This one is too funny. As Joe wrote Sunday when NFL.com broke the news that Tom Brady would take Wednesdays off the rest of the season, it was subject to change … and it has. [read more]

The Mike Evans one-game suspension for cheap-shotting mouthy Marshon Lattimore was upheld today.

No surprise. So how can Evans avoid being suspended in the future? [read more]

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BY IRA KAUFMAN

Take a bow, gentlemen.

The NFL’s No. 1 scoring defense has been on the details relentlessly through two weeks, compensating for a sputtering attack. While Tom Brady is tossing tablets in disgust, Todd Bowles is howling in delight because his marauders just ransacked Dallas and New Orleans on the road. [read more]

The final Bucs run-defense numbers in each game this season are pretty good — after the opening drive. [read more]

Planted on bench.

Unless there is an injury no one outside of One Buc Palace is aware of, this is a bad sign for a former starter. [read more]

Devin White

A point of emphasis for Tampa Bay head coach Todd Bowles yesterday made it sound like Buccaneers savior linebacker Devin White was a little mentally overwhelmed last season. [read more]

Mike Edwards is a dangerous man.

Bucs safety Mike Edwards leads the NFL in pick-sixes since he was drafted in 2019.

Head coach/defensive playcaller Todd Bowles dove into pre-draft study of Edwards to explain his prowess. [read more]

Lots of pass routes.

Interesting stats on Playoff Lenny and the passing game. [read more]

“Aaron, you’re better off hanging at Hooters at John’s Pass.”

If you study the history of whining Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, he’s lucky he calls one of the coldest cities in the NFL his home. That’s because Rodgers often struggles at warm-weather sites. [read more]

Gets props.

Last year Bucs safety Antoine Winfield made his first Pro Bowl. And despite the 2022 season being very young, it appears Winfield will be making another trip to Las Vegas in January, unless the Bucs are playing in the Super Bowl. [read more]

Defense is beautiful.

For an undefeated team that went on the road and only gave up two scoring drives, this seems a really low grade for Joe. [read more]

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Gets a nastygram from NFL.

So the suits led by NFL warden Roger Goodell have spoken. And it appears former Super Bowl-winning coach Bucco Bruce Arians will heed their warnings. [read more]

Playcaller Byron Leftwich.

It’s been a trademark of the Tom Brady era: adding accomplished veteran receivers. [read more]

Update.

The Bucs are learning the hard way that when you sign injury-prone players, they get injured. [read more]

Injured defensive tackle Akiem Hicks.

An early-week injury update from head coach Todd Bowles, and it’s not pretty. [read more]

Old-ass Bucs fans remember James Wilder amassing 772 carries for 2,844 yards through the 1984 and 1985 seasons.

That kind of running back punishment is unheard of in today’s NFL. [read more]

Oops, he did it again.

Finding a way to win. That’s all that matters and thank goodness the Bucs have a quarterback who is unmatched at doing that. [read more]

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Bucs OC Byron Leftwich.

The numbers are gross. But what made that so? [read more]

Balling.

Joe is driving this bandwagon for the Bucs defense and doesn’t want to get off. [read more]