Honored.

How are you celebrating Mike Evans Day? [read more]

When these guys ball, Bucs often score.

Sacks are drive-killers. You read that from Joe in one of many, many, many, many rants and screeds about the lack of a proven, healthy, young edge rusher. [read more]

Yeah, a little sizzle is lost from Sunday’s pending Mike Evans-Marshon Lattimore clash at The Licht House in Round 1 of the NFL playoffs. [read more]

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Injury updates

Head coach Todd Bowles today said his two most expensive guns in the Bucs’ defensive backfield will play Sunday night. [read more]

Well deserved!

Tristan Wirfs is this year’s All-Pro left tackle, as voted by the Associated Press panel of 50 voters, a mix of media types and ex-players that includes Sage of Tampa Bay Sports Ira Kaufman, the JoeBucsFan.com columnist.

What a transition Wirfs made. He was an All-Pro right tackle before switching left last season.

The greatest offensive player in Buccaneers history has spoken. [read more]

Tough talk from two ex-Bucs.

An old Bucs assistant coach and a 2020 and 2021 Buccaneer pulled no punches this week. [read more]

Focused.

Liam Coen can feel it. And it’s not because he had too many onions on his cheesesteak. [read more]

Lofty company.

As much as Joe likes Mike Evans, if Joe had to pick the best receiver in the game, Joe would have to think long and hard about choosing Ja’Marr Chase of the Bengals. [read more]

Bullish on Baker Mayfield.

One quarterback has taken his team to overtime in a Super Bowl and his worst season was losing in the NFC title game, all in his first two seasons. [read more]

Tough decisions ahead.

The Bucs may very well have hit the lottery when they signed Liam Coen as offensive coordinator. [read more]

Joe painfullly confesses to being a Frankie Luvu admirer.

The Commanders linebacker, who the Bucs will see plenty of on Sunday night, plays so darn hard and has a such a unique story. [read more]

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There’s still time for the Buccaneers to order an inspirational T-shirt they can wear during warmups before Sunday night’s playoff game.

You’ve heard the message before and it fits this football team to a T: [read more]

Scrambling Baker excites Bucs.

Sometimes when a team is lethargic, coaches often try something unorthodox to shake it out of its funk. [read more]

Dot-connecting.

While most Bucs fans are peeking between their fingers hoping Bucs offensive coordinator Liam Coen isn’t plucked by another coach-needy team, a key member of Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht’s staff has been floated as a target for a team that as of this afternoon is looking for a new general manager. [read more]

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Joe’s got Thursday’s late-afternoon injury report. [read more]

Joe hears the national analysts leaning heavily but not completely in Tampa Bay’s direction for Sunday night against the Commanders. [read more]

So the Bucs’ hot offensive coordinator may not be such a hot commodity across the NFL. [read more]

Here’s one reason the Bucs are a 3-point favorite Sunday night against the Commanders at The Licht House. [read more]