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Miss it yesterday? Then dial up The JoeBucsFan Show TODAY at 11 a.m. on WDAE radio, 95.3 FM and AM 620. Listen online, too, or via the iHeart Radio app, or below, immediately following Fantasy Fix from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Joe’s been back on the WDAE airwaves every weekend since February. Varying times.
Big workload today for Rachaad White?
Now Joe isn’t one of these guys who believes you absolutely, positively have to run the football to win football games. Joe never has been that-guy and never will be. [read more]
Lavonte David and the Bucs’ third-down defense could be spectacular today.
Not lost on Joe (but Joe is confident it has been lost on others) is the steady improvement of the Bucs’ third-down defense. And it’s been happening against good teams. [read more]
Jamel Dean celebrates his first of two pick-sixes this year.
Just on face value, it seems the Bucs are hellbent on running off Jamel Dean. [read more]
Improvement.
Joe remembers last year when Justin Skule took over for concussed Luke Goedeke at right tackle against Detroit. It was a brutal baptism. [read more]
Game 8
Bucs (5-2) at Slimy Saints (1-6)
Kickoff: 4:05 p.m.
TV: FOX (WTVT-TV Channel 13, locally) Kenny Albert, Jonatha Vilma and Megan Olivi. For a national TV map of where the game will be broadcast via your local FOX affiliate, click here.
Rookie receiver Tez Johnson.
Joe is impressed by how many accomplished NFL players have fallen for Tez Johnson. [read more]
Former Bucs linebacker Devin White.
In August, Buccaneers Ring of Honor general manager Jason Licht stepped out of his public persona and threw a dart at his 2019 first-round draft pick. [read more]
Bucs GM Jason Licht
Do the Bucs have enough juice to win a Super Bowl after the major injury to Mike Evans, among others?
A Hall of Fame quarterback and the face of NFL Network took on this topic yesterday. [read more]
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What’s been happening with all those prospects you obsessed about in the 2025 NFL draft? Draft guru Sean Sullivan sprints around the NFL to find out, and Sean weighs in on his beloved Bucs.
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Pressures!
Joe has screamed and hollered for the Bucs to buy/trade/develop a double-digit edge rusher so much that Joe is worn out. Hoisted the white flag. Gave up. [read more]
Legit starter says Todd Bowles.
Joe has a hunch if you asked Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht about giving up a draft pick to rent a player for a three-month playoff run, Licht would point to Elijah Roberts as a reason he doesn’t want a rental.
Sunday will be a Hooters kind of day! [read more]
Joe hates the slimy Saints as much as Baker Mayfield does.
That’s why Sunday’s matchup in New Orleans is a can’t-lose game for the Bucs, their fans, and especially for Todd Bowles. [read more]
Poll posted at 8:37 a.m. Poll closed at 9:50 a.m. Last week’s poll linked here.
Look out.
Sometimes, both football people and those who bury their heads in stats and think the game is played on a spreadsheet can agree. Just like the following. [read more]
Another long one coming Sunday for Emeka Egbuka?
Since the day Josh Grizzard was first introduced as Bucs offensive coordinator, he explained he wanted to keep Liam Coen’s offense intact.
That is, with one exception. [read more]
Todd Bowles has done a hell of a job getting the Bucs to 5-2 while navigating several injuries on both sides of the ball and incorporating rookies, including a first-time playcaller. [read more]
