Free football.

Big game tomorrow for the Bucs and the Texans, both with a 3-4 record. And as one could expect, the game will be shown free pretty much exclusively within the SEC footprint.

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Houston QB C.J. Stroud.

C.J. Stroud has to be one of the more surprising players in the NFL this year. [read more]

Key to run game?

This is for the folks who enjoy habitually snorting and stomping and braying about the Bucs offensive line. [read more]

Injury report.

Bucs coach Todd Bowles seems to have an unwritten rule for his players. If you don’t practice, you don’t play. [read more]

“Looking at you, Ira”

Watch out, Ira. Tristan Wirfs has put you on notice! [read more]

Discipline critical.

Last week against Buffalo in the fourth quarter, the Bucs, down two scores, ate up over seven minutes in one drive to pull within four points. [read more]

Bucs coach Todd Bowles.

Go back and listen to the “Ira Kaufman Podcast” published right before the Bucs played the Dixie Chicks two weeks ago. [read more]

Injury report.

Three key Bucs starters on the injury report were each at practice and fully participated Thursday. [read more]

Four guys on the Bucs expect massive contracts this offseason. [read more]

Noticing signs of life.

Is the Bucs offense about ready break out? Well, Bucs offensive coordinator Dave Canales wasn’t ready to go there. But he did admit he’s seeing progress. [read more]

Flash poll posted at 12:02 p.m. Poll closed at 2:08 p.m. See last week’s results linked here.

Tipping pitches and adjusting.

Earlier this week, Joe brought word of a conversation between former Bucs guard Ali Marpet and Bucs right tackle Luke Goedeke about quarterback cadence and defensive lines reading tipped pitches. [read more]

Playcaller Dave Canales and No. 2 quarterback Kyle Trask.

Lots of love for Buccaneers offensive coordinator Dave Canales at One Buc Palace. [read more]

Bucs playcaller Dave Canales.

Fast starts can be game changers. Playing with a lead usually opens a team’s playbook on both sides of the ball.

The 2023 Bucs average 1.86 points in the first quarters of games. [read more]

Todd Bowles breaks down.

Of course, Joe would be chugging Big Storm Brewing beers all week long if every rookie the Bucs drafted balled out like Tristan Wirfs and Antoine Winfield did in 2020. [read more]

Time to shake things up?

So yesterday was a big news day in the NFL and Joe wonders if there may be any ripple effects in the waters of Tampa Bay. [read more]

Be aggressive.

Earlier this week, Bucs coach Todd Bowles was threw shade at his starting secondary. [read more]

Updates.

So last night was the first injury report the Bucs issued for Texans Week. There is both some good and some bad involved. [read more]