How All-In Is Team Glazer For 2023?
September 19th, 2023
Joe was tickled to hear that the Bucs are sniffing Rams running back Cam Akers, a talented and versatile young guy with a Super Bowl Ring. [read more]
Joe was tickled to hear that the Bucs are sniffing Rams running back Cam Akers, a talented and versatile young guy with a Super Bowl Ring. [read more]

Bucs kicked the tires.
Well, this is interesting. [read more]
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Sunday’s interception that wasn’t from Zyon McCollum.
Joe is blown away by the accomplishments of Todd Bowles and his defensive staff over the past five seasons in Tampa.
Just look how cornerback Carlton Davis has thrived and how all three defensive backs drafted in 2019 got nice second contracts. [read more]
Even the Kyle Trask loyalists concede Baker Mayfield is playing strong football and exercising A-grade leadership. [read more]

Anyone who suffered through the miserable Panthers-Saints game last night can relate to this Bucs take from a former Pro Bowler and three-time Super Bowl winner. [read more]

Dominating inside.
Almost overlooked in Joe Tryon-Shoyinka leading the Bucs on Sunday with two sacks was that Vita Vea had 1.5 sacks. [read more]
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Undefeated.
A columnist for a highly respected national publication admits he may have grossly undervalued the Bucs. [read more]

Why don’t folks see Mike Evans?
It really blows Joe’s mind. [read more]

Defense rules.
Joe caught some flack yesterday for suggesting the Bucs are playoff-bound. [read more]

Baker Mayfield matches Shaun King feat.
Bucs quarterback Baker Mayfield did something the past two weeks that neither Tom Brady nor Jameis Winston nor Brad Johnson could pull off. [read more]

Cade Otton.
It was a quiet day for the Bucs’ supporting cast of pass catchers against the Bears on Sunday and a very important Buccaneer took notice. [read more]

Injury update.
UPDATED 4:23 pm. [read more]

Joel Glazer and the rest of Team Glazer have many decisions ahead.
Mike Evans was on the phone late yesterday. [read more]

Death, taxes and Chris Godwin.
Joe was speaking this morning with good friend Sean Sullivan, the general manager of Bill Currie Ford, and one topic was training camp. [read more]

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.
Updated 4:30 p.m. – So Bucs coach Todd Bowles had his day-after press conference discussing yesterday’s win over the Bears, and a little chatter about the Eagles game a week from tonight. [read more]

Confesses regret.
In the very same calendar year that the Bucs began this season 2-0, a star Bucs linebacker spiced up some dull winter months with much-needed drama. [read more]

Hall of Famer Calvin Johnson is an example of a superstar receiver who thrived with nothing-special quarterbacks throwing him the ball for a chunk of his career.
Fellow Hall of Fame pass catcher Michael Irvin is in the other camp. He wasn’t much when Troy Aikman wasn’t throwing him the rock. [read more]

Shopped by the Rams.
Sorry, Joe is still not sold on the Bucs’ run game. Yet. [read more]
Joe imagines fourth-year Bucs outside linebacker Cam Gill often leaves One Buc Palace wondering what would happen if he got to play more often. [read more]

Dangerous with time — and without it.
Joe’s old man used to say NFL starting quarterbacks are the [32] very best at their position. But not all have a key luxury. [read more]