mayfield for the Bucs’ loss today, but he certainly had a hearty hand in it. [read more]

Faceplant.

The Bucs thought they found their franchise quarterback on the NFL scrap heap. [read more]

His team wanted to win.

One team wanted to win. One team played like a playoff berth was on the line. [read more]

“Don’t blame me!”

Did Byron Leftwich crawl through the fence near the Glazer Shed to get back into One Buc Palace? Today’s offensive gameplan was like a Leftwich special. [read more]

Lavonte David had no answers after today’s clubbing by the Saints at The Licht House.

He seemed to be in stunned disbelief. [read more]

Joe was expecting to see — and hear — a bunch of bone-crunching, physical play from the Bucs today.

After all, the division was on the line against Tampa Bay’s arch rival. [read more]

What was supposed to be a hat and t-shirt game for the NFC South title turned into something that looked more like a U-Haul and Linkedin-update game for Buccaneers’ players and coaches.

Huge home game for the Bucs against their arch rival and they didn’t show up from the opening whistle?

Joe blames everyone. No excuse to come out flat in such a big game.

Interceptions, fumbles, out of sync on routes, commitment to a bad running game trailing by three scores — the Bucs offense was a train wreck. [read more]

Showtime! Comment all game long below!!

The NFC South title belongs to the Bucs (again!) if they beat the slimy Saints today at The Licht House.

Go Bucs!

Falcons owner Arthur Blank.

Joe will be one heck of a Falcons fan today when Atlanta kicks off against Chicago at 1 o’clock. [read more]

Flash poll posted at 4:56 a.m. Poll closed at 9:59 a.m.

So Tuesday night, Joe recorded an Ira Kaufman Podcast episode at the Big Storm Brewing Co. taproom in Odessa and an impromptu crowd gathered around the table. [read more]

Explosion predicted.

Mike Evans is going to be a Hall of Famer. It may take a few years after he is eligible, but he will make it. [read more]