Cade Otton and Chase Edmonds celebrate Otton’s game-winning touchdown catch behind dejected Dixie Chicks’ safety Richie Grant who Otton beat on the play. (Photo courtesy Buccaneers.com.)

Yes, it is true. Your first place Bucs! That’s right. The Bucs now control their own destiny for a playoff berth. Victory Monday, indeed! Grab your mug of java and let’s get to it! [read more]

Bucs GM Jason Licht.

Two weeks ago the Bucs’ projected 2024 draft slot in the first round was a prime position. [read more]

Most NFL veterans know how the league works when it comes to chewing up head coaches and spitting them out. [read more]

Joe floated a thought during today’s game on X. “Is Zyon McCollum now the Bucs’ best cornerback? [read more]

Joe served the question up to Baker Mayfield after today’s thrilling Bucs win in the loudass Falcons’ dome. [read more]

Done?

Joe scoured the Bucs sidelines today inside the Falcons’ dome looking for one of the Bucs captains, a familiar face, a cornerstone of the franchise.

No, not center Ryan Jensen. But Jensen was here and engaged with teammates. [read more]

“See, we can run!“

Boy, with the Bucs running the ball for only 38 yards in the first half, Joe never imagined typing the following sentence. [read more]

Leads offensive comeback.

Man, the way the Bucs played offensively in the first half, the way many Bucs fans reacted on Twitter, they would have been happy if the NFL brought back television blackouts. For road games. [read more]

Bucs coach Todd Bowles reacts.

Was it seeing Atlanta’s stud kicker Younghoe Koo miss two field goals (which ultimately proved to be the difference in the game) that spooked Bucs coach Todd Bowles? [read more]

Season-changing catch?

Joe thought for sure through most of the win over the Dixie Chicks today that Bucs coach Todd Bowles’ fate was sealed. [read more]

Clutch.

Maybe Trey Palmer’s significant other needs to torch Todd Bowles on social media, too? [read more]

Survivalist.

Cancel the PODS reservation. Return the bubble wrap. Put the résumé PowerPoint in draft. [read more]

“Hey Baker, we got this.“

The Bucs played another stinker and walked out with a deuce — as in back-to-back division victories.

How about them Bucs!!!!

Tampa Bay is now 6-7 with a two-game winning streak and sitting pretty atop the ugly NFC South. Yes, the Bucs own division tiebreakers with Atlanta, the team they squeaked past today. And the Bucs have the edge on the Saints (6-7).

With four games to play, the Bucs control their destiny.

Now the bad news. [read more]

OK, boys and girls. Comment all game long below!

Bucs players said today’s game at Atlanta is a playoff game. Bucs coach Todd Bowles reinforced on the Buccaneers Radio Network pregame show saying it is “playoff football in December.” Even Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht said today is a playoff game.

The Bucs aren’t mathematically eliminated with a loss but man, they would be painted into a corner.

As always, Joe kindly asks that you play nice.

Second missed game.

Joe has a nice perch at the Falcons’ stadium and just choked on some press box potatoes. It was announced that Buccaneers’ manbeast Vita Vea will not play today.

He’s got a foot injury. Vea missed practice time this week and was questionable entering today.

He’s not the guy you want out against a team like the Falcons that runs like it’s 1992, with a trio of studly runners.

This is the second game Vea has missed this season (Week 8 at Buffalo) He missed three last year.

Lots of smart people, including a slim majority of Bucs fans (see Joe’s home page poll), think Tampa Bay will lose today in Atlanta. [read more]

Flash poll posted at 3:04 a.m. Poll closed at 9:42 a.m.

Tampa future is on the line.

A few days ago, the mighty Sage of Tampa Bay Sports, Ira Kaufman, was very clear in his belief that a Bucs loss today in Atlanta should signal the end of the Baker Mayfield era in Tampa. [read more]