Played like he belonged.

Anyone seen the movie “Memphis Belle?” Joe was reminded of it last night when watching the Bucs rookies. [read more]

Upset with Playoff Lenny.

It seems one of the best pass rushers in the game wants Playoff Lenny taken out. Or at least stopped. [read more]

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BY IRA KAUFMAN

The Bucs had a great deal to do with the Cowboys looking awful Sunday evening.

The first game of the Todd Bowles regime generated smiles all around after a stifling defensive effort against a franchise that led the NFL in scoring last season. [read more]

It’s rare when a box score tells a story, but this one sure did.

Pro Bowl Cowboys receiver CeeDee Lamb was held to two catches for 29 yards last night on 11 targets. [read more]

The architect, GM Jason Licht.

Joe hopes general manager Jason Licht got into the office today and marched right up to Team Glazer and screamed, “You like that! You text the name Tretter to me one more time and I’ll tell everyone.” [read more]

Excellent game.

Yeah, Joe wrote about this last night, but it was so good to see it bears repeating: Devin White was fantastic against the Cowboys. [read more]

Good with the run game.

A popular football cliché is “a running game is a quarterback’s best friend.” Or, maybe Joe just heard a sports radio producer say it? Regardless, Tom Brady sure seemed to enjoy a punishing ground attack last night. [read more]

Somebody please explain to Joe how the Bucs will lose more than a few games this season with two Hall of Fame receivers, the greatest quarterback in history and a punishing running back alongside a balanced and ferocious defense? [read more]

Winning head coach Todd Bowles.

It was almost like stepping into the Wayback Machine watching the Bucs defense bludgeon the Cowboys last night. [read more]

Offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich celebrates with Tom Brady during the Bucs’ 19-3 win at Dallas. Photo courtesy of Buccaneers.com.

Joe returned to the Bucs’ team hotel in Dallas after banging out story after story at Jerry’s World. It’s 2 a.m. central and 3 a.m. eastern. Let’s get rolling to celebrate the start of a memorable season, so Joe can get four hours of sleep.

Hey, it’s “Victory Monday!” [read more]

Pro Bowl linebacker Devin White.

Simply put, the Bucs smothered Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott last night. [read more]

Pick assist.

The official gamebook of the Bucs’ 19-3 win over America’s Team on Sunday Night Football shows Bucs edge rusher Joe Tryon-Shoyinka had one tackle and was otherwise invisible. [read more]

Bucs playcaller Byron Leftwich

The Bucs may have the most talented receiving corps in history and Tom Brady came to Tampa to throw the rock in a no-risk-it, no-biscuit offense.

But perhaps something has changed. [read more]

Key injury testing thin depth.

So the first starts for rookie Luke Goedeke and Robert Hainsey earned a passing grade. They did fine. At times they did great. No, they aren’t Hall of Famers but they were strong overall. [read more]

Tore up the Cowboys.

Playoff Lenny had his best rushing night as a member of the Bucs. But Playoff Lenny also knows where his bread is buttered. [read more]

Joe was highly intrigued hearing Father Dungy talk last week on NBCSports.com about his sitdown with Todd Bowles and how one of his takeaways was the Bucs would be more physical this season. [read more]

Joe has no great update here, but Joe doesn’t want anyone freaking out and not savoring tonight’s glorious victory in Dallas. [read more]

Giddy-up.

It’s often been said that the Bucs have the best and fastest inside linebacker tandem in the NFL. [read more]

Legendary night for assistant coach Harold Goodwin.

What a damn good job for the Bucs’ offensive line.

Yeah, it wasn’t perfect and it didn’t look like 2021, but that’s ok. [read more]

Bucs punter Jake Camarda.

Bucs rookies got a lot of snaps tonight. And that included punter Jake Camarda. [read more]

Todd Bowles earns his first “W” on the back of his suffocating defense.

The NFL’s highest-scoring team last season was no match for our in-your-face, suffocating and young Bucs defense.

Concerns entering tonight’s game about the Bucs’ offensive line should have more focused on the Dallas unit that got bullied all over the Jerry’s World field. [read more]