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Absolute insanity! [read more]

NFC South dominance is on the line for Tampa Bay. Time to choke out the miserable Saints and Andy Dalton on national television and wipe out the memory of the brutal Browns loss.

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Game 12

Slimy Saints (4-8) at Bucs (5-6) 

Kickoff: 8:15 p.m.

TV: BSPN.

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Bucs LG Nick Leverett.

No one can tell Joe that a team losing its best offensive lineman, an All-Pro at that, won’t suffer a setback of some sort. [read more]

Bucs DB Logan Ryan explains.

UPDATE: 4:30 p.m. – So will the return of defensive back Logan Ryan be tonight? [read more]

Rookie tight end Ko Kieft.

So last week Bucs rookie tight end Ko Kieft caught his first NFL touchdown when he hauled in a Tom Brady offering — perfectly targeted — in the right flat just inside the goal line. [read more]

Hated Saints DE Cameron Jordan.

Hated Saints defensive end Cameron Jordan has witnessed many miserable Bucs teams since he was drafted by New Orleans in 2011 — after Tampa Bay picked DE Adrian Clayborn in the same draft. [read more]

Flash poll posted at 10:32 a.m. Poll closed at 11:52 p.m.

Todd Bowles

Bucs fans learned a week ago that head coach Todd Bowles has fear issues. [read more]

The Bucs have had their share of pain this season in the form of injuries and odd distractions, but it’s hard to argue that Tampa Bay hasn’t gotten its share of good breaks. [read more]

Feed him.

Joe thinks it damn fortunate that Bucs receiver Chris Godwin seems just about back from the horrible knee injury he suffered last December when the slimy Saints came to town. [read more]

Bucs OC Bryon Leftwich.

Want more proof the Bucs offense is more Mike Glennon than Jameis Winston? Sharp Football Analysis has ugly facts. [read more]

“My name isn’t ‘Marcus.'”

It’s very, very difficult for Joe to believe that one of the best offenses in the NFL led by a quarterback who should have been the MVP last year, throwing for over 5,000 yards, can overnight turn this miserable. [read more]

Highlighted in comedy skit.

You know things are going bad when you become a national punching bag. [read more]

Another Sunday it was in the NFC South, and that meant more losing.

The division teams, including Tampa Bay, are now a combined 18-30. [read more]

Most bang for the buck.

One of several reasons why Joe slams his head against the wall like a mental patient after watching failing Bucs offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich is how much he loves to run the ball to the left. [read more]

“Blaine, I already put in a great word for you.”

Everyone tied to the Buccaneers wants a happily-ever-after finish to the Todd Bowles era, as in Bowles hoisting a Lombardi Trophy. But Team Glazer also is running a football business. [read more]

Candid talk from the rookie.

NFL teams, especially good teams, have firm identities this time of year.

The Bucs seems to identify as weak-hearted. [read more]

TAMPA TWO is back with the dynamic duo talking Bucs and NFL. Buccaneers legend Derrick Brooks is at the command along with some guy named Kaufman. More fun and insight from The Identity Tampa Bay and Joe.

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BY IRA KAUFMAN

If you want to play, you’ve got to make hay.

In the NFL’s new world order, prolific offenses will be rewarded.

Punts are considered a last resort. Points are expected because everyone around you is lighting up the scoreboard.

And so we come to the sad case of the 2022 Bucs, who have registered 18 offensive touchdowns through 11 games, one more than Lovie Smith’s Houston Texans.

That’s the football definition of insanity. [read more]