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(Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com)
It’s Victory Monday!
OK, Joe is on the road in Minneapolis and is physically shot. Mentally, Joe’s awake, still buzzing from the win over the Vikings at U.S. Bank Stadium just two train stops from Joe’s downtown hotel.
(Yes, Joe can still hear that damn Vikings horn.)
So let’s get after it. [read more]
Got the job done.
When yesterday’s game got into crunch time, Baker Mayfield delivered. [read more]
Anyone see Justin Jefferson in second half yesterday?
Yeah, Vikings receiver Justin Jefferson, perhaps the best receiver in the NFL, absolutely gouged the Bucs in the first half. [read more]
Didn’t deviate.
Joe remembers this summer asking Bucs offensive coordinator Dave Canales how he can improve his running backs’ yards-after-contact yardage. [read more]
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An opportunistic Buc defense had plenty to celebrate on that giddy plane ride back from Minneapolis. [read more]
Defensive coaches love, love, love time of possession. Just love it. [read more]
Baker Mayfield won a lot more than the game today. [read more]
“Todd, I told you Christian Izien could play!”
It was a Toes on the Line moment. [read more]
Buccaneers Super Bowl general manager Jason Licht.
What a freaking day it was for the Buccaneers’ youth movement, which is complemented by a bunch of veteran studs and a quarterback wild card of historic proportions. [read more]
Big-time catch to seal win.
There were three players that Joe thought really balled out in training camp. [read more]
Great off-your-couch moments today in Minnesota: Antoine Winfied’s trifecta, the rare sack/fumble/recovery, was a big one in the first quarter.
Christian Izien’s goal-line interception was huge, too. Joe has a sweet spot for Calijah Kancey’s first quarterback hit and Devin White’s body slam of Kirk Cousins. [read more]
Happy man.
The Bucs got after Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins today. And Joe is a happy man. [read more]
Big day.
Hats off to Devin White, who came out swinging today in Week 1, ferocious against the run, body-slamming Kirk Cousins in the red zone and looking like the inspirational leader of a damn good defense. [read more]
Postgame Baker Mayfield.
Baker Mayfield is on pace for 34 touchdowns and 0 interceptions this season, but he’s keeping today’s thrilling win against the Vikings in perspective. [read more]
Winning 1990s football is back.
Try to tell Joe this wasn’t a defensive coordinator’s wet dream? [read more]
“We were gritty throughout the ballgame,” Todd Bowles told the Buccaneers Radio Network after today’s thrilling win in Minnesota.
Joe agrees but Joe knows a bigger reason why Bowles thinks the Bucs beat a good team on the road. [read more]
Big-play defense plus Mike Evans and Chris Godwin coming up with Pro Bowl moments today in Minnesota.
That’s the way Bucs football should be. [read more]
Joe loved, loved, loved how the Bucs defense recovered in the second half today after Justin Jefferson lit them up in the first half. [read more]
Joe is fired up! The Bucs are undefeated and looking good!
Tom Brady who? Tampa Bay just marched into the Vikings’ dome and were the more physical team and proved they’re a damn tough club.
How about Todd “Big Balls” Bowles going for it on 4th and 1 deep in his own territory in the fourth quarter. [read more]
Baker Mayfield.
The Baker Mayfield Era begins at 1 p.m. against the Vikings in Minnesota, featuring that annoying horn blowing constantly.
Let ‘er rip in the comments section all game long. As always, please play nice. Pretty please?
The 2023 Bucs season is here!
Go Bucs!
