The Bucs played another stinker and walked out with a deuce — as in back-to-back division victories.
How about them Bucs!!!!
Tampa Bay is now 6-7 with a two-game winning streak and sitting pretty atop the ugly NFC South. Yes, the Bucs own division tiebreakers with Atlanta, the team they squeaked past today. And the Bucs have the edge on the Saints (6-7).
With four games to play, the Bucs control their destiny.
Bucs players said today’s game at Atlanta is a playoff game. Bucs coach Todd Bowles reinforced on the Buccaneers Radio Network pregame show saying it is “playoff football in December.” Even Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht said today is a playoff game.
The Bucs aren’t mathematically eliminated with a loss but man, they would be painted into a corner.
Joe has a nice perch at the Falcons’ stadium and just choked on some press box potatoes. It was announced that Buccaneers’ manbeast Vita Vea will not play today.
He’s got a foot injury. Vea missed practice time this week and was questionable entering today.
He’s not the guy you want out against a team like the Falcons that runs like it’s 1992, with a trio of studly runners.
This is the second game Vea has missed this season (Week 8 at Buffalo) He missed three last year.
A few days ago, the mighty Sage of Tampa Bay Sports, Ira Kaufman, was very clear in his belief that a Bucs loss today in Atlanta should signal the end of the Baker Mayfield era in Tampa. [read more]
Is Bucs rookie right guard Cody Mauch the next J.R. Sweezy? Bucs offensive coordinator Dave Canales invoked the former Bucs guard’s name when discussing last week how much Mauch has improved. [read more]
Very, very important game for the Bucs. Either the Bucs will be in the driver’s seat for the NFC South title, or their scouts will be buried in video of college quarterbacks Drake Maye and Jayden Daniels while players book trips to the DR and coaches get quotes from moving companies.
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Lots of smart people, including a slim majority of Bucs fans (see Joe’s home page poll), think Tampa Bay will lose today in Atlanta. 
When the Bucs played the Colts in a key road game last month, Joe thought Vita Vea would capitalize on Indianapolis 
