Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

So after the game Sunday, Bucs coach Todd Bowles said his players as a group have hit a T-intersection. What do they want to be? A playoff team or a losing team? [read more]

Hall of Famer Cris Carter reacts.

It’s a tired team. That’s what a Hall of Famer thinks of the Bucs offense. [read more]

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

Joe remembers throttling an opponent 52-0 in high school football. Biggest win Joe has been part of. [read more]

Rough day at the office.

Joe won’t let one game with a depleted secondary sway Joe’s view of the Bucs defense, despite how gross Sunday’s loss was. [read more]

“Ed, you know we can reason with Tom.”

Joe has been shocked seeing a bunch of references in the comments the past two days of folks pining for Kyle Trask, a guy the Bucs think so highly of that the lone game he has ever dressed for since being drafted in the 2021 second round was because the Bucs were forced to by NFL gameday rules. [read more]

Bucs fans can afford to spend all week cursing and in disbelief about yesterday’s loss at San Francisco, but Tom Brady and his teammates cannot. [read more]

Byron Leftwich.

Joe has caught this rumbling — directly and indirectly — in a couple of ways over the past month. But Joe is first typing it here because a noted NFL insider is saying it today. [read more]

Bucs receiver Russell Gage.

Bucs wide receiver Russell Gage was not ready to give the San Francisco 49ers a ton of credit for their blowout win yesterday against Tampa Bay. [read more]

This post is simply to clear up lingering confusion.

Despite their 6-7 record, the Buccaneers’ road to the postseason is clearly defined.

If Tampa Bay beats the Panthers and Falcons, their final two games after facing the Bengals and Cardinals, then the Bucs will clinch the NFC South title by virtue of what would be their superior division record winning them any potential division tiebreaker.

It’s as simple as that.

Obviously, the Bucs will have a much smoother road to the playoffs if they can win Sunday at home against the Bengals and/or on Christmas against Arizona.

“Julio, I fixed that red zone package for you.”

This has long been a debate on The Ira Kaufman Podcast.

One Joe has insisted that Tom Brady deserves significant blame for the Bucs’ offense because he’s Tom Brady minus overlord Bucco Bruce Arians. [read more]

“Hey Mike, these guys are a joke.”

Local Tampa fans may not realize FOX cut away from the Bucs-49ers broadcast midway through the third quarter in many big markets around the country.

Imagine that. Tom Brady getting booted off TV. [read more]

Flash poll posted at 10:20 a.m. Poll closed at 11:31 a.m.

Nothing illustrates the Buccaneers’ train wreck coaching job this season and the slow demise of Tom Brady better than the reality that the Panthers, Saints and Falcons have all scored more points than the Bucs. [read more]

Appalled with Bucs offense.

A football cousin of sorts to Bucs coach Todd Bowles, Louis Riddick of BSPN, is not liking what he is seeing with the Tampa Bay offense. [read more]

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BY IRA KAUFMAN

Let’s go straight to the highlights: the heavy rain held off for most of the afternoon.

We now return you to our regularly scheduled programming.

The Bucs weren’t facing the Rams, the Seahawks, the Browns or the Saints on Sunday. They played a real team with a real identity and came away looking like a playoff impostor. In the process of absorbing an ass whipping, the Bucs suddenly appear to be in danger of missing the postseason, despite Tom Brady taking every snap.

That’s not a typo. That’s a travesty.

After posting a 29-10 record and hoisting the Vince Lombardi Trophy in two seasons with Bruce Arians calling the shots, Tampa Bay looks shot. The Bucs look old and they look slow. Worst of all, they look disinterested. [read more]

Veteran offensive coach Jim Caldwell.

Joe sat maybe 15 feet from Bucs coach Todd Bowles after the game when he was asked about any changes to coaches. Bowles said it was “way too late” for such a drastic move. [read more]

Such an ugly day yesterday. Such an ugly morning so far today. Let’s get this over with. [read more]

“Embarrassing” offense.

With this worthless, punchless offense, Joe is starting to wonder how the Bucs can survive and win the rotten NFC South. [read more]

Where has offense improved?

Joe is a big coaches guy. That’s both good and bad. Joe is a big coaches guy because Joe has first-hand experience of what a good coach can do for a player as well as a team. [read more]

It is fair to ask whether Father Time is gaining ground as he tries to run down Tom Brady. [read more]