Feel free to wager (and Joe has) that the Buccaneers are going to pound the rock today on the non-frozen tundra of Lambeau Field.

There’s a ton of excitement about it at One Buc Palace. [read more]

Flash poll posted at 7:33 a.m. Poll closed at 9:36 a.m.

Taking advantage of snaps.

Maybe practice doesn’t make perfect. At least, that’s the way it seems talking to Bucs corner Zyon McCollum. [read more]

Playing through pain.

When Tristan Wirfs had a high ankle sprain earlier in the year, he got a lot of sympathy from a guy who would know. [read more]

Elite in one category.

Joe is pretty confident folks are fed up with Joe not jumping on the running-game-is-good bandwagon. Well, there is something to be proud of when it comes to the Bucs run game. [read more]

Overrated as a runner?

Few football wonks Joe respects more than Aaron Schatz. And he has a very unpopular opinion — based on data — that won’t go over well at One Buc Palace. [read more]

Game 14

Bucs (6-7) at Packers (6-7) 

Kickoff: 1 p.m.

TV: CBS (WTSP-TV Channel 10 locally) with Andrew Catalon, Tiki Barber, Matt Ryan and AJ Ross.

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The underwear Olympics that is the NFL Scouting Combine is a lot of fun but often a lot of smoke and mirrors. [read more]

Could the Bucs be the No. 6 or No. 7 seed in this year’s playoffs while another team wins the NFC South?

Absolutely! [read more]

Need more sacks.

Maybe if Todd Bowles played outside linebackers who can rush the passer instead of having them learn from the sidelines while watching nonproduction, this would be different. [read more]

Hot-seat twins Baker Mayfield and Todd Bowles are very much attached the hip. That was a consensus during a chat between former Bucs receiver Keyshawn Johnson, Hall of Fame pass catcher Michael Irvin and longtime Mayfield lover Skip Bayless. [read more]

Won’t play Sunday.

Bucs safety Ryan Neal did not make the trip to gloomy, cold Green Bay this afternoon as he was downgraded on the injury report to out.

Neal is still recovering from a bad back and it is bad enough that he couldn’t fly.

So that’s another starter in the secondary out along with corner Carlton Davis.

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

Despite how Joe mocks the stat nerds, Joe is actually pro-stats. Joe just doesn’t swallow the mathematical gymnastics whole. [read more]

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An NFC South title and a home playoff game are at stake for the Bucs — Wild Card implications, too — as they face the Packers in Lambeau. Rock’s been inside One Buc all week and feels the team has a renewed sense of worth! Rock goes Under the Rock. Enjoy the What They’re Saying Segments, as well as the Packers’ game plan and more!!!

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Excitement over run game?

Boy, Joe has taken heat the past few weeks for saying he’s not overly impressed with the Bucs’ running game. [read more]

“Rondé, you got a gold jacket. A red jacket is what you wear after you nail a draft.”

The NFL world is beginning to appreciate rookie Bucs defensive tackle Calijah Kancey. [read more]