Game 7

Bucs (5-1) at Lions (4-2)

Kickoff: 7 p.m.

TV: BSPN (also WFTS-TV Channel 28, locally) with Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Lisa Salters and Laura Rutledge.

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“Schefty, I’ll text you later.”

About 1 p.m. today, NFL super insider Adam Schefter was very upbeat about Bucs rookie wide receiver Emeka Egbuka’s prospects for playing tonight in Detroit. [read more]

Rookie playcaller Josh Grizzard.

Joe will open here with a plea to the Bucs’ organization. [read more]

It’s hard to figure out exactly how much Todd Bowles has improved as a head coach. [read more]

Flash poll posted at 10:56 a.m. Poll closed at 12:05 p.m.

Details emerge.

The mystery cloaking the sad news yesterday of the death of former Bucs running back Doug Martin has taken a disturbing turn on a couple of levels. [read more]

Ready to play.

It just blows Joe’s mind how the Bucs last week against the 49ers were down to their Nos. 5-7 receivers, and never really missed a beat. [read more]

Agrees with Nick Saban.

Nearly a decade ago when Nick Saban ruled college football, he thought his Alabama players weren’t giving their best efforts because they were reading too many articles and watching too much BSPN telling them they were an unbeatable team.

Saban deemed the content lifting Alabama to unreachable heights without actually being there to be “rat poison” to players. [read more]

Ready for Detroit.

Last year Bucs cornerback Zyon McCollum was in his first season as a full-time starter. It didn’t take him very long to make an impact. [read more]

Clash of wills with Dan Campbell.

Detroit coach Dan Campbell and Bucs coach Todd Bowles are old-school football guys. They came up through the coaching ranks with the same Hall of Fame coach. [read more]

“I won’t let you down, ‘Bake.'”

Joe doesn’t know who to give the credit for this. [read more]

Falcons owner Artie Blank.

What a quality Sunday night it was. [read more]

Joe was glad to watch this unfold this morning, even if it was part of the rival Rams clobbering Liam “El Serpiente” Coen’s punchless Jaguars. [read more]

UPDATED: Former Bucs running back Doug Martin has died, per a report by TMZ.com. [read more]

Remember when the consensus was that the NFC South is once again a brutal division this year? [read more]

Marked man?

Joe is pretty confident if Bucs fans were polled about next year’s draft, the overwhelming position for fans would be for AC/DC-loving general manager to select an inside linebacker. [read more]