Retired Bucs guard Ali Marpet.

Retired Bucs left guard Ali Marpet has been keeping a close eye on the team he called his own for seven seasons. He sees a lot of Bucs problems but signs that things are improving. [read more]

The optimism was flowing on the recent Sunday Night Football studio show. Joe was pumped up and even canceled a Bucs-related mental health appointment on Monday. [read more]

Super Bowl window closed?

Yesterday, Joe noticed that a prominent NFL scribe predicted a losing season for the Bucs. [read more]

Monster loss.

Joe doesn’t want to think too much about Bucs sacks king Shaq Barrett’s blown Achilles. It’s too depressing. [read more]

Deep passes fading away?

Joe is almost shocked that Tom Brady is second in the NFL in passing yards through eight games. [read more]

Not happy with defensive play.

Fascinating Bucs chatter between a couple of old Bucs, one of which has his bust in the Pro Football Hall of Fame and Tom Brady plays under his name in home games. [read more]

Tom Brady joked about handing out avocados and almonds on his Let’s Go! show on SiriusXM Mad Dog Radio tonight, but he also was asked about his challenging personal life. [read more]

This isn’t Joe going here, it’s a former Pro Bowl quarterback who has spent many dozens of hours around Tom Brady. [read more]

The quit/lack of energy in the Bucs’ game is glaring and Bucs icons like Rondé Barber and Warren Sapp have talked about it publicly.

They’re not alone. [read more]

Tyler Johnson.

The season is saved! [read more]

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Bucs OC Byron Leftwich.

It’s painfully obvious to most Bucs fans that one man is holding the Bucs back from winning one of the worst divisions the NFL has seen in years. [read more]

Team mentality.

Yeah, Joe knows Bucs fans are frustrated if not depressed. [read more]

Bucs GM Jason Licht

Joe is unaware of a team that lost its top pass rusher in midseason and still won a Super Bowl. [read more]

Fighting to get open.

Now this is good stuff. [read more]

“You see what I see, Joel?”

Yesterday, Joe typed the reaction from a BSPN NFL stenographer who attended the Crows-Bucs game on Thursday night. [read more]

Still firing.

Joe senses a growing narrative among fans and within #NFLMedia that Tom Brady is washed. [read more]

*The Rams are a bad 3-4 team heading across the country to play the 3-5 Bucs next Sunday. The 49ers (4-4) blew them out in Los Angeles — the same 49ers team that was spanked by the NFC South-leading Falcons a couple of weeks ago. [read more]

What a weird year in the NFC South, a Panthers organization trying to lose is playing strong football and Marcus Mariota’s Falcons now lead the division with a 4-4 record. [read more]