Big-time praise from coach.

When Bucs coach Todd Bowles broke into the league as a safety in  1986, the NFL was far different than today. [read more]

Zyon McCollum proved to be sticky.

Is Zyon McCollum already one of the better corners in the league? Well, maybe. [read more]

Wirfs Island.

Mary Ann may not be on this island, but for the Bucs, there’s a mountain of a left tackle that protects its beaches. [read more]

Is a Bucs edge rusher finally born?

So yesterday, Bucs outside linebacker/edge rush YaYa Diaby was named NFC Defensive Player of the Week. He’s been on a hot streak the past three weeks. [read more]

Flash poll posted at 5:01 p.m. Poll closed 7:54 p.m. Last week’s results linked here.

Trending.

Bucs coach Todd Bowles doesn’t like to talk about the status of injured players during his regularly-scheduled Wednesday news conference, party because he doesn’t know their status. [read more]

Tristan Wirfs hugs rookie tight end Devin Culp.

So Joe watches Bucs training camp practices and while a lot of players are rather invisible, one guy who often looked the part of dangerous receiving tight end this summer was rookie seventh-round pick Devin Culp. [read more]

Assistant GM John Spytek.

Maybe this is the year the Bucs’ successful front office gets raided by other teams seeking personnel gurus. [read more]

Are football trends just coincidences?

Joe doesn’t believe that, but Bucs head coach Todd Bowles does in one particular area. [read more]

Bucs Super Bowl offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich had a job interview recently for a head coach gig. [read more]

Yeah, the Bucs have used a lot of young players on their defense this season, but they’ve also got a bunch of veterans, including Super Bowl veterans, on that side of the ball. [read more]

Where will you be Sunday night? [read more]

Throughout the Todd Bowles regime, the Bucs routinely have been groin-stomped and punched in the face — sometimes it’s their fault, sometimes it’s not — and then bounce back like nothing happened. [read more]

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Historic season.

This is what Joe calls a running back. [read more]

Stat nerds approve.

Two stat guys Joe periodically enjoys listening to are Shaw Syed and Tej Seth. They work for former Dixie Chicks shot-caller Thomas Dimitroff’s stats outfit Sumer Sports. [read more]

Impressive results.

The “Fire Todd Bowles” crowd got angry with Joe this week when Joe suggested Bowles was closer to a contract extension than getting fired. [read more]

Chuck has coined a new adjective. And Joe fully expects it to be included in Merriam-Webster’s dictionary soon. [read more]

Bucs need Antoine Winfield “desperately.”

Not a whole lot of teams go far in the playoffs with three-fourths of their starting secondary on the shelf. But that could be what the Bucs are looking at when they face one of the better young quarterbacks in the league. [read more]

How good is Baker Mayfield?

Well, today offensive coordinator Liam Coen called Mayfield “the modern day Brett Favre.” [read more]

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

Joe doesn’t know at this point if anyone can point to the Bucs’ 2024 schedule and say, “The Bucs beat/lost to that team, therefore in the playoffs the Bucs will… ” [read more]